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CHINA
Of the increase in the last four years from 18 to 20 millions of taels is accounted for by the Native Customs stations outside Hongkong and Macao having passed under the Foreign Customs; the trade passing these stations was not formerly included in the
returns.
The following was the value of commodities exported to and imported from Foreign Countries in 1890:-
Great Britain
Imports
Total
Exports
Hk. Tls. 24,607,989
13,095,284
37,703,273
Hongkong
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72,057,314
32,930,551
104,987,865
India....
10,300,101
1,055,877
11,355,978
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Straits and other British Colonies Continent of Europe
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2,610,149
3,429,678
6,039,827
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3,158,380
15,341,846
18,500,226
Japan
7,388,685
4.832,437
12,221,122
United States of America
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3,676,057
8,164,748
11,840,805
Macao
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4,270,970
1,846,412
6,117,382
Russia and Siberia via Kiakhta
4,527,848
4,527,848
Other Foreign Countries
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741,638
2,393,153
3,134,791
128,811,283
87,617,834 216,429,117
Of the imports there was re-exported to foreign countries to the amount of Hk Tls. 1,664,809.
The following were the net values of the principal classes of goods Imported from foreign countries in 1890 exclusive of those from Corea :-
Cotton Goods
.Hk. Tls. 45,020,302 Coal.......
Opium...
28,956,329 Cotton, Raw.....
Rice...
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11,445,779 Matches
Metals.
6,872,084 Sugar
Kerosine Oil
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4,092,874 Sundries.
Woollen Goods
3,642,782
Fish & Fishery Products
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2,804,657
Hk. Tls. 1,973,173
1,577,018
1,341,291
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1,075,674
"
18,291,518
Total...
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127,093,481
The Exports to foreign countries, exclusive of re-export of foreign goods and of exports to Corea in 1890, consisted of
.Hk. Tls. 24,491,370 Clothing, Boots & Shoes... Hk. Tls. 1,428,210
Silk
Silk Piece Goods
Tea
Cotton, Raw
Sugar
Straw braid.
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5,764,535 Paper
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1,359,915
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26,663,450 Firecrackers & Fireworks..
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2,989,274 Sundries
..
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1,124,214 18,649,873
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Total...
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87,144,480
2,664,864 2,008,775
Goods to the value of Tls. 21,141,697 were conveyed to, and to the value of Tls. 4,814,539 were brought from, the interior under transit passes.
The gross Coast trade in vessels of foreign build amounted to Tls. 169,340,245 outward, and Tls. 195,538,783 inward, the net native imports (that is goods not re- exported) at all the Treaty Porta being Tls. 74,017,519, and the exports to Treaty Ports Tls. 58,564,443.
The total carrying trade foreign and coastwise was divided amongst the different flags as under:-
Percentages
Entries and
Clearances
British....
16,897
Tonnage
16,087,895
Values
Tonnage Duties
Chinese
10,603
German
2,140
6,334,956 1,343,964
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Tls. 332,459,000 187,330,128
64.67
67.17
25.47
19:30
28,037,261
5:40
5.82
French...
174
Japanese
629
239,700 505,181
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11,311,196
0'97
3:42
"9
11,110,461
2:03
1:49
Russian
57
Danish...
292
87,609 116,995
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6,688,214
0:35
0.77
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2,996,444
0'47
0.88
American
155
82,946
1,495,164
0'33
0'88
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Other Countries
186
77,213
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1,018,739
0.31
0'27
31,133
24,876,459
The vessels entered and cleared in 1890 were tuns, an 5,295 Sailing Vessels of 947,902 tons.
Tls. 582,446,607 made up of 25,838 Steamers of 23,928,557
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