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year, while the import for 1899 was only 5,275,972 gallons. The importation of Sugar, which was 247,894 piculs in 1892, rose to a million and a quarter in 1894, and has remained about the same since, being 1,006,007 piculs in 1899, of this 424,878 piculs was refined, almost entirely from Hongkong. Of coal, 610,509 tons were imported in 1899, the majority of which came from Japan.

The export of native produce to foreign Countries aggregated over 90 million taels in 1899, an increase of 213 millions on the 1898 total. The articles in which the increase occur- red were chiefly Filature Silk, Silk Manufactures, Cotton Goods, Yarn and Wheat. Raw Silk increased from 63,979 piculs in 1897 to 65,133 in 1898, and decreased to 63,768 in 1899. The net import of silver fell from 36.6 million taels in 1895 to 6.6 in 1896 and to 4 million in 1897, but rose to 9 million in 1898, there being over ten million taels worth of silver bars brought from Japan. The net export of gold has considerably increased in recent years, having been 6.85 million taels in 1895, 7.2 in 1896, 8.67 in 1897, and 851 million taels in 1898. The total value of gold imported during 1899 was 6,901,681 taels, as against an export of the value of 8,257,254 taels; while the value of silver imported 45,373,553 taels exceeded the export of the same metal by 12,312,853 taels.

The following tables show the export of Tea and Silk for six years:—

Ten-Black Brick

Green

Silk

Wild

Waste

Cocoons.

1894...piculs 304,267 338,028

230,215

1894...60,657

9,909

48,191

6,703

1895...

ง

358,631 412,694

240,689

1895...68,384

10,065

37,743.

7,973

1896...

151,850 175,398

217,425

1896...46,329

9,487

25,877

7,939

1897... 1898... 1899...

19

261,166 507,039

204.358

1897...64,914

12,166

33,900

8,845

320,994

19

17

466,421 185,880 133,775 151,985 201,839

1898...56,605

11,737

41,726

6,795

1899...84,720

17,583 52,008 9,016

Hk. Tls. 36,324,339

The Import trade in Foreign Goods for

From Great Britain

1899 may be summarised as follows:-

From Straits and Australia Hk. Tls. 1,921,884

From India

31,730,626

From British America

1,200,005.

From Hongkong....

29,224,858

From other Countries

867,640.

From Japan and Formosa

20,434,017

From Chinese Ports

446,332

From United States ..

20,095,323

From Continent of Europe

12,009,599

Hk. Tls. 154,254,623.

The following were the values of the principal classes of Foreign Goods imported. during that year :--

Cotton Goods. Tls. 43,511,022 | Leather and L. Gds. 867,497 Sharks' Fins

400,419.

Cotton Yarn Opium Kerosine Oil

-

31,417,145 Sandalwood

|

22.438,184

Seaweed

795,020 Indigo... 792,703

372,593

Candles

325,995

7,909,870

Wine, Beer, Sp'ts. 737,889

Clocks & Watches

318,634

Metals

+

6,189,254

Matches

729,244

Medicines

284,782

Sugar...

4,893,666

Paper

684.719

Flour

272,791

Coal

4,579,231

Soap...

638,613

Silk & Silk Goods

266,530

Woollen Goods...

3,146,995

Glass and G'ware 614,606

Hardware

265,837

Cotton (Raw)...

2,010,217

Bags...

557.742

Stationery

260,750

Dyes and Colours

1,496,082

Needles

487,470

Pepper

231,881

Ginseng

*

+

1,206,139

Mats and Matting

470.907

Braid

218,994

Machinery

1,014,100

Timber

935,846

Beche de Mer... 462,862

Household Stores 458,172

Sundries

...10,646,939

Tobacco, Cigars.&c. 891,831

Birds' Nests

...

451,452

Total Hk. Tls.154,254,623

Of the total an amount to the value of Haikwan Tls. 115,430,628 was re-exported; namely to the Yangtsze ports Hk. Tls. 58,175,553, to the Northern ports including Port Arthur, Weihaiwei and Kiaochow Hk. Tls. 40,263,421, to Ningpo and Southern ports Hk. Tls. 12,188,138, to Russian Manchuria Hk. Tls. 1,520,594, to Corea Hk. Tls. 1,378,999, to Japan and Formosa Hk. Tls. 705,082, to Hongkong Hk. Tls. 789,086, to Continent of Europe, Russia excepted, Hk. Tls. 74,521, to Great Britain Hk. Tls. 70,929, to United States of America and the Sandwich Islands Hk. Tls. 105,130, and to other Foreign Countries Hk. Tls. 159,175, leaving a balance for local consumption and stock of Hk. Tls. 38,823,995.

Imports to the value of Tls. 1,331,505 were sent to the interior under Transit Passes. Native Produce to the value of Hk. Tls. 81,624,293 was imported in foreign vessels; namely, from Yangtsze Ports, Tls. 42,212,039, from Northern Ports Tls. 21,270,478, from Southern Ports Tls. 18,141,776, almost all of which was re-exported, the net native imports amounting to Hk. Tls. 14,958,250.