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“...influx of many thousands of Shantung and other coolies
employed in connection with shipping. It is generally given as about 80,000.
The Chinese population of the town was returned as 60,902 on January 1, 1912,
but there is nothing to show what area was intended. Population of Yingk'ou sub-
prefecture was returned as 210,806; that of the province of Fengt'ien as
19,290.000. Foreign residents in Newchwang, January, 1913, 2,785, of whom
2,602 Japanese, 126 British, 57 of other nationalities.
Averaee value of the Haikuan tael:—1907, 3s. 3d.; 1908, 2s. 8d. ; 1909,
2s. 7id.; 1910, 2s. 8-*gd.; 1911, 2s. ; 1912, 3s. Ojjd. 1 picul = 133J lbs....”
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“...disguised. Expressed in silver,,
the decline comes to 17 per cent., the net total being 61,649,062
Haikuan taels (Maritime Customs, 50,385,326 Haikuan taels ; native
customs, 11,263,736 Haikuan taels) as against 74,271,489 Haikuan
taels in 1911.
The following table shows the fluctuations in sterling since 1908,
together with the difference per cent, on a gold and silver valuation,
between 1911 and 1912, in the amounts of foreign imports, native
imports, exports and total:—
Table showing the Value of the Total Trade (Steamer and Junk)
of Newchwang during the Years 1908-12.
Imports— Foreign (net) Native Exports Net trade ... Re-exports (native and foreign) Gross trade... 1908. 1909. 1910. j 1911. 1912.
£ 2,020,231 1,749,212 3,319,576 £ | £ 2,481,564 2,521,296 2,540,828 ; 2,302,001 4,109,430 | 3,942,822 £ 2,839,440 2,761,489 4,398,645 £ 2,733,464r 2,479,848 4,194,592
7,089,019 31,735 9,131,822 8,766,119 20,189 ] 33,063 9,999,574 ! 9,4.07,904 17,665 52,344
7,120,754 9,152,011...”
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“...steamer and 1272.
from Chinese ports by junk, less 4,7482. re-exports to foreign countries
and 39,591/. re-exports to Chinese ports. It should also be noted
that foreign goods to the value of 14,2202., of which kerosene oil and
American flour were the principal items, left Newchwang by junk,
but this, being more properly regarded as distribution of goods than
as re-export trade, is included in the exports.
The 2,479,8482. native goods imported (16,250,197 Haikuan taels
against 20,510,861 Haikuan taels in 1911) is made up of 1,487,9562.
imported by steamer, less 2692. re-exports to foreign countries, and
7,73 62. re-exports to Chinese ports, with the addition of 999,8972.
imported by junk.
Expressed in sterling, the imports of native goods by steamer
show an increase of 97,2512., or 7 per cent., above the value (1,382,7002.
net) for 1911, but this increase is more than obliterated and appears
as a decrease of 5 • 6 per cent, if the original silver basis of the statistics
be retained (1911...”
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“...the port,
including sea-going junks, for the years 1911-12 :—
Total Entered and Cleared.
1911. 1912.
Steamers— Under general regulations" „ inland navigation rules Vessels. 1,358 284 Tonnage. 1,427,652 203,148 Vessels. 1,178 342 Tonnage. 1,255,654 233,046
Total steamers ... 1,642 1,630,800 1,520 1,488,700
Junks entered „ cleared ...... 4,714 4,623 ... 3,538 3,422 130,936 137,084
Total junks 9,337 351,145 6,960 268,020
I append tables showing the tonnage, entered and cleared, with
the value of the cargo carried, of vessels of each nationality in the
years 1911-12 ; also of the percentage of tonnage and of cargo
assignable to each nationality, distinguishing the percentage of
steamer trade and the percentage of total trade, wherein junks, which
are, of course, purely Chinese, are included.
(633)...”
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“...6 NEWCHWANG.
Share taken by each Country; Tonnage and Value of Cargo.
Country. Tonnage Entered and Cleared. 1911. 1912. Cargo Carried. 1911. 1912.
United Kingdom— Genera] regulations Inland waters ... 584,120 74,598 466,790 43,776 £ £
Total 658,718 510,566 4,051,168 4,180,262
Japan- General regulations Inland waters ... 572,412 80,996 496,764 96,084 ...
Total 653,408 592,848 2,194,377 1,926,808
China—■ General regulations Inland waters ... ...... 165,642 47,554 159,270 93,186 ...
