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xxviii SUPPLEMENT TO THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1899.

XXIII-IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OFFICE.

IMPORTS.

MALWA. chests.

PATNA

BENARES. PERSIAN.

TURKISH.

CHINESE.

TOTAL.

chests.

chests.

chests.

chests.

chests.

chests.

1897, 1898,

6,167

18,517

7,555

5,134

8*

327

37,708

7,483

19,631

7,319

4,891

31

31

39,392

Increase,

.1,316

1,114

23

..

...

2,453)

Decrease,..

236

240

293

769

EXPORTS.

MALWA. chests.

PATNA. chests.

BENARES. PERSIAN.

TURKISH.

CHINESE.

TOTAL.

chests.

chests.

chests.

chests.

chests,

1897, 1898,

5,964

17,509

7,216

4,790

2

327

35,808

6,8953

18,236

7,721

4,905

37

34

37,8284

Increase, Decrease,

931

727

505

115

35

...

Through Cargo reported in Manifests but not landed, {

1897, 1898,

293

13,789 chests. .15,482

2,313 293

"

Increase,......

1,743

NUMBERS OF PERMITS, &c., ISSUED..

1897.

1898.

Increase.

Landing Permits,.

398

341

Decrease.

57

Removal Permits,

8,252

8,324

72

Export Permits,.

6,466

6,518

Permits to Chinese Customs' Station, Samsuipoo,

135

99

Memo. of Exports to the Commissioner of Chinese

Customs, Kowloon, ....

564

545

20:

:

52

36

19

Memo. of Exports to the Superintendent of Raw

Opium Department, Macao,

180

299

119

By Steamers to Amoy,

Bagdad,

British Columbia,

British North Borneo,

SUMMARY OF EXPORTS, 1898.

Malwa Patna Benares Persian Turkish Chinese chests. chests. chests. chests. chests. chests.

61

1,588 1,103

457

17

Total chests.

Total in piculs.

2,752

3,097.175 3.075

457

548.4

48:075

Bunder Abbas,

Bushire,

Canton,

696

3,388 833

Chefoo,

5

Foochow,..

1,181

1,082

350

Formosa,

: :

3

8.2 3.075

4,017

5,781.2

8.6

550 2,771

3,169

3,469.3

2,807

2,876 275

Haiphong,.

90

90

108.

Hankow,

35

34

6

75

83.

Hoihow,

489

41

530

636.

London,.

9

3

12

12.225

Macao,.

4,598

37

10

4,645

5,572.

Merida (Yucatan),

1

1.025

New York,

5.

Pakhoi,

15

01

106

127.0

Panama,

37

•

16

55

62.8

Philippine Islands,.

444

887

831

997.2

:

Shanghai,

3,205

5,611

3,499

21

12,336

14,158,525

Straits Settlements,

1

1

262

15

279

285.95

Swatow,.

1,516

1,943

775

120

By Junks to various adjacent Ports in China,

196

137

5

::

4,354

4,900.6

3411

369.625

Total,.

6,895 18,230

7,721

4,905

37

31 37,828 | 43,142.525

The information in Column 8 is on the following assumption :-

Patna and Benares, per chest,

Malwa, Turkish and Chinese, per chest, Persian, per chest, -

.1.20 piculs.

"

....1.

...1.025 ""