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690

SHANGHAI

Of this amount there was sent to-

Continent of Europe...

Japan and Formosa

Tls. 40,452,136 30,910,148

Port Arthur & Dalny... Other Foreign Countries

U. States & Philippine Islds. 26,067,318

Hongkong...

Great Britain

•

10,444,532 ... 10,279,451

Turkey in Asia Persia, Egypt, &c. 3,238,875 Russia, European Ports...

India

+

2,742,190 1,925,129

Straits, Australia, & Brit. America 1,464,220 Corea

...

...

1,238,737

1,096,134 205,930

ToForeignCountries, Hk. Tls. 130,004,800

Northern Ports...

Tls. 28,461,196

Yangtsze and Central Ports 16,270,805 Southern Ports

13,356,825

To Chinese Ports, Hk. Tls. 58,088,826

The goods for export brought down under Transit Passes amounted to Tls. 5,013,767 almost all of which was Refuse Silk, Cocoons, and Strawbraid. This was a decrease of Tls. 6,004,793 as compared with that of 1903.

The total Carrying Trade, entrances and clearances, for the year 1904 was divided amongst the different flags as under:-

Steamers Tonnage Sailing Tonnage Total Tonnage

Duties

British...

4,150

6,468,104

83

56,697 4,233

6,524,801

Tls. 6,261,798

German

986

..

+

1,613,575

2

452

988

1,614,027

1,514,113

Norwegian

596

529,416

596

529,416

"}

219,545

Japanese...

338

4.3,219

59

2,073

397

4 '5,292

267,979

American

134

353,116 37

39,543

171

39-1,659

"}

190,102

French...

119

272,738 518

19,619

637

292,357

"

428,2,3

Danish, Dutch,&c.

91

148,846

3

2,164

91

15,010

"}

102,062

Austrian

40

129,422

40

129,422

"

157,070

Russian

29

41,765

29

41,765

"

13,930

Chinese

1,633

1,886,825

616

122,224

2,249 2,009,049

"

704,092

On Opium

""

461, 49

Totals

242,772 9,434 12,181,798

,, 10,323,443

8,116 11,939,026 1,318

Of these 239 steamers and 73 sailing vessels entered, and 791 steamers and 345 sailing vessels cleared in ballast.

The total Customs Revenue, Hk. Tls. 10,323,434, for the same year consisted of:—

Import Duties

...Hk. Tls. 6,298,158

Export Duties

39

Coast Trade Duties...

19

Tonnage Dues Transit Dues ... Opium Likin

-

...Hk. Tls.

"

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666,381 127,175 1,216, 91

1,535,577 479,852

The above tables show that more than half of the whole trade of China in foreign vessels belongs to "the commercial metropolis of China,”