[ { "image": "p0022", "images": [ "p0022" ], "printed_pages": [ "1" ], "chapter": "Brief Geographical Description", "table_no": null, "title": "[Area and Population]", "caption_extra": "Printed under the heading \"Area and Population\".", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Regions", "Area in square miles", "Population — Total", "Population — Density per square mile" ], "rows": [ [ "China proper, including the three Manchurian Provinces", "1,897,000", "436,000,000", "238" ], [ "Mongolia", "1,370,000", "2,500,000", "2" ], [ "Chinese Turkestan", "550,000", "1,200,000", "2" ], [ "Tibet", "465,000", "6,500,000", "14" ], [ "Total, Chinese territory", "4,282,000", "446,200,000", "104" ], [ "South America", "6,850,000", "60,000,000", "8" ], [ "United States, exclusive of dependencies", "3,620,000", "110,000,000", "30" ], [ "Japanese Empire", "260,000", "80,000,000", "307" ], [ "France (continental)", "207,000", "40,000,000", "150" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 9 as printed (4 regions, total, 4 comparison countries).", "Figures printed with thin spaces after the commas ('1, 897, 000'); written without the spaces.", "Tibet area: last digit printed broken (looks like 'C'); read as 0.", "Total area: 1,897,000+1,370,000+550,000+465,000 = 4,282,000 — reconciles.", "Total population: 436,000,000+2,500,000+1,200,000+6,500,000 = 446,200,000 — reconciles." ], "id": "p0022_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 21", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n21/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0023", "images": [ "p0023" ], "printed_pages": [ "2" ], "chapter": "Brief Geographical Description", "table_no": null, "title": "[Distances from Shanghai]", "caption_extra": "Printed under the heading \"Distances from Shanghai\": \"Following is a table of distances from Shanghai (by rail to Peking, to all other points by steamer), the commercial metropolis of China, to nine important cities:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Shanghai to—", "Traveling time — Days", "Traveling time — Hours", "Miles", "Corresponding distance in United States: New York to—" ], "rows": [ [ "Peking", "", "36", "830", "Indianapolis." ], [ "Hongkong", "2½-3", "", "900", "Chicago." ], [ "Hankow", "3", "", "600", "Cleveland." ], [ "Chungking", "14", "", "1,425", "Omaha." ], [ "Nagasaki", "", "30", "410", "Augusta, Me." ], [ "Vladivostok", "4", "", "1,000", "Milwaukee." ], [ "Kobe", "2", "", "750", "Cincinnati." ], [ "Yokohama", "5", "", "1,100", "Tampa, Fla." ], [ "New York", "20-27", "", "9,920", "" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 9 as printed.", "Cells filled with leader dashes in the original (no entry) written as \"\".", "No totals printed." ], "id": "p0023_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 22", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n22/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0024", "images": [ "p0024" ], "printed_pages": [ "3" ], "chapter": "Brief Geographical Description", "table_no": null, "title": "Statistics Relating to Provinces", "caption_extra": "The following table gives certain essential data concerning the Provinces of China:", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Province", "Area in square miles", "Population according to Chinese Post Office estimate, 1922", "Population per square mile", "Capital of Province" ], "rows": [ [ "Anhwei", "54,826", "19,850,000", "362", "Anking." ], [ "Chekiang", "36,680", "22,000,000", "601", "Hangchow." ], [ "Chihli", "115,830", "34,200,000", "295", "Paotingfu." ], [ "Fukien", "46,332", "13,200,000", "284", "Foochow." ], [ "Honan", "67,954", "30,850,000", "454", "Kaifeng." ], [ "Hunan", "83,398", "28,450,000", "341", "Changsha." ], [ "Hupeh", "71,428", "27,150,000", "380", "Wuchang." ], [ "Kansu", "125,483", "6,000,000", "47", "Lanchowfu" ], [ "Kiangsi", "69,498", "24,500,000", "352", "Nanchang." ], [ "Kiangsu", "38,610", "33,800,000", "875", "Nanking." ], [ "Kwangsi", "77,220", "12,250,000", "159", "Kweilin." ], [ "Kwangtung", "100,000", "37,150,000", "372", "Canton." ], [ "Kweichow", "67,182", "11,100,000", "167", "Kweiyang." ], [ "Shansi", "81,853", "11,000,000", "134", "Taiyuanfu." ], [ "Shantung", "55,984", "30,800,000", "552", "Tsinan." ], [ "Shensi", "75,290", "9,450,000", "125", "Sianfu." ], [ "Szechwan", "218,533", "49,800,000", "228", "Chengtu." ], [ "Yunnan", "146,714", "9,850,000", "67", "Yunnanfu." ], [ "Shengking (Manchuria) / Kirin (Manchuria) / Heilungkiang (Manchuria)", "363,700", "22,100,000", "61", "Mukden. / Kirin. / Tsitsihar." ], [ "Total", "1,896,515", "433,500,000", "238", "" ], [ "Sinkiang", "550,000", "2,500,000", "2", "" ], [ "Mongolia", "1,370,000", "2,500,000", "2", "Urga." ], [ "Tibet (Chinese estimate)", "465,000", "6,500,000", "14", "Lhasa." ], [ "Grand total", "4,282,000", "445,000,000", "104", "" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 26 printed lines (18 provinces, 3 Manchurian provinces bracketed together with one set of figures, Total, Sinkiang, Mongolia, Tibet, Grand total); the bracketed Manchurian group is written as one row with names and capitals joined by ' / '.", "Sinkiang: capital cell empty in the original.", "Total area: sum of the 19 rows above = 1,896,515; printed 1,896,515 — reconciles.", "Total population: sum = 433,500,000; printed 433,500,000 — reconciles.", "Grand total area: Total + Sinkiang + Mongolia + Tibet = 4,281,515; printed 4,282,000 — does NOT reconcile (as printed).", "Grand total population: sum = 445,000,000; printed 445,000,000 — reconciles.", "The prose paragraph below the table states that the area and population figures are from the Chinese Post Office estimates of 1922 (not transcribed; prose)." ], "id": "p0024_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 23", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n23/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0047", "images": [ "p0047", "p0048" ], "printed_pages": [ "26", "27" ], "chapter": "Résumé of the Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Value of Total Trade, 1864–1924]", "caption_extra": "Printed under the heading \"Value of Total Trade\": \"The following graph and table showing China's foreign trade from 1864 to 1924 ...\" (no graph is printed on these pages). Values in Haikwan taels.