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CHINA
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The Exports to foreign countries, exclusive of re-export of foreign goods, were:- Silk, Raw, Ref.and Coc'ns. Hk. Tls. 90,042,152 Strawbraid
Hk. Tls. 3,143,275
Minerals, and Metals
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45,247,775
Tea
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43,560,417
Wheat and other Cereals Tobacco
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3,018,392
3.044,771
19
Beancake
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26,122,751 Ground Nuts
2,615,728
Oil, Vegetable.....
99
25,377,703 Skins, Dressed
2,205,520
Skins, Hides, Undressed
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Silk Piece Goods
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24,113,574 Vermicilli and Macaroni 20,975,288 Chinaware
99
1,898,994
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1,787,399
Cotton, Raw and Waste
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Beans
17,627,148 Fish and Fishery Products
Fishand 17,581,025 Grasscloth
1,779,745
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1,710,336
Wool.
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12,194,665 Timber and Wood.
1,655,939
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Tallow
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8,066,766 Clothing, Shoes, etc....
15
1,631,632
Eggs, Albumen and Yolk
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7,702,403 Flour
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1,563,482
Sesamum Seed
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6,997,751 Lard
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1,265,430
Coal ...
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5,737,691
Leather
1,247,933
Bristles...
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5,534,684 Salt
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1,206,268
Seed, Rape, etc.
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5,305,244 Vegetables
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1,194,069
Animals, Living
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5,261,148
Seedcake
1,145,021
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Fibres, Ramie, Hemp, &c. Eggs, Fresh and Pres'vd.
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5,074,416 Garlic
1,141,277
NankeensandCottonGds.
Meats, Fresh and Pres'vd. Paper
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4,629,074 Fruit, Fresh and Dried... 3,838,544 Pottery and E'thenware 3,756,976 Firewood
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1,115,992
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1,092,081
1,064,767
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3,525,398 Nutgalls
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1,032,502
Fire-crackers and F'works
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3,510,961 Peas
1,005,158
Medicines
Mats and Matting........
3,201,109 Sundries 3,147,297
45,069,695
Total
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481,797,306
Goods to the value of Tls. 66,218,615 were conveyed to, and to the value of Tls. 42,031,873 were brought from, the interior under transit passes.
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The total carrying trade, foreign and coastwise, in 1916 was divided amongst the different flags as under:
Entries and
Clearances
Tonnage
Values
Percentages Tonnage Trade.
British...
Japanese
34,132
21,598
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34,840,573 Tls. 868,161,151 24,233,835
40*72
38'07
660,481,335
27'53
28.96
Chinese
136,501
23,397,109
552,405,104
26'51
24*22
Russian
3,790
1,545,085
"1
101,680,696
1.75
4:46
American
3,082
799,913
99
36,305,277
'91
1.59
French....
409
596,237
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24,832,251
*68
1:09
Norwegian
472
636,217
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13,460,977
*72
*59
Other Countries
648
440,605
13,409,427
*50
'59
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Dutch
233
463,995
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8,377,770
*53
*37
German
1,151
66,532
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1,338,207
*08
*06
202,016
88,020,101
2,280,452,195
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The vessels entered and cleared in 1916 were made up of 105,296 steamers of 82,381,569 tons, and 96,720 sailing vessels of 5,638,532 tons; the latter including 4,936,576 Chinese junk tonnage.
The Maritime Customs revenue for the same year amounted to Haikwan Taels 37,764,311, and was derived from :----
Import Export Coast T'de. Opium Opium Duty. Duty. Duty. Duty. Likin. Foreign... Tls. 13,781,106 12,042,438 1,547,087 Native
1,329,135 4,500,175 852,319
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Totals 15,110,241 16,542,613 2,399,406
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T'nage. Transit Dues. Dues.
112,430
2,384
281,104 5,960
1,026,700
1,341,948
96,199
845,332
114,814
287,064 1,122,890 2,187,280
The Native Customs Revenue at nineteen coast and river ports for 1916 amounted to Hk. Taels 3,764,645.
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