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Imports to the amount of Hk. Tls. 3,975,413 were re-exported to foreign countries; namely, to Japan Tls. 1,371,347, to Russian Manchuria Tls. 960,656, to Hongkong Tls. 946,159, Corea Tls. 432,133, to other countries Tls. 265,118.

The following were the values of imports from foreign countries in 1894, exclusive of re-exports to foreign countries and of imports, value Tls. 439,358, from Corea :-

Cotton Goods

Opium

Rice....

.Hk. Tls. 52,105,448 Fish & Fishery Products...Hk. Tls. 3,190,865

33,336,067 Bêche de Mer and Seaweed

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9,743,005

Matches

Sugar

"

9,507,153 Timber

Kerosine Oil

"

8,005,314 Aniline Dyes.

Metals....

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7,526,651 Machinery

Woollen Goods... Coal....

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3,540,195 Flour

3,221,343 Sundries

Total.....

1,747,015

1,638,931

1,278,136

1,169,061

1,119,777

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1,088,780

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23,885,170

162,102,911

The foreign goods re-exported to foreign countries, exclusive of those to Corea, consisted of Cotton Goods, Tls 1,862,875, Coal Tls. 329,911, Woollen Goods Tls. 127,908, Metals Tls. 121,459, Sundries Tls. 707,134.

The Exports to foreign countries, exclusive of re-export of foreign goods and of exports, value Tls. 892,868, to Corea, consisted in 1894 of

Hk. Tls. 1,784,366

Silk

Hk. Tls. 33,604,291 Paper

Tea

Silk Piece Goods

Cotton, Raw

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31,854,575 Fur Skins and Rugs..

9,040,291 Firecrackers & Fireworks.. 7,361,343 Mats and Mattings

**

1,681,710

"

1,576,482

1,142,820

Strawbraid.

2,531,219 Tobacco

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1,336,226

Beans and Beancake

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2,465,745 China and Earthenware..

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1,231,136

Sugar

"1

2,436,625 Hides and Horns..

"1

1,160,076

Wool...

19

2,354,991

Medicines

"1

1,117,286

Clothing, Boots & Shoes

"

1,850,635 Sundries......

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23,274,705

Entries and Clearances

Tonnage

20,527

20,496,347

Total.......

128,104,522

Goods to the value of Tls. 17,218,466 were conveyed to, and to the value of Tls. 4,613,370 were brought from, the interior under transit passes.

The gross Coast trade in vessels of foreign build amounted to Tls. 206,384,528 outward, and Tls. 235,160,467 inward, the net native imports (that is goods not re-exported) at the Treaty Ports being Tls. 80,377,259, and the exports to Treaty Ports Tls. 57,998,002.

The total carrying trade foreign and coastwise was divided amongst the different

as under (the Russian including tea carried overland viâ Kiakhta):-

Percentages

flags

British.

Values Tonnage Duties

Tls. 451,832,265

69.19

67'18

German

2,429

1,983,605

48,681,628

6.70

7'24

""

Japanese

420

379,044

9,597,946

1:28

1.39

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French..

293

348,291

15,152,505

1.18

2'44

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Swedish and Norwegian

471

288,051

6,151,888

'97

*71

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Danish...

530

227,912

4,713,836

*77

'86

Russian

92

138,472

10,050,909

*47

131

American

107

129,127

2,889,060

44

'69

""

Austrian

35

60,851

27

2,795,125

20

1.10

Dutch

31

Other Countries

5

Chinese

13,123

27,519 3,536 5,539,246

567,899

*09

'05

11

54,386 186,351,541

*01

'07

18.70

16.96

38,063

29,622,001

Tls. 738,838,988 100'00

100'00

The vessels entered and cleared in 1894 were made up of 30,027 Steamers of 28,506,074 tons, and 8,036 Sailing Vessels of 1,115,927 tons.

The Imperial Maritime Customs revenue for the same year amounted to Haikwan Taels 22,523,605, and was derived from

Foreign

Native

Total

Imports Exports Coast T'de Opium Duty. Duty. Duty. Duty. 3,968,231 7,270,026 709,775 1,647,549

683,972 1,415,233 265,517

Opium Lekin. 4,391,137

Tnage Transit

Dues. Dues.

440,147

609,466

659,166

39,487

4,652,203 8,685,259 975,292 2,257,015 5,050,303 479,634 423,899

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