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Year", "Net imports¹ (Haikwan taels)", "Exports (Haikwan taels)", "Total trade (Haikwan taels)", "Exchange rates for haikwan tael in U. S. gold and sterling — U. S. gold", "Exchange rates for haikwan tael in U. S. gold and sterling — sterling s.", "Exchange rates for haikwan tael in U. S. gold and sterling — sterling d." ], "rows": [ [ "1864", "51,293,578", "54,006,509", "105,300,087", "", "6", "8" ], [ "1865²", "61,844,158", "60,054,634", "121,898 792", "", "6", "8" ], [ "1866", "74,563,674", "56,161,807", "130,725,481", "", "6", "3" ], [ "1867", "69,329,741", "57,895,713", "127,226,454", "", "6", "3" ], [ "1868", "71,121,213", "69,114,733", "140,235,946", "", "6", "5" ], [ "1869³", "74,923,201", "67,143,988", "142,067,189", "", "6", "7¾" ], [ "1870", "69,290,722", "61,682,121", "130,972,843", "", "6", "6½" ], [ "1871", "70,103,077", "66,853,161", "136,956,238", "", "6", "6¼" ], [ "1872", "67,317,049", "75,288,125", "142,605,174", "", "6", "7⅝" ], [ "1873", "66,637,209", "69,451,277", "136,088,486", "", "6", "5¼" ], [ "1874", "64,360,864", "66,712,868", "131,073,732", "", "6", "4¼" ], [ "1875", "67,803,247", "68,912,929", "136,716,176", "", "6", "2¼" ], [ "1876", "70,269,574", "80,850,512", "151,120,086", "", "5", "11⅝" ], [ "1877", "73,233,896", "67,445,022", "140,678,918", "", "6", "0¼" ], [ "1878", "70,804,027", "67,172,179", "137,976,206", "", "5", "11⅝" ], [ "1879", "82,227,424", "72,281,262", "154,508,686", "", "5", "7⅜" ], [ "1880", "79,293,452", "77,883,587", "157,177,039", "", "5", "9½" ], [ "1881", "91,910,877", "71,452,974", "163,363,851", "", "5", "6⅝" ], [ "1882", "77,715,228", "67,336,846", "145,052,074", "", "5", "8½" ], [ "1883", "73,567,702", "70,197,693", "143,765,395", "", "5", "7½" ], [ "1884", "72,760,758", "67,147,680", "139,908,438", "", "5", "7¼" ], [ "1885", "88,200,018", "65,005,711", "153,205,729", "", "5", "3½" ], [ "1886", "87,479,323", "77,206,568", "164,685,891", "", "5", "0⅛" ], [ "1887", "102,263,669", "85,860,208", "188,123,877", "$1.20", "4", "10¼" ], [ "1888", "124,782,893", "92,401,067", "217,183,960", "", "4", "8⅜" ], [ "1889", "110,884,355", "96,947,832", "207,832,187", "", "4", "8¾" ], [ "1890", "127,093,481", "87,144,480", "214,237,961", "", "5", "2½" ], [ "1891", "134,003,863", "100,947,849", "234,951,712", "", "4", "11" ], [ "1892", "135,101,198", "102,583,525", "237,684,723", "1.07", "4", "4½" ], [ "1893", "151,362,819", "116,632,311", "267,995,130", "", "3", "11¼" ], [ "1894⁴", "162,102,911", "128,104,522", "290,207,433", "", "3", "2⅜" ], [ "1895⁵", "171,696,715", "143,293,211", "314,989,926", "", "3", "3¼" ], [ "1896", "202,589,994", "131,081,421", "333,671,415", "", "3", "4" ], [ "1897", "202,828,625", "163,501,358", "366,320,983", ".72", "2", "11¾" ], [ "1898", "209,579,334", "159,037,149", "368,616,483", "", "2", "10⅝" ], [ "1899⁶", "264,748,456", "195,784,832", "460,533,288", "", "3", "0⅛" ], [ "1900⁷", "211,070,422", "158,996,752", "370,067,174", "", "3", "1¼" ], [ "1901", "268,302,918", "169,656,757", "437,959,675", "", "2", "11½" ], [ "1902", "315,363,905", "214,181,584", "529,545,489", ".63", "2", "[?]" ], [ "1903", "326,739,133", "214,352,467", "541,091,600", ".64", "2", "7⅝" ], [ "1904⁸", "344,060,608", "239,486,683", "583,547,291", "", "2", "10⅜" ], [ "1905", "447,100,791", "227,888,197", "674,988,988", "", "3", "0 1/10" ], [ "1906", "410,270,082", "236,456,739", "646,726,821", "", "3", "3½" ], [ "1907", "416,401,369", "264,380,697", "680,782,066", ".79", "3", "3" ], [ "1908", "394,505,478", "276,660,403", "671,165,881", "", "2", "3" ], [ "1909", "418,158,067", "338,992,814", "757,150,881", "", "2", "7 3/16" ], [ "1910", "462,964,894", "380,833,328", "843,798,222", ".66", "2", "8 5/16" ], [ "1911⁹", "471,503,943", "377,338,166", "848,842,109", ".65", "2", "8¼" ], [ "1912", "473,097,031", "370,520,403", "843,617,434", ".74", "3", "0⅝" ], [ "1913¹⁰", "570,162,557", "403,305,546", "973,468,103", ".73", "3", "0¼" ], [ "1914¹¹", "569,241,382", "356,226,629", "925,468,011", ".67", "2", "8¾" ], [ "1915", "454,475,719", "418,861,164", "873,336,883", ".62", "2", "7⅛" ], [ "1916¹²", "516,406,995", "481,797,366", "998,204,361", ".79", "3", "[?]" ], [ "1917", "549,518,774", "462,931,630", "1,012,450,404", "1.03", "4", "3 13/16" ], [ "1918", "554,893,082", "485,883,031", "1,040,776,113", "1.26", "5", "3 7/16" ], [ "1919", "646,997,681", "630,809,411", "1,277,807,002", "1.39", "6", "4" ], [ "1920", "762,210,230", "541,631,300", "1,303,881,530", "1.24", "6", "9½" ], [ "1921", "906,122,439", "601,255,531", "1,507,377,976", ".76", "3", "11 7/16" ], [ "1922", "945,049,650", "654,891,933", "1,599,941,583", ".83", "3", "9" ], [ "1923", "923,402,881", "752,917,416", "1,676,320,303", ".80", "3", "5¾" ], [ "1924", "1,018,210,677", "771,784,468", "1,789,995,145", ".81", "3", "7 15/16" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Net imports, i. e., the value of the foreign goods imported direct from foreign countries, less the value of the foreign goods reexported to foreign countries during the year.", "² Taiping Rebellion raged from 1852 to 1865.", "³ Suez Canal opened, shortening the route to China.", "⁴ Sino-Japanese War, 1894–95.", "⁵ 1895–1899 period of foreign aggression—territorial \"leases,\" \"spheres of influence,\" \"scramble\" for railway and mining concessions, and the beginning of China's foreign indebtedness.", "⁶ Influence of railways felt.", "⁷ Boxer outbreak.", "⁸ Russo-Japanese War, 1904–5.", "⁹ Revolution in October.", "¹⁰ Rebellion in summer.", "¹¹ European War from August.", "¹² Internal disorders, 1916–17." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 61 as printed (1864–1878: 15 rows on p. 26; 1879–1924: 46 rows on p. 27, which repeats the column headings).", "The exchange-rate column is printed as two unheaded sub-columns: U.S. gold (dollars; leader dashes before 1887 and in many later years — written \"\") and sterling in shillings and pence (s. d.). Split here into three columns.", "Year labels carry footnote reference numbers, written as superscripts (e.g. '1865²').", "Fractions of a penny written with Unicode vulgar fractions where they exist, otherwise as '7 3/16'.", "1865 Total trade: printed '121,898 792' (comma missing) — kept as printed.", "1872 sterling d.: numerator of the fraction read as 5 (7⅝), not 3, on an enlarged crop.", "1886 sterling d.: a dot is printed before '0⅛' (apparently a speck); written '0⅛'.", "1902 sterling d.: printed '7 1/?' — the denominator is blurred (could be 5, 6 or 8); written [?].", "1916 sterling d.: printed '3 13/1?' — the last digit of the denominator is blurred; written [?].", "Total check (Net imports + Exports = Total trade), every row: rows that do NOT reconcile: 1867: 69,329,741 + 57,895,713 = 127,225,454, printed 127,226,454; 1897: 202,828,625 + 163,501,358 = 366,329,983, printed 366,320,983; 1919: 646,997,681 + 630,809,411 = 1,277,807,092, printed 1,277,807,002; 1920: 762,210,230 + 541,631,300 = 1,303,841,530, printed 1,303,881,530; 1921: 906,122,439 + 601,255,531 = 1,507,377,970, printed 1,507,377,976; 1923: 923,402,881 + 752,917,416 = 1,676,320,297, printed 1,676,320,303; all other rows reconcile.", "All six non-reconciling rows re-read on enlarged crops; figures confirmed as printed." ], "id": "p0047_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 46", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n46/mode/1up" }, { "label": "scan leaf 47", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n47/mode/1up" } ] }, { "images": [ "p0052" ], "printed_pages": [ "31" ], "chapter": "Résumé of the Trade of China", "table_no": null, "continued": false, "footnotes": [ "¹ Value of haikwan tael in United States currency, 1910, $0.66.", "² Less than 1 per cent." ], "image": "p0052", "title": "1910 