1930-12-26 — Page 7

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1930.

TRADE OF COLONY, INCREASE SHOWN IN VALUE OF IMPORTS.

EXPORTS LOWER.

THE CHINA MAIL.

Foodstuffs and Provisions. share of the whole export trade

Imports under this head increased emounting to .88 per cont. as com- Pared with .83 per cent, in Octoby $1,500,000 to $17,745,239 lle ber,.83 per cent, since April and exports declined from $16,505,798 to! 1.2 per cent. In 1924.

$14,792,669. By groups of com-

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TO LIMITED." at $9,465,746 in were:-Brans $1,010,058 Imports were valued November 45 compared with and $787,848 exports; · Fish and The Statistical Branch of the $9,446,425 in October and anfishery products $2,270,880 and TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: states, in its mouthly report on the the Empire share of the whole im- $1,529,138; Grains $3,306,180, and MEMBERS' of the Company will be trade of the Colony, that imports port trade being 17.18 per cent. as $3,196,594; Moate $367,665 and CLOSED from the 31st day of Da- of merchandire during the month compared with an average of 17.60 $18,819; Sugar $5,619,665 and cember, 1930, 'antil the 6th day of of November amounted to a valua per cent. since April.

$4,294,185: Fresh vegetables and January, 1981, inclusive, during of 55,110,372, an increase of two British Empire exports declined fruits $614,027 and $387,872; Pre which period no transfer of shares million dollars as compared with from $5,007,214 in October to served vegetables $276,197 and can be registered. October. Although the November $4,561,164 in November, as com $233,437; Miscellaneous $2,412,869

with

average of and $2,805,518. import was $1,600,000 less than the pared

Wheat flour imports recorded an September total, which the $4,718,807 since April; the share highest figure for the year, the of the whole export trade being advance from 97,846; plculs ($886,- November return was nevertheless 10.84 per cent. as compared with 365) to 166,835 picula ($1,418,899), $6,500,067 in advance the an average of 12.25 per cent. the Canadian share of the trade U.K. Figures.

Increasing from 20,178 plculs average monthly figure from April to Octobor.

Imports and Exports Department of $3,669,250 since April: $2,041.454; Flotra 61866,994 and N that the REGISTER ON

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Dated this 24th day of Decem ber, 1930. Per Fro. DODWELL & CO., LTD.,

• Sda J. P. WARREN,.'

Manager. General Managers.

The principal items of trade ($171,100) to 25,149 plculs ($211,- Exports failed to maintain the with the United Kingdom during 926). Imports from U.S.A. 2018 UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG. high Agure for October, falling November are shown below by from 78,207 pieuls (3673,295) to $4,524,838 to $42,869,993, as com main groups of articles, the figures 137,412 plculs ($1,167,903), while pared with an figure of $38,533,360.

average

monthly for

The figures for November are as follows, the October totals appear. ing in brackets:-

Importa.

brackets-

October being given

Impert. Export.

$

$ 104,360 (56,738)

Building

Materials

Chemicals

($705,110)

& Drugs

Foodstuffs

Merchandise $55,110,272 ($53,168,170)

Treasure

..$ 1,232,165

Total -$50,342,827 ($53,033,590) Provisions

Esports Merchandise $12,080.99 ($46,594,831 Hardware Treasure

..$ 8.794.041 (39,189,711) Total $50,801,034 ($55,783,642) The following table shows the total monthly values of imports and exports of merchandise during the eight months April-Novem- Manures berd

76,344 (188,681)

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piculs ($1,134,328) to 181,880 from 4.15 to 5.15 .p.m. ($1,400,609), while imports from Rangoon declined from 67,028 plculs ($308,875) to 44,273 plculs ($193,- 409).

400 (1,800)

Game and poultry imports fell

STANLEY V. BOXER,

Acting Registrar. Hong Kong, 23rd Dec., 1930.

13,310 from 438,344 birds valued at $361, AMERICAN

Liquor, In-

toxicating

66,277 (74,489) 121,415 (114,006)

(37)

Machinery

& Engines)

298,345 (205,920) 678,411

(705,292)

Metals

Imports.

Exports.

April

...$ 28,405,208 $ 35,431,719

Oils & Fats

May

54,305,387

38,284,807

38,592,830

50,576,377

291,407 (489,092) 44.629 (72.291) 61,599 (52.422) 67,123

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August

40,133,181

40,139,196

September

50,7722,414

39,207,652 Piece

Paperware

(41,903)

October ...

63,109,570

46,504,831

1,527,693 (2,714,974)

119,417 (224,852).

