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“...No. 1702.
Reference to previous Report, Annual Series No. 1461.
CHINA.
KIUNGCHOW.
Consul Johnson to the Marquis of Salisbury.
My Lord, Kiungehow, March 4, 1896.
I haye the honour to inclose herewith my Trade Report for
1895.
I have, &c.
(Signed) OCT. JOHNSON.
Exchange.
The value of the articles referred to in this report are all
taken from the returns of the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs
in which—with the exception of treasure in dollars—they are
expressed in Haikwan taels, and the sterling value of the latter
has been taken at 3s. 2d., being the same as for 1894. A slight
discrepancy will be found between the values for 1894 here given
and those given in last year's report, which is accounted for by the
different ways of including or excluding the re-exports. The Re-
difference is not important.
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Report on the Trade of Kiungchow for the Year 1895.
Abstract of Contents.
Page
Exchange .. .. .. •. .. . * .. . i 1
Exports 2
Imports .. .. .. . • 3
Emigration •» 3...”
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CHINA.
Total trade. The value of the total trade of the port, 378,441/., shows a
falling-off of 110,000/. from 1894 when it stood at 488,456/., and
this is accounted for principally by the decrease in the rice
import. In 1894, in consequence of the failure of the crops on
the island, there was an enormous demand for this article and
other food-stuffs, and it is a matter for congratulation that it was
not wanted in the year under review. In 1895 the value of the
import was 27,777/. as compared with 109,231/. in 1894, a differ-
ence of 81,454/. The plague also, which committed great ravages
here during the spring, must be responsible for another consider-
able part of the decrease. Making, accordingly, due allowance for
these two extraordinary causes the trade of the year may be looked
upon as average.
Exports.
Pigs. Pigs are of course, as always, the main export, and although
the figures show a great decrease compared with 1894 it is prob-
able that this is mainly due to a considerable...”
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“...small limits, but no
important improvement can be looked for, the climate being so
hot that they are not wanted.
The returns show only the amount imported by steamer and Opium,
this is larger than in 1894, the values being 23,702/. for the latter
year and 27,3891, for 1895. By far the largest quantity of the
drug is, however, imported by junk in order to evade the heavy
customs and likin levies. The value of the import by steamers in
1886, the year before the Opium Convention came into force, was
171,100/., and it has diminished every year since then until the
one under review, the value m 1894 being only 23,702/. The rise
in price of the Indian drug accounts partly for the small import
in 1894, but practically the diminution is clue to the success with
which smuggling junks evade the cruisers sent to protect the
revenue. It is calculated that about 1,000 chests find their way
to the island every year without paying the legal duty. Only two
captures were made by the cruisers during the...”
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“...chow during the Years 1894r-95.
1694. 1895.
Articles.
Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value.
Sugar— White ............ Brown ............ Sesamum seeds ......... Betel nuts............ Groundnut cakes......... Pigs............... Eggs............... Galangal ............ Fowls, alive ......... Silk, wild ............ Other goodB............ Tons Lbs. "! 11 ••• Tons Number „, ,, ... Tons Number ... Lbs. 751 6,245 1,191,133 781,600 1,140 59,345 10,878,800 1,213 322,721 22,666 & 9,997 51,093 6,971 6,477 4,550 66,376 4,306 3,669 3,832 3,066 49,815 624 3,685 1,471,066 423,866 1,185 45,237 9,014,800 1,025 300,656 29,200 £ 6,929 27,486 7,643 4,857 6,049 42,976 3,702 3,274 6,276 3,971 60,627
Total ......... - 199,053 ... 171,678
Return of Principal Articles of Import to Kiungchow during the Years 1894-95.
1894. 1895.
" Articles.
Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value.
Opium (principally Patna) Cotton— Tarn (all Indian) ...... Shirtings (mostly white)...”
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Annex C.—Table showing Total Value of all Articles Exported
from and Imported to Kiungchow to and from Foreign
Countries during the, Year3 1894-95.
Country. Exports. Imports.
1894. 1895. 1894. 1895.
Hong-Kong Singapore and Straits.. Cochin-China, Tonquin, and Annam Siam £ 197,054 1,610 140 249 £ 168,422 2,664 139 453 £ 24l7317 46,502 £ 198,169 3,203 4,873
Note.—The exports to Hong-KoDg are probably, all except galangal and a
little sugar, for native consumption....”
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