Iw our former article on the quarterly returns of trade in Shanghaj, we were only able to consider the table of importa; the next to be summarised is the table of exports and re-exports, all being Chinese produce. In these, the which is dependent on the production at the place of origin and the demand at the place of destination, much greater fluctuations are noticeable than is the case with imports, Bea and peas come first (we may notice in' passing that the proper plural of pea, pease, ecems to have dropped out of use;) their quantity being 95,000 piculs in 1877, 35,000 in 1878, 184,000 in 1879, and only 60,000 in 1880. Bean-cake, on the other hand, shows a large increase: the respective figures being 33,000, 960, 39,000 and 84,000, The business in Chinaware is progressing. The supply of this seems to be practically inexhaustible, and the variatious in quantity are probably entirely due to fluctuations in demand. The figures are 4,000 piculs in 1877, 4,000 in 1878, 5,000 in 1879, and over 6,000 in 1880. The excellence in extent of the-past season's cotton crop is clearly shown, the export for the past quarter having been over 326,000 piculs, or more than double that of the previous quarter, and 100,000 piculs over that of 1878, the next best year recorded, The export of camel's hair is considerably Jess than Inst year', though larger than that of 1878; while hemp shows a regular increase daring the four years, from 18,000 piculs in 1877 to nearly 26,000 1880. Oow-bides have notably declined: 14,000 piculs were sent away in 1877 and only 662 in 1880. It is suggested that the export of cowhides is a test of the condition of the peasantry; it is large in famine times, when the want of fodder forces the agriculturists to kill their cuttle; while in good years the ox being rarely killed for food, except in the north of China, but few hides come to market. Dried lily flowers are shipped in such enormous quantities that it is difficult to imagine where they are all collected, The export has been continuously increasing in the last four years, from 16,000 pioule in 1877 to nearly $3,000 in 1880. The rice harvest appears also to have been a good one last year, the export for the quarter being nearly 1,200,000 piculs in 1880, against under 700,000 piculs in 1879. The export of silk was slightly under last year's, the quantity being 23,183 picals against 28,918 in 1879. It is to be hoped that the very low prices at which this staple of our trade has been sold daring the period under review will soon stimulate its consumption. Fashion, however, seems still to prefer mixtures, which the ingenuity of manufacturers has made so attractive, that they have quite driven from the ball-room the plain silk dresses in which our mothers delighted. Goat-skins have been gradually rising for the last three years, and considering their usefulness and beauty as rugs, the demand for them is easily intelligible, The figures for the past three years are 25,000, 62,000 and 85,000 respectively. The straw-plait makers of Luton have every year more reason to comple the competition of the poorly paid labour of North-China; the export was 9,000 piculs in 1877, 9,000 in 1878, 15,000 in 1879, and 18,000 in 1880. The
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