Total 213,196 252,456 1,152,733 1,217,967
General regulations— Norway... France ... Germany Netherlands ... Russia ... Austria-Hungary 51,676 30,404 18,598 4,800. 71,094 38,696 6,562 9,172 3,836 3,470 334,610 41,542 68,190 12,677 292,420 81,329 40,179 36,053 11,747 6,934
Total- General regulations... Inland waters 1,427,652 203,148 1,255,654 233,046 ...
Total steamer trade Junk trade (China) 1,630,800 351,145 1,488,700 268,020 7,855,297 2,179,607 7,793,699 1,718,893
Grand total 1,981,945 1,756,720 10...”
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“...85 99,568
Chinese ports 16 18,601 ... i
Tsingtao and
Shanghai ... 4 \4,508 ... "
* Via Chefoo and Swatow.
■f All also for Canton, 18 being via Chefoo.
t Two direct, one via Chefoo.
§ All via Dalny.
While British tonnage has declined rather more than proportion-
ately to the decline in the tonnage of all nationalities, an outstanding
feature of the returns for 1912 is the fact that the amount of cargo
carried in British ships has proportionately increased. On a sterling
basis its value was 129,0941., or a little over 3 per cent., more than in
1911, though on a silver valuation it shows a falling-off of about 9 per
cent. ; the general reduction of the trade of the port having been,
as we have already seen, 17 per cent. Of the 221 British entrances,
only 31, of 34,890 tons, were in ballast, leaving 190 vessels recorded
newchwang. Entered—continued.
From— With Cargo. j In Ballast. 1 Total.
Also— Shanghai via— Tsingtao ... Dalny Tsingtao and Dalny Weehaiwei Vessels...”
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“...1911 on the subject
of morphia injection continue to hold good. It would seem that
there are establishments in the suburbs of this town and its outlying
villages where devotees of this habit, mostly, to judge from my
imperfect opportunities of observation, coolies of the wharfinger class,
go every morning by hundreds to be injected with morphia, and that
no real check exists upon this practice or on the sale of morphia and
•of instruments for injecting it.
Cotton goods.—In sterling the total value of foreign cotton goods
imported in 1912 (1,473,318Z.) was very nearly the same as in 1910,
and less by only 225,981?. than the record import of 1911. But in
silver the values for the three years come to : 1910,10,959,603 Haikuan
taels ; 1911, 12,621,486 Haikuan taels; 1912, 9,654,505 Haikuan
taels, so that there has really been a reduction of over 20 per cent....”
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“...product
appears to compete principally or most successfully is British plain
fast black Italians. It will be noticed from the figures in the annex
that the quantity and value of cotton Italians and lastings imported
in 1912 is but a small fraction of what it had been in earlier years
(1912, 16,197 pieces, at 12,9571. ; 1911, 191,021 pieces, at 127,213Z.;
average, 1907-11, 143,440 pieces, at 99,7762.).
The figures of foreign cotton imports ought to be read in com-
bination with those of native cotton goods, where, it will be seen,
somewhat similar phenomena are manifested. The total of nankeens
by junk and steamer, 169,031 pieces, is nearly what it was (174,631
pieces) in 1910, though the rise in the rate of exchange makes the
sterling value appear as 771,2072. in place of 744,6582. recorded two
years ago, while both value and quantity are far below the 1911 record.
Sheetings of native make have also been reduced to less than half
the import of the previous year ; drills have fallen to i...”
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“...In
coal, the progressive increase shown in the last few years has con-
tinued, or even been accelerated. Fushun coal is now extensively
shipped from Newchwang to all parts of the Far East. Raw wild
silk, which is produced in certain parts of the Liaotung peninsula,
where the worms are fed on the leaves of a scrub oak, also shows a
marked advance, the export for the year being 9,973 cwts., or 3,806
cwts. above the average of the previous five years, while the enhanced
rate of exchange makes the value, in sterling, appear to have more than
doubled. Ginseng was also much above the average, and so was
castor oil. I understand that the yield of castor beans in Manchuria
generally was larger in 1912 than in recent years, though none of the
(633) B...”
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“...18
NEWCHWANG.
beans seem to have been shipped from here direct to destinations
abroad, and only 1,764 cwts. to Shanghai. Bristles, for which London
is the ultimate market, also show an important advance, and skins,
in which the export had been gradually falling to small dimensions,
have suddenly recovered, or more than recovered, their old position.
Both in 1911 and in 1912 there was an exportation of horsehair tails
to a value, probably, of over 50,000 Haikuan taels in each year, but
owing to the inclusion in the returns of this with other hair products
I am unable to be quite sure of the exact amounts. The trade in 1912
may be taken to have been about double as extensive as in any year
previous to 1911, the former totals having ranged from 21,000
to 29,000 Haikuan taels. I have noted in previous reports that
many donkeys and mules are shipped from here to the " inland
waters " ports of the north coast of Shantung. In 1911 their number
is recorded as 6,188, but in 1912 it was not much...”
