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“...trade centre had become so evident^that on April 1,
1907, the Imperial Maritime Customs sent a staff to establish a
custom-house at the port. Native merchants were, however, slow
to avail themselves of the advantages which it ottered; the old
system of covering goods by inward and outward transit passes
taken out at Wuchow for places above Nanning being still followed
to a large extent. It follows that much of the cargo passing
through Nanning does not appear in the customs returns. The
total value of the exports and imports passing through the customs-
house during the last three quarters of 1907 was estimated at 6,000,000
or 7,000,000 taels (1,000,000Z.), but, as nearly all the exports are either
covered by these Wuchow transit passes, or else pass through the
native customs, this figure does not give an accurate idea of the large
trade of this natural commercial centre, which attracts about 60 per cent,
of the trade of Kuangsi. The actual customs revenue collected during
nine months was...”
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“...6
NANNING.
chiefly by the change of route alluded to above, which has affected
Nanning trade to the extent of about 50,000 taels (8,000?.).
The local products of Nanning itself are fire-crackers, of which
300,000 taels (50,000?.) worth are produced annually, and leather.
The**former are all manufactured by sweated labour. Hides are
shipped to the extent of a value of 400,000 taels (65,000?.) per annum,
mainly to Hong-Kong. Half of this amount is cow leather; the
remainder cow and buffalo-hides.
Tobacco is grown in the Wu Yuan district, where also low grade
paper is produced. Deer-skins come from Ssu En Fu. Moxa, which is
ar greenish white powder, smelling strongly of camphor, comes chiefly
from Pose. It is Blumea balsamifera, used in medicine, and as an in-
gredient in camphor oil and in perfumery. It costs about 200 taels per
picul (26?. per cwt.). Aniseed star and oil come from Lung Chow,
Pose and Kuang Nan Fu, in Yunnan. The crop of 1907 was the best
for the past 10 years; 9,042 piculs...”
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