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“...4 PAKHOI. average figures for the five years 1905-09 cover partly a somewhat larger commercial hinterland than Pakhoi can pretend to now, since the opening to trade of Nanning and Kwangchouwan. A remarkable feature of the year has been the steadiness of ex- change, the average rate of the Haikuan tael during 1911 being 2s. Sy^d., the same as in 1910. The following tables show the gross and net values of the trade of the port during the last two years, in sterling and in currency. Table showing Gross and Net Values of Maritime Customs Trade (showing apportionment of Foreign Trade between Hong-Kong and Indo-China). Sterling. 1910. 1911. Foreign goods from— £ £ Hong-Kong ... 222,343 195,134 Indo-China ... 2,240 1,705 Total foreign imports 224,583 196,839 Re-exported to foreign countries-— Hong-Kong ..................206 269 Indo-China ..................80 Total foreign re-exports 286 269 Native produce— Imported (chiefly from Hoihow) 5,231 2,451 Exported to foreign countries—...”
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“...the increased use of foreign clothing, caps, underwear and socks, a considerable expansion in the import of these articles is confidently anticipated. The future of exports will largely depend on the progress of events in Canton, the largest customer of native products. The lack of money renders it unlikely that the new administration will be able in the near future to contemplate seriously any schemes for improvement of communications, which are urgently needed, and the proposed railway to Nanning to tap the resources of Kwaiigsi seems to be as far distant as ever. i; i . The troubles have served to demonstrate the absolute dependence of the commercial prosperity of the district on the Cantonese hongs, to Whose public-spirited energy the preservation of Pakhoi from the looting which befel its neighbour town of Limchow is chidly..due. In spite of their severe losses at Limchow it is encouraging to note that they show no signs of abandoning the district. . . ' .; ''/'/' At present the...”