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“...what the Mongols regard as their pasture lands, have
evidently been in a state of severe strain, resulting in border forays,
mutual reprisals, much destruction of property, intense distress
and some loss of life.
Fifthly, the local money market has been in a condition of great
instability during the whole year. The immediate effect of the out-
break in Hupei in the autumn of 1911 was to cause a panic and run
on the native banks in Newchwang. The demand for ready cash
caused a sharp fall in the value of the so-called " transfer money "
in which native transactions at this port are commonly booked, and,...”
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“...Annex 1.—Table showing the Quantity and Value of the Principal Foreign Imports into Newchwang during the Years 1910-12.
Articles. Average, | 1907-11. 1910. 1911. 1912. Average, 1907-11. 1910. 1911. 1912.
£ £ £ £
Opium ... Lbs. 727 61 527 97
Cotton goods—
Shirtings—
White ... ..Pieces 140,384 140,577 211,937 171,808 81,410 82,366 132,000 107,207
Grey-
American 99,695 137,005 141,180 145,655 43,305 61,830 63,835 57,632
British 83,597 85,850 120,180 113,226 35,900 39,142 57,039 53,099
Japanese 5,740 14,501 2,700 25,463 2,520 6,084 1,171 9,337
Sheetings—
American 406,676 325,590 308,575 282,702 213,674 179,268 177,824 169,144
British ... 12,982 11,315 8,309 720 6,441 6,115 4,785 436
Japanese 210,014 244,544 369,600 200,540 97,327 121,160 176,155 104,663
Drills-
American 187,241 170,718 138,125 125,347 106,377 102,156 87,465 79,418
British ... 3,878 1,862 625 1,387 1,874 970 388 849
Japanese 100,123 149,509 187,330 66,270 47,454...”
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“...Table showing the Quantity and Value of the Principal Foreign Imports into Newchwang during the Years 1910-12—contd.
Articles. Average, 1907-11. 1910. 1911. 1912. Average, 1907-11. 1910. 1911. 1912.
Cotton goods—continued. Turkey-reds, &c. ...Pieces Handkerchiefs ... Dozen T-cloths.........Pieces Cotton yarn— Indian ... ...Cwts. Japanese ... ,, Total value cotton goods... Cotton and woollen mixtures Woollen goods Miscellaneous piece-goods ... Metals ............ Sundries— Sugar ... Cwts. Dyes— Indigo, artificial ... „ Aniline ... Oil, kerosene— American ... Gallons Sumatra ... „ Flour .........Cwts. Matches ... ... ...Gross Bags of all sorts ... ...Pieces Paper ... ... ...Cwts. Soap 16,989 48,412 4,334 78,061 34,363 31,760 62,242 1,515 76,740 57,855 15,403 86,499 8,913 61,990 43,796 13,564 54,691 4,987 62,885 41,262 £ 5,630 2,455 1,074 234,041 97,127 £ 10,392 2,706 383 239,625 155,270 £ 5,430 3,647 2,343 197,074 134,459 £ 3,431 2,568 1,508 223,533 132,021
1,328...”
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“...Seaweed, Russian ... Cwts.
Needles ... Thousands 153,490 105,030 251,148
Glass, window ...Boxes 16,492 17,113 16,396
Rice ......Cwts. 27,871 11,383 11,502
Coal ......Tons 10,041 3,886 5,238
Candles
Total value foreign sundries ... | ...
37,070 11,881
275,617 4,620 2,970 7,507 11,366
13,948 7,180 7,765 6,975 6,282
6,883 5,076 4,454 5,750 5,744
5,000 7,168 2,616 3,649 3,823
19,147 14,224 18,946 3,511
1,030,055 1,113,607...”
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“...Annex 2.—Table showing the Quantity and Value of the Principal Imports of Native Produce into Newchwang during the
Years 1910-12.
Articles. Average, 1907-11. 1910. 1911. 1912. myj-u. 1910- 19n- 1912-
Cotton—
Cloth, nankeens— £ £ £ £
By steamer Cwts. ... 31,407 163,259
„ junk it 184,843 174,631 219,711 137,624 763,622 744,658 1,064,618 607,948 74,921 39,580
Sheetings ... Pieces ... 135,726 63,080
Drills ....... 99 ... 24,410 375 15,118 237
Yarn Cwts. ... ... 10,683 2,740 30,361 9,009
Raw ....... >» 24,770 20.416 13,095 39,026 50,986 . 52,010 34,356 108,696
Tea.......... 99 33,510 39,025 38,306 46,324 175,350 211,494 205,368 235,717
Silk piece-goods 99 1,603 1,671 1,795 2,083 145,762 143,441 158,234 213,653
Paper...... 99 ... 249,249 170,797 166,754 189,154 286,033 190,772
Flour.......... » 87,082 80,852 68,457 165,500 40,150 39,776 37,299 94,714
Hides.......... » 15,422 17,602 16,461 19,757 46,966 58,837 57,076 80,947
Chinaware and pottery 73,249 73,206 91,299 78...”
