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 No. 3452. 
 
 Annual Series. 
 
 DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR REPORTS. 
 
 TRADE OF 
 
 KIUKIANG 
 
 FOR THE YEAR 1904. 
 
 OCT 
 
 ROO rf 
 
 FOREIGN OFFICE, 
 July, 1905 
 
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 No, 3452 Annual Series. 
 
 CHINA. 
 
 REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1904 
 
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 CONTENTS. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Total value of trade 3 
 
 Shipping 5 
 
 Percentages under different flags 6 
 
 Imports, foreign 
 
 Opium 7 
 
 Cotton goods 7 
 
 Woollen* 8 
 
 Metals 8 
 
 Sundries 8 
 
 Native imports 8 
 
 Exports 
 
 Beans <) 
 
 Ohinaware 10 
 
 Raw cotton 10 
 
 Grass-cloth, &c 10 
 
 Rice 10 
 
 Tobacco 11 
 
 Paper 11 
 
 Tea 11 
 
 Transit pass trade 12 
 
 Customs revenue 14 
 
 Treasure 14 
 
 Passenger traffic 15 
 
 General remarks 
 
 Nanch'ang-Kiukiang Railway scheme 15 
 
 Telegraph and post office progress 16 
 
 Ruling Estate extension 16 
 
 Reclamation scheme at Kiukiang 16 
 
 P'ingsiang Arsenal 17 
 
 Annexes 
 
 L Return of principal exports, 1904-1903 18 
 
 II. imports, 1904-1903 19 
 
 IIL all shipping at Kiukiang, 1904 21
 
 No. 3452. 
 
 Annual Series, 
 
 Reference to previous Report, Annual Series No. 3293. 
 
 Report on the Trade of Kiukiang for the Year 1904 
 By MR. CONSUL CLENNELL. 
 
 (Kiukiang, May 19, 1905 ; received at Foreign Office, June 28, 1905.) 
 
 I have once more to record a substantial increase in the total ' Jofcal Va1ue 
 value of trade at Kiukiang. Expressed in silver, the net total for 
 190-1 is the highest on record, exceeding that of 1903 by 1,411,766 
 Haikuan taels, or 6'15 per cent., and that for any earlier year by 
 much larger amounts. In sterling the increase is 465,012/., or 15- 38 
 per cent., but of this sum the greater part results from the advance 
 in the average rate of exchange from 2s. 7frf. in 1903 to 2s. 10|d. 
 in 1904. Had exchange remained stationary, the sterling increase 
 would have amounted to 202,206. only. 
 
 As in 1903, though in a somewhat less degree than in that year, 
 the exports exceeded the imports in value. 
 
 The following table shows the fluctuations in the various depart- 
 ments of trade, in Haikuan taels, during the five years 1900-04 : 
 
 Value. 
 
 1900. 
 
 1901. 
 
 1902. 
 
 1903. 
 
 1904. 
 
 
 Hk. taels. 
 
 Hk. taels. i Hk. taels. Hk. taels. 
 
 Hk. taels. 
 
 Foreign imports 
 
 7,025,770 
 
 8,404,660 
 
 9,216,591 
 
 10,367,401 
 
 10,593,660 
 
 ,, re-exported 
 Native imports 
 
 5,669 
 1,332,247 
 
 7,804 
 1,413,497 
 
 21,362 
 1,300,885 
 
 26,264 
 995,1 9 
 
 27,806 
 1,520,685 
 
 ,, ,, re-exported 
 
 14,962 
 
 5,794 
 
 4,521 
 
 94,233 
 
 41,144 
 
 Net total imports ... 
 
 8,337,386 
 
 9,804,559 
 
 10,491,593 
 
 11,242,093 
 
 12,045,395 
 
 Exports of local origin 
 
 8,019,161 
 
 7,058,652 
 
 9,424.950 
 
 11,693,701 
 
 12,802,165 
 
 Total 
 
 16,356,547 
 
 16,863,211 
 
 19,916,543 
 
 22,935,794 
 
 24,347,560 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Equiv. in sterling ... 
 
 2,538,673 
 
 2,494,350 
 
 2,589,151 
 
 3,022,269 
 
 3,487,281 
 
 NOTE. The rate of exchange ii 1900 was 3.. 1J<?. to the Haikuan tael; 1901, 2*. !!</. ; 1902, 
 2*. 7Jrf. ; 1903, 2s. ~\d. and in 1904, 2*. 10J<?. 
 
 (789)
 
 KIUKIANG. 
 
 The following are the sterling equivalents of the figures tabulated 
 above : 
 
 Foreign import s 
 ,, re-exported 
 Native imports 
 ,, ,, re-exported 
 
 Net total imports ... 
 Exports of local origin ... 
 
 Total 
 
 Value. 
 
 1900. 
 
 1901. 
 
 1902. 
 
 1903. 
 
 1904. 
 
 
 
 1,090,459 
 880 
 206,775 
 2,322 
 
 
 1,243,191 
 l.lfit 
 
 209,079 
 857 
 
 
 1,198,157 
 2,777 
 1C9,1I5 
 
 588 
 
 
 1,366,121 
 3,461 
 131,137 
 12,417 
 
 
 1,517,321 
 3,983 
 217,807 
 5,893 
 
 1,294,032 
 1,244,641 
 
 1,450.258 
 1,044,092 
 
 1,363,907 
 1,225,244 
 
 1,481,380 
 1,540,889 
 
 1,725,252 
 1,762,029 
 
 2,538,673 
 
 2,494.350 
 
 2,589,151 
 
 3,022,269 
 
 3,487,281 
 
 The gross value of foreign imports has increased about 11 per 
 cent., that of native imports 66 per cent, (mainly attributable to 
 cotton yarn), that of exports 14 per cent, above the corresponding 
 figures for 1903. 
 
 In 1903 1,945. worth of coal had been imported direct from Japan, 
 and 10,579/. worth of tea exported direct to Asiatic Russia. In 
 1904 only 835. worth of coal was imported direct from Japan, and 
 there was no export direct to any foreign country, shipment s 
 to Russian ports being impracticable by reason of the war. 
 
 Re-exports, native and foreign, are shown in the table. As in 
 1903, the principal item was green tea, of which 39,881 Haikuan taels 
 (5,712?.) worth was re-exported. ' 
 
 The following table shows the port of shipment of imports and 
 the immediate destination of exports for 1904 : 
 
 Imports. 
 
 Re-exports. 
 
 
 Foreign. 
 
 Native. 
 
 .r, sport s. 
 
 Foreign. 
 
 Native. 
 
 
 Ilk. taels. 
 
 Hk. taels. 
 
 Hk. taels. 
 
 Hk. taels. 
 
 Hk. tael.-. 
 
 Foreign countries . 
 
 5,830 
 
 .. 
 
 , . 
 
 
 . . 
 
 Chinese ports 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Newchwang "" 
 
 
 C 2,103 
 
 . . 
 
 
 . . 
 
 Tientsin . . 
 
 
 4,106 
 
 52,868 
 
 
 . . 
 
 Chefoo . . 
 
 
 4,542 
 
 . . 
 
 
 . . 
 
 Kiaochou 
 
 
 1,020 
 
 .. 
 
 
 . . 
 
 Ichang . . 
 
 
 8,471 
 
 . . 
 
 
 
 Hankow . . 
 
 
 184,257 
 
 2.960,930 
 
 17,172 
 
 540 
 
 Wuhu . . 
 
 
 2,993 
 
 188,399 
 
 287 
 
 . . 
 
 Nanking .. 
 
 
 4,852 
 
 92,268 
 
 45 
 
 .. 
 
 Chinkiang 
 
 10,587,830* 
 
 38,550 
 
 634,186 
 
 193 
 
 183 
 
 Shanghai 
 
 
 1,121,367 
 
 8,414,658 
 
 10,109 
 
 40,421 
 
 ^oochow . . 
 
 
 5,534 
 
 
 
 
 Hangchow 
 
 
 15,196 
 
 
 
 .. 
 
 Ningpo . . 
 
 
 40,754 
 
 
 
 
 Foochow . . 
 
 
 3,187 
 
 
 
 . . 
 
