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“...575 ' £ 1,422,387 3,368,555 96,008
Silver— Bars and syefic Coins 675,S21 2,692,734
Copper coins 96,008
Grand total 4,886,950
Export— Gold- Burs, dust, &c. Coins , . 197,616 14,999 212,615 5,3 17,864 8,018
Silver— Bars and sycec Coins 1,315,783 4,002,081
Copper coins 8,61S
Grand total Net export 5,539,097 652,147
It will be seen from the above table that the net export of gold
bars, dust, &c., was of the value of 196,804/!., the greater part of
this amount coming from Tientsin and Chefoo. From Japan came
gold coin of the value of 1,386,0512., to meet which there was an
export of silver bars, sycee and coin valued at 1,820,0872.—no
doubt required for military purposes. Hong-Kong sent silver
worth 2,401,1262. and took back 3,258,5292., the import and export
being almost entirely silver coins. The net export of silver was
1,949,3092. and the net import of gold 1,209,7722., leaving on
balance a net export in these two metals of 739,5372. Gold,
however, is not a trade circulating...”
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“...cake.
Such soaps are treasured more than used. What is wanted in these
remote places is a common scented coloured soap at a reasonable
price. There are, of course, substitutes for toilet and washing
•soaps in China, while the materials for its manufacture are abundant.
The customs returns for 1904 show an inter-port movement of
native bar and toilet soap to the extent of several thousand piculs,
the places of export being Shanghai, Chinkiang, Kiukiang, Wuhu
and Nanking, and the ports of import Chefoo, Wuhu, Shanghai,
Hankow, Tientsin and Kiukiang.
Cigars and cigarettes, which showed an average import for the
previous five years of the value of 235,152L, increased to 469,750/.
in 1904. Of this sum 4-15,111?. represented cigarettes, the demand
for which is now enormous. At the present moment they are prob-
ably the best advertised goods in China. Pictorial posters with
advertisements in Chinese are seen everywhere, and the hoary old
walls of Peking, no longer the exclusive, the conservative...”
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“...likin, 322,987 Haikuan taels, or a total of 395,050 Haikuan taels,
thus leaving a net increase in the gross revenue of 962,468 Haikuan
taels. Included in the revenue is a sum of 236,439 Haikuan taels,
representing likin and Ching-fei taxes collected on junk cargoes
by the Kowlooon and Lappa custom-houses in the Kwangtung
delta ; but 73,999 dol.—emigration fees collected at Chinwangtao,
Tientsin and Chefoo—and 14,724 Haikuan taels, being likin on
import and export junk cargoes at Kiaochow, are not included.
The ports that showed-a falling-off in revenue in 1904 were
Newchwang, Tientsin, Chefoo, Shashih, Yochow, Wuhu, Nanking,
Chinkiang, Ningpo, Wenchow, Foochow, Amoy, Swatow and the
customs at Kowloon. Changsha showed a revenue of 35,366
Haikuan taels for the half year during which it was open to trade.
As this and the report for 1905 have been written at the same
time, observations on railways and mining as well as some general
remarks and suggestions in regard to trade, which cover both...”
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CHINA.
Foreign
opium.
Quantity.
1895. 1904. 1905.
Piculs. Piculs. Piculs.
I. Northern China—
Newchwang .. .. 6 25
Tientsin .. .. ,, 1,281 248 225
Chefoo 454 403 440
Total 1,735 657 690
II. Central China—
Ichang 1
Shashih 67 58
Chnngsba 110 240
Tochow 78
Hankow .. 678 253 263
Kiukiang 2,885 2,418 1,715
Wuhu ...... 2,524 2,360 1,626
Nanking 997 915
Chinkiang 3 894 3,462 2,351
Shanghai 14,025 15,203 14,811
Hangchow.. 2,487 2,099
Ningpo 5,164 2,209 1,814
Wenchow 64 117 128
Total 29,134 29,761 26,021
III. Southern China—
Foochow .. 3,702 3,851 3,301
Amoy 2,427 3,422 3,299
Swatow .. 4,119 4,865 4,129
Canton .. i 5,992 9,453 10,209
Kuangtung delta .. 2,030 1,905 2,700
Kongmoon.. 1
Saroshui 245 298
Wuchow 9 22
Kiungchow 291 450 1,075
Pakhoi 147 133 176
Total 18,708 24,334 25,209
Foi mosa 1,729 ••
Grand total 51,306* 54,752* 51,920*
* These'represent the actual nmoiints cleared into eoneumptjon from the
bonded warehouses.
The average import of foreign opium into...”
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“...route overland from Ha.nkow and the Upper
Yangtsze." And from Chefoo: " Manchurian opium, the land
most in demand here, was scarce and expensive at the centres of
production situated in the fighting zone, and owing to this, and to
the dangers and difficulties of transportation, arrivals show a
shortage of over 320 piculs as compared with the preceding year.
