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SHANGHAI

Brot. forwd. Tls. 197,465,039] Umbrellas ... Woollen Goods.. Soap

Fish, Salted, &c.... Electrical M❜tal.,&c. Spirits, Wine & Beer Medicines Seaweed Matches

...

·

1,701,324 Soda 1,524,291 Socks 1,413,773 Glass

...Tls. 850,287 Condensed Milk.. Tls. 314,806

849,180 Sharks' Fins

298,404

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676,236 Cement

...

286,632

*

612,159 Needles

253,543

581,590 Railway Materials

234,769

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452,321 Haberdashery, &c.

224,774

447,259 Rattans

215,993

427,592 Sundries

26,585,797

899,432 Lamps & Lampware 364,731

1,370,981 Sandalwood 1,130,354 Birds' Nests 1,044,509, Beche de Mer 1,020,091 Candles

Total Hk. Tls. 241,245,867

Of the total an amount to the value of Haikwan Tls. 142,580,114 was re-exported, namely, to Foreign Countries and Hongkong Hk. Tls. 8,900,649; and to Chinese Ports (chiefly to Northern and Yangtsze Ports) Hk. Tls. 133,679,465, leaving for local con- sumption a stock to the value of Hk. Tls. 98,665,753.

Native Produce to the value of Hk. Tls. 172,685,347 was imported from Chinese Ports, almost all of which was re-exported, namely, to Chinese Ports Tls. 37,252,309 and to Foreign Countries and Hongkong Tls. 110,787,589, the net native imports amounting to Hk. Tls. 24,645,449.

The total values of Exports and Re-Exports of Native Produce to Foreign Countries. Hongkong and Chinese ports in 1914 were :--

Silk

Tls. 37,405,166 Ground-nutPulp Tls.3,884,220 Straw Braid Tls. 1,023,157

C'ton.Gds. & Yarn 29,583,442 Bristles

Tea

...24,825,172 Paper ...11,176,802 Fibres

...

Seeds & Seed Cake 11,113,178 Tallow

Cotton, Raw

Silk M❜tures.

Hides

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Flour Beans

Wool

...

Oil...

Skins

...

...

...11,094,569 Egg Albn. and Yolk

10,167,017 Medicines

7,147,384 Books, Printed 6,907,374 Chinaware

6,515,473 Metals

6,346,004 Beancake 5,936,746 Grass Cloth

Tobacco, Cigs., &c. 5,394,646 Nutgalls

Rice

3,959,105 Varnish...

...

3,761,548 | Leather, &c....

990,359

3,658,663 Pottery & E'ware.

987,346

2,926,260 Sugar

796,693

2,332,495 Fungus....

761,825,

2,264,623 Human Hair, &c.

720,187

2,220,836 Feathers

•

702,669

1,818,642 Lard

632,932

1,592,557 Fans

631,909.

1,545,589 Lily flowers...

523,443

1,303,319 Musk

400,898

1,127,316, Sundries

..16,514,323.

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1,064,503

1,045,441 Total Hk. Tls. 232,803,831

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The goods for export brought down under Transit Passes amounted to Tls. 7,461,194,. This was a decrease of Tls. 825,712 as compared with that of 1913.

The total carrying trade, entrances and clearances, for the year 1914 was divided amongst the different flags as under:-

British

4,338 7,848,371

19

Japanese

3,581 4,704,467

Chinese..

5,251 3,347,287 6,010 193,314

German..

435

1,117,742

4

1,812

Steamers Tonnage Sailing Tonnage Total Tonnage Duties.

6,232 4,357 7,854,603 Tls. 6,063,141

3,581 4,704,467 11,261 3,540,601 439 1,119,554

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2,485,208 1,309,217

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French

123

440,473

123

440,473

"2

812,328 315,710

Austrian

43

151,081

43

151,081

>>

222,121

American

460

444,672

1

43

461

444,715

};

152,372

Dutch

47

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126,735

30 16,350

77

143,085

>>

141,461

Danish

96

131,712

96

131,712

>>

91,001

Russian.

Swedish...

122

221,948

122

224,948

""

44,478.

15 40,985

Norwegian

Totals

129 154,694

15 129

40,985 154,694

77

41,684

כל

38,390.

14,640 18,733,167

6,034 217,751 29,704 18,950,918,, 11,717,111

The Customs Revenue, Hk. Tls. 11,727,117 for the same year, consisted of :-

Import Duties .. Export Duties

Opium Likin

Hk. Tls. 7,135,799

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1,756,752

860,278

Tonnage Dues ...

Hk. Tls. 926,950'

Coast Trade Duties Transit Dues

751,038

296,300

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