 Amoy 
 
 
 49 
 
 
 
 , . 
 
 Swatow .. 
 
 
 41,775 
 
 
 
 . . 
 
 Canton . . 
 
 
 ^ 41,929 
 
 
 
 
 
 Total .. 10,593,660 1,520,685 12,343,309 27,806 41,144 
 
 Undistinguished (principally Shanghai).
 
 KIUKIANG. 5 
 
 The usual return of shipping forms Annex III at the end of this shipping, 
 report. 
 
 The total tonnage under the cognisance of the Imperial Maritime 
 Customs shows an increase of 383,892 tons, or a little over 9 per cent. 
 
 British shipping increased from 2,046,019 tons to 2,329,688 tons, 
 an advance mainly due to the addition of two new steamers, viz., 
 the " Tuckwo " of the Indo-China Steam Navigation Company, 
 and the " Kinling," of the China Navigation Company, to the list 
 of vessels trading on the Lower Yangtze. These two companies 
 now run four vessels each regularly on this line in place of three 
 as hitherto. The number of trips made by British steamers was 
 898 in 1904, against 861 in 1903. 
 
 The entries under the heading of British sailing ships refer to 
 the substitution by the China Navigation Company of a new hulk, 
 the " Pasha " (1,668 tons), for their old hulk, " Sultan " (808 tons), 
 which, after over 30 years' service here, was removed to Wuhu, and 
 to the arrival of two new pontoons or cargo boats for the use of the 
 same company. 
 
 Towards the end of the year a small steam launch commenced 
 to run under the British flag between Kiukiang and Wuhsiieh, 
 the first town of importance on the Yangtze above this port, This 
 vessel, the " T'ien-lung," makes a daily trip of about 23 miles each 
 way, carrying passengers and treasure. This is the first appearance 
 since 1899 of a non-Chinese flag among vessels plying from Kiukiang 
 under the Inland Steam Navigation rules. It seems probable that 
 the example will be followed. 
 
 Apart from the regular service liners, which now number 14 
 under the British flag, and the visits of sea-going vessels that take 
 their place occasionally, four other British steamers called at 
 Kiukiang during the year. Three were ocean steamers of the China 
 Steam Navigation Company, and the fourth a tug-boat that came up 
 in December with a consignment of machinery for the Mint at 
 Nanch'ang. 
 
 The cargo carried by British vessels was valued at 2,242,911/., 
 imports being 1,105,413. and exports 1,137,498/. In 1903 the cargo 
 carried was 1,928,671Z. 
 
 648 entries and 590 clearances were with cargo, against 605 and 
 609 in 1903. 
 
 German shipping shows an increase in trips from 353 to 367, 
 and of tonnage from 811,039 to 843,906 tons (all steam). The 
 cargo imported on 93 trips and exported on 134, amounted to 
 210,498^., imports being 131,410Z. and exports 79,088^. In 1903 
 they carried 195,973^. worth. This increase is not proportionate, 
 either in tonnage or in cargo, to the total increase of shipping 
 and trade at the port. 
 
 The Japanese flag covered 579,178 tons in place of 591,184 tons. 
 
 These vessels made 204 trips in 1904 against 203 in 1903. Cargo 
 
 was discharged on 93 and shipped on 45 occasions in place of 96 and 
 
 65 in 1903. It was worth 43,056^., of which imports 20,008^. and 
 
 (789)
 
 KIUKIANG. 
 
 exports 23,04&., against a total of 78,983/. in 1903. One sea-going 
 vessel brought coal for the use of the Russian tea factories. Othei- 
 wise the trips recorded are those of the regular river liners of the 
 Osaka Shosen Kaisha. 
 
 One Norwegian vessel of 860 tons visited the port bringing 
 38$. worth of cargo, against 3,946 tons and 10,285. worth of c.-tr^u 
 in 1903. 
 
 The Russian flag, which covered 1,294 tons and l,377/. worth of 
 cargo in 1903, did not appear at Kiukiang in 1904. 
 
 In Chinese shipping the steamers of the China Merchants' Steam 
 Navigation Company made 272 trips in place of 251, this company, 
 like the two leading British firms, having increased the number of 
 its vessels on this line ; 43 entries and 85 clearances of small Chinese 
 sailing vessels appear in the Imperial Maritime Customs retin-ns 
 against 38 and 44 in 1903. 
 
 Under Inland Steam Navigation rules 25 launches, the largest 
 being of 82 tons, belonging to eight different companies, made 
 804i return trips in 1904, against 582i trips in 1903. For a while 
 two of these vessels were chartered by a British firm to run on the 
 Yangtze to Huangchou and intermediate stations, but the principal 
 field of their activity is the Poyang Lake. 
 
 Within the last month or two a new company has been started 
 which runs two launches between Kiukiang and Anch'ing, calling 
 at Huk'ou, P'engtse, Matang, Tungliu and other intermediate 
 points on the Yangtze below this port. Several of these companies 
 are semi-official in their composition and management, one being 
 controlled by the Provincial Board of Mines, and another called 
 Yii Chang Shang-lun Kung-ssii having a monopoly of the carriage 
 of native opium. 
 
 The entire tonnage under the Chinese flag aggregates 853,822 
 tons in 1904 against 745,403 tons in 1903. These vessels carried 
 1,010,18$. worth of cargo 477,917Z. imports. 532,2712. exports 
 against 838,7367. in 1903, so that there is a material advance both in 
 their tonnage and their carrying trade. 
 
 The percentages of trade and tonnage for the years 1903 and 1904 
 under the various flags are shown below : 
 
 Nationality. 
 
 British 
 
 Chinese 
 
 German 
 
 Japanese 
 
 Norwegian 
 
 Russian 
 
 Trade. 
 
 Toima 
 
 f 
 
 1903. 
 
 1904. 
 
 1903. 
 
 1904. 
 
 Per cent. 
 
 Per cent. 
 
 Per cent. 
 
 Per cent. 
 
 63-15 
 
 63-96 
 
 48-74 
 
 50-55 
 
 27-46 
 
 28-80 
 
 17-76 
 
 18 -53 
 
 6-42 
 
 6 
 
 19-32 
 
 18-31 
 
 2-59 
 
 1-23 
 
 14-06 
 
 12 -57 
 
 0-34 
 
 o-oi 
 
 0-09 
 
 0-04 
 
 0-04. 
 
 .. 
 
 0-03 
 
 
 So far as a conclusion can be drawn, the returns seem to indicate 
 that there is little ground to anticipate any large diversion of trade
 
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 at this port from the British and Chinese flags to those of other 
 nations. German and Japanese lines have plied on the river 
 regularly for five years, and vessels of other nationalities have made 
 occasional visits. Though German tonnage is about the same as 
 Chinese (in 1903 a little more, in 1904 a little less) and a little 
 more than one-third of the British, while Japanese tonnage is not 
 very far behind German, these flags have never secured as much 
 as one-tenth of the trade between them, although the total trade 
 of the port has grown by 50 per cent. In 1904 their joint share 
 was barely one- fourteenth of the total. 
 
 Annexes I and II at the end of this report are compiled from the imports 
 tables of exports and imports in the customs returns. 
 
 The importation of foreign opium increased by 25,254?., or about 
 10 per cent. 
 
 Foreign cotton goods, on the other hand, sho\v a slight decline, 
 amounting to 14,614?., or about 2 per cent., their total value being 
 given as 764,368?. for 1903 and 749,754?. for 1904. This decline is, 
 however, entirely due to the fact that Indian yarn failed to maintain 
 the unprecedentedly high figure (467,681?.) of 1903. It is still 
 by far the most considerable import of Kiukiang. Excluding this 
 item (440,546?.) we find the sum of other foreign cotton products to 
 be 309,208?. in place of 296,687?., an advance of 12,521?. But of 
 this, 11,858?. is to be credited to the single article of Japanese 
 yarn, so that, allowing for the virtual disappearance of British 
 and the total disappearance of Hong-Kong yarn from the list, we 
 arrive at the result that the value of the cotton piece-goods trade 
 was practically identical for the two years. The precise figures aie 
 260,412?. for 1904 and 257,931?. for 1903. This slight increase in 
 sterling value is more than accounted for by rise of exchange. 
 
