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Cotton Goods ....

The following were the values of imports from foreign countries in 1908-

.Hk. Tls. 116,671,095 Bèche de Mer & Seaweed Hk. Tls. 2,846,909

Opium......

34,499,817 Household Stores....

Rice and Rice Bran

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11

28,750,724 Leather and manufrs. of

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2,633,640 2,503,765

Kerosene Oil.....

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27,415,308 Medicines

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2,149,470

Metals

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Sugar

24,476,826 Miscellaneous Piece Gds. 19,884,481 Clothing

2,045,519

Railway Plant...

1,834,649

12,995,543 Dyes, Aniline

1,775,650

Coal and Coke...

>>

8,906,108

Electrical Materials

Fish & Fishery Products Flour

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1,769,801

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7,763,701 Cotton, Raw...

**

1,761,428

5)

7,455,062 Woollen & C'ton Mixtures

Machinery and Fittings

>>

1,681,163

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6,659,893 Tobacco

Timber and Woods ....

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1,667,155

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6,481,030 Bags, all kinds..

Cigarettes and Cigars Matches

1,635,486

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5,464,257 Soap and Perfumery

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1,620,239

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Woollen Goods.

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5,168,520 Glass and Glassware 4,628,956 Cenient

1,412,837

1,401,196

Paper and Stationery...

4,496,365 Hardware

1,184,364

Indigo.

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3,745,330 Sundries...

47,820,641

Tea

3,386,091

Wines, Beer, Spirits......

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2,961,634

Total....

.409,554,653

Ten

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Beans and Beancake.....

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Silk Piece Goods

55

Cotton, Raw...

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Skins, Hides, Undressed

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Sesamum Seed

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Strawbraid...

99

The Exports to foreign countries, exclusive of re-export of foreign goods, were :— Silk, Raw, Ref. & Cocoons Hk. Tls. 68,334,347 Medicines

32,883,140 Fibres, Hemp, Jute, &c... 23,562,039 Fruit, fresh and dried 14,550,017 Eggs, Fresh & Preserved 10,345,205 China, E'th'ware, Pottery

9,349,002 Vermicilli & Macaroni 9,138,129 Tallow, Animal & Veg. 7,518,463 Grasscloth

Hk. Tls. 2,625,427

19

2,377,260

2,196,' 41

1,899,669

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1,596,086

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1,536,718

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1,554,988

19

1,477,967

Minerals, mostly Tin

55

Oil, Vegetable..

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6,787,911 Timber and Wood. 5,430,602 Sugar & Sugar Candy

1,383,503

15

...

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1,353,728

Mats and Matting

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Wool.

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4,718,770 Bamboo & Bambooware 4,490,188 Flour

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1,352,523

1,341,710

Provisions & Vegetables.

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4,235,632 Clothing

1,332,703

Fire-crackers & Fireworks

Cattie, Sheep, Pigs, Goats Paper....

22

4,067,155

Nankeens..

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1,282,313

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3,541,740 Cassia Lignea.

1,184,329

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Firewood....

15

3,439,280 Fish & Fishery Products

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1,153,062

Bristles and Horns........

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3,023,979 Feathers

1,140,026

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Skins, Dressed Clothing

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2,977,432 Sundries

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26,045,178

Tobacco and Cigarettes

2,725,742

2,677,460

Total......... 276,660,403

Goods to the value of Tls. 63,417,461 were conveyed to, and to the value of Tls. 21,326,239 were brought from, the interior under transit passes.

The total carrying trade, foreign and coastwise, was divided amongst the different flags as under:

Entries and

Clearances

Tonnage

Values

Percentages Tonnage Trade.

British.

28,445

Japanese

34,405,761 Tls. 728,994,290

40.96

44'68

Chinese

30,708

German

136,663

18,055,138 16,945,860

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207,390,637

21.50

12.71

434,253,551

20.18

26.61

French..

5,496

6,585,671

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130,179,027

7.84

7.98

3.901

American

5,071,689

56,985,175

6'04

3:49

653

Dutch

Norwegian

998,775

9,149,942

1.19

56

1,033

980,635

19,697,017

1∙17

1.21

Russian

156

301,048

"

4,496,259

36

28

Austrian......

139

263,847

33,482,442

31

2.05

Other Countries

54

205,024

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4,940,721

24

30

357

177,841

2,218,402

21

13

207,605

83,991,289

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