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A STATEMENT of the Exportation of Tea from Canton in British vessels to British Ports during the period from the 1st January to the 12th August, 1847, as compared with the same period of the preceding year, viz.:—

Board
of
Trade
No. 3.

Sir John Davis to Viscount Palmerston.-(Received October 21.)

My Lord,

Victoria, Hong Kong, August 19, 1847.

I HAVE the honour to transmit an official return from Consul Macgregor, of the comparative export of teas from Canton during corresponding periods of this and the last year, as the best answer to the assertion of the "Chamber of Commerce," that the expedition of April last had done "incalculable injury to trade."

To adopt the Consul's words in sending the above return, "On the whole, in so far as the amount of returns in tea shipped from Canton for the British markets can be assumed as a criterion of the probable extent to which British manufactures must have been disposed of, it is gratifying to find that under a combination of unfavourable circumstances the exportation of tea from the 1st April, as per inclosed comparative statement made up to 12th August, has exceeded that of the same period last year by a million of pounds, and that from the commencement of the year the excess amounts to six millions and a half,"

I have, &c.

(Signed) J. F. DAVIS.

Feb. Lady Amherst Victor Roseanna

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1846 1847 Month Ship's Name Tonnage Quantities of Tea exported Ship's Name Tonnage Quantities of Tea exported Jan. Queen of England 538 723,202 Duke of Cornwall 580 791,350 Woodbridge 516 85,642 Simon Taylor 431 239,800 Aden 340 439,646 Montrose 387 502,700 John Laird 270 357,552 Sir Robert Sale 741 742,450 Kestrell 325 357,522 Lancaster 756 853,870 Lancaster 396 537,520 Appoline 512 605,600 W. Jardine 671 828,403 Viscount Sandon 540 675,039 Mar. Greyhound 348 236,800 Feb. Hindostan 500 818,350 John Christian 390 462,941 Indian 591 706,400 Lord Althorp 233 309,712 Geo. Fyffe 444 610,600 Dorothy 311 361,381 Aden 340 423,795 Fanny Connell 175 183,453 Ellerslie 230 270,550 Stag 678 633,000 Mar. John Cooper 660 659,300 W. Jardine 671 819,630 Othello 386 498,500 Cakier 226 268,250 Victory 385 501,364 To 31st March, 4,972 5,517,552 9,383 10,978,070 April Chatham 354 478,876 Lady Amherst 446 533,494 Humayoon 530 603,469 Inglewood 518 584,115 Regina 800 684,647 Bangalore 352 361,100 Euphrates 618 823,283 Victor 338 491,400 Tamar 556 618,700 Maya 315 389,879 Isabella 356 409,400 Chasely 515 510,657 Lady Howden 318 427,700 Lascar 441 560,600 Prince Royal 543 624,800 May John Laird 270 371,900 Gilmore 500 621,300 Arun 309 355,400 Buckinghamshire 1,731 1,909,172 Patriot King 338 453,986 Wanderer 433 459,473 Humayoon 530 564,230 Earl Powis 300 340,859 Salopian 289 347,304 Prince of Waterloo 487 585,800 Isabella 355 478,000 Hebrides 646 707,419 June Queen 442 558,400 Monarch 551 679,019 W. Stewart 576 726,800 Sarah 381 491,900 Grindley 386 467,610 Symmetry 293 358,888 Queen 442 524,210 Romeo 596 806,200 Constantinople 317 386,708 Chatham 354 556,400 July Symmetry 293 432,500 Lanchester 333 377,300 Aug. Alfred 294 292,574 Bangalore 514 725,400 Mary Sparks 383 464,500 Derwent 220 291,400 Selina 316 401,800 Amy Robsart 347 447,400 Chieftain 293 374,600 Glen Huntly 505 659,500 Wanderer 433 449,900 Lanercost 318 377,500 Swithamley 727 901,600 Siam 455 569,500 From 1st April to 12th August 11,506 13,332,797 11,411 14,283,775 Exportation of tea, from the 1st January to the 31st March, 1846, in 13 vessels of 4,972 tons 5,517,552 lbs. Exportation of tea, from the 1st January to the 31st March, 1847, in 19 vessels of 9,383 tons 10,978,070 lbs. From 1st April to 12th August, in 23 vessels of 11,506 tons 13,332,797 » From 1st April to 12th August, in 28 vessels of 11,481 tons 14,283,775 Total from 1st January to date 18,850,349 lbs. Total from 1st January to date 25,261,845 lbs.

Canton, August 12, 1847.

(Signed)

FRANCIS C. MACGREGOR, Consul,

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