SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION
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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
