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Imports to the amount of Hk. Tls. 8,250,245 were re-exported to foreign countries namely, to Japan (including Formosa). Tls. 3,356,842, to America Tls. 1,345,639, to Russian Manchuria Tls. 1,255,248, to Hongkong Tls. 775,062, to Corea Tls. 803,274, to other countries Tls. 714,180.

The following were the values of imports from foreign countries in 1895, exclusive of re-exports to foreign countries:-

Cotton Goods

.Hk. Tls. 53,074,164 Machinery

Hk. Tls. 2,385,205

Opium.......

29,164,800 Matches

1,914,492

Rice..

15,622,509 Bêche de Mer and Seaweed

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1,845,838

""

Sugar

""

7,391,030 Flour

""

1,465,895

Metals...

""

7,189,409 Timber

"

1,224,616

Kerosine Oil ...

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6,615,297 Ginseng

""

1,223,270

Woollen Goods.

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Coal.....

3,723,246 Sundries 3,394,272

"

32,303,425

Fish & Fishery Products

3,159,247

Total.........................171,696,715

The foreign goods re-exported to foreign countries, exclusive of those to Corea, consisted of Cotton Goods Tis. 3,861,347, Formosan Tea Tls. 1,617,778, Coal Tls. 292,975, Metals Tls. 209,390, Woollen Goods Tls. 190,215, Sundries Tls. 1,560,074.

The Exports to foreign countries, exclusive of re-export of foreign goods consisted in 1895 of

.Hk. Tls. 38,723,871 Mats and Mattings.........Hk. Tls. 1,976,438

32,449,862 Firecrackers & Fireworks.. 11,963,231 China and Earthenware...

Silk

Tea

Silk Piece Goods

"}

"

1,961,123

"

>>

1,541,132

Cotton, Raw

""

11,202,661

Tobacco

"

1,416,766

Fur Skins and Rugs..

""

2,649,670 Nankeens

19

1,343,801

Strawbraid

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2,494,073 Provisions and Vegetables

Clothing, Boots & Shoes

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1,167,990

"

2,189,969 Medicines

Sugar Wool....

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2,129,779 Sundries

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1,161,404 24,815,057

""

2,119,961

Paper

1,986,423

Total.........143,293,211

Goods to the value of Tls. 21,214,360 were conveyed to, and to the value of Tls. 5,658,090 were brought from, the interior under transit passes.

The gross Coast trade in vessels of foreign build amounted to Tls. 228,847,362 outward and Tls. 246,419,260 inward, the net native imports (that is goods not re-exported) at the Treaty Ports being Tls. 83,405,382, and the exports to Treaty Ports Tls. 69,445,147.

The total carrying trade foreign and coastwise was divided amongst the different flags as under (the Russian including tea carried overland viâ Kiakhta):-

Percentages Tonnage Duties

Entries and Clearances

Tonnage

Values

British...

19,579

20,525,798

Tls. 481,949,069

69'02

64.81

German

2,684

2,442,185

58,955,742

8.21

7.17

Swedish and Norwegian

595

429,485

"

9,283,345

1:45

1.10

French......

266

341,345

16,547,938

1:15

2.70

Danish.

495

224,096

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3,908,425

*75

•77

Russian

90

130,218

13,078,987

'44

1.66

Japanese.

108

.......

121,691

"}

2,750,048

*41

*22

Austrian

101

106,531

"

3,574,093

*36

*99

Dutch

85

89,399

""

1,005,756

*30

*16

American

92

86,427

""

1,849,071

*29

*68

Other Countries

23

19,782

""

Chinese

13,014

5,220,121

417,442 213,437,122

*07

•12

17.55

19.62

37,132

29,737,078

Tls. 806,757,038

100'00

100'00

The vessels entered and cleared in 1895 were made up of 28,176 Steamers of 28,683,408 tons, and 8,956 Sailing Vessels of 1,053,670 tons.

The Imperial Maritime Customs revenue for the same year amounted to Haikwan Taels 21,385,389, and was derived from

Foreign Native.

Total

Imports Exports Coast T'de Opium

Duty. Duty.

Opium T'nage Transit

718,877 1,601,841

Duty. 3,781,423 7,173,526 509,606 1,343,225 245,225 907,777

Duty.

Lekin.

Dues. Dues.

3,579,456 3,579,456

446,686

32,131

4,500,300 8,775,367 754,831 2,251,002 4,104,145 478,817 520,927

524,689