SHANGHAI
The following table shows the export of Tea and Silk for six years:-
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Tea--Black
1888......piculs 380,899
Brick 345,141
Green 208,753
Silk Wild
Waste
Cocoona
48,653
7,730
37,601
6,011
1889.....
366,757 260,426
189,932
53,803 9,514
45,470 8,297
1890......
1891...... 1892...
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283,819 231,215 283,178 289,689 269,730 281,739 187,995
196,474
39,699 12,708
39,639 5,954
205,914
41,186 7,325
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291,339 353,910 234,072
1893......
60,743 8,925 61,160 9,173 39,864 3,316 57,674 6,034 40,628 6,887 The import trade in Foreign Goods for 1893 may be summarised as follows:- From Great Britain Hk. Tls. 26,896,967 From British America
From Hongkong...
From India
From Japan
...
+
Tis. 1,311,255
From Straits and Australia 1,276,958
20,524,125 16,729,415
6,296,517 5,468,504 5,193,534
From other Countries From Chinese Ports
+
64,265 212,705
From Continent of Europe
From United States
...
Hk. Tls. 83,974,245
Of the total an amount to the value of Haikwan Tls. 64,360,278 was re-exported; namely to the Yangtsze ports Hk. Tls. 31,678,265, to the Northern ports Hk. Tls. 22,124,328, to Ningpo and Southern ports Hk. Tls. 7,905,742, to Corea Hk. Tls. 805,857, to Hongkong Hk. Tls. 634,862, to Japan Hk. Tls. 465,355, to Russian Manchuria Hk. Tls. 520,129, to Great Britain Hk. Tls. 164,008, and to other Foreign Countries Hk. Tls. 52,732, leaving a balance for local consumption and stock of Hk. Tls. 19,613,967.
The following were the values of the principal classes of goods imported: Cotton Goods. Tls. 24,415,717 Matches TIs. 419,642 Medicines
Cotton Yarn
8,774,024 Sandalwood
Tls. 203,485
Kerosine Oil...
+
413,544
Tobacco and Cigars 201,750
Opium
...
16,638,389
Ginseng
380,361
Isinglass
193,281
Sugar.
5,342,037
Soap...
355,788
Cardamons
192,942
Metals
...
4,690,924
Glass and G'ware
355,751
Ribbons...
184,613
Woollen Goods...
3,630,897
Wine, Beer, Spirits
329,942
Buttons
179,979
2,815,883
Needles
319,457
Clocks and Watches 177,981
Coal
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1,784,945
Gunny Bags
308,054
Mushrooms
146,863
773,186
Birds' Nests
279,879
Umbrellas
...
144,647
...
...
716,602
Sharks' Fins
251,771
Rattans
144,330
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654,122
Pepper
...
243,369
Cuttle Fish ...
142,601
651,453
Fans...
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235,583
Sundries
5,715,737
612,448
Paper...
491,633
Indigo... Braid
...
232,054
228,581
Hk. Tls. 83,974,245
Dyes, Aniline
Seaweed
Timber... Machinery
Beche de Mer...
Imports to the value of Tls. 1,365,118 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. 10,610,182.
The total values of Exports and Re-exports of Native Produce to Foreign Countries, Hongkong, and Chinese ports in 1893 were:--
Silk
Tea..
Tls. 18,320,440 | Cloth & Nank'ns Tls.1,325,841 | Musk
12,753,373 | Furs and Fur Rugs 1,313,510 | Tallow Silk Manufactures 8,771,496 | Wool
7,914,023 | Tobacco 2,953,361 Wax... 2,046,174 Medicines
Cotton, Raw...
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(Tribute)... 1,008,920 | Seeds
Rice
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(Free)
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Straw Braid...
Paper
...
Wheat
...
Sugar..
...
+
...Tls. 434,099
360,076
...1,276,355 Ground Nuts...
1,231,876 Bristles
359,300
330,587
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1,108,162 V'icelli & Macaroni
330,232
1,091,686 Books, Printed ...
291,113
812,037 Fungus
...
258,400
715,234 Rhubarb
...
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230,861
...
701,899 Varnish
1
D
217,139 5,924,244
...
...
2,406,376 Hides and Horns
1,618,102 Hemp
...
1,583,715 Oils 1,457,286 Nutgalls...
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Beans & Beancakes 1,446,642 | Chinaware... Of this amount there was sent to- Continent of Europe ...Tls. 15,640,002
...
United States
Great Britain
Japan...
Hongkong
India
Russian Manchuria
Persia, Egypt, &c. Straits and Australia Corea ...
691,937 | Sundries
Total Hk. Tls. 82,433,409
P
...
583,040 564,373
British America
7,954,252
Other Foreign Countries
240,844 14,482
7,694,418
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7,046,699
To F'rgn. Countries, Hk. Tls. 50,311,664
6,248,325
2,735,003
1,005,255
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891,118
Northern Ports... Southern Ports Yangtsze Ports
...
...Tls. 15,443,549
...
12,726,579 3,951,618
508,252
332,414
To Chinese Ports, Hk. Tls. 32,121,745
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