Imports", "caption_extra": "", "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Principal items", "Per cent of total trade", "Value in haikwan taels¹" ], "rows": [ [ "1. Cotton yarn", "13", "61,500,000" ], [ "2. Cotton goods", "13", "60,000,000" ], [ "3. Opium", "12", "55,500,000" ], [ "4. Rice", "7", "31,000,000" ], [ "5. Metals", "6", "26,000,000" ], [ "6. Kerosene (161,000,000 gallons)", "5", "22,000,000" ], [ "7. Sugar", "4½", "21,000,000" ], [ "8. Railway materials", "3", "15,000,000" ], [ "9. Marine products", "2", "12,500,000" ], [ "10. Machinery", "2", "9,000,000" ], [ "11. Cigarettes and tobacco", "2", "9,000,000" ], [ "12. Coal", "2", "8,000,000" ], [ "13. Dyes", "1½", "7,600,000" ], [ "14. Matches", "1", "5,300,000" ], [ "15. Woolen goods", "(²)", "5,300,000" ], [ "16. Leather", "(²)", "5,000,000" ], [ "17. Cotton, raw", "(²)", "4,500,000" ], [ "18. Paper", "(²)", "4,200,000" ], [ "19. Flour", "(²)", "3,500,000" ], [ "20. Tea", "(²)", "3,300,000" ], [ "21. Medicines", "(²)", "3,000,000" ], [ "22. Wines, beers, etc", "(²)", "3,000,000" ], [ "23. Clothing and hats", "(²)", "2,500,000" ], [ "24. Soap", "(²)", "2,000,000" ], [ "25. Cement", "(²)", "1,600,000" ], [ "26. Building materials", "(²)", "1,300,000" ], [ "27. Hardware", "(²)", "1,200,000" ], [ "28. Needles", "(²)", "1,000,000" ], [ "29. Glassware", "(²)", "1,000,000" ], [ "30. Hosiery", "(²)", "1,000,000" ], [ "31. Soda", "(²)", "1,000,000" ], [ "32. Stationery", "(²)", "1,000,000" ], [ "33. Candles", "(²)", "1,000,000" ], [ "34. Window glass", "(²)", "900,000" ], [ "35. Haberdashery", "(²)", "900,000" ], [ "36. Lamps and lamp ware", "(²)", "800,000" ], [ "37. Ginseng", "(²)", "800,000" ], [ "38. Paint", "(²)", "700,000" ], [ "39. Boots and shoes", "(²)", "600,000" ], [ "40. Clocks and watches", "(²)", "700,000" ], [ "41. Condensed milk", "(²)", "500,000" ] ] } ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 41 as printed (items 1–20 in the left half, 21–41 in the right half; written as one list).", "'(²)' in the per-cent column = footnote 2, less than 1 per cent.", "Item 40 (Clocks and watches, 700,000) is printed after item 39 (600,000), out of descending order — as printed.", "No total printed.", "Item names with broken type: 'Railway materials' (s broken), 'Building materials' (g broken), 'Glassware' (s broken) — read as shown." ], "id": "p0052_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 51", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n51/mode/1up" } ] }, { "images": [ "p0052" ], "printed_pages": [ "31" ], "chapter": "Résumé of the Trade of China", "table_no": null, "continued": false, "footnotes": [ "¹ Value of haikwan tael in United States currency, 1910, $0.66.", "² Less than 1 per cent." ], "image": "p0052", "title": "1923 Imports", "caption_extra": "Printed under the same column headings as the 1910 table above it (Principal items; Per cent of total trade; Value in haikwan taels¹).", "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Principal items", "Per cent of total trade", "Value in haikwan taels¹" ], "rows": [ [ "1. Cotton goods", "14", "132,000,000" ], [ "2. Rice", "10½", "98,000,000" ], [ "3. Kerosene", "6", "58,000,000" ], [ "4. Raw cotton", "6", "54,000,000" ], [ "5. Sugar", "5½", "50,000,000" ], [ "6. Cotton yarn", "4½", "42,000,000" ], [ "7. Cigarettes and tobacco", "4½", "41,000,000" ], [ "8. Machinery", "4", "35,700,000" ], [ "9. Flour", "3", "27,200,000" ], [ "10. Marine products", "3", "25,000,000" ], [ "11. Dyes", "2½", "22,100,000" ], [ "12. Woolen goods", "2", "19,000,000" ], [ "13. Paper", "2", "16,600,000" ], [ "14. Coal", "1½", "13,000,000" ], [ "15. Clothing and hats", "1½", "12,800,000" ], [ "16. Lumber", "1", "9,600,000" ], [ "17. Wheat", "1", "9,100,000" ], [ "18. Railway materials", "1", "9,000,000" ], [ "19. Medicines", "(²)", "7,700,050" ], [ "20. Leather", "(²)", "7,000,000" ], [ "21. Copper ingots and slabs", "(²)", "5,800,000" ], [ "22. Wines, beers, etc", "(²)", "5,200,000" ], [ "23. Bags", "(²)", "4,300,000" ], [ "24. Paraffin wax", "(²)", "4,000,000" ], [ "25. Fertilizers", "(²)", "4,000,000" ], [ "26. Building materials", "(²)", "3,400,000" ], [ "27. Lubricating oil", "(²)", "3,300,000" ], [ "28. Soda", "(²)", "3,300,000" ], [ "29. Cement", "(²)", "3,300,000" ], [ "30. Chemicals", "(²)", "3,200,000" ], [ "31. Sugar candy", "(²)", "3,200,000" ], [ "32. Soap", "(²)", "2,900,000" ], [ "33. Perfumes", "(²)", "2,800,000" ], [ "34. Tin foil", "(²)", "2,600,000" ], [ "35. Paints", "(²)", "2,500,000" ], [ "36. Stationery", "(²)", "2,300,000" ], [ "37. Motor cars", "(²)", "2,200,000" ], [ "38. Window glass", "(²)", "2,000,000" ], [ "39. Rubber", "(²)", "2,000,000" ], [ "40. Clocks and watches", "(²)", "2,000,000" ], [ "41. Ginseng", "(²)", "1,800,000" ], [ "42. Lamps and lamp ware", "(²)", "1,600,000" ], [ "13. Condensed milk", "(²)", "1,600,000" ], [ "44. Glass and glassware", "(²)", "1,500,000" ], [ "45. Chinaware", "(²)", "1,500,000" ], [ "46. Hand tools", "(²)", "1,400,000" ], [ "47. Photographic materials", "(²)", "1,300,000" ], [ "48. Hosiery", "(²)", "1,100,000" ], [ "49. Printing and lithographing materials", "(²)", "1,100,000" ], [ "50. Needles", "(²)", "1,100,000" ], [ "51. Matches", "(²)", "1,000,000" ], [ "52. Telephone and telegraph materials", "(²)", "1,000,000" ], [ "53. Scientific instruments", "(²)", "1,000,000" ], [ "54. Cigars", "(²)", "900,000" ] ] } ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 54 as printed (items 1–28 left half, 29–54 right half; written as one list).", "Footnotes ¹ and ² are printed once below both tables; footnote 1 gives the 1910 tael value only (the 1923 rate, $0.80, is given in the prose 'Explanatory notes').", "'(²)' = footnote 2, less than 1 per cent; item 46 prints it as '(2)' in full-size type — written '(²)'.", "Item 19 Medicines: printed '7,700,050' — as printed.", "Item 43 is printed '13. Condensed milk' (broken or wrong numeral) — kept as printed.", "Broken type in item names: '35. Pain.s' (read Paints), '38. Window gla:s' (read glass), '42. Lamp; and lamp ware' (read Lamps), '44. Gla:s and glassware' (read Glass).", "No total printed." ], "id": "p0052_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 51", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n51/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0055", "images": [ "p0055" ], "printed_pages": [ "34" ], "chapter": "Résumé of the Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "1910 Exports", "caption_extra": "Introduced by the text: \"China's exports for the year 1910 netted 381,000,000 taels ... Exports for 1923 aggregate 753,000,000 taels, or about double those of 1910.