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SHANGHAI

The following tables show the export of Tea and Silk for eight years:-

Tea -- Black

Brick

Green

Silk

Wild

Waste

Cocoons

1901...picuis 182,810

137,532

243,341

1904...54,135

27,276

35,626

6,958

1995...

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104,323

98,389

259,077

1905...45,766

19,201 55,570

9,247

1906... 1907...

175,893 269,485

223,837

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157,824

311,13%

279,031

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1908 1909...

168,835

214.297

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1906...50,520 18,865 49,708 1907...54,031 16,952 295,862 1 1908...58,875 26,593

8,443

71,438

8,850

51,492 9,308

140,121

217.057

297,869

1909...60,301

26.996 52,487 15,083

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1910...

>

173,100

308,528

264,752

1910...66,116

23,379

75,360 13,948

1911...

177,294

37,639

307,917

1911...59,224

27,679

*

81,061 16,313

The Import trade in Foreign Goods for 1911 was as follows:- From Foreign Countries and Hongkong

From Chinese Ports

Hk. Tls. 217,337,677

2,042,190

Hk. Tls. 220,279,867

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

Cotton Yarn Tls. 50,623,636 Gunny&Cton. Bgs. 1,166,983 | Haberdashery, &c. Cotton Goods. 48,715,040 Spirits, Wine & Beer 985,418 | Needles 30,179,474 Electrical M'ial, &c. 799,465 | Candles

Opium...

Sugar

Kerosene Oil, &c. 10,126,845 Medicines

8,588,010 Glass

Dyes and Colours 8,529,710 Seaweed Metals...

8,078,356 Umbrellas Tobacco, Cigars, &c. 5,958,817 Matches Woollen Goods... 5,248,412 Soda

Coal Paper

•

Soap

Timber

...

Machinery

464,133

Tls.

448,170

401,207

797,123 | Sandalwood 761,490 Cotton Socks 70,503 Birds' Nests

357,337

•

354,558

353,480

703,309 | Household Stores

311,804

246,244

213,238

...

218,931

216,485

145,536

16,832,776

681,287 Sharks' Fins 669,233 | Condensed Milk 536,487 | Hardware 523.210 | Rattans 519,248 | Cement

4,710,733 Fish, Salted, &e.... 2,249,452 Railway Materials 1,451,433 Buche de Mer... 1,170,142 Lamps & Lampware 498,603 Sundries Tls. 1,261,180 Cotton, Raw

492,179

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Total Hk. Tls, 217,337,677

Of the total an amount to the value of Haikwan Tls. 139,160,662 was re-exported, namely, to Foreign Countries and Hongkong Hk. Tls. 5,919,645; and to Chinese Ports (chiefly to Northern and Yangtsze Ports) Hk. Tls. 138,025,474, leaving for local con- sumption a stok to the value of Hk. Tls. 81,119,205.

Native Produce to the value of Hk. Tls. 173,801,469 was imported from Chinese Ports, almost all of which was re-exported, namely, to Chinese Ports Tls. 38,918,527 and to Foreign Countries and Hongkong Tis. 108,862,543, the net native imports amounting to Hk Tls. 26,025,399.

The total values of Exports and Re-exports of Native Produce to Foreign Countries, Hongkong and Chinese ports in 1911 were :--

Silk

Silk M'tures.

Ten

.

...Tls. 35,277,924 · Paper

...25,719,673 Bristles... ...21,782,874 Flour

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C'ton. Gils. & Yarn 19,910,528 Fibres

Cotton, Raw

Seals & Seed Cake 11,3 7,499 Ground-nut Pulp 2,366,348 Leather, &c....

Rice

...

Oil...

Skins

Wool

2,185,332 Nutgalls

...

Tls. 3,111,555 Eggs Albn.andYolk 1,258,879

3,095,037 Varnish

973,147

2,738,255 Human Hair, &c.

854,940

...

2,476,495 Pottery & E'ware.

799,152

...19,540,134 Beancake

2,464,257 Feathers

747,096

674,906

...

9,252,125 | Opium

642,638

8,069,498 | Medicines

+

2,095,951 Fungus...

642,342

...

Tobacco, Cigs., &c. 6,823,485 | Chinaware

7,570,564 | Books, Printed 7,236,477 Metals

1,731,926 Lily flowers

605,175

L

...

1,527,707 Tallow

586,899

1,385,982 | Musk

552,777

Hides

Straw Braid Beans

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5,714,449 Grass Cloth.. 4,81 1,034 | Fans 4,153,460 Sugar

1,351,728 Lard

416,137

1,340,089 · Cloth (Nankeens)

79,188

Tls. 1,314,008 Sundries

...12,646,286

Total Hk. Tls. 237,896,956

The goods for export brought down under Transit Passes amounted to Tls. 6,909,633. This was an decrease of Tls. 1,552,484 as compared with that of 1910.

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