CHINA
577
declined by Hk. Tls. 2,260,000 and the enormous decrease of Hk. Tls. 7,000,000 is to be recorded for Shanghai, Amoy and Swatow have gained increases of Hk. Tls. $72,900 and Hk. Tls. 254,700 respectively, but these are not sufficient compensation for the decline of Hk. Tls. 1,500,000 in the collection at Canton. While the bulk of the decrease in the revenue collection was the result of the general depression of trade, part of it was also caused by a diversion of trade routes to irregular channels in order to avoid the numerous surtaxes, thereby escaping all Customs control.
Value in Silver and Sterling of the Foreign Trade of China, 1892 to 1927:
Year
Average Exchange.
J
Imports.
Exports.
S. d.
Hk. Tls.
£
Hk. Tls.
£
1892 ..
4
...
140,298,086
1893
...
...
3 111
149,928,703
30,544,061 29,517,212
102,583,525
22,333,288
116,632,311
22,961,986
1894
3
2
...
163,897,525
26,206,530
128,104,522
20,483,379
1895
3
...
3
172,853,145
28,268,688
1896 1897
...
...
...
...
1898
2 113 2 108
...
209,106,866 34,851,143 204,554,227 30,470,055 217,761,975 31,416,701
1899
1900 ...
1901 ...
1902 ... 1903 ..
3
05
280,907,296
42,282,402
143,293,211 23,434,411 131,081,421 21,846,903 163,501,358 24,354,889 159,037,149 22,944,422 195,784,832 29,469,696
3
...
...
11
223,791,888
34,734,365
2
11
...
280,472,693
2
71
...
...
335,601,739
...
...
1904
1905
1906
1907
...
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1913. 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918
...
...
...
...
...
...
1919
...
1920 ...
1921
...
...
...
1922
1923
1924
1925
...
...
1926.
1927 ...
...
...
...
2233 M NNN NMM 223 + 1O CO CO So no ma eð eð að
73
343,300,115
2 103
158,996,752 24,677,621 41,559,625 169,656,757 43,628,226 214,181,584 45,296,542 214,352,467 348,603,090 49,966,442 458,340,485 68,942,047
25,139,243
27,843,605
28,282,616
239,486,683 34,326,424
227,888,197
34,278,183
3
2 8
00 00 00
35
414,184,061 68,167,793
236,456,739
38,916,838
2
422,838,531 68,711,261 264,380,697 396,261,991 52,834,931 417,586,237 54,264,460
42,961,863
276,660,403
36,888,053
338,992,814 44,051,410
2 818 462,437,260
62,260,433
380,833,328
51,273,653
2
84
3
08
3
Of
473,517,685 471,809,192 72,000,048 570,064,696 86,103,508 81 546,425,219 74,564,285
63,628,938
377,338,166
50,700,286
370,520,403
56,544,517
403,305,546 60,915,191
345,280,874 47,116,943
7
454,475,719
58,939,820
418,861,164 54,321,457
3음
516,406,995
86,767,390 481,797,366 78,820,556
4
5
6
6
33 4 →
3120
549,518,774
118,633,090
462,931,630
99,940,188
31%
554,893,082 146,670,958
485,883,031
128,430,019
646,997,681 204,882,600
630,809,411
199,756,313
91
3
117%
16
3
9
3
52
715
762,250,230 258,847,474 906,122,439 179,100,763 945,049,650 177,196,809 923,402,887 160,633,627 1,018,210,677 183,441,015
541,631,300
183,928,963
601,255,537 118,841,915 654,891,933 122,792,237 752,917,416 130,976,259
771,784,468 142,947,825
3
57
947,864,944
165,876,365
776,352,937
135,859,262
3
...
18
1,124,221,253
175,112,344
864,294,771
134,625,353
2 918 1,012,931,624
142,867,649
918,619,662
129,565,537
...
It will be observed in this table that an increase in silver values does not always mean an increase in trade when measured in sterling.
HISTORICAL
The year 1900 will ever be memorable in the history of China for the "Boxer" rising. Details of this great social and political upheaval may be found in preceding volumes of this Directory. The object of the rising, which was confined to the North, was the extermination of foreign native Christians and people known to be associated with foreigners. The Legation Quarter at Peking was besieged for two months by the Boxer rabble and the Imperial troops, the occupants being reduced to the verge of starvation. Troops were poured into China by all the European Powers, America and Japan, and it was not before 20,000 foreign troops had fought their way to the capital that the siege was raised. Over 250 Europeans were murdered during the rising, and it was estimated that over 10,000 natives perished, most of them being Christians or the kinsmen of Christians.
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