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“...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 of nine.
The above figures refer solely to the numbers of vessels on the
registers at the various ports at the close of 1907 ; but...”
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“...a total of 41,615,663
Haikuan taels as against 50,011,930 Haikuan taels in 1906. The
decline of 8,396,267 Haikuan taels in the transit trade of Tientsin
alone more than accounted for the decrease of the whole transit
trade of China. Chinkiang, Shanghai, Hankow, Wuchow, and
Mengtzu followed Tientsin in the order of their value, but the sub-
joined table gives the value in silver of the transit trade (inward and
outward) at each port, and it will be noticed that the two new ports
of Antung and Nanning ha\e begun to take a part in the trade :—
Transit Trade.
Port. Inwards. Outwards. Total.
; Haikuan taels. Haikuan taels. Haikuan tacls.
Antung ...... ..J 998 998
Newehwang 90,314 10,132 100,440
Chinwangtao 2,094,599 41,437 2,136,036
Tientsin ... 30,314,384 11,301.279 41,615,663
Kiaochow... 607,487 607,487
Chungking 1,135,174 1,135,174
lohang 117,275 117,275
Shashih ... 26,411 26,411
Changsha ... 38,788 38,788
Yoehow ... 5,195 5,195
Hankow ... 5,467,863 279,677 5,747,540
Kiukiang......”
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“...Wenchow ... .J 138,475 76,500 126,682 341,657
Santuao ..' 7,858 4,303 357,669 369,830
Foochow .J 1,277,632 258,834 1,556,574 3,093,040
Amoy .J 1,824,951 589,852 458,205 2,873,008
Swatow ..; 2,931,295 2,123,638 2,317,002 7,371,935
Canton .J 4,857,873 3,013,690 8,993,166 16,864,729
Kowloon ..! 4,845,800 1,359,897 2,631,224 8,836,921
Lappa ..! 2,037,948 742,230 2,780,178
Kongmoon ... .. 403,497 ... 208,145 611,642
Samshui 429,469 40,264 171,474 641,207
Wuchow .J 867,038 82,125 621,139 1,570,302
Nanning 120,098 13,256 117,644 250,998
Kiungchow ... 511,176 70,366 445,340 1,026,882
Pakhoi 236,776 7,137 171,195 415,108
Lungchow ... 21,725 3,591 25,316
Mengtzu 970,631 579,041 1,549,672
Ssumao ..! 34,462 8,676 43,138
Tcngyiieh ... ;205,610 75,875 281,485
Total ... Exports— Abroad ... Home trade J 68,711,261* I "i 22,352,205 . 63,545,688 42,961,864 20,583,824 154,609,1541
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* These figures include net imports from abroad as well as from Chinese
ports, while those given at the beginning of...”
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“...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 is now given for the first time the revenue collected at the
native custom-houses at 20 ports controlled by the Imperial Maritime
Customs. The collections for three years are given, but not for
calendar years. The three years (November 7,1904, to November 5,
1907) are divided into 12 periods—four periods for each year ; but
the first four periods from November...”
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“...railway from the mines to the nearest
waterway have reached Chungking ; but, owing to various causes,
delay has occurred in getting to work in that scientific method which
alone can ensure success.
IX.—General.
New ports.—I have given on page 7 the dates of the effective open-
ing during 1907 of the ports of Antung and Tatungkow in Manchuria
by the establishment of custom-houses thereat, as well as at Dairen
in the Kuantung leased territory. A custom-house was also estab-
lished at the port of Nanning on the West River in March of that
year, and, as stated in my last report, the Chinese Government
declared the remaining 7 of the 16 inland marts named in the addi-
tional agreement between China and Japan of December 22, 1905,
open on June 28, 1907. Exclusive of Mukden and the 16 inland
marts in Manchuria, there are now customs reports and returns from
40 ports in China ; but two of these—Kowloon and Lappa—are only
customs stations, not ports, in the neighbourhood of Hong-Kong and
Macao respectively...”
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