 To show the true consumption of cotton products in the district, 
 it is necessary to take into account that portion which appears in 
 the list of native imports. Here the trade has recovered from the 
 depression recorded in 1903. Piece-goods have increased from 
 1,049?. to 2,853?., and yarn from 51,312?. to 130,708?. Adding native 
 and foreign goods together, we find piece-goods increased from 
 258,980?. to 263,265?. ; yarn from 557,749?. to 620,050?., and the 
 total from 816,729?. to 883,315?. ; that is, a gross advance of 60,586?., 
 or about 8 per cent. Thus the large consumption of yarn noticed in 
 recent years has been not merely maintained, but considerably 
 increased, though the local market has been less exclusively supplied 
 by India than had lately been the case. Japan and Shanghai, 
 after a temporary eclipse, have once more entered the field as 
 serious competitors of the cotton mills of Bombay. 
 
 Cotton piece-goods show sundry fluctuations in the several 
 headings, both in price and amount, but, on the whole, the trade 
 seems to be almost stationary at a value of a little over 250,000?. 
 The most considerable advance is in Italians. In white plain 
 shirtings the class of goods in which the importation was largest 
 the very decided increase in volume was more than balanced by 
 lower prices.
 
 8 KIUKIANQ. 
 
 In woollen goods there was no important change. The total 
 value was a few hundred pounds less than in 1903. 
 
 In metals the customs returns suggest an increase of about 
 19,000/., but, as I conjectured in my last report, the value given for 
 tin slabs in 1903 (1,690^.) is incorrect. It should be 8,000/., or there- 
 abouts. This reduces the increment to 13,000^., an increase plainly 
 due to the growing activity of the provincial Mint at Nanch'ang, 
 for whose use 3,479 cwts. of copper ingots and slabs and 3,641 cwts. 
 of blanks for coinage were imported, value 29,970., chiefly from 
 Japan. In 1903 the last named item does not appear, or is merged 
 in the 5,293 cwts., value 19,919^., given under the heading of copper 
 ingots and slabs. Before the new copper 10-cash coinage was 
 instituted the importation of copper was inconsiderable. 
 
 80 per cent, of the tin slabs imported went under transit pass 
 to the tea districts of Kiangsi, as well as 20 per cent, of the lead. 
 Another 25 per cent, of the lead was similarly passed into Anhui. 
 
 A list of some 250 foreign sundries appeal s in the customs returns. 
 Their total value (408,647/. in 1904 and 284,306^. in 1903) shows an 
 increase of 122,34U., of which 75,247^., or more than half, is to be 
 credited to kerosene oil. This commodity has advanced both in 
 volume and in price, the 4,841,410 gallons imported in 1904 being 
 returned as worth 123,037^., while the 2,730,810 gallons of 1903 
 were only worth 47,790/. 
 
 Sugar has increased from 76,74H. to 110,223/., the advance in 
 white sugar being especially noticeable. 
 
 The importation of Ceylon tea dust, noticed in my last report, 
 which reached 14,540. in 1903, has almost absolutely disappeared 
 from the list (1 picul at 14s. 4d. being the total recorded in 1904) 
 in sympathy with the cessation of shipments of brick tea to Russia 
 during the war. 
 
 The following are foreign articles of which the importation, 
 though considerable, is insufficisnt to justify separate entries in the 
 table annexed to this report. Over 10,000 Haikuan taels each : 
 Llama braid, buttons, cardamoms, clocks, clothing, lamps, soap, 
 soda, household stores, timber, wine ; under 10,000 Haikuan taels 
 each : Beer, candles, cassia, cigarettes, engine and boiler fittings, 
 dried fish, flour, white lead, millinery, lichees, lung-ngans, mirrors, 
 mangrove bark, condensed milk, morphia, munitions of war, paper 
 and perfumery. I also observe small items such as crucibles, foreign 
 books, gas fittings, dyes gther than aniline (six varieties), gramo- 
 phones, sewing machines, oil other than kerosene (six kinds), telegraph 
 materials wheie the amounts, however small, seem to indicate the 
 existence of a taste for and an interest in the products of Western 
 civilisation. 
 
 Turning to native imports, we find a proportionately far greater 
 increase than in foreign goods. I have already remarked on the 
 most noticeable advance, namely, the recovery of native cotton 
 piece-goods and yarn from the low figures of 1903. Simultaneously 
 with the increase in native machine-made piece-goods, nankeens
 
 KltfKtANG. 9 
 
 also increased from 3,400?. to 3,975?. The enhanced demand for 
 printed books, on wlrch I commented in 1903, has not been main- 
 tained. The considerable reduction in green tea imported, from 
 2,331 cwts. (worth 12,126?.) to 1,318 cwts. (worth 7,619?.) is a natural 
 result of the lesser demand for this article for export. 
 
 Although the exportation of tea has receded by over 1,000,000 Exports, 
 taels from the unusually high figures of 1903, [there has been so large 
 an increase in the shipments of other staple produce from this district 
 that the total of all exports is larger by 608,464 Haikuan taels. On a 
 sterling basis, with some assistance from higher exchange, this 
 advance appears as 221,000?. 
 
 The return of beans for the first time differentiates the various 
 kinds, showing that between 80 and 90 per cent, of the output, 
 hitherto lumped together as " beans and peas," consists of yellow 
 beans. In 1904 this one aiticle totalled two and one-third times the 
 weight and nearly four times the value of the entire expoit of all 
 kinds of beans in 1903. 
 
 I suggested in my report for 1902-03 that the occurrence of war 
 between Japan and Russia would result, as the Boxer troubles of 
 1900 did, in a fortuitous impulse to the bean trade in this district, 
 by diverting to the Yangtze a business which centres in noimal 
 times at Newchwang. The following figures show how far this has 
 occurred : 
 
 TABLE showing Export of Beans and Bean Cake during the 
 Years 1899-1904. 
 
 
 
 Quantity. 
 
 
 
 Year. 
 
 
 
 Other 
 
 .Remark:?. 
 
 
 Newchwang. 
 
 Kiukiang. 
 
 Yangtze 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ports. 
 
 
 
 Cwts. 
 
 Cwts. 
 
 Cwts. 
 
 
 1899 
 
 10,824,324 
 
 213,998 
 
 2,202,495 
 
 
 1900 
 
 6,443,484 
 
 343,365 
 
 3,415,584 
 
 Boxer vear 
 
 1901 
 
 9,363,505 
 
 61,946 
 
 2,074,171 
 
 Yangtze floods 
 
 1902 
 
 9,604,260 
 
 105,154 
 
 2,791,637 
 
 
 1903 
 
 9,496,587 
 
 156,426 
 
 3,660,006 
 
 
 1904 
 
 5,489,293 
 
 399,077 
 
 4,316,391* 
 
 Russo-Japanese war 
 
 * This amount of 4,316,391 cwts. is incomplete as, being calculated from the 
 quarterly instead of from the annual returns for the other Yangtze ports, it omits 
 bean cake from Hankow. Perhaps another 1,000,000 cwts. should be added if (he 
 proportion of past years has been maintained. 
 
 Thus the export from Newchwang has declined by 
 4,000,000 cwts., while that from the Yangtze has increased by 
 probably 2,000,000 cwts., Kiukiang enjoying more than a pro- 
 portionate share of the advance. 
 
 The Russian doctrine of contraband doubtless interfered with 
 shipments to Japan, at least during the first period of the war.
 
 10 KIUKIANG. 
 
 But even apart from this cause, the fact that only 1,202,111 cwts. 
 of bean products left Newchwang in the last three months of the year, 
 when the Japanese were in possession of the port and commanded 
 the trade routes, seems to show that other causes, such as actual 
 destruction of crops by the course of hostilities must have co- 
 operated. 
 
