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Of the total an amount to the value of Haikwan Tls. 138,702,302 was re-exported, namely, to Foreign Countries and Hongkong Hk. Tls. 6,653,156; and to Chinese Ports (chiefly to Northern and Yangtsze Ports) Hk. Tls. 132,019,146, leaving for local con- sumption a stock to the value of Hk. Tls. 73,067,301.
Native Produce to the value of Hk. Tls. 197,999,146 was imported from Chinese Ports, almost all of which was re-exported, namely, to Chinese Ports Tls. 41,811,085 and to Foreign Countries and Hongkong Tls. 125,061,966, the net native imports amounting to Hk Tis. 32,669,174.
The total values of Exports and Re-Exports of Native Produce to Foreign Countries, Hongkong and Chinese ports in 1912 were :-
Silk
Tea
Sundries
Flour Paper
•
Tls. 4,282,629 Opium
... Tls. 53,222,422 C'ton.Gds. & Yarn 24,395,251
...22,107,725 Ground-nut Pulp ...15,446,332 Straw Braid
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Seeds & Seed Cake 14,326,629 | Fibres Cotton, Raw ...13,971,069 Bristles...
Silk M❜tures.
Oil...
...11,941,559 | Medicines
..10,382,569 | Tallow
Tobacco, Cigs., &c. 7,659,480 Beancake
...
3,375,112 Metals 3,339,289 Varnish
...
Tls. 1,140,413
1,095,261
...
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1,075,860
...
3,269.059 Chinaware 2,978,303 Leather, &c....
1,004,682
882,795
**
2,962,398 Fungus...
720,768
2,144,187 Feathers
660,938
...
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2,108,302 Human Hair, &c.
642,076
1,736,272 Pottery & E'ware.
625,364
586,633
566 885
522,104
381,787
...
1,196,117
Total Hk. Tls.
248.589,759
6,790,975 Sugar
...
6,679,706 Grass Cloth...
Rice
Beans
Wool
-
Skins
...
Hides
...
...
1,585,622 Lily flowers 1,558,308 Nutgalls
6,502,227 EggsAlbn.and Yolk 1,500,484 · Lard 6,261,145 Books, Printed 1,353,028 Musk 5,608.024 Fans
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...
The goods for export brought down under Transit Passes amounted to Tls. 7,273,256. This was a decrease of Tls. 363,623 as compared with that of 1911.
The total carrying trade, entrances and clearances, for the year 1912 was divided amongst the different flags as under:--
Steamers Tonnage Sailing Tonnage Total Tonnage Duties
British
Japanese
4,334 7,637,588
3,598 4,274,997
41 17,889
+
300
Chinese...
4,912 2,979,273 7,656 228,809
German...
658 1,577,189
6
944
4,375 7,655,477 Tls. 6,047,305 3,602 4,275,297 12,568 3,208,082 664 1,578,133
"
2,143,435
998,870
19
""
896,978
French
167
424,191
167
Austrian
70
...
248,773
70
N'wegian and S'dish
301
333,616
301
424,191 248,773 333,616
304.732
19
""
235,946
"
102,923
American
255
402,778
255
402,778
84,586
Dutch
48
...
111,652
48 26,160
96
137,812
134,988
""
Russian.
174
293,958
174
*
293,958
52,717
"'
Danish
71
+1
84,686
71
84,686
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33,939
Totals
14,588 18,368,701 7,755 274,102 22,343 18,642,803 ,, 11,063,419
Of these 2,032 steamers and 45 sailing vessels entered, and 2,136 steamers and 45 sailing vessels cleared in ballast.
The total Customs Revenue, Hk. Tls. 11,036,417 for the same year, consisted of :-
Import Duties...
Export Duties
Opium Likin
...
Hk. Tls. 5,912,800 1,922,882
1,192,105
Tonnage Dues ... Coast Trade Duties Transit Dues
Hk. Tls. 890,127
99
914,125 203,378
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The above tables show that more than half of the whole trade of China in foreign vessels belongs to "the commercial metropolis of China."
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