APPENDICES
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APPENDIX A.
The Rules of the Chinese Guilds are too long and elaborate for insertion in this appendix, and condensation would do them an injustice.
APPENDIX B.[76]
1. Net Value of Total Trade of Ports in the Yangtze Basin, 1898.
£
Shanghai 13,296,643
Chungking 2,614,031
Ichang 194,359
Sha-shih 25,666
Hankow 8,065,717
Kiukiang 2,625,083
Wuhu 1,527,079
Chinkiang 3,471,532
Soochow 229,113
Hangchow 1,199,022
£33,248,245
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2. Trade of Shanghai, 1898.
Foreign Goods— £ £
Total import 19,073,534
Less re-exported—
(a) To foreign countries and Hongkong 745,000
(b) To Chinese ports (chiefly to northern and Yangtze ports) 13,914,558
14,659,558
Making net total foreign imports 4,413,976
Native Produce—
Imported (chiefly from northern and Yangtze ports, Ningpo, Swatow, Canton, and Hangchow) 11,413,637
Less re-exported to foreign countries and Chinese ports 9,724,673
Making net total Native imports 1,688,964
Native produce of local origin exported to foreign countries 4,676,674 7,193,704
Ditto to Chinese ports 2,517,029
Gross value of trade of Shanghai £37,680,875
Net „ „ „ £13,296,643
3. Total Net Import of Opium into China for 1898.
Quantity 6,638,333 lbs.
Value £4,388,365
4. Total Value of Foreign Trade of China in 1898.
= Hk. Taels 368,616,483 = £55,292,472.
5. Share of England in China’s Trade for 1898.[77]
I. Shipping.
Flag. Entries and Clearances. Tonnage. Percentages of Tonnage.
(A.) Including Chinese. (B.) Excluding Chinese.
British 22,609 21,265,966 62·12 81·65
Chinese 23,547 8,187,572 23·92
Other nationalities 6,505 4,780,042 13·96 18·35
52,661 34,253,580 100 100
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II. Trade.
Flag. Total Values Foreign & Coast Trade. Transit Trade. Total. Percentages of Value.
£ £ £ (A.) (B.)
British 76,236,290 2,695,437 78,931,727 51·88 79·40
Chinese 50,163,445 2,410,663 52,574,108 34·56
Other nationalities 19,385,235 1,217,343 20,602,578 13·56 20·60
145,784,970 6,323,443 152,108,413 100 100
6. Principal Imports into China from Foreign Countries, 1898.[78]
Quantity. Value.
Opium 6,638,000 lbs. £4,388,385
Cotton goods 11,642,824
Raw cotton 30,534,000 lbs. 425,959
Woollen Goods 478,525
Metals 1,468,061
Matches (mainly Japanese) 11,352,304 gross 389,561
Oil (Kerosene) 96,882,126 gallons 1,787,205
Sugar 10,793 tons 2,029,267
Other imports 8,827,113
Total £31,436,900
7. Principal Exports from China to Foreign Countries, 1898.[78]
Quantity. Value.
Silk, of all kinds 35,651,333 lbs. £8,415,584
Tea „ „ 205,146,667 lbs. 4,331,922
Other Exports 11,108,066
Total £23,855,572
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