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 SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION

727

Net Value

of Trade

at each Port in 1911

— continued : —

Port

Net Foreign Imports

Net Native Imports

Total Exports

Hk Taels

Hk Taels

Hk Taels

Ningpo

8,102,383

6,255,028

7,863,141

Wenchow

1 177,603

462,024

1.008,370

Santuao.

191,440

62,067

2,622,871

Foochow.

7,453,467

983,674

8,859,075

Amoy

12,027,^83

4,643,902

3,741,554

Swatow.

16,319,107

19,776,399

15,320,190

Canton.

29,533 302

18,064,275

54,627,044

Kowloon.

25,843,235

4,303,716

14,119,945

Lappa

12,419,245

797,651

5,013,570

Kongmooii

4,191,990

—

1,309,902

Samshui.

3,783,127

586,976

1,315,146

Wuchow.

5,701,495

1,148,300

3,807,867

Nanning.

1,663,798

461,130

2,575,589

Kiungchow

3,078,264

230,337

2,106,679

Pakhoi.

•

1,460,216

18,205

979,167

Lungchow

154,928

—

102,268

Mengtzii.

4,644,758

—

6,750,304

Szemao.

302,949

—

32,259

Tengyueh.

1,238,411

—

445,802

Grand Total

473,517,685 (63,752,251?.)

180,754,617 (24,335,973?.)

540,159,359

(72,724,580/.)

In recent years the quantities and value of the imports of tea into the United Kingdom from China, including Hong Kong and Macao, were :—

Year

1906 1907 1908

Quantities

lbs. 13,176,410 18,776,952 21,394,300

Value

£ 493,021 761,885 755,636

Year

1909 1910 1911

Quantities

Value

lbs 17,422,011 18,914,720 24,701,844

£

618,853 650,463 680,452

Other important articles of import into, and of export from. Great Britain from and to China (according to the Board of Trade returns in 1911 were :—

Imports

£

Exports

£

Raw and waste silk Skins, furs & manufactures

Bristles

Wool and camels' hair.

960,231 2.30,509 258,045 250,450

Cottons

Iron, wrought, &c. Woollens,. Machinery ....

10,194,994 702,025 669,607 319,503

Total trade between United Kingdom and China for 5

years : —

—

1908

1909

1910

1911

1912

Imports from China into U.K. Exports to China from U.K..

£ 3,135,357 9,216,112

£ 4,870,056 8,445,832

5,529,530 9,171,672

£

4,892,744 12,132,448

£

4,952,000

10,739,000

Shipping and Navigation,

During 1911, 193,398 vessels, of 85,771,973 tons entered and cleared Chinese ports. Of these 1,373 of 712,161 tons, were American; 28,885 of