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Exports.

Foreign trade, 22,501 measuring Local trade, 16,387

1,846,749 tons.

ร

485,681

""

Total,....38,888

Exported 945,446 tons as uuder :-

Kerosine (1,413,692 cases),

Rice and Paddy,

2,332,430

22

50,489 tons.

:.

.397,430

11

Earth and Stones,

8,116

"

General,

.489,411

Total...

....945,446

10.

PASSENGERS.

1898.

1899. Increase. Decrease.

British vessels arrivals,

130,176 139,621

9,445

departures,

92,296 105,701

13,405

>>

Emigrants,

47,278 44,358

2,920

Total,......

269,750 289,680

22,850

2,920

Nett,

19,930

Foreign vessels arrivals,

65,802

77,214

11,412

departures,

49,511

57,517

8,008

194

Emigrants,

. 13,154

16,717

3,563

Total,......

128,467 151,448

22,981

:

:

Nett.......

22,981

!

River steamers arrivals,

579,012 358,028

20,984

"

departures,

565,627 537,238

28,389

Total,..

1,144,639 1,095,266

49,873

Nett,..

19,373

"}

Junks foreign trade arrivals,. 120,795 83,239

departures, 124,749 80,859

37,556

43,890

Total,.....

245,544 164,098

:

81,446

Nett,.....

81,446

Total arrivals,

895,785

858,102

37,683

11

departures,

832,183 781,315

50,868

Total,...

1,727,968 1,639,417

88,551

!)

Emigrants,

60,432 61,075

643

Total,...

1,788,400 1,700,492

643

88,551

Nett,

87,908

429

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