\" Section heading above: \"Leading Articles of Export\".", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Principal items", "Per cent of total trade", "Value in haikwan taels" ], "rows": [ [ "1. Silk", "21", "85,000,000" ], [ "2. Tea", "9", "35,000,000" ], [ "3. Raw cotton", "8", "28,000,000" ], [ "4. Beans and bean cake", "8", "27,000,000" ], [ "5. Hides and skins", "4", "16,000,000" ], [ "6. Sesame seed", "4", "14,500,000" ], [ "7. Vegetable oils", "3½", "13,200,000" ], [ "8. Provisions and vegetables", "3", "11,300,000" ], [ "9. Straw braid", "2", "7,700,000" ], [ "10. Tin", "1½", "6,000,000" ], [ "11. Wool", "1½", "5,000,000" ], [ "12. Bristles", "(1)", "4,500,000" ], [ "13. Cattle", "(1)", "4,500,000" ], [ "14. Mats and matting", "(1)", "4,300,000" ], [ "15. Firecrackers", "(1)", "4,000,000" ], [ "16. Eggs and egg products", "(1)", "4,000,000" ], [ "17. Paper", "(1)", "3,500,000" ], [ "18. Flour", "(1)", "3,500,000" ], [ "19. Peanuts", "(1)", "3,000,000" ], [ "20. Hair, human", "(1)", "3,000,000" ], [ "21. Tobacco, leaf and prepared", "(1)", "3,000,000" ], [ "22. Furs", "(1)", "2,000,000" ], [ "23. Chinaware", "(1)", "2,000,000" ], [ "24, Ramie fiber", "(1)", "2,000,000" ], [ "25. Nankeens", "(1)", "2,000,000" ], [ "26. Rapeseed", "(1)", "2,000,000" ], [ "27. Coal", "(1)", "1,700,000" ], [ "28. Vegetable tallow", "(1)", "1,600,000" ], [ "29. Pig iron", "(1)", "1,500,000" ], [ "30. Lard", "(1)", "1,300,000" ], [ "31. Animal tallow", "(1)", "1,000,000" ], [ "32. Nutgalls", "(1)", "1,000,000" ], [ "33. Antimony", "(1)", "1,000,000" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "1 Less than 1 per cent." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 33 as printed (printed side by side, items 1-17 left and 18-33 right; merged into one list).", "\"(1)\" in the per cent column is the printed footnote reference 1 (Less than 1 per cent).", "Item 24 is printed \"24,\" (comma) as in the original.", "No total printed. Sum of values (python3) = 305,100,000; for reference the text gives 1910 exports as 381,000,000 taels (not a printed table total)." ], "id": "p0055_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 54", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n54/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0056", "images": [ "p0056" ], "printed_pages": [ "35" ], "chapter": "Résumé of the Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "1923 Exports", "caption_extra": "", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Principal items", "Per cent of total trade", "Value in haikwan taels" ], "rows": [ [ "1. Silk and silk goods", "23", "170,000,000" ], [ "2. Beans, bean cake and bean oil", "15", "127,400,000" ], [ "3. Raw cotton", "4", "32,600,000" ], [ "4. Eggs and egg products", "4", "29,600,000" ], [ "5. Tea", "3", "23,000,000" ], [ "6. Timber", "3", "20,700,000" ], [ "7. Coal", "3", "20,300,000" ], [ "8. Hides and skins", "2½", "19,100,000" ], [ "9. Peanuts and peanut oil", "2½", "18,000,000" ], [ "10, Wood oil", "2½", "17,500,000" ], [ "11. Wool", "1½", "12,900,000" ], [ "12. Sesame seed", "1½", "12,200,000" ], [ "13. Millet and kaoliang", "1½", "12,000,000" ], [ "14. Pig iron and iron ore", "1", "8,800,000" ], [ "15. Bristles", "1", "7,800,000" ], [ "16. Tin slabs", "1", "8,000,000" ], [ "17. Furs", "(1)", "5,600,000" ], [ "18. Straw braid", "(1)", "5,400,000" ], [ "19. Bran", "(1)", "5,000,000" ], [ "20. Hair nets", "(1)", "4,800,000" ], [ "21. Carpets", "(1)", "4,700,000" ], [ "22. Nankeens", "(1)", "4,700,000" ], [ "23. Paper (Chinese)", "(1)", "4,500,000" ], [ "24. Mats and matting", "(1)", "4,500,000" ], [ "25. Cotton yarn", "(1)", "4,400,000" ], [ "26. Lace", "(1)", "4,100,000" ], [ "27. Medicines", "(1)", "4,000,000" ], [ "28. Chinaware", "(1)", "3,300,000" ], [ "29. Intestines", "(1)", "3,300,000" ], [ "30. Frozen meats and game", "(1)", "3,100,000" ], [ "31. Firecrackers", "(1)", "2,900,000" ], [ "32. Ramie fiber", "(1)", "2,800,000" ], [ "33. Grass cloth", "(1)", "2,500,000" ], [ "34. Wheat", "(1)", "2,100,000" ], [ "35. Rapeseed", "(1)", "2,000,000" ], [ "36. Cattle", "(1)", "1,600,000" ], [ "37. Hemp", "(1)", "1,600,000" ], [ "38. Antimony", "(1)", "1,500,000" ], [ "39. Nutgalls", "(1)", "1,400,000" ], [ "40. Watches", "(1)", "1,400,000" ], [ "41. Camphor", "(1)", "1,400,000" ], [ "42. Varnish", "(1)", "1,400,000" ], [ "43, Feathers", "(1)", "1,300,000" ], [ "44. Vegetable tallow", "(1)", "1,100,000" ], [ "45. Licorice", "(1)", "1,000,000" ], [ "46. Lard", "(1)", "1,000,000" ], [ "47. Umbrellas", "(1)", "1,000,000" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "1 Less than 1 per cent." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 47 as printed (items 1-23 left, 24-47 right; merged into one list).", "\"(1)\" in the per cent column is the printed footnote reference 1 (Less than 1 per cent).", "Items 10 and 43 are printed with a comma after the number (\"10,\", \"43,\"), kept as printed.", "Item 16 Tin slabs (8,000,000) is printed after item 15 Bristles (7,800,000) although larger; kept as printed.", "No total printed. Sum of values (python3) = 629,300,000.", "Followed on the page by prose 'Explanatory Notes' (skipped)." ], "id": "p0056_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 55", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n55/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0058", "images": [ "p0058", "p0059" ], "printed_pages": [ "37", "38" ], "chapter": "Résumé of the Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "Net Imports of Foreign Merchandise into China during Calendar Years 1923 and 1924", "caption_extra": "", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Articles", "Unit", "1923 — Quantity", "1923 — Value in thousands of haikwan taels", "1924 — Quantity", "1924 — Value in thousands of haikwan taels" ], "rows": [ [ "TEXTILES AND MATERIALS", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Cotton, raw", "piculs", "1,614,371", "53,816", "1,241,881", "40,076" ], [ "Cotton manufactures:", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Cotton manufactures: Shirting and sheetings— American", "pieces", "16,818", "121", "16,993", 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"Lead: Pig or bars", "piculs", "164,237", "1,455", "159,567", "1,552" ], [ "Lead: Tea and sheet", "do", "8,171", "84", "5,644", "68" ], [ "Tin slabs", "do", "58,511", "3,362", "", "" ], [ "Tin foil and other foils", "", "110,281", "2,633", "106,092", "2,348" ], [ "Zinc spelter, sheets, etc", "piculs", "29,985", "424", "36,026", "498" ], [ "All other metals", "", "", "4,953", "", "10,882" ], [ "Total metals and minerals", "", "", "51,373", "", "77,021" ], [ "SUNDRIES", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Arms and ammunition", "", "", "912", "", "1,973" ], [ "Automobiles, trucks, and motor cycles", "", "", "2,264", "", "3,303" ], [ "Bêche de mer", "piculs", "43,555", "2,175", "48,263", "2,509" ], [ "Birds' nests", "do", "94,530", "1,051", "92,480", "1,099" ], [ "Building materials:", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Building materials: Bricks and tiles", "pieces", "3,417,653", "317", "5,625,175", "454" ], [ "Building materials: Cement", "piculs", "1,654,868", "3,251", "1,787,484", "2,074" ], [ "Buttons, 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varnish:", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Dyes, colors, paints, and varnish: Aniline", "", "", "7,943", "", "10,611" ], [ "Dyes, colors, paints, and varnish: Indigo, artificial", "piculs", "256,102", "11,817", "421,214", "21,585" ], [ "Dyes, colors, paints, and varnish: Other", "", "", "6,566", "", "6,580" ], [ "Electrical materials", "", "", "9,205", "", "9,247" ], [ "Fish and fish products", "piculs", "1,852,251", "19,461", "2,525,304", "23,860" ], [ "Furs (skins)", "pieces", "1,356,193", "1,146", "1,142,888", "1,165" ], [ "Fruits:", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Fruits: Dried", "piculs", "193,799", "2,396", "186,284", "2,035" ], [ "Fruits: Fresh", "do", "246,426", "1,536", "293,173", "1,726" ], [ "Furniture and materials, including bedsteads, mirrors, etc.", "", "", "3,415", "", "3,439" ], [ "Ginseng", "catties", "202,618", "1,872", "184,093", "1,606" ], [ "Glass and glassware", "", "", "3,465", "", "4,913" ], [ "Hides and skins, raw", "piculs", "37,817", "1,045", "33,748", "863" ], [ 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"179,139,245", "48,017", "177,342,689", "46,487" ], [ "Mineral oil: Kerosene, total: Borneo", "do", "5,139,541", "1,405", "7,013,540", "1,611" ], [ "Mineral oil: Kerosene, total: Persian", "do", "4,274,294", "1,411", "6,060,388", "1,650" ], [ "Mineral oil: Kerosene, total: Sumatra", "do", "25,246,439", "7,315", "31,268,943", "7,632" ], [ "Mineral oil: Lubricating oil", "do", "7,499,880", "3,279", "9,129,302", "3,581" ], [ "Mineral oil: Fuel oil", "tons", "57,267", "1,469", "104,025", "2,306" ], [ "Mineral oil: Gasoline, naphtha, etc", "gallons", "6,307,815", "3,849", "7,265,093", "4,068" ], [ "Paper and paper products, including stationery", "", "", "18,950", "", "23,073" ], [ "Paraffin wax", "piculs", "510,286", "4,048", "576,934", "5,902" ], [ "Photographic materials", "", "", "1,344", "", "1,613" ], [ "Printing materials", "", "", "1,139", "", "1,572" ], [ "Railway materials and supplies", "", "", "7,057", "", "8,784" ], [ "Railway materials and supplies: Cars", "", "", "1,728", "", "2,145" ], [ "Railway materials and supplies: Locomotives and tenders", "", "", "1,170", "", "1,065" ], [ "Rattans, all kinds", "piculs", "145,919", "1,521", "151,839", "1,715" ], [ "Sandalwood", "do", "123,105", "1,337", "150,966", "1,993" ], [ "Spices, all kinds", "do", "106,514", "1,735", "79,198", "1,487" ], [ "Sugar, all kinds", "do", "5,823,399", "48,776", "8,905,678", "72,127" ], [ "Sugar canes and candy", "do", "610,965", "3,556", "506,194", "4,425" ], [ "Tobacco", "piculs", "315,312", "12,691", "683,152", "24,640" ], [ "Cigars and cigarettes", "thousands", "10,142,148", "28,979", "9,778,697", "28,397" ], [ "Toilet preparations, including perfumery", "", "", "3,541", "", "3,379" ], [ "Umbrellas, all kinds", "pieces", "1,669,964", "1,082", "2,392,466", "1,516" ], [ "Soap and materials", "", "", "2,874", "", "3,282" ], [ "All other sundries", "", "", "19,544", "", "30,797" ], [ "Total sundries", "", "", "590,221", "", "652,367" ], [ "Total imports", "", "", "923,403", "", "1,018,211" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 135 (including 3 section headings and 8 group-heading rows): p. 37 to 'Cement', p. 38 from 'Buttons, all kinds' (headed 'Sundries—continued') to 'Total imports'.", "Indented items are labelled with their printed group heading prefixed ('Cotton manufactures: Shirting and sheetings— American', 'Mineral oil: Kerosene, total: American' etc.); the group heading itself is kept as a row with empty cells. The unit printed after the leader dots goes in 'Unit' ('do' = ditto, as printed).", "Cells holding only a dashed leader line in the original are given as \"\".", "'Velvets and velveteens' and 'Tin foil and other foils' print quantities but no unit; kept as printed. 'Lead: Tea and sheet' as printed (probably for tea lead and sheet). 'Tin slabs' 1924 quantity and value are dashed (no figure).", "Row 'Angles and tees', 1923 Quantity: fifth digit is damaged type (a broken narrow stroke), read as 1 in '137,011'.", "Several thousands separators on p. 38 print as periods (faint type), e.g. Cigars and cigarettes 1923 quantity '10.142,148', Borneo/Persian 1924 quantities; given as commas.", "Total check (python3): Textiles and materials 1923 values sum 281,809 = printed 281,809; 1924 288,823 = printed 288,823. Reconciles.", "Total check: Metals and minerals 1923 sum 51,373 = printed 51,373; 1924 77,021 = printed 77,021. Reconciles.", "Total check: Sundries (excluding the Kerosene and Railway sub-items, counting 'Kerosene, total' and 'Railway materials and supplies') 1923 sum 529,167 vs printed 590,221 (short 61,054); 1924 sum 591,777 vs printed 652,367 (short 60,590). Does NOT reconcile; the page edge was checked and no row was found missing, so the printed list appears to omit some sundry items.", "Total imports: printed section totals 281,809+51,373+590,221 = 923,403 (reconciles); 288,823+77,021+652,367 = 1,018,211 (reconciles).", "Kerosene sub-items (American, Borneo, Persian, Sumatra) sum 1923 qty 213,799,519 vs 'Kerosene, total' 214,835,669; value 58,148 vs 58,292; 1924 qty 221,685,560 vs 223,207,104; value 57,380 vs 57,811. Do not reconcile (presumably other sources omitted).", "Railway sub-items Cars + Locomotives and tenders (2,898; 3,210) are less than 'Railway materials and supplies' (7,057; 8,784); treated as parts of it, not as additional items." ], "id": "p0058_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 57", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n57/mode/1up" }, { "label": "scan leaf 58", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n58/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0060", "images": [ "p0060", "p0061" ], "printed_pages": [ "39", "40" ], "chapter": "Résumé of the Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "Exports of Chinese Merchandise to Foreign Countries, Calendar Years 1923 and 1924", "caption_extra": "", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Articles", "Unit", "1923 — Quantity", "1923 — Value in thousands of haikwan taels", "1924 — Quantity", "1924 — Value in thousands of haikwan taels" ], "rows": [ [ "TEXTILES AND MATERIALS", "", 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"22" ], [ "All other", "do", "2,905,297", "2,020", "1,126,598", "2,191" ], [ "Total minerals", "", "", "21,801", "", "25,168" ], [ "SUNDRIES", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Bamboo and bamboo ware", "", "", "1,403", "", "1,484" ], [ "Bristles", "piculs", "74,422", "7,758", "65,540", "8,742" ], [ "Camphor", "do", "15,103", "1,421", "10,711", "994" ], [ "Casings", "do", "", "3,319", "", "3,893" ], [ "Cereals and cereal products:", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Cereals and cereal products: Bean cake", "piculs", "24,785,869", "56,866", "22,577,716", "50,897" ], [ "Cereals and cereal products: Beans", "do", "18,269,266", "52,416", "24,589,687", "76,066" ], [ "Cereals and cereal products: Maize", "do", "357,829", "710", "228,908", "560" ], [ "Cereals and cereal products: Rice and paddy", "do", "63,089", "337", "41,935", "227" ], [ "Cereals and cereal products: Rapeseed", "do", "492,120", "2,004", "502,616", "2,087" ], [ "Cereals and cereal products: Seasame seed", "do", "1,926,379", "12,161", "934,191", "6,501" ], [ "Cereals