 As pointed out last year, the customs return for chinaware does 
 not correspond in any way with the output of the Ching-te-Chen 
 works. It would seem that only a fraction (which some estimate at 
 one -fourth, and others place as low as one-sixth) of the pottery pro- 
 duced there passes through Kiukiang at all. Far more is conveyed 
 by junk or land transport to all parts of China, much in particular 
 passing up the Kan River and over the Meiling Pass to Canton. And 
 of that which comes through Kiukiang only a part appears in the 
 returns. Almost every traveller takes a few pieces in his baggage, 
 and, in addition to this, there is the " tribute porcelain " for Pekin 
 to be reckoned. Yet I think it probable that there has been a 
 real decrease in the year's out-turn. Fcr some weeks in August 
 and September the kilns were at a standstill, at what is normally 
 the busiest season of the year, by reason of a strike, of which the 
 effect seems to be reflected in the lessened returns. 
 
 The exportation of raw cotton, with and without seeds, has 
 nearly doubled in value, being 81,313Z. in 1904, against 41,630/. 
 in 1903, though the increase in quantity is proportionately rather 
 less. This item, formerly quite inconsiderable, suddenly sprang into 
 importance in 1903, when the rise in price of American cotton 
 stimulated a demand, especially in Japan, for the product of this 
 part of China. In spite of the war that demand seems to have been 
 more than maintained. Cotton cultivation is much commoner 
 round Kiukiang than was the case a few years ago. 
 
 Another article that shows an advance in value is grass-cloth, 
 which is woven in the prefectures of Nanch'ang and Fuchou, though 
 here there has been an actual reduction of quantity, both in the 
 finer and coarser grades. The same is true of hides and skins. 
 The amount of hemp shipped, on the other hand, has increased 
 about 25 per cent, at the same average price as in 1903. 
 
 Lop' ing, the chief centre of the indigo industry, was for several 
 months the scene of disturbances provoked by an unpopular tax 
 on the cultivation of this staple. The troubles do not seem to have 
 adversely affected the export, which has increased 25 per cent, 
 in volume, though the lower prices obtained have kept the value 
 at nearly the figure of 1903. 
 
 The fact that rice, called in the returns " tribute rice," appears 
 as an export, and the largely increased shipments of groundnuts 
 and sesamum seed, are evidence of a favourable season from an 
 agriculturist's point of view. It is understood that negotiations 
 are proceeding between the local authorities and the Nanking Viceroy 
 for the effective opening of Kiukiang for the export of rice to other 
 parts of China, such as obtains at Wuhu. Rice, it is pointed out,
 
 KH'KIANG. 11 
 
 already leaves the province in large quantities by junk through 
 the Poyang Lake to places lower down the Yangtze. It is now 
 hoped that by removing the obstacles that have hitherto prevented 
 its shipment in large amounts by steamer from Kiukiang, the local 
 authorities will, besides assisting the farmers by providing a ready 
 and extended market for surplus grain, obtain a source of revenue 
 that will render practicable a reclamation scheme for the improve- 
 ment of the port of Kiukiang, and also provide funds for building 
 more commodious residences for the district magistrate and other 
 officials ; but, just as the scheme is being promoted for local reasons 
 at Kiukiang, it is opposed in the name of those locally interested 
 at Wuhu, a portion of whose trade it threatens to divert. 
 
 Leaf tobacco has recovered from the comparative depression 
 of the last few years and stands at nearly the figure of 1901. 
 
 The value declared for the superior quality of paper was nearly 
 double that ruling in 1903, so that, in spite of a reduction of 
 volume from 37,569 to 22,432 cwts., this article is returned for a 
 total value of 82,046?. in place of 68,614?. Second quality paper 
 shows a material increase both in volume and value. 
 
 The total value of the tea of all kinds exported in 1904 was 
 4,979,389 Haikuan taels (708,6882.), against 6,039,607 Haikuan 
 taels (795, 839?.) in 1903. 
 
 An analysis of the figures shows that this falling-off is due to 
 reduced shipments of green tea on the one hand, and of brick and 
 tablet tea on the other. 
 
 In the first-named article the price in 1903 had been abnormally 
 high, and it would appear that shipments were encouraged to a 
 somewhat greater degree than the real demand warranted. In 
 1904 lower prices prevailed, but the market being to some extent 
 glutted, the demand for fresh supply was curtailed. In the result 
 the export from Kiukiang fell off about 20,000 cwts., or 94,000/. 
 Leaf tea, in which the output was proportionately reduced in a 
 still more marked degree, is green tea in a partly manufactured 
 state. To appreciate the full extent of the falling-ofE these two 
 articles should be read together. 
 
 The lessened export of brick and tablet tea is of course a direct 
 result of the war. Not only has direct communication by sea 
 with Asiatic Russia been impossible, but the difficulty of transport 
 by other routes has been greater. Enhanced freights, e.g., to 
 Odessa, and insurance charges, have combined with the internal 
 disorganisation of the Russian market to render it impracticable 
 for the factories here to export as much as in normal years. How- 
 ever, a partial set-off appears in the better price obtained for the 
 unfinished product, tea dust, which is sent to Hankow to be made 
 into brick tea there. The volume of this item remaining about the 
 same, there has been a marked increase in its total value. 
 
 Against these items, where the trade is diminished, should be 
 set the increase of 55,829Z. in value of black tea exported, though 
 the volume is slightly less than in 1903.
 
 KIUKIANG. 
 
 Transit pass 
 trade. 
 
 On the whole, the figures support what I said about the tea 
 trade last year. It has recovered from the " low water mark " 
 of 1901, but it would be premature to draw any broad conclusion 
 either from the rapid advance of 1903 or from the falling-off in 
 1904. The one was stimulated by the lelaxation, from temporary 
 causes, of Ceylon competition ; as to the other, the values shown 
 for black tea have been so high as, even with a stationary volume 
 of this article, to go a long way to counteract the falling-off in other 
 varieties, while the decrease in brick and tablet tea is a fortuitous 
 circumstance wholly due to the war and which may be expected 
 to cease with its cause. 
 
 The immediate destination of tea shipped in 1904 was as 
 follows : 
 
 Tea- 
 Black 
 Brick 
 Green 
 Tablet 
 Sundry 
 
 Total 
 
 
 Value. 
 
 Hankow. 
 
 Wuhu. 
 
 Chinkiang. 
 
 Shanghai. 
 
 Hk. taels. 
 
 Ilk. taels. 
 
 Ilk. taels. 
 
 Hk. taek. 
 
 1 total . . 
 
 2,499,275 
 21,628 
 141,775 
 
 1,417 
 
 2,435 
 
 204.330 
 22.3,120 
 1,784,384 
 3,354 
 92,675 
 
 2,665 673 
 
 V 
 
 1,417 
 
 2,436 
 
 2,309,863 
 
 i 
 
 4,979,389 
 
 I explained in my report for 1902-03 that the inward transit 
 pass trade of this port, formerly covering half or more than half 
 of the foreign imports, had been disorganised by the rivalry of an 
 institution called the Pao-shang Chii, which issues passes in com- 
 petition with those supplied through the Imperial Customs. My 
 prognostication that the effects of this competition would appear 
 even more plainly in 1904 has been fully borne out. 
 
 The percentage of foreign imports consigned to inland 
 destinations was 54-30 per cent, in 1900, 60-23 per cent, in 1901, 
 46-56 per cent, in 1902 and 23-54 per cent, in 1903. In 1904 it fell 
 to 9-63 per cent., the value of the goods so carried being 1,020,084 
 Haikuan taels, out of a total of 10,593,660 Haikuan taels (146,106L 
 out of 1,517,321Z.). 
 
 The destination by provinces of transit pass goods was : to 
 Kiangsi, 880,843 Haikuan taels ; to Anhui, 117,316 Haikuan taels ; 
 to Hupei, 21,606 Haikuan taels ; to Fukien, 319 Haikuan taels. 
 
 In all, 14,313 passes were issued, of which 14,162 were to Chinese, 
 44 to British, 105 to Germans and 1 each to a Russian and an 
 American firm.
 
 KIUKIANG. 
 
 13 
 
 The dues collected were 19,883 Haikuan taels. In the three 
 previous years the figures had been : 
 
 Year. 
 
 Number of 
 Passes. 
 
 Dues. 
 
 
 
 Hk. taels. 
 
