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Diplomatic Department.

His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China, &c., &c., is pleased to direct that the annexed Comparative Statements of British Import and Export Trade at the Ports of Canton, Amoy, and Shanghae, during the Years 1851 and 1852, as compiled from the Consular Returns, be published for general information.

By Order,

W. H. Medhurst,
Officiating Secretary to H. M.'s Plenipotentiary, &c., &c.

Superintendency of Trade, Hongkong, 5th October, 1853.

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Comparative Statement of the British Import Trade at the Three undermentioned Ports in China, during the Years 1851 and 1852.

Name of Port.	1851.			1852.			Increase in 1852.			Decrease in 1852.
	No. of Vessels.	Tonnage.	Value in Dollars.	No. of Vessels.	Tonnage.	Value in Dollars.	No. of Vessels.	Tonnage.	Value in Dollars.	No. of Vessels.	Tonnage.	Value in Dollars.
Canton,	234	104,334	10,094,261	230	124,385	9,974,022	…	20,051	…	4	…	120,239
Amoy,	75	19,902	1,598,513	87	33,166	1,800,069	12	13,264	201,556	…	…	…
Shanghae,	71	25,098	4,299,192	105	36,761	4,652,310	34	111,663	353,118	…	…	…
Total,	380	149,334	15,991,966	442	194,312	16,426,401	46	44,978	554,674	4	…	120,239

Abstract.

	No. of Vessels.		Tonnage.		Value in Dollars.
1851,	380		140,334		15,991,966
1852,	442		194,312		16,426,401
Net Increase in 1852,	42		44,978		434,435	or at 4s. 9d.	—£103,176.6.3.

Superintendency of Trade, Hongkong, 9th August, 1853.