(space Bowrgrois) and under, One Tae; each ditional me One Mace. One-half of these charges for repetitions. Contracts may be advance, made for 3 months, or longer, payadie in It is noticeable that under foreign sundries we find over 55,000 piculs of salt, against under 30,000 in 1892, and under 32,000 in 1891. Native sun-/ dries were on the whole well maintained. The principal point to notice under exports is that black tea rose, under the influence of the lower tariff granted to junks, from Pls. 5,396 in 1892 to Pls. 25,872 this year. Under the head-and 216,104 outwards at the four stations during the quarter.
slight improvement shown this year at Lappa was entirely due to opium duty and likin, there having been a decline under all the other heads of revenue, The port of Lapa comprises two stations and three substations, and the number of junks that passed we Inwards Outwarda Malowohow 1,611 1,596 Obienshan. 965 886
'Total,..2,476 2,482 'The total quantity of opium imported was 401 piculs against 249 piculs in 1892 and 408 piculs in 1891. There was' decline in the import of cotton goods, 'I'-cloths and handkerchiefs excepted, while the comparative figures for cotton yarn were 1893. 1892. 1891. English, piculs nil 136 204 Indien", 2,602 22,070 94,700 Woollens and metals were only slightly below last year. In foreign sundries there was a considerable decline in Indian raw cotton, and an improvement in matches. The comparative figures for kerosene were,. in cases 1893, 1892. 1891. Amorloan 10,227 15.737 5,703 Russian 2d 2,287 736 Native sundries were fairly well maintained, brown and white sugar rising from 1,490 and 6,776 piculs in 1892 to 2,274 and 10,163 picule respectively this year, In exports there was a slight falling-off in many articles of ative consumption, but black ten, fired and unfired, rose from 3,348 and 4,478 picula in 1892 to 5,446 and 5,750 piculs respectively this year. At the two stations comprised under Lappa there were 30,275 passengers inwards and 28,307 outwards during the quarter, The revenue at the two longking frontier stations, Lungchow and Méngtve showed a great advance on 1892, the comparative figures for three years 1893. 1892. 1891. Hk. Tie. Hk. Tis. Ak. Ts.
302 266 446 14,783 10,134 10,528
Total,.16,086 10,400 10,069 The trivial improvement at Lungchow was under both import and export duty. The number of junks reported at the Customs was 148 against 91 in
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