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“...:S
Table of the Open Ports of China, with estimated Chinese Population of
each Port and Province—continued.
Note.—British Consular officers are stationed at the ports marked with an
asterisk (*), and also at the following provincial capitals :—Mukdeu (Manchuria),
Tainan. (Shantung), Chengtu (Szechuan) and Yunnanfu (Yunnan).
(For value of trade at open ports see Table 15, page 59.)
Estimated Foreign Population of China during the Year 1913.
Population.
Japanese ..............................80,219
Russian ... ......... ... 56,765
British ..............................8,966
American ... ... ... ... ... 5,340
Portuguese ... ... ... ... ... 3,486
German ..............................2,949
French ... ........................2,292
Other nationalities ... ... ... ... 3,810
Total......... 163,827
(684)
Population.
Anhwei... 36,000,000
Wuhu* 89,000
Kiangsu 26,920,000
Nanking* 269,000
Chinkiang* ... 184,000
Shanghai* ... 651,000
Soochow 500,000
Chekiang 17,812,000
Hangchow*...”
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“...every other
item in the list, the principal increases in value being approximately
as follows :—
Cotton Italians and lastings, plain and Taels.
figured............... 4,400,000
Turkey-red cottons ......... 1,800,000
Cotton goods, unolassed... ... ... 1,800,000
Chintzes and plain cotton prints ... . 1,000,000
In regard to the last item attention must be drawn to the greatly
increasing trade in Russian printed cottons, which are competing
very seriously with British prints, especially in Manchuria and North
China. These Russian goods reach Dairen and Vladivostok by the
Siberian Railway and are thence shipped in increasing quantities to
the China markets. The quality is said to be equal to that of the
British prints, and the price not much higher. The success of this
trade is due to the care with which the selling organisation has been
elaborated, and the remarkably liberal terms offered to Chinese pur-
chasers in the way of credit and option of returning unsuitable
assortments. Doubts...”
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“...small
but increasing numbers on the streets of Hong-Kong, Tientsin, Hankow
and Peking.
III.—Exports.
A brief account has already been given of the general conditions
of the export trade in 1913 as compared with 1912, and details will
be found in Tables 6 and 7 annexed to this report. A few supple-
mentary remarks are given herewith regarding the articles of most
interest, treated in the alphabetical order of Table 6.
Beans.—The decline in the export of beans is due to shortage of
crops in Manchuria, and would have been greater than it was but
for increased supplies from the Yangtse Valley.
Coal.—The export trade in coal.was more than double that of
1912, amounting to 1,500,000 tons, valued at nearly 1,000,000L The
figures represent chiefly coal from the Kailan and Fushun mines
exported to Japan.
Cotton, raw.—The export of cotton from China decreased by 80,000
cwfca., but this does not necessarily denote a shortage of crops, although
in the neighbourhood of Shanghai the crops suffered...”
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