128,816

(33,481)

Junc

July

32,143,275 Paints

34,395,347 Paper &

November 55,110,372 42,009,993

(86,634) 924 to 352,808 ($282,191), beef and

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mutton Imports both falling heavily. Chemical Diamonds are equal to real Imports of unrefined brown sugar diamonds in brilliancy lustre and amounted to 187,884 picule ($917, hardness. Cut glasses like real dia

and natric acid. Price per carat (880) fined white jumped from 234,404. $5 nett. Terma Cash or C.O.D. piculs ($1,698,418) to 468,849 piculs The American Chemical Diamond P.O. Bax 360.. PENANG, ($3,804,656). Of this total 468,412 Co.. piculs ($3,263,773) entered from STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, 265 the Netherlands East Indies and (2,979) 8,630 piculs ($28,202) from Japan. Refined brown imports amounted to The fluctuations in values of Im-225,901 ($1,392,000), ̄ all coming ports and exports of live animals from the Netherlands East Indies. have been very slight during the

Fuels.

2,486 830), a slight increase, while re-monds. Proof against. fire, stock file Magnetism; Hypnotic and Telepathic

Goods

Tobacco Total .3096,34,139 $308,200,880 Br. Empire $ 69,364,242 $ 37,750,935 Vehicles Foreign$327,000,107 $270,515,245 Wearing

The principal trade-recording Apparel countries (merchandise only) dur- Ing the month of November were

were

1

54,417

(206,504)

Animals (Live).

with October.

Building Materials. Indicative

and

year, and the November Imports of Imports of fuels registered the $927,435 and exports of $29,559 lowest. figure for the year at

Cattlo up to average.

$631,358, while exports showed lit- pigs declined slightly as compared the change at $171,090. Bituminous coal imports fell from 62,308 tons ($896,807) to 39,993 tons ($508,-| activity 362), while firewood fell from 187,- the bullding trade tho 078 plculs ($165,818) to 137,034 Imports of building. materials picula ($121,158). The bulk of the reached the highest level dur coal, 18,730 tons ($318,846) came ing the year at $1,201,018 as from Japan. compared with $928,229 in October, while exports moved in sympathy

In

of the

level of $703,073.

Hardware, Hardware imports increased from

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Car-

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from $683,604 to the new high $390,214 to 8423,637, and exports Union annual super dance, C.R.C.,

from $274,213 to $295,169, the high-9 p.m. Bricks and tiles increased slightest figure for the year. ly to 2,232,101 pieces ($30,211).)

3

Liquor (Intoxicating).... Cement imports continued to appre Liquor Imports showed little ciate, 279,699 piculs ($340,241) - change at $338,487, but exports toring as against 208,991 piculs dropped by $30,000 to $154,271, He: "I'll bet that's Paris lip (8245,094). Imports from Japan United Kingdom accounted for atlek you're wearing."

increased from 151,888 piculs $121,415

of the importa, France Sho:

($180,149) to 224,449 piculs ($253,348,179 and the Netherlands East Again.."-Smith Weekly, Sydney.“

892). Exports totalled 226,242 Indies $43.749. The bulk of the

exports went to China. as follows, the figures for October piculs ($315,726), the bulk of the exports, 188,862 plculs ($249,840) being given in brackets:-

going to South China.

Japan

S. China

U.S.A.

"You're

Imports.

Wrong

kiss

Machinery and Engines.. From the lowest figure for the Hardwood imports remained

year in August, $171.799, imports, 7,462,478 $7.241,063) nteady at 109,050 cuble feet ($122, steadily increased until they reach- N. China... 7,481,571 (7,124,050) 896) while teakwood increased from ed a new high level of $168,696 in N.E. Indies

6,697,999 (4,795,551)

58,676 cubic feet ($125,694) November. Exports moved in gym- 6,078,271 (6.005,198) 5,210,540 (353,110) 75,369 cubic feet ($166,666), main-pathy and reached $181,421, the 4.532,512 (6,886,935)ly from Siam, American pine highest figure for the year," The 3,830,560 (4,206,197 jumped from 24,235 cubic feet British share of the trade continued 1,010,770 (1,008,530)

($19,077)

66,781 cubic feet to Improva, totalling?): $298,345 as 1,501,134 (1,094,985) 1,279,372 (2,108,516) ($60,098), the Canadian share re compared with $286,320.

(960,266) cording a huge increase to 38,203

Manures: (701282) cubic feet ($87,688), the remainder

Importa amounted to $1,634,168 (800.733) coming from U.3.A. (564,480) [#04,820) (482.147)

Indo-China

UK.

