SHANGHAI
The Import trade in Foreign Goods for 1898 may be summarised as follows:- From Great Britain Hk. Tls. 32,814,335
171
From British America ... Tls. 1,940,914
From Hongkong...
From India
...
From United States
From Japan and Formosa
From Continent of Europe
27,625,216
From Straits and Australia
1,787,497
18,943,142
From other Countries
1,654,392
16,057,183
From Chinese Ports
525,216
15,808,048
10,000,954
Hk. Tls. 127,156,897
The following were the values of the principal classes of Foreign Goods imported
during that year:-
Cotton Goods. Tls. 35,375,318 | Wine, Beer, Sp'ts. 680,217
Cotton Yarn
19,991,195
Sandalwood
671,883
Cement... Mats and Matting
Opium
17,581,710
Leather and L. Gds. 650,796
Bags
369,464
356.120
**
285,908
Kerosine Oil
8,353,160
Timber
625,896
Paper
282.800
Metals
7,083,568
Matches
601,843
Medicines...
266,651
Sugar...
5,593,448
Soap...
542,863
Silk & Silk Goods Tls. 262,996
Coal
4,107,870
Railway Plant, &e 535,395
Clocks & Watches
247,421
Woollen Goods...
2,400,431
Rice
510,223
Stationery
---
236,610
Ginseng
..
1,561,059
Glass and 'ware
483,029
Flour
Cotton (Raw)
1,361,000
Beche de Mer...
458,716
Indigo
226,491 212,051
Machinery
1,306,522
Needles
448,722
Horns
Birds' Nests
...
404,893
Sundries
203,380
9,517,653
Household Stores
401,301
Seaweed
Tls. 744,456
Sharks' Fins
++
375,010
Dyes and Colours 1,056,150
Tobacco, Cigars, &c. 783,178
Total Hk. Tls.127,156,897
Of the total an amount to the value of Haikwan Tls. 97,730,387 was re-exported; namely to the Yangtsze ports Hk. Tls. 43,400,556, to the Northern ports including Port Arthur, Weihaiwei and Kiaochow Hk. Tls. 38,530,001, to Ningpo and Southern ports Hk. Tls. 10,833,164, to Russian Manchuria Hk. Tls. 1,378,389, to Corea Hk. Tls. 1,573,064, to Japan Hk. Tls. 1,105,493, to Hongkong Hk. Tls. 688,143, to Continent of Europe, Russia excepted, Hk. Tls. 28,650, to Great Britain Hk. Tls. 84,564, and to other Foreign Countries Hk. Tls. 198,363, leaving a balance for local consumption and stock of Hk. Tls. 29,426,510.
Imports to the value of Tls. 2,395,704 were sent to the interior under Transit Passes. Native Produce to the value of Hk. Tls. 76,090,915 was imported in foreign vessels ; namely, from Yangtsze Ports, Tls. 44,981,483, from Northern Ports Tls. 15,791,918, from Southern Ports Tls. 15,317,514, almost all of which was re-exported, the net native imports amounting to Hk. Tls. 11,259,760.
The total values of Exports and Re-exports of Native Produce to Foreign Countries, Hongkong, and Chinese ports in 1898 were :-
Silk
Tea
...Tls. 29,348,659 | Wool
15,376,151 Chinaware
Silk Manufactures 8,866,562 | Seeds
Cotton Gds. & Yarn 3,615,717 | Medicines
Cotton, Raw
6,362,658 | Sugar
Hides and Horns
3,296,043 Hemp
Straw Braid...
Furs and Fur Rugs
Tobacco
3,063,448 Wax
3,060,115 | Opium 2,821,302 Nutgalls
Cloth & Nankins 2,625,198 Rice ...
Oils (Vegetable)... 2,431,473 Beans & Beancakes 2,191,358 Paper...
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Tls. 1,401,903 | Bristles
1,595,952 Musk
...Tls. 759,108
+
668,818
1,246,018 Groundsuts...
|
576,070
1,146,903 Fungus
570,229
1,131,605 Rhubarb
508,054
1,072,354 Grass Cloth...
+
504,914
1,070,151 Varnish
469,957
... 1,050,921 | Pottery
437,887
843,276 Vicelli & Macaroni
429,247
...
794,051 Feathers
391,185
194,376 Sundries
7,436,860
...2,510,807
Total Hk. Tls. 112,789,180
356,593 72,012
8,546,020
8,140,826
To Frgn, Countries, Hk. Tls, 69,084,804
8,006,972
2,488,214
Northern Ports...
...
1,296,386
Southern Ports
1,005,133
Yangtsze Ports...
...
Tls. 23,998,711 12,270,439 7,435,226
828,724
403,521
To Chinese Ports, Hk. Tls. 43,704,376
2,160,381 | Books, Printed ...
Of this amount there was sent to-
Continent of Europe ...Tls. 26,964,550 United States & Sandwich Islds. 10,975,853 Great Britain
Japan...
Hongkong
Russian Manchuria...
India and Burmah
Persia, Egypt, &c.... Corea
Straits and Australia
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759,469
British America Other Foreign Countries
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