14th May. Tue Customs Gazette for the first quarter of the present year shews that the total revenue of the nineteen treaty ports, excluding Kowloon and Lappa, and the newly opened ports on the Tongking frontier, was about five per cent. larger than' the revenue in the corresponding period of 1889, but still considerably below the collection in 1888. The following are the figures:—
Report of Dues and Duties, January-March Quarter, 1890; Chinese Treaty Ports. Wan Taels,—Hkwan Tacle, 1800, 1889. Tientsin 71,464 Newchwang 15,987 57.523 31,497 499,438
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