Japan : report for the year 1897 on the trade of Tainan and district

Diplomatic and consular reports. Annual series ; no. 2149

1898

"Reference to previous report, annual series no. 2021."

"Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty, June, 1898."

Series: Diplomatic and consular reports. Annual series ; no. 2149

Contents
Total trade p.3
Comparison with previous year p.3
Imports (Table 1) -
Cotton and woollen goods p.4
Kerosene oil p.4
Matches p.5
Beer p.5
Condensed milk p.5
Exports (Table 2) -
Camphor p.5
Sugar p.6
Lungan pulp and dried lungans p.8
Rice p.8
Shipping (Table 3) -
Foreign-going ships p.9
Junks p.9
Japanese coasting steamers p.9
Difficulties of approaching the port during summer months p.9
Service between Tainan and Hong-Kong p.10
Population -
Japanese and natives p.10
Foreign residents p.10
Foreign firms p.10
General remarks -
Year's trade unsatisfactory p.11
Danger of travelling in the interior p.11
Japanese merchants and shopkeepers p.11
Hotels p.11
Communication between Auping and Takow p.11
Ice and the erection of an ice manufactory p.11
Sanitation p.12
Health of the port p.12
Plague p.12
Trade statistics, how acquired p.12

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