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“...Annex 3.—Table showing the Quantity and Value of the Principal Exports from Newchwang during the Years 1910-12.
Articles. Average, 1907-11. 1910. 1911. 1912. Average, 1907-11. 1910. 1911. 1912.
£ £ £ £
Bean cake ... ... Cwts. 5,840,236 5,841,045 6,946,413 5,051,390 1,551,266 1,544,646 1,878,376 1,670,981
Beans, all kinds ... 2,825,629 3,117,310 2,753,345 2,196,161 889,593 1,104,570 978,035 953,491
Bean oil . . . )} 436,858 381,361 500,699 389,754 434,083 431,199 560,314 427,645
Silk—
Raw, wild... ... 9f 6,167 5,006 5,601 9,973 155,685 137,288 152,522 329,965
Refuse ... )> 8,055 7,845 7,939 5,677 42,963 52,145 54,250 24,295
Millet......... ... ff 1,154,485 715,160 1,036,711 725,840 227,704 171,874 198,703 221,662
Coal,,......... ... Tons 57,185 ... 114,930 137,626 194,106 85,057 82,513 103,764 134,118
Ginseng ...... 37,439 28,875 51,672 52,713
Castor oil ...... ... Cwts. 31,873 26,318 33,915 42,885 34,510 29,191 39,830 46,399
Samshu ... 30,366 34,663 34,290 33,282 31...”
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“...£ £ 1 £ £ | £
Austria-Hungary ... 710 ... 2,710 ...
Netherlands... 286 6,396 1,032 7,503
Switzerland... • •• • • • 24; 4 249, 15
Italy ...... ... ... i 1,617 63 ...
Denmark 1 49,942 460 59! ...
Norway i 7! 7
Siam ... 1
Macao 6*i ...
Other countries 26,655 5,924
Total 1,181,013 1,612,570 1,285,9591,609,879 1,280,721 1,339,373
* Shillings.
Annex 6.—Table showing the Principal Articles of Direct Trade
with Foreign Countries during the Year 1912.
Imports.
Per- Per-
centage Value centage
Articles. 1912. of Total in of Total
Trade, 1911. Trade,
1912. 1911.
Cotton goods— £ £
Japanese—
Sheetings .. .Pieces 202,480 105,509 lOOf 173,238 98
Drills ... „ 70,790 35,871 loot 88,744 100
Cloth ...Yards 8,333,263 76,301 99 56,895 loot
Blankets ...Pieces 236,960 16,232 83 ...
Yarn—
Japanese ...Cwts. 32,040 102,514 78 105,059 80
Indian ... „ 7,248 25,763 114 32,753 16
Other cotton goods 110,672 58,856
Total cotton goods ... 472,862 32 515,545 30
Woollen goods...”
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“...32 NEWCI-IWANG.
Imports—continued.
Per- j Per-
centage j Value centage
Articles. 1912. of Total j in of Total
Trade, 1911. Trade,
1912. 1911.
Sundries—continued. £ £
Household stores 11,227 • • •
Wines, beer and spirits 10,993 13,067
Tobacco 10,511 15,685
Soap 9,756 56
Medicines 8,913 7,939
Pepper ... ...Cwts. 3,633 8.356
Cotton, raw ... „ 2,205 6,281 7,660
Dyes, aniline ... 5,658 12 ...
Timber ... 4,707 8,811
Perfumery 4,261
Rice ... ... Cwts. 5,008 4,ISO 73 3,969 75
Coal ......Tons 5,000 3,823 100 4,051 100*
Other sundries...... ... 118,606 178,735 ...
Total sundries 771,791 69 -3 747,891 72-1
„ direct imports 1,275,974 ! 46 -7 1,285,603 45
* Plus re-exports.
Annex 7.—Table showing the Principal Articles of Direct Trade with
Foreign Countries during the Year 1912.
Exports.
Per- Per-
centage Value centage
Articles. 1912. of Total in of Total
Trade, 1911. Trade,
1912. 1911.
£ • £
Bean cake .Cwts. 3,147,446...”
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