 1903 
 
 16,402 
 
 38,570 
 
 1902 
 
 32,958 
 
 63,073 
 
 1901 
 
 41,572 
 
 79,074 
 
 The following are the principal items included in the total of 
 1,020,084 Haikuan taels : 
 
 
 Value. 
 
 
 Hk. taels. 
 
 Cotton goods 
 
 
 To Kiangsi . . . . . . 
 
 449,718 
 
 Anhui .. .. .. 
 
 5,018 
 
 Hupei . . . . . . 
 
 7,914 
 
 Total 
 
 462,680 
 
 Indian jam . . .. .. 
 
 118,542 
 
 Japanese yarn . . . . . . 
 
 16,654 
 
 British grey shirting* . . . . 
 
 82,277 
 
 British grey sheetings . . . . . . 
 
 19,965 
 
 British white sheetings .. .. 
 
 81,821 
 
 British T-cloths 
 
 23,491 
 
 Italians, dyed, black .. .. .. 
 
 16,383 
 
 Italians, dyed, coloured . . . . . . 
 
 10,832 
 
 Other goods 
 
 
 Steel plate cuttings . . . . . . 
 
 13,842 
 
 Lead, in pigs 
 
 
 To Kiangsi . . . . . . 
 
 11,770 
 
 ,, Anhui . . .. .. .. 
 
 15,581 
 
 Tin, in slabs 
 
 
 To Kiangsi . . . . 
 
 71,471 
 
 Anhui .. .. .. 
 
 1,131 
 
 Be'che-de-mer .. .. .. .. 
 
 12,915 
 
 Kerosene oil 
 
 
 American ... . . . . 
 
 81,966 
 
 Russian . . . . . . . , 
 
 120,501 
 
 Sumatra . . . . . . . . 
 
 23,916 
 
 Sugar 
 
 
 Brown . . . . . . . . . . 
 
 3,9 18 
 
 Candy . . . . . . . . . . 
 
 529 
 
 Refined 
 
 10.89S 
 
 White 
 
 16,130 
 
 In addition to transit passes on foreign goods, similar free 
 passes are issued for native cotton goods, especially for yarn. These 
 are not affected by the competition of the J^ao-shang Chii, and, in 
 fact, cover practically the entire import. With a total importation 
 of 932,499 Haikuan taels worth of native cottons, of which 912,578 
 Haikuan taels were yarn, there were sent up country under free passes 
 to destinations in Kiangsi, 914,346 Haikuan taels worth of native 
 cotton goods, of which 910,222 Haikuan taels were yarn.
 
 14 
 
 KIUKIANG. 
 
 Customs 
 revenue. 
 
 Applications for outward transit passes were more numerous 
 than in any year except 1899, but I cannot argue that the business 
 has any real importance. Although 86 passes were taken out 
 by British firms, only 33 seem to have been used, which, with 18 
 used by Americans, makes a total of 51 passes covering goods 
 valued at 76,639 Haikuan taels, on which dues amounting to 1,162 
 Haikuan taels were collected. Nearly half the merchandise ex- 
 ported in this way consisted of liquid indigo (34,370 Haikuan taels), 
 the only other considerable item being melon seed (11,886 Haikuan 
 taels). 
 
 Though still low as compared with a few years ago, the customs 
 revenue of this port seems to have ceased to decline. The figures 
 for 1904 show an increase in every heading except transit dues. 
 As compared with 1903 they are as follows : 
 
 
 Value. . 
 
 
 1904. 
 
 1903. 
 
 ! Hk. ta.-l*. 
 
 Hk. taels. 
 
 Import duty 
 
 11,764 
 
 11,664 
 
 on opium 
 
 72,746 
 
 67,302 
 
 Export duiy 
 
 435,269 
 
 382,718 
 
 Coast trade duty 
 
 6,816 
 
 6,569 
 
 Tonnage dues . . 
 
 1,508 
 
 817 
 
 Transit ,, 
 
 21,044 
 
 38,819 
 
 Opium lekin 
 
 193,982 
 
 179,358 
 
 Total 743,129 
 
 687,277 
 
 Treasure. 
 
 The revenue contributed by British merchants was 433,436 
 Haikuan taels in 1904 and 389,928 Haikuan taels in 1903. 
 
 The subjoined tables show the movements of treasure recorded 
 in 1904 : 
 
 Shanghai 
 Chinkiang 
 Nanking . . 
 Wuhu . . 
 Anking . . 
 Hankow . . 
 Ainoy 
 Canton . . 
 
 Total 
 
 Equiv. in sterling 
 
 Value. 
 
 761,819 
 
 
 109,115 
 
 Import?. 
 
 Exports. 
 
 Hk. taels. 
 
 Hk. taels. 
 
 86,380 
 
 775,990 
 
 45,000 
 
 110,400 
 
 2,000 
 
 31,250 
 
 27,OOU 
 
 9,000 
 
 51,031 
 
 2,000 
 
 541,908 
 
 217,940 
 
 500 
 
 . . 
 
 8,000 
 
 
 1,146,580 
 
 
 
 164,224
 
 KIUKIANG. 
 
 The above totals are made up^of 
 
 15 
 
 Value. 
 
 
 Imports. 
 
 Exports. 
 
 
 Hk taels. 
 
 Hk. taels. 
 
 Sycee silver 
 
 667,988 
 
 600,350 
 
 Dollars 
 
 36,400 
 
 545,990 
 
 Copper coins 
 
 56,931 
 
 
 ,. cash 
 
 500 
 
 240 
 
 This table indicates that, in addition to the copper 10-cash 
 coinage being minted in this province at Nanch'ang, similar coins 
 minted in other provinces notably Hupei, Anhui, Kiangnan 
 (Nanking Mint) and Kukien are being brought into circulation. 
 During the present year the small British-owned launch that plies 
 between Kiukiang and Wuhsiieh has been engaged in conveying very 
 large consignments of these coins from the last-named place. The 
 coins at present circulate freely everywhere, and are manifestly 
 more convenient than the old, cumbrous copper cash, but as their 
 intrinsic value is much less than 10 cash each being commonly 
 said to be about 4 cash there appears to be apprehension in many 
 quarters less the various provincial Governments should yield 
 to the temptation of issuing them in excessive quantities for the sake 
 of the immediate profit, and a serious crisis arise so soon as their 
 market value begins to depreciate : 
 
 The number of passengers by steamer to and from Kiukiang Passenger 
 in 1904 is shown below : traffic - 
 
 Shanghai and inter- 
 mediate ports 
 Hankow and inter- 
 mediate ports 
 Poyang lake 
 
 Total 
 
 From 
 
 To 
 
 Foreigners. 
 
 Chinese. 
 
 Foreigners. 
 
 Chinese. 
 
 Number. 
 511 
 485 
 
 Number. 
 18,615 
 
 26,840 
 24,143 
 
 Number. 
 504 
 471 
 
 Number. 
 18,145 
 
 31,249 
 27,649 
 
 996 
 
 69,598 
 
 975 
 
 77,043 
 
 Much has been heard during the year regarding the proposed General 
 construction of railways in this province. An official has been rem r - 58 
 appointed with the title of Director of Railways for Kiangsi, and 
 a temple at Nanch'ang has been converted into the office of the 
 provincial railway administration. A pamphlet, published in 
 the autumn, showed that many influential persons had interested 
 themselves in urging the construction of a network of lines radiating
 
 16 KIUKIANG. 
 
 from Nanch'ang to all the chief centres of Kiangsi, beginning 
 with one from Nanch'ang to Kiukiang. This line, for which it is 
 estimated that a capital of 4,000,000 to 5,000,000 taels will be 
 required, is to run to the west of the Lushan Mountains so as to 
 avoid engineering difficulties. Shares of 100 taels each are to be 
 issued, and, should subscription by other methods fail to raise 
 the sum desired, the promoters have authority to resort to a lottery. 
 It is expressly stipulated that no shares are to be granted to any 
 but Chinese subjects, and transfer to a foreigner renders the share 
 void, but should it be ultimately impossible to obtain enough Chinese 
 capital, the promoters undertake to consult His Excellency Sheng, 
 Director- General of Chinese Railways, as to the steps they should 
 pursue. The scheme met at first with little favour, being regarded 
 as a pretext for getting up a provincial lottery on the Hupei model, 
 for the benefit of the officials, but I believe that shares to the value of 
 1,000,000 taels or so have been taken up and two engineers, one 
 British and one Danish, are at present engaged on a preliminary 
 survey of the country. This line would be about 115 miles in length 
 if it follows, as I suppose it will, the existing high road via Te-an 
 Hsien. 
 
