SHANGHAI,
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The values of the Exports were-Silk, Haikwan Tls. 18,173,283; Tea, Haikwan Tls. 12,900,114; Sundries, Haikwan Tis. 26,896,253; a total of Haikwan Tls. 57,969,650. Of this amount there was sent to
Great Britain...
Continent of Europe
United States...
Japan
Other Foreign Countries
Hongkong and Chinese Ports...
***
...
During the year there entered and cleared-
Steamers ...
Sailing Vessels
3,091
1,018
4,109
...
Tls. 15,614,118
6,050,239
4,889,016
1,295,823
1,562,09!
28,558,363
Hk. Tls. 57,969,650
Tonnage Tonnage
2,557,241
3:9,403
2,886,644
Of which 95 entrances and 158 clearances were in ballast. The total tonnage was divided amongst the different flags as under :-
British
+
Chinese
American...
French
Japanese ...
German
...
41.08 per cent.
38.17
**
6.11
+1
4.33
3.99
"
2.17
1.15
Other Countries
Or, if we exclude the Chinese, seventy-one per cent. of the remainder was under the British flag. The total Customs Revenue for the year was Haikwan Tls. 3,269,919, consisting of
Import Duties
Exports Duties
Coast Trade Duties
Tonnage Dues
Transit Dues
•
•
...
Tls. 2,355,882
628,100
150,488
101,966
...
33,483
Hk. Tls. 3,269,919
Of the Imports at all the Treaty ports from for ign countries sixty-seven per cent. passet through Shanghai, and of the Exports t-lour per cent.; more than half of of the whole trade thus belonging to "tue commercial metropolis of China."
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