Tuited States of America
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CHINA
The increase in the last five years is partly 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 1891:-
Hongkong
Great Britain
Continent of Europe
Imports
Exports
.Hk. Tls. 68,155,959
37,707,661
Total 105,863,620
})
29,628,097
13,771,837
43,399,934
>>
5,265,089
20,677,062
25,942,151
7,731,752
9,033,630
16,765,382
Erxlia...
12,473,022
})
1,562,922 14,035,944
Japan
5,704,742
""
5,801,328
11,506,070
Straits and other British Colonies Macao
2,814,601
"}
3,284,659
6,099,263
"
3,656,066
1,918,917
5,574,983
Russia and Siberia via Kiakhta
"
180,802
5,351,497
5,532,299
Other Foreign Countries
400,713
1,838,336 2,239,049
136,010,846 100,947,849 236,958,695
Of the imports there was re-exported to foreign countries to the amount of Hk Tls. 2,006,983.
The following were the net values of the principal classes of goods Imported from foreign countries in 1891 exclusive of those from Corea :-
..Hk. Tls. 53,290,200 Sugar
Hk. Tls. 1,774,111
Cotton Goods
Opium.
Metals
Hice...
Kerosine Oil
Woollen Goods
Fish & Fishery Products
28,333,156 Coal...
"
7,254,448 Matches
11
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5,267,051
6,597,259 Cotton, Raw.....
Sundries...
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4,695,256 2,640,444
Total...
25
1,708,293
}}
1,506,591
>>
1,195,262
"
19,741,792
}]
134,003,863
The Exports to foreign countries, exclusive of re-export of foreign goods and of exports to Corea, consisted in 1891 of
.Hk. Tls. 31,028,584 Clothing, Boots & Shoes...Hk. Tls. 1,406,435
Tea
Filk
Silk Piece Goods
Cotton, Raw
Sugar
Strawbraid....
Faper
"1
29,884,375 Wool
"}
7,017,651 Tobacco
1,111,704 1,052,358
3,841,129 Firecrackers & Fireworks..
"
1,012,530
2,594,460 Sundries
""
18,822,680
""
-
"
Total...
100,947,849
1,605,234 1,570,709
Goods to the value of Tls. 21,863,364 were conveyed to, and to the value of Tis. 2,586,102 were brought from, the interior under transit passes.
The gross Coast trade in vessels of foreign build amounted to Tls. 186,030,787 outward, and Tls. 210,162,399 inward, the net native imports (that is goods not re- exported) at all the Treaty Ports being Tls. 80,085,179, and the exports to Treaty Ports TH. 64,602,611.
The total carrying trade foreign and coastwise was divided amongst the different Tags as under (the Russian being mostly tea carried overland via Kiakhta):-
Entries and Clearances
Tonnage
Values
Percentages Tonnage Duties
British......
Linese
17,718
17,438,995 Tls. 373,236,267
62.93
65:40
11,802
German
Japanese.
Austrian
2,520
6,642,273 1,911,897
"
186,697,808
23.97
19.11
""
35,386,265
6'90
7:00
604
515,236
"
8,961,396
1.86
1'20
454
457,250
3,224,581
1'65
0'23
French...
172
264,660
""
13,887,969
0'96
4:43
Danish..
264
108,122
"
2,273,494
0'39
0'60
Swedish and Norwegian
177
106,383
""
1,483,281
0.38
0'23
Cassian
76
American
113
Other Countries
92
98,221 67,095 100,656
"1
8,136,161
0:36
0'86
>>
1,189,584
0'24
0:59
""
682,058
0:36
0:35
33,692
27,710,788 Tls. 035,158,864
100
100
The vessels entered and cleared in 1891 were made up of 28,040 Liemers of 26,720,841 tos, and 5,952 Sailing Vessels of 989,947 tons.
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