CHINA
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Cotton Goods
The following were the values of imports from foreign countries in 1897, exclusive of re-exports to foreign countries :-
.Hk. Tls. 78,663,280 Machinery
.Hk. Tls. 2,716,737
Opium..
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27,901,056 Cotton, Raw
2,260,19!
Kerosine Oil
13,299,136 Bêche de Mer and Seaweed
19
2,202,634
Sugar
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10,226,073 Ginseng
2,149,183
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Metals.
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8,146,608 Matches
·
2,051,225
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Woollen Goods....
4,838,105 Aniline Dyes
1,459,789
Rice
寥寥
4,011,053
Sundries.
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35,755,553
Coal
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3,692,669
Fish & Fishery Products
3,445,333
Total..
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consisted in 1897 of
Silk
202,828,625
The foreign goods re-exported to foreign countries, exclusive of those to Corea, consisted of Formosan Tea Tls. 3,877,447, Cotton Goods Tls.2,987,156, Coal Tls. 321,390, Metals Tls. 258,388, Opium Tls. 237,931, Sundries Tls. 1,721,057.
The Exports to foreign countries, exclusive of re-export of foreign goods
Hk. Tls. 44,460,990 Vegetable Oil
Hk. Tls. 2,212,330
Tea
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Silk Piece Goods
29,216,516 Clothing, Boots & Shoes... 10,789,670 Paper
2,177,690
2,121,661
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Cotton, Raw
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7,393,456 Tobacco
1,943,526
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Strawbraid..
19
6,659,388 Sugar
1,777,460
Beans and Beancake
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Hides and Horns
19
5,945,196 Firecrackers & Fireworks.. 3,181,563 China and Earthenware... 3,083,517 Sundries
1,746,113
1,3-4,336
31,947,760
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Total....
163,501,358
Fur Skins and Rugs. Mats and Mattings
Wool....
2,969,575 2,390,581
Goods to the value of Tls. 32,833,297 were conveyed to, and to the value of - Tls. 6,352,506 were brought from, the interior under transit passes.
The gross Coast trade in vessels of foreign build amounted to Tls. 270,959,847 outward, and Tls. 300,361,673 inward, the net native imports (that is goods not re-ex- ported) at the Treaty Ports being Tls. 91,443,935, and the exports to Treaty Ports Tls. 63,767,711.
The total carrying trade foreign and coastwise was divided amongst the different
flags as under (the Russian including tea carrie l overlund via Kiakita);
Entries and
Values
Percentages Tonnage Duties
Clearances
Toni: ge
British
21,140
21,891,043
Tls. 309,554,292
6483
لانانات
German
1,858
1,658,094
52,273,302
491
9.11
.་
Japanese.
653
660,707
21,079,608
196
2:40
Swedish and Norwegian
729
619,742
་་
11,839,885
1'26
French.....
464
423,122
19 398,201
1:25
2'69
American
333
269,780
5,345,392
*80
*94
Russian
70
145,660
4,825,795
*43
1:41
Danish.
276
142,932
1,549,159
*42
*29
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Austrian
32
68,484
2,5 0,350
*20
*50
Dutch
20
16,440
་་
486,197
*05
*06
Other Countries
36
Chinese
18,889
36,378 7,819,980
1,435,322
11
*29
326,126,708
23:17
2441
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44,500
33,752,362
Tls. 956,464,241
100:00
100:00
The vessels entered and cleared in 1897 were mil: up of 31,56 5 Ste un rs of 32,519,729 tons, and 9,934 Sailin ; Vessels of 1,232,633 tons.
The Imperial Maritime Customs revenue for the same year amounted to Haikwan Taels 22,742,104, and was derived from
Foreign Native.
Total
Imports Exports Coast T'de Opium
Opium Tnage Transit Duty. Lekin. Dues. Dues.
Duty. Duty.
Duty.
5,169,335 6,004,803
608,797
925,728 2,195,366
492,497
1,212,2:4-3,226,299 525,961 915,495 721,308 53,400
6,095,063 8,200,169 1,101,294 2,127,739 3,947,607 579,361 690,871 Although China is traversed in all directions by roads, they are usually mere tracks, or at best footpaths, along which the transport of goods is a tedious and difficult undertaking. It was owing to the imperfect means of communication that such a fearful mortality attended the last famines in Shansi, Honan, and Shantung. A vast
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