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destroyers, and 50 torpedo-boats, with a crew of 10,500 men. The scheme is apparently pigeon-holed at Peking for the present.
TRADE AND INDUSTRY
The ports open to trade are:-Newchwang, Chinwantao, Tientsin, Chefoo, Shanghai, Soochow, Chinkiang, Nanking, Wuhu, Kewkiang, Hankow, Yochow, Shasi, Ichang, Chungking, Hangchow, Ningpo, Wênchow, Santu, Foochow, Amoy, Swatow, Canton, Samshui, Wuchow, Kongmoon, Nanning, Kiungchow, and Pakhoi. Lungchow, Mêngtsz, Szemao and Tengyueh, on the frontiers of Tonkin and Burmah, and Yatung in Tibet, are stations under the cognisance of the Foreign Customs. The import trade, exclusive of the Colony of Hongkong, centres chiefly at Shanghai, Canton, and Tientsin, while the bulk of the exports pass through the ports of Shanghai, Hankow, Foochow, and Canton. The annual value of the trade of China coming under the supervision of the Imperial Maritime Customs was as follows :-
Net Imports from Foreign Countries.
1900...Hk. Tls. 211,070,422
Net Exports to Foreign Countries.
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1901... 1902...
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1903...
268,302,918 315,363,905 326,739,133
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158,996,752 169,656,757 214,181,584 214,352,467
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Total of Foreign trade.
370,067,174 437,959,675
529,545,489
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541,091,600
1903 equals at
Ex. 1.64, Mex. $503,178,265
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Net Imports of Native Goods
108,036,714
125,454,462
136,259,955
161,312,323
Ex. 28. 7 d., £43,111,413
Mex. $330,102,799
£28,282,617
Mex. 8833,281,064 £71,394,030
Mex. $248,420,977
£21,284,265
The following was the net value of commodities imported direct from and exported direct to Foreign Countries in 1903. These figures do not include the trade carried on with neighbouring countries in Chinese junks, which does not come within the control of the Foreign Customs:-
Hongkong
Japan (including Formosa)
Great Britain
Imports
Exports
Hk. Tls. 136,520,453
89,195,605
Total 225,716,058
50,298,343
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30,433,435
80,731,778
50,603,772
10,024,095
60,627,867
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Continent of Europe, except Russia. United States of America...
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22,350,983 34,573,445
56,924,428
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25,871,278 19,528,116
45,399,394
India
33,856,203
1,944,043
35,800,246
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Russia, Siberia and Russian Manchuria... Straits and other British Colonies.............
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2,355,000
12,777,967
15,132,967
4,803,205
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4,105,679
8,908,884
Масао........
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2,481,993
4,661,254
7,146,247
Other Foreign Countries
7,708,901
7,108,828
14,817,732
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336,853,134
214,352,467
551,205,601
Cotton Goods ....
Opium......
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Sugar..
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Imports to the amount of Hk. Tls. 10,114,001 were re-exported to foreign countries, namely, to America Tls. 3,271,540; to Corea, Tls. 2,316,461; to Europe, Tls. 625,681; to Japan (including Formosa), Tĺs. 584,477; to Straits and Java, Tls. 509,918; to Hongkong Tls. 2,365,618; to other countries Tls. 440,306. The chief article re-exported was Formosa Tea, to the value of Tls. 3,590,939, mostly to America.
The following were the values of imports from foreign countries in 1903, exclusive of re-exports to foreign countries : -
.Hk. Tls. 128,620,004 Machinery...
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43,830,892 Miscellaneous Piece Goods 15,962,051 Timber
Hk. Tls. 2,169,500
2,163,703
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2,110,106
Kerosine Oil......
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15,723,929 Wine, Beer, Spirits.
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1,938,476
Metals
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15,316,323 Dyes, Aniline
1,893,092
Rice and Rice Bran
9,009,227 Ginseng
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1,779,413
Conl
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8,488,788 Bags
1,699,418
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Railway Plant...........
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7,996,325 Household Stores
1,372,445
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Fish & Fishery Products
4,742,677 Glass and Glassware
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1,357,597
Woollen Goods..
3,965,898 Medicines
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1,336,596
Matches....
3,832,975 Soap and Perfumery
1,316,243
Bêche de Mer & Seaweed
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3,010,012 Sandalwood
1,155,942
Flour
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2,869,708 Sundries.......
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37,852,588
Paper
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2,684,437
Cigarettes and Cigars
2,540,768
Total.........326,739,133
Original from UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
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