[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
Printed for the use of the Foreign Office.
August 1903,
CONFIDENTIAL.
(7994.)
No. 1.
Consul Little to the Marquess of Lansdowne.--(Received July 6.)
(No. 7.) My Lord,
Pakhoi, May 18, 1903. IN accordance with the request of His Majesty's Consul-General at Canton I have the honour to forward herewith duplicate of a Report on the affairs of Indo-China which I recently sent to His Majesty's Minister at Peking.
Inclosure in No. 1.
I have, &c. (Signed)
H. A. LITTLE.
PAKHOI CONSULATE.
Notes on the Affairs of Indo-China. March Quarter, 1903.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Importance of knowledge of Colony's resources
Review of course of trade from 1892-1901-
1892-1896
1897-1901
Rate of increase
Chief features of trade during period
Cause of sudden rise in imports
Analysis of imports in 1901
Textiles
Yarn
Gunny bags.
Opium
Oil
Tea, tobacco, paper, pottery
Origin of imports
Exports--Rice
Other leading articles of export----
Pepper
Rubber
Matting
Coal
Silk, tea, sugar, essential oils, tobacco, cotton, salt
Distribution of exports
Distribution of total trade
Causes of commercial development
Agriculture and French colonization
Board of Agriculture
Industrial. List of factories. Mining
Communications-
Railways-
Statistics.
Comparison with Siamese lines
Cost of construction
Roads
Telegraphs and posts.
Waterways and navigation
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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
Printed for the use of the Foreign Office.
August 1903,
CONFIDENTIAL.
(7994.)
No. 1.
Consul Little to the Marquess of Lansdowne.--(Received July 6.)
(No. 7.) My Lord,
Pakhoi, May 18, 1903. IN accordance with the request of His Majesty's Consul-General at Canton I have the honour to forward herewith duplicate of a Report on the affairs of Indo-China which I recently sent to His Majesty's Minister at Peking.
Inclosure in No. 1.
I have, &c. (Signed)
H. A. LITTLE.
PAKHOI CONSULATE.
Notes on the Affairs of Indo-China. March Quarter, 1903.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Importance of knowledge of Colony's resources
Review of course of trade from 1892-1901-
1892-1896
1897-1901
Bate of increase
Chief features of trade during period
Cause of sudden rise in imports
Analysis of imports in 1901
Textiles
Yarn
Gunny haga.
Opium
Oil
Tea, tobacco, paper, pottery
Origin of imports
Exports--Rice
Other leading articles of export----
Pepper
Rubber
Matting
Coal
Silk, tea, sugar, essential oils, tobacco, cotton, salt Distribution of exports
Distribution of total trade
Causes of commercial development
Agriculture and French colonization
Board of Agriculture
Industrial. List of factories. Mining Communications-
Railways-
Statisties..
Comparison with Siamese lines
Cost of construction
Roads
Telegraphs and posts..
Waterways and navigation
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