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TREASURE MOVEMENTS

A considerable increase was shown in 1932, mainly on account of heavy transfers of Silver Subsidiary Coin from Canton to Shanghai.

IMPORTS

EXPORTS

1931

1932

1931

1932

$

$

$

$

Bank Notes

1,047,045

673,264

3.192.004

1,797,085

Copper Cents

Gold Bars

Gold Coin

56,037

6.370 2,708,417

45,903

6,842,100

19,508,290

50,656,676

63,715,586

270,400

80,000 8,280,762

5,787,931

Gold Leaf

672,914

83.333

1,293,506

- 277,028

Silver Bars

37,710,863 34,365,025 40,155,252

14,883,018

H.K. Silver Dollars

1,099,341 2,564,512

10,000

40,000

Chinese Silver Dollars

13,937,264

3,256,166

10,461,979

11,709,712

Other Silver Dollars

Silver Sub. Coin.....

154,220

4,266,956

260,460

138,657

24,735,443 4,754,824 41,618,911

Total

66,057,140 85,272,403 121,773,880 140,013,831

IMPORT PERCENTAGES

The percentages of the Import trade shared by the more important countries are given below:

1st Qr. 2nd Qr.

3rd Qr.

4th Qr.

1930.

1931.

1632.

1932.

1932.

1932.

1932.

%

%

%

%

%

%

China

26.6

26.9

27.2

25.4

24.1

30.1

30.2

Japan

12.3

9.3

3.4

2.7

3.1

3.7

4.3

N. E. Indies

10.2

10.9

9.9

$.8

11.9

9.3

9.4

U. K.

9.4

10.6

12.3

14.8

12.9

11.7

9.5

U. S. A.

7.2

7.8

7.4

8.9

7.0

6.1

7.3

Indo China

8.7

7.1

8.4

9.5

7.4

7.9

9.0

Siam

5.0

6.4

9.3

7.9

8.9

10.2

10.4

Germany

4.6

5.1

4.1

3.R

5.1

4.4

3.1

Straits

2.3

1.9

1.5

1.4

1.5

1.5

1.2

India

1.5

2.3

2.8

2.3

2.6

2.6

4 0

Australia

.7

.9

1.9

1.6

2.0

1.4

1.8

Belgium

1 3

2.0

2.01

2.0

2.6

2.3

1.2