 During the summer a short telegraph line was established 
 connecting this port with the hill sanatorium at Kuling. The troubles 
 in the eastern parts of Kiangsi during the autumn emphasised the 
 need of telegraphic communication in that region with Kiukiang 
 and Nanch'ang, so that hopes are entertained that lines will shortly 
 be established to the Kuanghsin Valley and to Ching-te Chen. 
 As yet, the only trunk line is that from Kiukiang viil Nanch'ang and 
 the Kan valley to Canton. Several new districts have been opened 
 up by the Chinese Imperial post office, but its connections are still 
 far from being complete. There is, e.g., as yet no service to Ching-te 
 Chen, though this place is the second largest town in Kiangsi. 
 
 Though not directly affecting the commerce of the port, it may 
 be of interest to mention that the negotiations, extending over 
 nearly seven years, for obtaining an extension of the Kuling Estate 
 were at length brought to a successful issue in the autumn. The 
 area available for foreign buildings on the mountains is thereby 
 more than doubled, and, the lots being readily taken up by purchasers, 
 a large and rapid development of this sanatorium, so useful to foreign 
 residents in China, may be confidently anticipated. 
 
 A proposal has been mooted by the Chinese authorities for 
 extending the available building area of Kiukiang itself by diverting 
 the mouth of the Lung-k'ai River to a point some half a mile above 
 its present situation, and reclaiming the land that will then lie 
 between the new course of this stream and the British Concession. 
 A modern suburb, with wide and straight streets, is to be built on 
 the reclaimed land, and though the management is to be in Chinese 
 hands, foreigners are to be encouraged to take up lots. In particular 
 it is expected that steamer companies will desire the frontage for
 
 KIUKIANO. 17 
 
 wharfage, and the Nanch'ang Railway is expected to occupy some 
 portion of the land. To raise the necessary funds, the export of rice 
 is to be permitted, subject, if the needful authority can be obtained, 
 to a small tax to be partly devoted to the reclamation work. Mean- 
 while it is understood that a Japanese company has come forward 
 with a proposal to undertake this work in return for certain wharfage 
 privileges, but at present, I am informed, that the local officials 
 look upon this alternative proposal with scant favour. 
 
 The scheme, noted last year, to construct a large arsenal at 
 P'inghsiang, near the Kiangsi-Hunan border, has continued to be 
 kept in view, and is believed to have been favourably reported 
 upon by the Imperial Commissioner, His Excellency T'ieh Liang, 
 who visited this province about the end of the year. 
 
 My acknowledgements are due to Mr. H. M. Hillier, Commissioner 
 of Customs, for early access to the returns upon which the tables 
 and statistics in the present report are founded. 
 
 (789)
 
 18 
 
 KIUKIANG. 
 
 Annex I. EETURN of Principal Articles of Export from Kiukiang 
 during the Years 1904-1903. 
 
 
 
 l 
 
 M. 
 
 19i 
 
 03. 
 
 
 
 Quantity. 
 
 Value. 
 
 Quantity. 
 
 Value. 
 
 Beans 
 Black 
 
 Cwts. ... 
 
 19,332 
 
 
 5,350") 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18,842 
 
 7,481 I 
 
 
 
 
 
 358,085 
 
 116,321 f 
 
 166,426 
 
 30,005 
 
 other kinds 
 
 
 2,818 
 
 215J 
 
 
 
 
 
 4 351 
 
 3 874 
 
 6,198 
 
 10 461 
 
 Chinaware 
 
 
 28,601 
 
 46,807 
 
 34,136 
 
 45,341 
 
 
 
 15,087 
 
 55,499 
 
 27,189 
 
 75,238 
 
 Cotton 
 Baw 
 
 
 33,220 
 
 71 943 
 
 23 952 
 
 38 443 
 
 
 " 
 
 12 304 
 
 9 370 
 
 6 062 
 
 3 187 
 
 
 " 
 
 2,015 
 
 s'967 
 
 1,111 
 
 2 177 
 
 Firecrackers and fireworks 
 Grass-cloth 
 
 " 
 
 5,631 
 9,966 
 
 5,150 
 57 667 
 
 4,318 
 11 554 
 
 3,823 
 61 153 
 
 
 M 
 
 3,263 
 
 43 381 
 
 3 740 
 
 35 19"* 
 
 
 11 
 
 44,243 
 
 12 ^43 
 
 19 814 
 
 4 343 
 
 
 
 99,764 
 
 132,032 
 
 79 762 
 
 107 099 
 
 Hides 
 
 " 
 
 10,110 
 
 36 251 
 
 11 294 
 
 29 42 
 
 
 " 
 
 60,829 
 
 30 578 
 
 39 804 
 
 30 311 
 
 Mats, bamboo 
 Paper 
 1st quality 
 2nd 
 Bice 
 
 Pieces ... 
 Cwta. ... 
 
 299,488 
 
 22,432 
 147,969 
 24,207 
 
 22,658 
 
 82,046 
 124,617 
 7,572 
 
 286,898 
 
 37,569 
 115,961 
 
 16,184 
 
 68,614 
 80,221 
 
 Seed 
 
 
 10,521 
 
 8 861 
 
 20 946 
 
 10 433 
 
 
 
 79,727 
 
 38 367 
 
 .->3 ^71 
 
 20 650 
 
 
 
 3,020 
 
 2,005 
 
 1727 
 
 442 
 
 Skins, all kinds 
 Tallow 
 
 Pieces ... 
 Cwts. 
 
 108,303 
 95 
 
 5,226 
 ICO 
 
 136,880 
 1 727 
 
 3,990 
 1 885 
 
 
 
 13,635 
 
 16,104 
 
 20 820 
 
 21 893 
 
 Tea 
 Bl ac k 
 
 
 126,865 
 
 387 235 
 
 127 407 
 
 331 406 
 
 brick ... ... ... 
 
 
 22,333 
 
 32,244 
 
 42,587 
 
 56 559 
 
 
 " 
 
 18 673 
 
 18 174 
 
 18 304 
 
 14 183 
 
 
 " 
 
 44,745 
 
 258 673 
 
 64 699 
 
 352 540 
 
 Leaf 
 
 
 4,479 
 
 6 738 
 
 19 502 
 
 36 667 
 
 
 
 3,818 
 
 4,906 
 
 3 587 
 
 1 886 
 
 
 
 404 
 
 238 
 
 1.155 
 
 534 
 
 Tablet ... ... ... ... 
 
 
 154 
 
 480 
 
 1 332 
 
 2 064 
 
 
 ** 
 
 1,989 
 
 5,600 
 
 2 440 
 
 4 75g 
 
 Tobacco 
 Leaf 
 
 
 113,592 
 
 81,999 
 
 74,557 
 
 34 083 
 
 
 11 
 
 4,751 
 
 8,624 
 
 5,298 
 
 10 627 
 
 Stalk 
 
 " 
 
 6 280 
 
 1 757 
 
 3 410 
 
 1 1'4 
 
 Other exports 
 
 ... 
 
 
 15,569 
 
 
 16,548 
 
 Total 
 
 
 
 1,767 922 
 
 
 1 553 306 
 
 Add foreign goods re- 
 exported 
 
 ... 
 
 
 3,983 
 
 
 3,4G1 
 
 Grand total 
 
 
 ... 
 
 1,771,905 
 
 
 1,556,767
 
 KIUKIANG. 
 
 19 
 
 Annex II. RETURN of Principal Articles of Import into 
 Kiukiang during the Years 1904-1903. 
 
 Articles. 
 
 Cwts. 
 
 1904. 
 
 1903. 
 
 Quantity. 
 
 Value. 
 
 Quantity. 
 
 Value. 
 
