Yoxouasa:—Mesars. Lane,, Crawford & Ca, Nacasagt:—Mr. R.. Norman, Rising Sw, import table showed an almost general decline in cotton and woollen goods, Indian yarn falling from 984 to 116 piculs, while woollen thread and braid showed a marked increase. Metals were on the whole well maintained. Foreign and native sundries make such a portent ously long list, that we cannot deal with them usefully in the space at our disposal. We note, however, a very marked increase in kerosene oil. The comparative figures are 1892. 1891. 1890. American, cases......286,305 54,010 94,597 Russian".,,° s. 48,770 851 18,508
Exports are catalogued in another inordinately long table; the chief point to notice in it is the falling-off in tea, which is due to the abolition of the preferential duties collected last year from tea shipped by junk, which diverted that staple from the steamers. There is no internal transit at Kowloon, nor is any account kept of the movements of treasure through the port.
There was a slight gain in duty and likin outwards at Lappa, with a decline under every other head of "revenue, most marked in opium duty and likin, which amounted together to, in round numbers, Tls. 46,300 in 1890, Ts. 44,100 in 1891, and only Tls. 26,800 in 1892. The import of cotton goods into Lappa this year was very satisfactory, and thst of woollens was well maintained, but Indian yarn fell from Pls. 34,700 to Pls. 22,070. Metals showed well. In foreign sundries there was a considerable advance in matches and kerosene oil, the comparative figures for the latter staple being
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