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SHANGHAI

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Of the total an amount to the value of Haikwan Tls. 44,935,183 was re-exported, namely to the Yangtsze ports Hk. Tls. 19,728,232, to the Northern ports Hk. Tls. 16,715,379, to Ningpo

and Southern ports Hk. Tls. 6,248,711, to Japan Hk. Tls. 1,029,640, to Hongkong Hk. Tls. 291,684, to Corea 385,881, to Great Britain Hk. Tls. 194,488, to Russian Manchuria Hk. Tls. 272,346, and to other Foreign Countries Hk. Tls. 68,822, leaving a balance for local consumption and stock of Hk. Tls. 14,412,486.

The following were the values of the principal classes of goods imported:- Cotton Goods. Tls. 25,226,987 Biche de Mer Tls.,574,942 Leather...

Sandalwood

Tls. 212,409

Opium

12,802,204

535,422 Soap and Perfumery. 210,850

Metals

4,341,063

Ginseng

364,214

Umbrellas

205,794

Woollen Goods

2,979,256

Matches

331,535

Braid

...

180,650

Coal

2,225,203

Wine and Spirits

304,052

Wood...

157,973

Kerosine Oil ...

1,826,218

Sharks' Fins

232,859

Brass Buttons

4

157,209

Seaweed

674,815

Machinery

211,722

Cardamoms

123,116

Dyes, Aniline

563,602

Needles

207,622

Pepper

...

456,079

Mushrooms

141,801

Window & P'te Glass 120,227 Sundries

2,042,897

Timber...

435,364

Gunny Bags

132,479

Birds' Nests

389,922

Hk. Tls. 59,347,699

Cotton Raw

7,889,838

Silk Piece Goods

6,717,676

Tls. 1,324,776 10,770,919 Beans & Beancakes 1,202,155

Wool

922,912 Hides & Horns 746,038

Imports to the value of Tls.

Clocks & Watches 111,602

1,296,740 were sent to the interior under Transit Passes; Metals, Kerosine, and Coal being the principal articles thus conveyed. The imports in foreign bottoms of native produce not re-exported amounted to Hk. Tls. 7,748,905.

The total values of Exports and Re-exports of Native Produce to Foreign Countries, Hongkong, and Chinese ports in 1889 were:-

Tls. 19,625,869 Wheat

Silk

Tea...

Vegetable Oils 1,215,326 Nutgalls

368,535

Books Printed

...

365,754

Lily Flowers, dried 314,924

Sugar

3,429,094

Hemp

+

653,070

Fans

...

300,780

Rice

2,793,124

Wax ...

++

568,571

Musk

...

272,970

"

(Free)

2,237,798

Skin Rugs

...

530,393

Grass Cloth

242,454

Straw Braid

2,035,152

V'icelli & Macaroni 437,127

Fungus

200,589

Paper

...

1,567,041

Chinaware

...

391,740

Sundries

...

Tls. 5,367,130

Tobacco

1,359.26

Copper Cash

324,748

Medicines

1,235,882

Sesamum Seed

321,872

Total Hk. Tls. 78,553,425

Cloth & Nankeens 1,203,810

Rice (Tribute) 1,176,320

Of this amount there was sent to-

Continent of Europe... ...Tls. 17,541,134

Bamboo Shoots...

217,423

Dates

215,989

Great Britain...

United States

Japan and Corea ...

Hongkong for Foreign

Countries

Straits and India

Russian Manchuria...

10,007,260

4,410,087

5,801,787

Other Foreign Countries 336,775

To Foreign Countries, Hk. Tls. 41,617,985

Northern Ports... Southern Ports

...

***

...Tls. 12,540,878

11,330,238

·

9,149,784

1,378,880

Hongkong for Chinese Ports

3,914,540

1,729,160 Yangtsze Ports...

412,902

To Chinese Ports, Hk. Tls. 36,935,440

The goods for Export brought down under Transit Passes amounted to only Tls. 1,359,924, almost all of which was Waste Silk and Cocoons.

The total Shipping, entrances and clearances, for the year 1889 was-

Steamers...

Sailing Vessels

5,074

713

5,578

Tonnage Tonnage...

***

5,100,045

177,127

5,277,172

Of which 105 steamers and 7 sailing vessels entered, and 344 steamers and 51 sailing vessels cleared in ballast. The total carrying trade was divided amongst the different flags as under:-

Steamers Tonnage Sailing Tonnage Total Tonnage Duties

85 48,940 2,629 2,711,741

British German...

French

Japanese

American...

Other Countries

2,544 2,662,801

Tls. 3,317,282

125

322

587 402,069 255,238 291,302 26

9

2,906

596 404,975

646,942

125

255,238

507,968

11,435

3.18

302,737

251,403

58

34,027 58

78 1,418

41,889 1,446,746

5

2,744

83

34,027 44,633

""

34,992

19,440

530

77,075 1,948 1,523,821

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406,820 496,615

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