 FOREIGN GOODS. 
 Opium 
 
 2,859 
 28 
 
 127,229 
 51,500 
 131,405 
 8,638 
 210 
 13,580 
 13,570 
 19,894 
 11,465 
 
 
 
 251,104 
 2,175 
 
 52,919 
 23,705 
 73,400 
 5,010 
 105 
 7,121 
 6,263 
 6,015 
 3,613 
 
 33,570 
 11,142 
 8,281 
 3,891 
 2,082 
 8,540 
 3,082 
 2,076 
 
 99 
 
 440.54G 
 48,697 
 933 
 8,665 
 
 4,879 
 5,831 
 5,361 
 4,878 
 3,852 
 1,663 
 4,696 
 
 435 
 
 12,364 
 17,606 
 278 
 7,572 
 
 4,562 
 3,352 
 1,717 
 1,609 
 1,387 
 933 
 
 9,166 
 65 
 12,810 
 2,625 
 
 4,569 
 4,268 
 3,327 
 4,269 
 8,153 
 9,104 
 3,018 
 4,662 
 5,982 
 3,607 
 7,477 
 945 
 5,131 
 2,399 
 3,044 
 2,436 
 
 2,635 
 34 
 
 126,793 
 58,795 
 105,606 
 9,667 
 
 1*5" 335 
 10,590 
 15,241 
 12,806 
 24,269 
 
 31,209 
 17,438 
 22,537 
 7,995 
 4,063 
 13,745 
 76,931 
 22,967 
 
 211 
 286 
 153,643 
 10,879 
 
 3,170 
 23,701 
 5,079 
 53,913 
 240 
 
 136 
 5,293 
 
 '"l25 
 
 19,587 
 
 10,210 
 5,817 
 
 } 13,676 
 } 2,545 
 
 14,274 
 1,921 
 1,599 
 3,083 
 
 232,820 
 590 
 23 
 2,376 
 3,019 
 
 2,505J761 
 30 
 3,805 
 
 42"007 
 89,302 
 
 '"350 
 76,840 
 
 A 
 
 225,280 
 2,745 
 
 51,236 
 32,652 
 76,954 
 5,771 
 
 '9" 302 
 6,035 
 5,053 
 3,894 
 5,641 
 
 20,029 
 11,321 
 8,196 
 3,455 
 1,976 
 7,550 
 2,655 
 1,513 
 
 921 
 996 
 467,681 
 36,839 
 2,031 
 3,667 
 
 6,265 
 4,372 
 4,785 
 4,760 
 3,527 
 3,523 
 4,724 
 
 490 
 19,919 
 
 '"652 
 7,545 
 
 2,825 
 4,607 
 
 3,028 
 1,540 
 
 10,080 
 1,553 
 [1,690]* 
 3,537 
 
 2,497 
 5,052 
 3,449 
 3,209 
 6,683 
 6,792 
 3,023 
 4,476 
 2,507 
 
 *"l89 
 4,705 
 10,002 
 1,889 
 2,615 
 2,153 
 
 Patna 
 
 
 Cotton goods 
 Shirtings, grey, plain, all grades 
 Sheetings 
 Shirtings, white, plain 
 White Irishes 
 
 Pieces ... 
 
 Shirting*, flguied, <fec. ... 
 Drills 
 
 , 
 
 Jeans 
 
 , 
 
 T-clotlis 
 
 Chintzes and prints 
 
 , 
 
 Cotton 
 Italians ... ... . 
 
 
 44,327 
 22,865 
 23,537 
 9,078 
 4,797 
 16,659 
 107,619 
 32,005 
 
 21 
 
 Lastings... .,. ... . 
 
 " 
 
 
 " 
 
 Dyed Hong-Kong shirtings ... 
 Other dyed cottons 
 Cuton flannel 
 Velvets and velveteens 
 Handkerchiefs 
 
 Yards "' 
 Dozens .. 
 
 Yarn- 
 British 
 
 Cwts. 
 
 Hong-Kong 
 
 
 Indian ... ... ... 
 
 " 
 
 144,089 
 16,464 
 
 2,986 
 27,139 
 6,996 
 56,753 
 308 
 
 145 
 
 3,479 
 3,644 
 73 
 28,606 
 
 14,586 
 7,731 
 7,600 
 7,049 
 2,805 
 1,395 
 
 13,362 
 82 
 2,449 
 2,488 
 
 359,300 
 852 
 29 
 5,624 
 4,850 
 
 3,257^917 
 22 
 3,797 
 
 5,'584 
 182,768 
 
 '"506 
 85,507 
 
 Japanese 
 
 " 
 
 Woollen and cotton mixtures... 
 Other cotton goods 
 Woollen goods 
 Camlets, British 
 Cloth, broad 
 Long ells ... ... ... ., 
 
 Pieces ... 
 Yards .. 
 Pieces .. 
 Yards ... 
 Cwts. ... 
 
 Cwts. ... 
 
 Spanish stripes 
 Berlin wool 
 Other woollen goods 
 Miscellaneous piece-goods 
 Metals 
 Brass, yellow metal and wire ... 
 Copper 
 Ingcts and slabs 
 Coins, blanks for coinage ... 
 Other copper goods 
 Iron and steel plate cuttings ... 
 Iron 
 Cobbles and wire shorts 
 Nail, rod and wire (new) 
 Wire and rope (old) 
 Other iron and mild steel (old)... 
 ,, (new) 
 Galvanised iron goods 
 
 Lead 
 Pigs and bars 
 Sheets and tea iead 
 Tin slabs 
 
 
 
 Other metals ... 
 
 11 
 
 Sundries 
 Bags, all kinds 
 Beehe-de-mer 
 Birds'-nests ... ... ... 
 
 Pieces ... 
 Cwts. ... 
 
 Coal I Tons 
 Cuttle-fish Cwte. ... 
 Dyes, aniline ... ... ... 
 
 Fans 
 
 Pieces ... 
 Cwte. ... 
 Boxes ... 
 
 Ginseng 
 Glass, window 
 Leather articles ... ... ... 
 
 Machinery and parts 
 Matches ... ... ... ... 
 
 Gross 
 
 Japanese 
 Medicines ... ... . . 
 
 Mushrooms Cwts. 
 Needles . .. Mille 
 
 * Error in customs returns, should be about 8,000?.
 
 20 
 
 KIUKIANG. 
 
 RETURN of Principal Articles of Import into Kiukiang during 
 the Years 1904-1903 continued. 
 
 
 
 19 
 
 34. 
 
 19 
 
 03. 
 
 
 
 Quantity. 
 
 Value. 
 
 Quantity. 
 
 Value. 
 
 FOREIGN GOODS contd. 
 
 Sundries contd. 
 Oil, kerosene 
 American 
 Russian ... ... ... ... 
 
 Gallons ... 
 
 1,481,600 
 2,828 840 
 
 
 
 41,890 
 68 393 
 
 1,146,810 
 1 262 500 
 
 
 
 21,181 
 21 547 
 
 Sumatra ... ... 
 
 " 
 
 530 970 
 
 12,754 
 
 321 500 
 
 5 062 
 
 
 Cwts 
 
 2 605 
 
 6 417 
 
 2 289 
 
 7 254 
 
 Sandalwood . . .. . 
 
 
 4 492 
 
 4 377 
 
 3 571 
 
 5 862 
 
 Seaweed . ... ... 
 
 
 74 370 
 
 27 771 
 
 92 568 
 
 24 955 
 
 Sugar 
 Brown .. 
 
 
 36 767 
 
 17 694 
 
 31 238 
 
 15 560 
 
 Candy .. ... ... 
 
 
 8 095 
 
 6 964 
 
 7,039 
 
 6 233 
 
 ReSned 
 
 
 64,218 
 
 41,335 
 
 63 997 
 
 35 860 
 
 White 
 
 
 75 025 
 
 44 ''30 
 
 28 738 
 
 19 088 
 
 
 
 * 
 
 t 
 
 5,368 
 
 14 640 
 
 Umbrellas 
 Other foreign goods 
 
 Pieces ... 
 
 100,785 
 
 6,706 
 55,676 
 
 78,077 
 
 4,115 
 43,808 
 
 Total 
 
 
 
 1,517 321 
 
 
 1 366 121 
 
 NATIVE GOODS. 
 
