28th May.
AN jinorerse of nearly Tis 1,200,000 in the revenue collected in the first quarter of 1906, as compared with the corresponding quar. ter of Inst year, is not only a welcome indication of the healthy condition of foreign trade with China, but a achd tribute to the efficiency of the Service, and its Sood value, run on present lines, to the Chinese Government. The ports are the sume as last year except ga. that Newchwang is just b ginning make a return again after the war, In 1908, the last occasion on which there ws any return fiom the port on the Lino, the receipts were Hk. Tis, 74,148 against the Tls. 4,219 now shown. Some considerable portion is, of course, still diverted to other ports. Of the twenty-nine other ports, eighteen only have shared in the increase, while eleven show a decline, viz Tientsin, Shwsi, Changshu, Kiu. kiang, Wuhu, Nanking, Hang. chow, Suntuno, Foochow, Swatow, and Pakhoi, The receipts at Tientsin depend on many fortuitous circumstances and the big set-back in the quarter under review need not be regarded too seriously. In 1903 the figures were Tle. 308,857, from which there was a very grent decline in 1904, with a more than correspondingly Inrge advance in 1905. The improved facilities at Chinwangtao, which hus pro-grossed very rapidly in the Inst four years, are bringing this port into sharp rivalry with its older neighbour in the north. Changsha shows no development as yeh Wuhu has dropped back to ins 1908 figures, and the river ports generally have remained about stationary or declined, except Han kow, which hus made good recovery to its 1904 position. The most noticeable, and from the local standpoint the most important, increase of all is at Shanghai, which has advanced by a full million taels. The following is the comparative revenue table for three years Suankws Wort remap Broop M1x-10gs.—"The most searching Blood Cleanser that science and medical skill have brought to light." Sufferers from Scrofula, Scurvy, Eczema, Bad Skin and Blood Diseases, Pimplos Sores of any kind are solicited to give it trial to teat it value, Thousands of wonderful cures have been affected by it. Bold everywhere at 2s. Od. per bottle. Beware of worthless imitations anc Report of Dues and Duties, January.
March Quarter, 1906: Ohinese Ports.
Port. 1906. 1905. 1904.
Hk. Tis. Hk. Tis. Hk. Tis. Nichwang. 19 nil. nil, Crwangtao. 258,421 122,450 £9,392, Tientsin... 272,999 38,814 158,803 Chefoo... 177,582 Kiaochou. 196,682 8 Chungking 161,855 155,652 108,'79 Shasi 1,636 1,985 [chang... 283,774 229,876 126,058 Chang 7.905 7,659 Yochou 5027 3,763, Hankow... 482,578 301,488 474,876: Kiukiang. 96,644 105,288 115.219 Wuhu...... 289,4:6 301,222 296,308 Nanking.. 5123 66,786 64,523 Chinkiang 208,614 285,610 301,861,239,6°S 2,269,954 2,048,488
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