Stralta

India

Siam

M. China .....

Macao

Kwongehow W, 838,740 202,800 776,114 537,642 358,876 338,118

France

Italy

Burma

B.N. Bornoo Holland

Br. Empiro Foreign

S. China

N. Chind

M. China Indo-China Streits

824003

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To-morrow Agricultural Show, New Territories.

Sports. See Dlary of page 12.

as against $1,470,753, and exports $1,079,075 against $1,870,980,#52,422 to: $31,529, the German the United Kingdom accounting for share dropping $16,000 to $32,125. 3678,411 and Germany $759.206. Piece Goods and Textiles,

From a peak of $18,000,000 In

Metals.

Chemicals and Drugs. This group showed a heavy de- (361,137) cline, imports totaling $442,667.24 240.683 (206,772) against $648,129, and exports 0,405,746 (9,446,425) $242,164 #8 against $357,668.

Imports recorded the highest September: imports gradually eased 45,644,026 (43,721,745) Exports.

Bleaching powder imports increased

figure for the year totalling $3,172,-off to $10,308,642 In November, a from 656 plculs ($18,276) to 1,518 390 as compared with $2,691,210. figure well above the average since 18,042,027 (13,450,874) piculs (826,286) while chlorate of Experts, however, fell from $2,050,- April.. Exports fell out slightly to

5,124,030 (6,867,622) potash declined beavily to 2,287 127 to $1,588,499. The British $8,807,275 4,289,691

3,797,000 2,455,283 1,040,878

Kwongchow W. 1,765,812

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Japan

Siam

N.E. Indies

UBA.

Philippines

U.K.

Br. Empire

India

908) Dicula ($38.940). Pharmaceutical share of the Importa fell hetvlly Imports of unbleached cottona 0,906) | products fell from $296,389 to $142," | from $469,692 to $291,407, while tutalled. $707,757;, bleached cottons 218,028) 935, the British chare, of the import imports from the Straits Settle $497,931; light cotton fancies (2,202,458) trade falling from $57,821 to $20ments reached $875,417_(mainly tin 32,458,029; prints $166,212; /* kon 1,739,639 (1,707,18

933) 649, the German share also declin-stabs) from a negligible figure. The aundries $224,565; woollens $152. 1,582,698 (2,031,8 1,232,859 (973,887) Ing from $122,782 to $45,2191 Ger- Belgian figure dropped from $675,- 678; silk $1,280,617) miscellaneous 1,090,338 (1,319,874) many's share of the total Imports 675 to $459,776.

$2,016,056. 780,207 (884,070) | amounting to $103,098 as compared Japan took exports valued at The British share of the trade 517,349 679,109)

with the British total of $78,8445374,473 as compared with 3177,000 dscined from $2,714,974 to $1,927,- 671,081

South China took $112,809 of the in October. 4,661,104 (0,007,214)

693 and the Japanese from $9,886," Foreign 37,508,820 (41,587,017) exports and Macsó 840,056. Minerals and Ores, 098 to 3,841,402 The German It will be seen from the above Chinese Medicines. Imports maintained the high figure fell from $1,090,716 to 3418,- Importa table that, while Japan Although importa valued at maintained her position as the $2,047,483 showed a slight decline gure of 8414,090, mainly on ac617 and the Italian from $750,816 chist, exporter to Hong Kong, at n 13, compared with the previous count of shipments of wolframite alightly. Increased figure, the highest figure of $2,711,265 in increased by $10,000 to $167,700, Unted Kingdom fell from fourth October, the figure was well above

to $257,031.bacco

Tobacco Imports fell from $769- 850 to $694,165, while exports also déclined from $1,078,808, the high est figure this year, to 1982,020.

to sixth place; the Netherlands the average or the rear Exports Nuts and Seeds

Imports declined heavily to $646, East Indies moving up from filth declined in sympathy to $1,245,993. 100 and exports to $400,881 North to third place and the U.S.A from The bulk of the Imports came from China accounted for $344,927 of the Cigarettes accounted for $251,655 -seventh to fifth place.

North China

South China accounted for $199,-

Imports

British Trade

Oils and Fats Although the total volume of the 172 of the exports and French Indo-

Imports advanced from $1,475,910 Import trade showed an acrense) China $188,034

In October to $8,597,056, but ar as compared with October the Dreing and Tanning Materials, share of the United Kingdom de This trade fall off heavily during ports declined slightly to $2249, clized

988 to November Imports amounting to Ons shipment of petrol, 64,532, the latter ure repre- $406,101 as compared with 8727017 from USA, amounting"

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