A dictionary, practical, theoretical and historical of commerce and commercial navigation . thegreatest. The value of the British cottons importedduring 1867 amounted to 3,495,255/., and that ofthe woollens to 2,365,742/. But despite these andother articles, the excess of the value of the ex-ports was so very great, that immense quantitiesof silver were imported. The following tablesshow the progress of the import and exporttrade of China and the great comparative im-portance of Shanghae. I.— Value of the Imports, Exclusive of Treasure, into Chinese Ports in the Years 1863 and 1864. Years 1863
A dictionary, practical, theoretical and historical of commerce and commercial navigation . thegreatest. The value of the British cottons importedduring 1867 amounted to 3,495,255/., and that ofthe woollens to 2,365,742/. But despite these andother articles, the excess of the value of the ex-ports was so very great, that immense quantitiesof silver were imported. The following tablesshow the progress of the import and exporttrade of China and the great comparative im-portance of Shanghae. I.— Value of the Imports, Exclusive of Treasure, into Chinese Ports in the Years 1863 and 1864. Years 18631S64 Canton Amoy Foochowfoo Ningpo Shanghae Hankin Total £ 2,281,3542,421,482 £ 2,046,0332,35 4,913 £2,616,6372,378,044 £ 3,348,6013,421,538 £29,709,57521,610,757 £ 3,308,7723,620,758 £43,310,97235,807,472 II.— Value of Exports from the same Ports, 1863-64. Years Canton Amoy Foochowfoo Ningpo Shanghae Hankin Total 18631864 £3,862,,414,81,3 £ 994,1299l3,4y4 £ 4,521,2034,374,685 £ 1,454,5692,083,435 £12,2^7,15313,282,589 £ 4,247,3024,484,475 £ 27,306,395«2S,683,54l. One Statute Mile vndon Lorufma/U; & Co SHANGHAEIII.—Account of the Tea Exported from 7 Chinese Ports, 1863-4. 1241 , Years Canton Amoy Foochowfoo Ningpo Shanghae lb. 8,531,2857,133,189 Hankin Kin-kiang Total ! 18631 1864 ,026,95464,684,583 lb. 70,(169,10064,967,800 ,477,41113,949,924 ,846,254 7,S62,561 lb. 40,,530,925 ,478,81017,859,373 lb. 169,094,205157,685,731 Nute.—The exports of tea at the separate ports include shipments from port to port. • Table, contrasting Exports of Tea from Shanghae and the Yang-tsze Ports to Great Britainand the United States for the Years 1865, 1866, and 1867. Black -Green Total Great Britain United States 1865 1866 1867 1865 1866 1867 lb. 43,169,00011,990,500 ,522,90010,633,800 lb. 45,969,10311,697,929 ,80013,120,00013,447,800 lb. 27,60013,769,20013,796,800 lb. 32,22715,946,549 55,159,600 57,156,70
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