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APPENDIX III

RETURN OF PRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF EXPORT TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES FROM THE OPEN PORTS OF KOREA DURING THE YEARS 1901-1902.

Articles

1902 1901

Quantity Value Quantity Value

Average, Five Years, 1898-1902

£ £ £

Barley Lbs. 359,600 395 100,133 111 1165

Beans, all kinds Lbs.„ 107,887,600 186,293 114,273,600 194,115 185,839

Bêche-de-mer Lbs.„ 312,666 6517 447,466 6820 7199

Cattle and live-stock Head 6552 19,383 13,611 17,288 11,514^[1]

Copper Lbs. 264,400 4041 300,533 6448 —^[2]

Fish, dried, salt and manure Lbs.„ 4,909,600 8418 7,645,066 14,814 11,782

Ginseng, red Lbs.„ 85,201 122,304 24,575 25,670 77.386^[3]

Ginseng,„ white Lbs.„ 3333 213 16 121 109

Gold ore — — 5409 — 7205 —^[2]

Hides Lbs. 3,981,600 70,815 3,500,400 66,396 53,652

Millet Lbs.„ 213,333 309 439,866 437 1539

Nutgalls Lbs.„ 67,866 875 99,866 1308 1866

Paper Lbs.„ 173,066 3164 133,200 2575 3161

Rice Lbs.„ 126,401,066 359,804 184,566,266 427,459 314,081

Seaweed Lbs.„ 2,596,666 9354 3,027,600 9118 8744

Skins of all kinds Pieces 29,660 2239 21,077 1392 2039

Tallow Lbs. 421,466 3015 306,266 2185 1055

Whaleflesh and blubber — — 4737 — 22,858 11,410

Wheat Lbs. 11,751,333 18,022 2,787,866 3682 9523

Other exports — — 20,727 — 26,822 44,641

Total — — 846,034 — 836,824 746,705

1. Large rise in price owing to increased demand at Vladivostock and elsewhere.
2. No returns for 1898.
3. To China by Korean Government.