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“...to 1897, when the Germans took possession of Kiaochow,
Chefoo was the only port open to foreign trade in Shantung, and its
export of strawbraid in that year amounted to 42,375 piculs. On
July 1, 1899, a Chinese custom-house was established at Kiaochow,
and from that date onwards trade statistics of the second port in
Shantung have been available. A railway, completed in 1904,
was built from Kiaochow to Chi-nan Fu, the capital of the province
and its influence is visible to-day. In 1900 the export of strawbraid
from the two ports was Chefoo 35,737 piculs and Kiaochow 1,870
piculs; in 1901 Chefoo 33,481 piculs and Kiaochow 3,435 piculs;
in 1902 Chefoo 29,638 piculs and Kiaochow 11,697 piculs; in 1903
Chefoo 23,841 piculs and Kiaochow 9,969 piculs; in 1904 Chefoo
16,697 piculs and Kiaochow 25,383 piculs; in 1905 Chefoo 10,836
piculs and Kiaochow 41,417 piculs ; in 1906 Chefoo 5,074 piculs and
Kiaochow 62,384 piculs ; and in 1907 Chefoo 1,415 piculs and Kiao-
chow 62,078 piculs. In other words...”
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“...previous five
years. Much of the drug is consumed in China itself, for the export
through Chungking from the Thibetan frontier amounted to close
on 1,000 tons. The value of the export abroad was 30,229/.
America was the chief importer in 1906, taking nearly as much as
the whole of the continent of Europe.
There was a rise in the export of liquorice from 1,824,000 to
2,057,866 lbs., but the value fell from 34,189/. to 31,696/. Most
of the liquorice finds its way through the ports of Tientsin and
Chefoo.
China-root showed a decline in quantity with, however, an
increased value, but the export for 1906 was about 30 per cent,
above the 1905 figures, which were again exceeded in 1907.
There Was very little difference in the value of medicines exported
during the two years 1906-07, 399,990/. and 391,817/., and the
difference is even less if the silver values are taken—2,430,322 and
2,411,184 Haikuan taels. Hong-Kong is the great centre to which
native medicines are sent for distribution among...”
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“...steamers on the registers at the various
ports in China at the close of 1906 was 813 and at the close of 1907
they numbered 864, or an increase of 51. Of the 864 steamers,
255 were foreign and 609 were under the Chinese flag as follows :—
Total. Foreign
Shanghai ... 334 74
Canton 229 87
Hankow ... 46 12
Chinkiang...... 42 4
Foochow............ 34 12
Amoy ............ 31 13
Kiukiang ... 28 1
Wuhu ............ 21
Ningpo 19 7
Tientsin............ 14 12
Swatow ... 13 5
Wuchow ... 10 5
Soochow ... 9 7
Chefoo 8 7
Kongmoon 7 4
Changsha...... (i
Newchwang 4 3
Nanking and Wenchow, each ... 2
Samshui ... 2 1
Antung ... 1 1
Santuao and Nanning, each 1
At each of the 23 ports from which steamers plied under inland
waters regulations there were increases in the number of vessels
with the exception of Canton, which showed a decrease of 15, and
Kongmoon and Samshui each with one less than in -1906. The
greatest increase was at Shanghai where 20 were added to the
register. Wuhu was second with an increase...”
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“...4.6
china.
Registrations—
Canton 94
Chefoo 73
Shanghai 48
Amoy... 22
Wuhu...... 16
Newchwang ... 12
Withdrawals—
Canton 109
Chefoo 71
Shanghai 28
Amoy... 19
Newcliwang ... 10
VI.—Home and Transit Trade and net Value of the whole Trade of each
Port.
The home trade of China here dealt with comprises merely the
coast and inter port trade in native produce carried in steamers,
sailing vessels and junks under the cognisance of the Imperial
Maritime Customs, and as such embraces only a part of the internal
trade of the country. It is, however, that part of the trade for which
reliable statistics are procurable. Exports from one place are im-
ports into another, and the value of either exports or imports
represents the value of the home trade as above defined. The
subjoined figures give the net silver values of the imports for the
last five years :—
H. taels.
1903 161,312,323
1904 163,073,177
1905 166,884,461
1906 158,276,129
1907 137,552,030
Average 157,419,624
Transit trade.—The...”
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“...export to foreign countries and other Chinese ports {i.e., the value
of the whole net trade of the port) for the year 1907 :—
Port. Net Foreign Imports. Net Native Imports. Total Exports. Total Imports and Exports.
£ £ £ £
Antung 330,371 88,518 355,137 774,026
Tatungkow ... ..; 2,742 2,626 4,791 10,159
Dairen 1,693,738 29,834 525,061 2,248,633
Newchwang... .. 1,720,426 974,325 2,553,132 5,247,883
Chinwangtao ..: 536,517 91,526 232,212 860,255
Tientsin ..! 9,946,421 2,976,514 2,803,647 15,726,582
Chefoo ..! 1,727,488 1,185,721 1,741,849 4,655,058
Kiaochow ... .. 2,667,609 608,320 1,377,728 4,653,657
Chungking ... .. 2,164,858 429,612 1,800,489 4,394,959
Ichang 81,880 38,086 945,575 1,065,541
Shashih 210,944 22,257 72,367 305,568
Changsha ... 6S3.010 130,021 371,940 1,184,971
Yoehow ..; 81,473 5,669 132,908 220,050
Hankow ..' 7,338,072 1,541,577 9,819,451 18,699,100
Kiukiang ..i 1,807,540 465,108 2,657,174 4,929,822
Wuhu ..' 1,486,577 498,657 1,490,715 3,475,949
Nanking 863,723 251,384 577,342...”
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“...5,713,941 Haikuan taels against 29,272,481
and 6,796,114 Haikuan taels in 1906. The duties on native produce
exported to foreign countries and Chinese ports {i.e., the home trade)
were respectively 5,509,689 and 3,944,959 Haikuan taels as com-
pared with 5,237,784 and 4,587,922 Haikuan taels in 1906. The
increase of exports to foreign countries in 1907 naturally brought an
increased export revenue.
Seventeen ports showed a falling-off in revenue, namely, New-
chwang, Chingwangtao, Tientsin, Chefoo, Chungking, Ichang,
Shashih, Wuhu, Chinkiang, Shanghai, Soochow, Wenchow, Lappa,
Kongmoon, Wuchow, Kiungchow, and Mengtzu; while Kiaochow,
Changsha, Yochow, Hankow, Kiukiang, Nanking, Hangchow,
Ningpo, Santuao, Foochow, Amoy, Swatow, Canton, Kowloon,
Samshui, Pakhoi, Lungchow, Ssumao and Tengvueh increased
their receipts. Antung, Tatungkow, Darren and Nanning appear
for the first time as contributors to the customs revenue.
Side by side with the revenue collected by the Imperial Maritime
Customs...”
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