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Tables-
Foreign imports ..........................................................................................................................................7
Native imports ..........................................................................................................................................8
,, exports ..........................................................................................................................................8
Gross and net value ..............................................................................................................................9
Direct trade with foreign countries..........................................................................................9
Shipping table................................................................................................................................................10...”
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“...taels (customs unit)
and stprling:—
1910.
1911.
Gross value
Net value
Hk. taels. £ Hk. taels. £
23,884,785 3,215,733 21,870,269 2,944,513
22,543,853 3,035^201 20,413,339 2,71*.35S
Note.—The average value of the Haikuan tael was 2s. 8^d. in 1911 as in 1910.
Gross trade decrease
Net trade decrease ...
H. Taels.
2.014,516
2,130,514
£
271,225
286,843
The decrease may be ascribed in general to tightness in the
money market consequent on bank failures in Shanghai, Canton. Arc.:
to money being lost in speculation in the fluctuating values of opium ;
and to trade stagnation caused by the outbreak of the revolution in
September, and the temporary feeling of unsecurity thereby pro-
duced, which hindered the transit of goods, especially to the
interior.
Share of each Nationality in the Carrying Trade between Amoy and
other Treaty Ports in China during the Year 1911.
Entered.
Cleared.
Nationality. Value of
Vessels. Tonnage. Value of Imports. \ essels. Tonnasre. Exports end Re-
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“...each Nationality in the Carrying Trade between Amoy and
Foreign Countries during the Year ] 911.
Entered. Cleared.
Nationality. Vessels. Tonnage. Value of Foreign Vessels. Tonnage. Value of Exports and Re-
Imports. exports.
£ ~ £
United States 1 8,750 1 8,750 673
British 170 290,094 1,271,386 129 232,463 266,543
Dutch ...... 29 56,010 62,566 17 35,018 87,173
Danish 50
French ...... 100
German 14 19,660 16,740 13 17,404 30,497
Japanese 98 84,531 243,159 96 79,575 78,968
Norwegian ... 1 883 1,535 3 2,673 24
Russian 2 5,898 2,940 2 5,898 6,232
Chinese 1 1,216 ... 2 1,560 115
Total...... 316 467,042 1,598,426 263 383,341 470,275
Shabe of each Nationality in the Carrying Trade from and to Foreign
Countries and Treaty Ports of China during the Year 1911.
Percentage of
Value.
Nationality. Vessels. Tonnage. Value.
1910. 1911.
£
British ... 954 1,302,070 2,174,547 67 69-2
Japanese 475 467,835 350,299 13 11-1
German......... 28 39,320 47,237 4-4...”
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“...rice were imported to manufacture
vermicelli at about 4 dol. 40 c. to the picul; 1,500 bags of broken
rice and bran for cattle food at 3 dol. 20 c. and 1 dol. 20 c. respec-
tively ; and 600 bags of Puttoo for making sweetmeats. After
July, owing to prices rising and to the prospect of a good local
harvest, the import of Burma rice ceased.
Cotton piece-goods.—Import was reduced by a sudden demand for
foreign clothing, and by rise in exchange affecting values of large
stocks in hand.
The total value of various imports were:—
£
Cotton goods... ............186,956
Woollens ... ............11,389
Metals........................38,305
Machinery ... ............2,225
Manures ... ............8,421
Soap........................3,446
Household stores ............4,038
Winea, &c. ... ... ... 7,890
Postal parcels ... "... 3,386
Trade under Transit Pass.
Average, 1905-09. 1910. 1911.
£ £ £
Inward 162,729 72,891 80,694
Outward 35,276 27,536 36,063
Total......... 198,005 100,427 125,757
General...”
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“...amoy.
9
Gross and Net Value of the Maritime Trade of the Port of Amoy
during the Years 1910-11.
(Includes Trade with other Chinese Treaty Ports as well as the
Direct Trade with Foreign Countries.)
1910. 1911.
Imports- Foreign goods Native goods Hk. taels. 13,755,787 6.888,397 £ 1,852,015 927,421 Hk. taels. 12,851,970 5,276,745 £ 1,730,330 710,437
(A.) Gross imports 20,644,184 2,779,436 18,128,715 2,440,767
Re-exports ■— Foreign goods Native goods 765,634 575,298 103,082 77,455 824,087 632,843 110,951 85,203
(B) Total re-exports ... 1,340,932 180,537 1,456,930 196,154
(C) Total net imports ... 19,303,252 2,598,899 16,671,785 2,244,613
Exports— (D) Exports of local origin 3,240,601 436,300 i ' 3,741,554 503,745
Gross value of the trade of the port (A + D)......... 23,884,785 i 3,215,736 21,870,269 i 2,944,512
Net value of the trade of the port (C + D)......... 22,543,853 j 3,035,199 20,413,339 2,748,358
Direct Trade between Amoy and Foreign Countries during the
Year 1911....”
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