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of landing, and of the exports at the moment of shipping, that should be taken. For this purpose from the impoi'ts there have to be deducted the costs incurred after landing, namely, the expenses of landing, storing, and selling, and the duty paid; and to the exports there have to be added the imi:)orter*s commission, the expenses of packing, storing, and shipping, and the export duty. So dealt with, the value of the imports for 1896 comes to 177,630,606 haikvvan taels, and that of -the exports to 146,92P,091 haikwan taels; and the value of the imports for 1897 comes to 177,915,163 haikwan taels, and that of the exports to 181,769,995 haikwan taels.
During 1897 the principal countries participated in the trade of China as shown in the following table: —
Imports from
Exports to
Total Trade
—
(value in haikwan
(value in haikwan
(value in haikwan
taels)
taels)
taels)
Great Britain
44,015,587
12,945,229
52,960,816
Hong Kong
90,125,887
60,402,222
150,528,109
India ....
20,068,183
1,045,931
21,114,114
United States of America
12,440,302
17,828,406
30,268,708
Continent of Europe
(without Russia)
8,565,807
25,878,118
34,443,925
Japan ....
22,564,284 1
16,626,738 ^
39,191,022
Russia (in Europe and
Asia)
3,442,449
16,410,439
19,852,888
1 Including Imports from Formosa, etc., haikwan taels 5,413,194 ,, Exports to ,, ,, ,, 794,707
The imports into China from Hong Kong come originally from, and the exports from China to that colony are further carried on to. Great Britain, Germany, France, America, Australia, India, the Straits, and other countries.
The figures given above include the statistics of imports and exports at the treaty ports for the whole year; and also the like statistics of the junk trade of Hong Kong and Macao with the south of China (by the Kowloon and Lappa custom houses).
The chief im|X)rts and exports are as follows (1897): —
Imports
Haikwan taels
Exports
Haikwan taels
Opium
27,901,056
Tea ...
29,216,546
Cotton goods .
78,663,280
Silk, raw & manuf'd
55,250,660
Raw cotton
2,260,191
Sugar
1,777,460
Woollen goods
4,838,105
Straw braid
6,659,388
Metals
8,146,608
Hides, cow & buff'alo
3,070,329
Coal
3,692,669
Paper
2,121,661
Oil, kerosene .
13,299,136
Clothing
2,177,690
Seaweed, fishery pro-
China ware and pot-
ducts, &c.
5,896,090
tery .
1,384,336
Of the tea in 1897, 244,480 piculs (each 133.4 H^s.) went to Great Britain, 813,494 piculs to Russia, 207,888 piculs to the United States, 119,723 piculs to Hong Kong, 33,327 piculs to Australia, out of a total of 1,532,158 piculs. The total export of tea has been as follows to foreign countries in piculs: — 1885, 2,128,751; 1892, 1,622,681; 1893, 1,820,831; 1894, 1 862,312; 1895, 1,865,680; 1896, 1,712,841; 1897, 1,532,153,
