- Title
Japan : report for the year 1898 on the trade of North Formosa
- Alternative Title
Diplomatic and consular reports. Annual series ; no. 2339
- Creator
- Date
1899
- Description
Series: Diplomatic and consular reports. Annual series ; no. 2339
"Reference to previous report, annual series no. 2148."
"Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty, August, 1899."
- Table Of Contents
- Contents
Trade of the year p.3
Continued increase in imports p.3
British merchant more concerned with decrease in exports p.3
Comparative table of imports and exports p.3
Imports (Annex I) -
Opium p.4
Cotton piece-goods p.4
Grey and white shirtings p.4
Woollens p.4
Metals, lead p.4
Cement p.4
Beer p.4
Flour p.4
Kerosene p.5
Russian oil in bulk p.5
Method of preparing for the market at Tamsui p.5
Matches p.5
Miscellaneous Eastern produce p.5
Poles and planks p.5
Pigs p.5
Chinese paper p.6
Provisions p.6
Sugar p.6
Special ports p.6
Shirtings p.6
Kerosene p.6
Miscellaneous p.6
Kelung trade insignificant p.6
Exports (Annex II) -
Camphor p.6
The camphor monopoly p.6
Coal p.7
Tea p.8
Hemp, &c p.9
Shipping (Annex III) -
Competition by Japanese companies p.9
The Osaka Shosen Kaisha p.9
Low rates [of freight] resulting on competition p.10
Prospects for tea export via Kelung p.11
Direct shipment to Japan from Tamsui p.12
Increase in junk trade p.12
General remarks -
Communication between Tamsui and Twatutia deficient p.12
River traffic p.12
Flat-bottomed steamboats recommended p.12
Tamsui-Twatutia railway required p.13
Prices in the interior p.13
Smuggling p.13
Harbour of Tamsui p.13
Government survey of Tamsui river p.14
Security of shipping : means of improving p.14
Absence of harbour control p.14
Telegraphic communication p.14
Position of British merchant p.15
Post-bellum prices maintained p.15
Prosperity of the Chinese p.15
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- Publisher
- Source
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