1886, Tue total amount of dues and duties collected at the of Chinn, by the Imp: Customs, shews, rix will be ween by the table with which we conclude, " gain, over the same quarter in the previous year, of about 44 per cent. In the imposing yellow-covered phnmphilet of 159 pager, just issued by the Sta Department, the details of the trade from which these daties are derived are fully sot forth, aa narial; the ata rica of the trade of Coren for the quarter hsing appended. The falling off Newchwang, amounting to over 15,000, is due to the diminished export of beans and beauorke, while the export of wild raw silk has gone up from 1,300 pienla in 1885 to 3,400 1886. The most notable in the imports is the increase of drills and sheetings from 85,705 picces in 1885 to 146,260 pieces in 1886. The decrease of nearly 13,000 tacle in Tienteiu is so counted for by a henvy decline in the const trade daty, colton goods of all kinds have been to the extent of 967,000 pieces agninet 1,307,009 piroon in 1885, with an analogous falling-off in woollens and metals, With all the talk ubout the syndiontes und jobs hunters in Tientsin, we do not find that it hus as yet become euch a very much frequented resort, for in the three monthe only 102 foreign passengers entered, and 163 left, the port. Chefoo shows w grin of about Tle. 8,000, duo to a marked increase in its exporte, of which straw braid counts for yearly 16,000 Is in 1886 against 11,000 i 1885. There was a heavy morons the import of old irou—the cart tires and horse-shoos of which we have heard s0 much—into this port. The duties col. lected in Ichang shew a gain of nearly 30 per cent, the inorerse being in the export duty and river steamer verist tendo deposite, which Inst should apparently be rather curried to a suapenso acovunt, than treated as duties collected.
he import of cotton and woollen piece-goods shows a falling off from the heavy figures of lust year; but the exports generally, especially of silk, shew ® marked advance. Hankow records a marked gain, principally in the export duties, and river steamer const trade deposite, The import of piece.goods was about the same a 1885, Grey Shirtings showing an ad~ vance of about ten per cent; but metals shew " considerable falling off. The chief advance in exports was in black The collection at Kiukiang 1886 was about ten por cent, less than in 1885, the export duties and river steamer const trade deposits being the culprits, the export of green tea and paper showing n decline, There was considerable falling off in the import of lend. Wahu is muked by an enor mons advance from the abnormally amall collection in 1885, which is main. ly due to a general advance in exports, beans and peas giving 24,200 picals against 600, and Rice 952,000 againat 549,000.' Chinkinng came nour to doubling ite collection, the export of beans and pens, rice, and wheat, having risen from 14,000, 144,000, and 4,000 piculs, to 82,000, 239,000, and 18,000, respectively. In the import of pievegoods nud metals there was a nearly general decline, here was a slight decline in the collection at Shanghai in 1886, not enough to cause avy apprehension as to the stability of our trade, The falling off is considerable in both the import and export duties, bot much of the lose was recouped by the opium duty, which was even above the figures for 1884, The total import for the quarter of Cotton and Woollen piece-gonds was 2,593,000 and 100,000 pieces againat 2,793,000 and 114,000 ly in 1885; while metale, iron especially, showed a more import~ ant decline, There was a considerable falling off in the export of silk, while treasure shews a large balanes to tha good, The gain of seventeen per cent
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