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Comparative Statement of the British Export 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,	233	103,534	13,210,312	223	121,651	6,596,272	…	18,117	…	10	…	6,614,040
Amoy,	48	12,510	261,040	87	32,818	250,050	39	20,308	…	…	…	10,990
Shanghae,	94	36,625	10,402,760	102	34,383	9,018,294	8	…	…	…	2,242	1,384,406
Total,	375	152,669	23,874,112	412	188,852	15,864,616	47	38,425	…	10	2,242	8,009,496

Abstract.

	No. of Vessels.		Tonnage.		Value in Dollars.
1851,	375		152,669		23,874,112
1852,	412		188,852		15,864,616
Net Increase in 1852,	37		36,183		…
Net Decrease in 1852,	…		…		8,009,496	or at 4s. 9d.	—£1,902,255.6.0.

W. H. Medhurst.

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

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Printed and Published by Robert Strachan, at the Hongkong Register Office, Queen's Road, Victoria, Hongkong.