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Maps.
Tables of weights and currency...................................................... 2
Population, &c..................................................................................................................................................2
Introductory remarks....................................................................................................................................3
Value of trade..........................................................................................................................3
Imports—
Generd.1..................................................................................................................................................................4
Cotton goods ................................................................................................................................................4
Woollen goods..........................................................................”
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“...murder were unrestrained. The wealthy were
reduced to want, and the mob joined with the troops in committing
every kind of excess. Large areas in the busiest part of the port were
burnt to the ground, and the rebuilding is still far from completed.
Yet in spite of this visitation the gross trade of the port, as shown
by the customs figures, has been larger than it has ever been before,
the only decrease being in native imports.
The following table shows the value of the trade of Nanking dur-
ing the year 1913 :—■
Table showing the Value of the Trade of Nanking during the Year
Foreign goods imported— Haikuan Taels.
From foreign countries (including Hong-Kong)... 2,645,070
„ Chinese ports... 3,850,022
Gross foreign imports... 6,495,092
Re-exports (to Chinese ports) ...... 57,538
JTet foreign imports ... ... 6,437,554
(590)...”
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NANKING.
Table showing the Value of the Trade of Nanking during the
Year 1913—continued.
Native goods imported— Haikuan Taels.
From Chinese ports............1,695,973
Re-exports (to Chinese ports) 8,186
Net native imports ... 1,687,787
Native goods exported to Chinese ports ............5,810,214
Total gross trade 14,001,279
„ net trade 13,935,555
The total net trade shows an increase of 1,663,430 Haikuan taels
(251,248?.) over that of last year, and the value of the trade may be
compared with that of previous years in the following table :—
Year. Net Foreign Imports. Net Native Imports. Exports. Total Value of Trade.
H. taels. H. taels. H. taels. H. taela. £
1909 ...... 4,960,594 2,761,392 3,490,999 11,212,985 1,460,024
1910 ...... 6,207,331 2,215,428 2,979,526 10,402,285 1,400,516
1911 ...... 3,958,048 2,133,967 2,970,523 9,062,638 1,220,138
1912 ...... 5,242,414 2,445,813 4,583,898 12,272,125 1,872,775
1913 ...... 6,437,554 1,687,787 5,810,214 13,935,555 2,104,849
Imports...”
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“...beggar in the street. Last year the value of
the cigars and cigarettes imported (86,490Z.) was three times that of
1911.
Matches.—This is another article now in common use. Fifteen
years ago every Chinese carried his flint and steel with him. Now
matches are used, not only at the treaty ports, but in the interior.
Kerosene oil.—The import of American oil was less by about
500,000 gallons, but the Sumatra oil imported shows an excess of
over 400,000 gallons compared with 1912.
Soap.—-This article shows a slight increase.
Timber.—The amount imported in 1913 was more than double
the import of 1912. Considerable quantities arrived towards the end
of the year to be used in rebuilding the houses and shops destroyed
during the siege of the city.
Native imports.—The value of these decreased by 758,026 Haikuan
taels (114,494?.).
Exports. (See Table 2 at end of this report.)—Notwithstanding
last year's political upheaval, to which reference has been made, the
value of exports increased by 1,226,316...”
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“...agents of all kinds of goods from motor cars and fire engines to
pickles and string. It seems worth while, therefore, to state that
direct trade with firms in the United Kingdom is practically
impossible. Nearly all goods imported here are obtained from Shanghai
by native firms. As far as Nanking is concerned, the best method to be
adopted by British firms is to appoint a reliable agent at Shanghai to
transact their business for them and to look out for markets for their
goods.
Advertisement.—The value of advertisement is as noticeable in
China as elsewhere, and it would, perhaps, be advisable to give this
matter more attention. Several large concerns, British and others,
are fully alive to the importance of adequately advertising their
wares, and every city of any importance and many inland villages
are placarded with advertisements, pictorial and others, of foreign
cigarettes, sewing machines, kerosene and patent medicines. Every
city has one or more newspapers, which are enjoying an increasing...”
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