 Co ton- 
 Piece-goods ... ... ... 
 
 Pieces 
 
 5,419 
 
 2,853 
 
 2 112 
 
 1 049 
 
 Yarn 
 
 Cwts. 
 
 35,045 
 
 130,708 
 
 15 452 
 
 51 312 
 
 Books, printed ... ... 
 
 
 1,299 
 
 3,928 
 
 2,795 
 
 7 657 
 
 Cloth, native (nankeens) 
 
 11 
 
 693 
 
 3,975 
 
 678 
 
 3,400 
 
 
 Tons 
 
 755 
 
 865 
 
 155 
 
 163 
 
 Cuttle-flsh 
 
 Cwtg. ... 
 
 1,740 
 6,404 
 
 3,822 
 5,517 
 
 3,595 
 5,375 
 
 8,755 
 3,300 
 
 Fans ... ... ... ... 
 
 Piecei .. 
 
 543 694 
 
 2,547 
 
 248 363 
 
 1 662 
 
 Fish, dried and salted 
 Fungus ... ... ... ... 
 
 Cwts. ... 
 
 1,332 
 1,405 
 
 2,239 
 6,916 
 
 1,248 
 i.995 
 
 3,832 
 3 966 
 
 Medicines ... ... ... .. 
 
 " 
 
 
 2 545 
 
 
 2 189 
 
 Opium 
 
 Cwts. 
 
 20 
 
 1,082 
 
 16 
 
 846 
 
 Silk, all kinds 
 
 
 
 3,954 
 
 
 3 807 
 
 Tea- 
 Green 
 
 Cwts. 
 
 1,318 
 
 7,619 
 
 2,331 
 
 12,126 
 
 Other kinds ... .. 
 
 
 6 
 
 10 
 
 815 
 
 1 507 
 
 Tobacco, prepared 
 
 11 
 
 1,120 
 
 5,593 
 
 1,203 
 
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 NEW SERIES OF ANNUAL REPORTS. 
 
 REPORTS oi the Annual Series have been issued from His Majt"- 
 Diplomatic and Consular Officers at the following places, and may be 
 obtained from the sources indicated on the title-page : 
 
 No. Price. 
 
 3338. Italy lid. 
 
 3339. Santa Marta . . . . id. 
 
 Price. 
 
 lid. 
 
 3340. Venice 
 
 3341. Hakodate .. .. lid. 
 
 3342. Chemnitz and Saxony Id. 
 
 3343. Austria-Hungary . . 6id. 
 
 3344. Canton .. .. Id. 
 
 3345. Coquimbo .. .. id. 
 
 3346. Calais .. .. 2Jd. 
 
 3347. Buenos Ayres . . lid. 
 
 3348. Texas . . . . 2d. 
 
 3349. Chicago .. .. 4d. 
 
 3350. Iceland .. .. Id. 
 
 3351. Poland and Lithuania 3d. 
 
 3352. Bilbao .. -. 2jd. 
 
 3353. New York . . . . 2*d. 
 
 3354. Newchwang.. .. IJ-d. 
 
 3355. Iquitos . . . . id. 
 
 3356. The Azores . . . . id. 
 
 3357. Constantinople , . 2d. 
 
 3358. Pomerania . . . . 2d. 
 
 3359. Trebizond Vilayet . . S-gd. 
 
 3360. Arabistan . . . . Id. 
 -3361. Thessaly .. .. lid. 
 
 3362. Eosario .. .. Id. 
 
 3363. Aleppo and Adana . . lid. 
 
 3364. Wuhu .. .. Id. 
 
 3365. Hawaii .. .. Id. 
 
 3366. Batourn .. ..lid. 
 
 3367. The Cyclades . . Id. 
 
 3368. Havre .. .. 3id. 
 
 3369. The Morea . . . . Id. 
 
 3370. Pmeus .. .. lid. 
 
 3371. Honduras . . . . id. 
 
 3372. Kiungchow . . . . Id. 
 
 3373. Chinkiang .. .. Id. 
 
 3374. Kerman . . . . Id. 
 
 3375. Pemba .. .- Id. 
 
 3376. Khorassan .. .. 2d. 
 
 3377. Japan .. .. 2d. 
 
 3378. Cochin-China .. lid. 
 
 3379. Porto Eico .. ..lid. 
 
 3380. Samoa .. .. Id. 
 
 3381. Bordeaux .. .. 3d. 
 
 3382. Bussorali .. .. id. 
 
 3383. Nice id. 
 
 3384. Caracas .. .. Id. 
 
 3385. Hayti and Santo Do- 
 
 mingo . . . . Id. 
 
 3386. Hankow .. .. lid. 
 
 3387. Kobe and Osaka . . 5id. 
 
 3388. Bolivia .. .- 2id. 
 3889. Pondicherry and 
 
 Karikal .. ..Id. 
 
 3390. Germany . . . . 2 id. 
 
 3391. Eotterdam .. .. lid. 
 
 3392. Denmark . . . . 3id. 
 
 3393. Hamburg .. .. 4d. 
 
 3394. Ciudad Bolivar .. ^d. 
 
 3395. Bulgaria .. .. Id. 
 
 3396. Sicily .. ..3d. 
 
 No. 
 
 3397. Alexandria .. 
 
 3398. Philadelphia 
 
 3399. Austria- Hungary .. lid. 
 
 3400. Quezaltenango .. id. 
 
 3401. New Orleans .. 3d. 
 
 3402. Baden .. .. d. 
 
 3403. Java ..... 2d. 
 
 3404. Faroe Islands . . 2c!. 
 
 3405. North Formosa .. lid. 
 
 3406. Friendly Islands . . Id. 
 
 3407. Corea .. .. lid. 
 
 3408. Persian Gulf .. 4Jd. 
 
 3409. Lyons, St. Etienne 
 
 and Grenoble .. Id. 
 
 3410. Palestine .. .. lid. 
 
 3411. Galicia, Asturias and 
 
 Leon .. ..lid. 
 
 3412. Stockholm and 
 
 Eastern Coast of 
 
 Sweden .. .. 2id. 
 
 3413. Dunkirk .. . . Hd. 
 
 3414. Cadiz . . . . 2d. 
 
 3415. Muskat .. .. Id. 
 
 3416. Central Italy .. lid. 
 
 3417. Fiuuie '. . .. Id. 
 
 3418. North Portugal . . Id. 
 3419 Oregon, Washington 
 
 and Idaho .. 2id. 
 
 3420. Kermanshah .. lid. 
 
 3421. Pakhoi .. .. id. 
 
 3422. Beira . . . lid. 
 
 3423. Barranquilla , id. 
 
 3424. St. Petersburg . 3d. 
 
 3425. Norway .. . 2d. 
 
 3426. Tangier .. . lid. 
 
 3427. Brindisi and Lecce . 2d. 
 
 3428. Curacoa .. . 2d. 
 
 3429. Mexico .. . 6d. 
 
 3430. Salonica .. . l*d. 
 
 3431. New Caledonia . lid. 
 
 3432. Eoumania .. . 2id. 
 
 3433. California, Nevada, 
 
 Utah and Arizona 2Jd. 
 
 3434. Argentine Eepublio lid. 
 
 3435. Fooehow .. .. Id. 
 
 3436. Para ...... Id. 
 
 3437. Damascus . .. IJd. 
 
 3438. Ancona . . . , id. 
 
 3439. Lourenco Marques. . 2|d. 
 
 3440. Cherbourg .. ., lid. 
 
 3441. Moscow .. .. lid. 
 
 3442. Erzeroum .. .. Id. 
 
 3443. Dar-al-Baida .. 2d. 
 
 3444. Costa Eica . . . Id. 
 
 3445. Germany . . . . 6d. 
 
 3446. Genoa .. .. 3d. 
 
 3447. Eostov-on-Don .. 2d. 
 
 3448. Port Said and Surz lid. 
 
 3449. Wuchow .. .. 14d. 
 
 3450. Gothenburg .. 2id. 
 
 3451. Dantzig .. .. 2d.
 
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