An increase of 37 piculs in foreign opium, supplemented by an
increase of 55 piculs in Szechuan opium, replaced the Manchurian
product in the case of the well-to-do smokers, while the lower
classes had to satisfy themselves with opium of local growth. This
local drug comes from Chin-hsiang Hsien, in Ts'ao-chou Fu, and
is usually despatched to the westward; but in 1905 it has been
brought to fill the demand in the eastern part of this province, and
268 piculs were even shipped to Ta-lien-wan and Newchwang to
supply the want in Manchuria." In 1867 Newchwang, Tientsin
and Chefoo took respectively 2,585, 7,898 and 2,735 piculs of
foreign opium—a...”
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“...of the export
(3,449,938 cwts.) of bean cake, but its total export to foreign
countries and Chinese ports was short of the 1903 output by over
1,200,000 cwts. Bean cake is used as a fertiliser for the sugar
fields of Southern China, but it is also employed in the Canton pro-
vince for manuring the beds of rushes from which the Canton matting
is manufactured.
Straw braid. Chefoo and Tientsin once held the straw braid trade of China,
but the railway facilities now possessed by Kiaochow are diverting
much of the Shangtung trade to that port. In 1905 Tientsin's
total export, including re-exports, was 21,298 piculs and Chefoo
had only 10,836 piculs, while Kiaochow sent away 41,417 piculs,
of which 24,628 piculs were direct shipments abroad. The total...”
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“...the end of 1905
they numbered 884, of which 283 were foreign and 601 Chinese.
In 1904 Canton headed the list with a total of 237, Shanghai
being second with 216. This order was reversed in 1905: Shanghai
totalled 275—70 foreign and 205 Chinese, while Canton claimed
247—77 foreign and 170 Chinese. The other ports were represented
as follows :—Wuchow 128, Hankow 40, Foochow 37, Chinkiang 33,
Amoy 26, Kiukiang 24, Ningpo 15, Swatow 11, Wuhu 10, Tientsin
and Soochow 9 each, Kongmoon 6, Yochow 5, Chefoo 3, Newchang
and Samshui 2 each and Changsha and Kiungchow 1 each. The
increase of 131 vessels in 1905 does not represent a simple addition
to the total of 1904: there are constant withdrawals from and
additions to the customs register. This traffic is steadily increas-
ing : at the close of the years 1901,1902, 1903 and 1904 the vessels
numbered respectively 508, 519, 614 and 779.
VI.—Home and Transit Trade.
The home trade of China is the coast and inter-port trade in
native produce, carried...”
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“...514?,,
the net native imports being exports from other ports.
VII .-^Revenue,
The total revenue collected by the Imperial Maritime Custom?
in 1905 amounted to 35,111)004 Haikuan taels (5,310,5397.) and was
made up as follows
Value.
Port. Total of Imports and Exports.
Net Foreign Net Native Total
Imports. Imports. Exports.
£ £ £ £
Newchang 4,603,389 2,815,616 1,809,661 9,288,666
Chingwangtao .. Tientsin 2,269,421 560,9S7 456,358 3,286,766
8,970,998 3,337,043 2,217,045 14,525,086
Chefoo .. 2,580,664 1,507,549 1,797,799 5,886,012
Kiaochow 1,629,155 611,749 1,086,799 3,357,703
Chungking .. ., 1,738,062 753,195 1,680,042 4,171,299
Ichang.. 171,877 62,011 257,022 490,910
Shashih.. 118,711 10,516 68,954 188,181
Cliangslia .. .. 539,550 103,324 243,957 886,831
Yoehow.. ,. .. 22,124 3,913 47,676 73,713
Hankow .. .. 7,146,434 951,653 8,604,638 16,702,725
JCiukiang 1,470,277 195,449 1,828,249 3,493,975
Wuliu...... 1,103,076 318,963 3,184,292 4,606,331
Nanking 942,788 159,469 488,180...”
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“...distance of
about 250 miles, was opened over its entire lergth on June 1, 1904,
and in that year 600,000 passengers travelled on the line. In 1905
it carried 303,000 tons of cargo and 795,000 passengers. The returns
of trade of Kiaochow and Chefoo amply prove that much of the trade
of the latter port has gravitated to Kiaochow and the quicker route
to and from the interior of the provinces by rail.
During 1904 the Fang-tzu mines of the Shantung Mining Com-
pany had an output of 90,000 tons of coal. In 1905 their output
was 134,000 tons, which allowed of an export from the province.
Two other pits, one at Chang-lo-yiian, the other in the Po-shan
Valley, will be in working order during the present year, and I am
informed that coal is now being laid down in Chefoo at prices con-
siderably under Japanese and K'ai-ping supplies. Magnetic ore
has also_been discovered near the 0h'ing-ling*Qh
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