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The total values of Exports and Re-exports of Native Produce to Foreign Countries, Hongkong, and Chinese ports in 1895 were :-
Silk
...
...
Tls. 26,749,786 | Seeds
Silk Manufactures 9,788,082 | Wheat...
Tea
...
...
Cotton, Raw...
...
Rice
...
"
"
(Free) (Tribute)...
15,297,142 Paper
...
...
13,431,820 | Medicines
4,235,059 Wax...
7,576,219 Hemp..
|
...
...
Tls. 1,492,708 | Musk...
1,287,884 Nutgalls
...
...
...
...
1,283,970 Oils (Vegetable)
Furs and Fur Rugs 2,623,039 Hides and Horns
Straw Braid ... Cloth & Nank'ns
Wool Sugar
...
...
...
2,383,266 | Tallow
2,145,956 Tobacco
2,086,534 Opium 1,820,525 Bristles
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... 1,243,247 Cotton Yarn
1,151,186 Grass Cloth...
...
. 1,113,039 Varnish
...
827,856 Books, Printed
...Tls. 463,277
332,322
292,164
...
280,122
...
276,207
884,444 V'icelli & Macaroni
268,699
...
841,742
Rhubarb
224,235
840,834 Fungus...
...
...
215,515
209,670
799,646 Maize
...
...
208,519
...
703,236
Sundries
4,390,677
542,759
509,177
British America
12,815,727
Other Foreign Countries
12,564,183
8,613,615
6,894,163
...
2,828,801
Northern Ports ...
2,615,206
Southern Ports
...
...
609,738
Yangtsze Ports ...
...
...
...
529,304
458,639
Beans & Beancakes 1,586,318 | Chinaware
Of this amount there was sent to-
Continent of Europe ...Tls. 21,050,934
United States
Japan
Great Britain
Hongkong
...
...
...
...
India and Burmah...
Russian Manchuria
Corea ...
...
...
Persia, Egypt, &c....
...
...
...
...
...
Total Hk. Tls. 110,406,881
223,546
996,482
To F'rgn. Countries, Hk. Tls. 70,200,338
...TIs. 22,535,233
13,121,079
4,550,231
...
3,573 4,593,196
894
103 847,558 12
111
226,729
192,378
14
Straits and Australia...
To Chinese Ports, Hk. Tis. 40,206,543
The goods for export brought down under Transit Passes amounted to Tls. 3,207,541, almost all of which was Refuse Silk and Cocoons.
The total Carrying Trade, entrances and clearances, for the year 1895 was divided amongst the different flags as under:-
British German... French
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Steamers Tonnage Sailing Tonnage Total Tonnage
Swedish & N'wegn 278
Duties
82,628
3,676 4,675,824
Tls. 3,851,092
6,268
906 853,826
"
728,659
111
226,729
"
508,891
8,152
292
200,530
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128,839
Japanese
72
95,119
72
95,119
...
""
36,580
Austrian
71
88,151
71
88,151
...
>>
153,799
Danish, Dutch, &c.
64
66,137 13
8,468
77
74,605
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27,664
American
4
...
Russian
Chinese
...
..
On Opium
24
1,554 17,528
59
56,615
63
58,169
"9
61,108
24
17,528
11,628
873
991,137
642
122,034 1,515 1,113,171
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254,084
""
421,341
Totals ...
843 284,165 6,807 7,403,652
,, 6,183,685
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5,964 7,119,487
Of these 287 steamers and 22 sailing vessels entered, and 374 steamers and 54 sailing vessels cleared in ballast.
The total Customs Revenue, Hk. Tls. 6,183,685, for the same year consisted of— Import Duties ... .Hk. Tls. 3,068,460
Tonnage Dues ...Hk. Tls.
Export Duties
Coast Trade Duties
...
...
""
1,411,344 206,086
Transit Dues Opium Likin
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...
"9
282,940
92,061
1,122,794
Of the total value of the Imports of Foreign goods at all the Treaty ports and from Hongkong and Macao at non-Treaty ports, fifty-five per cent., and of the Exports to foreign countries forty-eight per cent., passed through Shanghai, besides most of the coasting trade; more than half of the whole trade of China in foreign vessels thus belonging to "the commercial metropolis of China."
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