and cereal products: Seed cake", "do", "1,318,240", "2,979", "1,253,484", "2,626" ], [ "Cereals and cereal products: Vermicelli and macaroni", "do", "255,902", "2,913", "276,986", "3,594" ], [ "Cereals and cereal products: Bran", "do", "2,721,474", "4,981", "3,263,462", "6,272" ], [ "Cereals and cereal products: Wheat", "do", "639,919", "2,173", "140,185", "541" ], [ "Cereals and cereal products: Wheat flour", "do", "131,553", "783", "157,285", "714" ], [ "Cereals and cereal products: Millet and kaoliang", "do", "3,362,135", "11,779", "4,130,649", "16,549" ], [ "Coal", "tons", "3,108,682", "20,545", "3,202,352", "20,539" ], [ "Eggs:", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Eggs: Albumen and yolk", "piculs", "377,535", "12,367", "457,948", "16,659" ], [ "Eggs: Fresh and preserved", "thousands", "1,101,049", "11,491", "944,253", "9,893" ], [ "Eggs: Frozen", "do", "375,365", "5,764", "252,392", "4,972" ], [ "Feathers, all kinds", "do", "73,024", "1,256", "84,072", "2,048" ], [ "Fish and fishery products", "do", "194,468", "2,326", "167,238", "2,215" ], [ "Furs", "pieces", "7,366,551", "5,551", "7,169,751", "6,094" ], [ "Hair, human", "piculs", "30,039", "983", "28,202", "1,136" ], [ "Hair nets", "", "", "4,840", "", "2,677" ], [ "Hides and skins:", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Hides and skins: Buffalo and cow", "piculs", "293,740", "9,266", "227,694", "6,344" ], [ "Hides and skins: Goatskins— Tanned", "do", "1,406,392", "1,965", "1,110,420", "1,744" ], [ "Hides and skins: Goatskins— Untanned", "do", "7,358,207", "5,501", "4,679,873", "3,539" ], [ "Meat and meat products:", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Meat and meat products: Frozen meat", "do", "295,576", "2,431", "257,832", "3,039" ], [ "Meat and meat products: Lard", "do", "51,925", "809", "61,733", "1,016" ], [ "Meat and meat products: Tallow", "do", "47,352", "646", "64,804", "829" ], [ "Nuts:", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Nuts: Chestnuts", "piculs", "42,240", "290", "44,771", "314" ], [ "Nuts: Peanuts— Shelled", "do", "1,374,693", "8,047", "2,663,414", "16,958" ], [ "Nuts: Peanuts— Unshelled", "do", "871,832", "3,999", "964,383", "4,450" ], [ "Nuts: Walnuts", "do", "45,899", "665", "75,177", "1,201" ], [ "Paper and paper products", "do", "319,309", "4,833", "341,846", "5,124" ], [ "Pottery and earthenware", "do", "213,197", "951", "217,177", "1,203" ], [ "Salt", "do", "3,706,470", "1,770", "3,340,529", "1,581" ], [ "Straw braid", "do", "83,911", "5,444", "76,552", "5,516" ], [ "Sugar, all kinds", "do", "363,001", "2,451", "149,898", "1,091" ], [ "Sugar candy and canes", "do", "507,420", "632", "257,956", "324" ], [ "Tallow, vegetable", "do", "96,348", "1,086", "114,856", "1,330" ], [ "Tea:", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Tea: Black", "do", "450,686", "13,992", "402,776", "12,026" ], [ "Tea: Green", "do", "284,630", "8,361", "282,314", "8,363" ], [ "Tobacco:", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Tobacco: Leaf", "do", "222,724", "3,570", "208,232", "3,424" ], [ "Tobacco: Prepared", "do", "56,187", "2,217", "56,957", "2,128" ], [ "Varnish", "do", "19,374", "1,556", "18,268", "1,332" ], [ "Vegetables, dried, fresh, etc", "do", "726,855", "1,725", "681,047", "1,824" ], [ "Umbrellas, paper", "pieces", "4,962,432", "994", "4,913,834", "1,175" ], [ "Mats and matting", "", "", "4,504", "", "4,878" ], [ "Licorice", "piculs", "75,987", "1,045", "44,531", "630" ], [ "Lumber:", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Lumber: Hardwood", "cubic feet", "505,732", "521", "548,592", "404" ], [ "Lumber: Softwood", "square feet", "192,402,694", "11,746", "111,403,821", "3,470" ], [ "Poles", "pieces", "2,402,385", "9,034", "2,533,119", "9,502" ], [ "Fruit, dried, preserved, etc", "piculs", "197,428", "2,414", "142,663", "1,536" ], [ "Chinaware", "do", "243,760", "3,298", "215,594", "2,799" ], [ "Matches", "gross", "3,699,157", "1,375", "1,793,347", "701" ], [ "Oils, vegetable:", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Oils, vegetable: Bean oil", "piculs", "2,126,928", "17,689", "2,121,470", "20,484" ], [ "Oils, vegetable: Peanut oil", "do", "467,140", "6,175", "672,268", "8,452" ], [ "Oils, vegetable: Wood oil", "do", "836,887", "17,477", "890,038", "17,715" ], [ "All other", "", "", "83,342", "", "90,076" ], [ "Total sundries", "", "", "470,947", "", "494,502" ], [ "Total exports", "", "", "752,917", "", "771,784" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "Note.—The exports do not include exports to foreign countries by junks." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 105 (including 3 section headings and 11 group-heading rows): p. 39 to 'Meat and meat products: Tallow', p. 40 from 'Nuts:' (headed 'Sundries—continued') to 'Total exports'.", "Indented items are labelled with their printed group heading prefixed; group headings kept as rows with empty cells. Unit printed after the leader dots goes in 'Unit' ('do' = ditto, as printed).", "Cells holding only a dashed leader line in the original are given as \"\".", "'Seasame seed' and 'Total minerals' (section headed 'Metals and minerals') as printed.", "Damaged/faint type read with enlarged crops: Beans 1923 qty '18,269,266' (9 damaged), Goatskins Untanned 1923 qty '7,358,207' (faint), Tallow 1924 value '829' (middle digit damaged, read as 2), Black tea 1923 qty '450,686' (stray mark before 4).", "Total check (python3): Textiles and materials 1923 260,169 = printed; 1924 252,114 = printed. Reconciles.", "Total check: Minerals 1923 21,801 = printed; 1924 25,168 = printed. Reconciles.", "Total check: Sundries 1923 470,947 = printed; 1924 494,502 = printed. Reconciles.", "Total exports: 260,169+21,801+470,947 = 752,917 (reconciles); 252,114+25,168+494,502 = 771,784 (reconciles)." ], "id": "p0060_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 59", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n59/mode/1up" }, { "label": "scan leaf 60", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n60/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0061", "images": [ "p0061" ], "printed_pages": [ "40" ], "chapter": "Résumé of the Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "Distribution of Trade by Countries of Origin and Destination, Calendar Years 1923 and 1924", "caption_extra": "[In thousands of haikwan taels]", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Countries", "Gross imports — 1923", "Gross imports — 1924", "Exports — 1923", "Exports — 1924" ], "rows": [ [ "Hongkong", "248,083", "243,919", "175,796", "173,163" ], [ "Japan", "211,024", "234,762", "198,517", "201,176" ], [ "United States", "154,448", "190,957", "126,804", "100,755" ], [ "Great Britain", "120,397", "126,011", "43,207", "50,251" ], [ "Belgium", "10,879", "18,278", "2,753", "3,420" ], [ "Canada", "10,327", "15,576", "2,001", "1,107" ], [ "Dutch East Indies", "13,600", "20,733", "8,085", "9,317" ], [ "France", "7,549", "10,560", "39,578", "45,096" ], [ "Germany", "32,456", "38,688", "11,915", "15,949" ], [ "India", "55,241", "38,828", "12,329", "11,436" ], [ "Italy", "3,735", "6,273", "9,468", "8,948" ], [ "Chosen", "11,955", "11,505", "30,281", "30,855" ], [ "Netherlands", "3,908", "20,460", "8,511", "13,501" ], [ "Russia and Siberia", "10,203", "10,098", "34,092", "46,359" ], [ "Straits Settlements", "9,214", "9,322", "17,928", "19,617" ], [ "Other", "45,615", "43,132", "31,652", "40,834" ], [ "Total", "948,634", "1,039,102", "752,917", "771,784" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 16 countries + Total, as printed.", "Total check Gross imports — 1923: sum 948,634 vs printed 948,634 — reconciles.", "Total check Gross imports — 1924: sum 1,039,102 vs printed 1,039,102 — reconciles.", "Total check Exports — 1923: sum 752,917 vs printed 752,917 — reconciles.", "Total check Exports — 1924: sum 771,784 vs printed 771,784 — reconciles." ], "id": "p0061_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 60", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n60/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0062", "images": [ "p0062" ], "printed_pages": [ "41" ], "chapter": "Résumé of the Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "Value of Direct Foreign Trade of Principal Chinese Ports, Calendar Years 1923 and 1924", "caption_extra": "[In thousands of haikwan taels]", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Ports", "Imports — 1923", "Imports — 1924", "Exports — 1923", "Exports — 1924" ], "rows": [ [ "Harbin district ¹", "9,236", "9,439", "33,860", "45,302" ], [ "Antung", "26,818", "23,827", "41,906", "32,417" ], [ "Dairen", "68,416", "77,160", "113,907", "125,700" ], [ "Newchwang", "11,920", "11,911", "3,928", "2,948" ], [ "Tientsin", "76,178", "76,122", "49,954", "47,825" ], [ "Kiaochow", "32,808", "34,620", "24,674", "39,914" ], [ "Hankow", "38,552", "18,849", "16,278", "19,849" ], [ "Shanghai", "417,870", "483,470", "276,838", "276,455" ], [ "Amoy", "12,090", "13,591", "3,573", "4,067" ], [ "Swatow", "29,040", "26,828", "12,800", "12,790" ], [ "Canton", "73,846", "54,020", "90,228", "82,776" ], [ "Kowloon (including railway traffic)", "35,106", "51,671", "18,621", "20,962" ], [ "Lappa", "18,064", "21,886", "3,785", "5,006" ], [ "Kongmoon", "15,021", "13,339", "2,697", "1,782" ], [ "Mengtz", "13,659", "14,845", "9,043", "9,976" ], [ "All other", "70,010", "107,524", "50,825", "44,015" ], [ "Total", "948,634", "1,039,102", "752,917", "771,784" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Harbin district includes Lahasusu, Manchouli, Harbin, and Suifenho. Antung includes Tatungkow." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 16 ports + Total, as printed.", "Column 1: parts sum 948,634 vs printed total 948,634 — reconciles.", "Column 2: parts sum 1,039,102 vs printed total 1,039,102 — reconciles.", "Column 3: parts sum 752,917 vs printed total 752,917 — reconciles.", "Column 4: parts sum 771,784 vs printed total 771,784 — reconciles.", "Row 'Tientsin', Imports 1923: the comma prints damaged, like '76.178'; transcribed '76,178'." ], "id": "p0062_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 61", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n61/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0064", "images": [ "p0064" ], "printed_pages": [ "43" ], "chapter": "Résumé of the Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Value of China's Direct Trade with the United States, 1904, 1913, and 1923]", "caption_extra": "(Untitled table; the preceding prose says: \"A table is given below showing the value of China's direct trade with the United States, as taken from reports of the Chinese Maritime Customs, for the years 1904, 1913, and 1923. Values are converted into United States gold currency.\")", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Years", "Imports from United States", "Exports to United States", "Total trade with United States", "Per cent of China's total trade" ], "rows": [ [ "1904", "$20,368,300", "$18,907,407", "$39,275,707", "9" ], [ "1913", "25,826,427", "27,447,069", "53,273,496", "7" ], [ "1923", "123,558,120", "101,443,019", "225,001,139", "17" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 3 as printed. No printed column totals.", "1904: imports + exports = 39,275,707 vs printed total trade 39,275,707 — reconciles.", "1913: imports + exports = 53,273,496 vs printed total trade 53,273,496 — reconciles.", "1923: imports + exports = 225,001,139 vs printed total trade 225,001,139 — reconciles." ], "id": "p0064_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 63", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n63/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0065", "images": [ "p0065", "p0066" ], "printed_pages": [ "44", "45" ], "chapter": "Résumé of the Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Direct Trade with Foreign Countries, 1913 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "Printed under the section head 'Direct Trade with Foreign Countries'; the preceding prose says: \"Statistics showing the value of China's direct trade with separate countries for 1913 and 1923 appear below. The figures are taken from the Chinese Maritime Customs returns of trade, and haikwan taels are converted into United States gold. (The haikwan tael was equivalent to $0.73 in 1913 and to $0.80 in 1923.)\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Countries", "Imports — 1913", "Imports — 1923", "Exports — 1913", "Exports — 1923", "Total — 1913", "Total — 1923" ], "rows": [ [ "Australia, New Zealand, etc", "$511,770", "$2,690,604", "$390,994", "$1,191,212", "$902,764", "$3,881,816" ], [ "Austria-Hungary", "3,004,875", "79,589", "1,130,078", "96,676", "4,134,953", "176,265" ], [ "Belgium", "11,540,680", "8,703,000", "4,772,324", "2,202,525", "16,313,005", "10,905,525" ], [ "British India", "35,205,007", "44,192,785", "4,512,734", "9,863,444", "39,717,741", "54,056,229" ], [ "Canada", "1,360,121", "8,261,899", "475,587", "1,600,607", "1,835,699", "9,862,506" ], [ "Chosen (Korea)", "2,571,096", "9,563,952", "4,966,654", "24,224,904", "7,537,750", "33,788,856" ], [ "Denmark", "73,520", "892,228", "211,042", "1,206,054", "284,562", "2,098,282" ], [ "Dutch East Indies", "4,984,020", "10,880,260", "1,899,089", "6,468,265", "6,883,110", "17,348,525" ], [ "France", "3,863,348", "6,038,923", "29,706,591", "31,662,127", "33,569,939", "37,701,050" ], [ "French Indo-China", "3,486,086", "14,750,929", "1,375,676", "3,210,171", "4,861,762", "17,961,100" ], [ "Germany", "20,632,450", "25,964,853", "12,411,388", "9,531,774", "33,043,840", "35,496,627" ], [ "Hongkong ¹", "125,122,711", "198,466,764", "85,386,794", "140,636,999", "210,509,510", "339,103,763" ], [ "Italy", "483,802", "2,988,377", "6,063,850", "7,574,240", "6,547,652", "10,562,617" ], [ "Japan (including Formosa)", "87,003,716", "168,819,437", "47,781,710", "158,813,875", "134,785,417", "327,633,312" ], [ "Macao", "4,808,592", "4,988,655", "3,610,284", "3,174,006", "8,418,876", "8,162,661" ], [ "Mexico and Central America", "5", "5,199", "43,082", "28,640", "43,087", "33,839" ], [ "Netherlands", "1,037,997", "3,126,577", "6,336,807", "6,808,834", "7,374,804", "9,935,411" ], [ "Norway", "253,393", "1,622,375", "1,973", "29,547", "255,366", "1,651,922" ], [ "Philippine Islands", "1,015,219", "1,088,124", "555,967", "3,185,256", "1,571,186", "4,273,380" ], [ "Portugal", "855", "3,434", "13,446", "9,121", "14,301", "12,555" ], [ "Russia:", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "European ports", "214,030", "132,545", "3,636,052", "6,959", "3,850,083", "139,504" ], [ "Land frontier", "8,936,224", "4,686,824", "2,256,857", "1,289,584", "11,193,081", "5,976,408" ], [ "Amur ports", "375,457", "86,996", "5,809,447", "454,829", "6,184,904", "541,825" ], [ "Pacific ports", "6,623,754", "3,255,888", "21,045,372", "25,522,244", "27,669,126", "28,778,132" ], [ "Siam", "$38,088", "$5,007,708", "$1,478,337", "$2,708,210", "$1,516,425", "$7,715,918" ], [ "Singapore, Straits Settlements, etc", "6,513,918", "7,370,977", "5,505,926", "14,342,249", "12,019,844", "21,713,226" ], [ "South Africa (including Mauritius)", "7", "20,364", "45,734", "150,212", "45,741", "170,576" ], [ "South America", "126", "37,081", "48,195", "103,098", "48,321", "140,179" ], [ "Spain (including Gibraltar)", "2,468", "23,518", "277,691", "1,102,493", "280,159", "1,126,011" ], [ "Sweden", "1,123,381", "1,770,631", "166,188", "229,413", "1,290,069", "2,000,044" ], [ "Switzerland", "42,307", "2,843,599", "34,773", "6,272", "77,080", "[?]" ], [ "Turkey, Persia, Egypt, Aden, etc", "102,196", "675,124", "2,695,006", "8,891,357", "2,797,202", "9,566,481" ], [ "United Kingdom", "70,648,078", "96,317,784", "11,916,535", "34,565,704", "82,564,613", "130,883,488" ], [ "United States (including Hawaii)", "25,826,427", "123,558,120", "27,447,069", "101,443,019", "53,273,496", "225,001,139" ], [ "Total ²", "427,405,724", "758,907,136", "294,009,743", "602,333,932", "721,415,467", "1,361,241,068" ], [ "Less reexports to foreign countries", "11,757,220", "20,184,826", "", "", "11,757,220", "20,184,826" ], [ "Net total", "415,648,504", "738,722,310", "294,009,743", "602,333,932", "709,658,247", "1,341,056,242" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Much of what is entered at Hongkong, both in the import and the export trade, represents goods for transshipment.", "² In certain years the individual items do not add to the official total as given, but in all cases such discrepancies are relatively insignificant." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 34 countries/sub-rows + 'Russia:' sub-heading + Total, Less reexports, Net total (25 data rows on p. 44 incl. Russia's 4 sub-rows; 10 country rows + 3 total rows on p. 45).", "Re-checked at higher magnification the cells of rows whose imports+exports differ from their printed totals and the Imports 1923 column; readings stand as printed.", "Imports — 1913: parts sum 427,405,724 vs printed Total 427,405,724 — reconciles.", "Imports — 1913: Total − reexports = 415,648,504 vs printed Net total 415,648,504 — reconciles.", "Imports — 1923: parts sum 758,915,123 vs printed Total 758,907,136 — does NOT reconcile (printed minus sum = -7,987); footnote 2 says individual items do not add to the official total.", "Imports — 1923: Total − reexports = 738,722,310 vs printed Net total 738,722,310 — reconciles.", "Exports — 1913: parts sum 294,009,252 vs printed Total 294,009,743 — does NOT reconcile (printed minus sum = 491); footnote 2 says individual items do not add to the official total.", "Exports — 1913: Total − reexports = 294,009,743 vs printed Net total 294,009,743 — reconciles.", "Exports — 1923: parts sum 602,333,920 vs printed Total 602,333,932 — does NOT reconcile (printed minus sum = 12); footnote 2 says individual items do not add to the official total.", "Exports — 1923: Total − reexports = 602,333,932 vs printed Net total 602,333,932 — reconciles.", "Total — 1913: parts sum 721,415,468 vs printed Total 721,415,467 — does NOT reconcile (printed minus sum = -1); footnote 2 says individual items do not add to the official total.", "Total — 1913: Total − reexports = 709,658,247 vs printed Net total 709,658,247 — reconciles.", "Total — 1923: parts not summed (one cell [?]).", "Total — 1923: Total − reexports = 1,341,056,242 vs printed Net total 1,341,056,242 — reconciles.", "Row 'Belgium': imports+exports 1913 = 16,313,004 vs printed total 16,313,005 — does not reconcile.", "Row 'Canada': imports+exports 1913 = 1,835,708 vs printed total 1,835,699 — does not reconcile.", "Row 'Dutch East Indies': imports+exports 1913 = 6,883,109 vs printed total 6,883,110 — does not reconcile.", "Row 'Germany': imports+exports 1913 = 33,043,838 vs printed total 33,043,840 — does not reconcile.", "Row 'Hongkong ¹': imports+exports 1913 = 210,509,505 vs printed total 210,509,510 — does not reconcile.", "Row 'Japan (including Formosa)': imports+exports 1913 = 134,785,426 vs printed total 134,785,417 — does not reconcile.", "Row 'European ports': imports+exports 1913 = 3,850,082 vs printed total 3,850,083 — does not reconcile.", "Row 'Sweden': imports+exports 1913 = 1,289,569 vs printed total 1,290,069 — does not reconcile.", "Row 'Switzerland', Total — 1923: a digit is missing in the print ('2,8 9,831', the hundred-thousands place blank); cell left [?].", "Commas printed damaged (like periods), transcribed as commas: 'Russia — European ports' Imports 1923 '132.545'; 'Macao' Total 1913 '8.418,876'; 'Turkey, Persia, Egypt, Aden, etc' Total 1923 '9.566,481'.", "Row 'Land frontier', Total — 1913: a stray dot prints before the figure; ignored.", "'Less reexports' Exports cells print as dot leaders only; transcribed \"\".", "Russia sub-rows (European ports, Land frontier, Amur ports, Pacific ports) are printed indented under 'Russia:'.", "Wrapped labels joined: 'Australia, New Zea-land, etc', 'Japan (including For-mosa)', 'Singapore, Straits Set-tlements, etc', 'Spain (including Gi-braltar)', 'United States (includ-ing Hawaii)', 'Less reexports to for-eign countries'.", "Row-label column header 'Countries'. Dollar signs printed on the first row of each page (Australia; Siam) kept as printed." ], "id": "p0065_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 64", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n64/mode/1up" }, { "label": "scan leaf 65", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n65/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0067", "images": [ "p0067" ], "printed_pages": [ "46" ], "chapter": "Résumé of the Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "Value of the Direct Imports of China, by Ports, 1913 and 1923", "caption_extra": "", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Ports", "1913 — Value in haikwan taels", "1913 — Percentage of total for China", "1923 — Value in haikwan taels", "1923 — Percentage of total for China", "1923 trade ¹ compared with 1913 trade (Per cent)" ], "rows": [ [ "Aigun", "290,282", "0.0495", "108,238", "0.0114", "-62" ], [ "Sansing", "47,765", ".0082", "", "", "" ], [ "Harbin ²", "20,172,340", "3.4407", "9,236,497", ".9737", "-54" ], [ "Hunchun", "399,969", ".0682", "1,054,412", ".1111", "+164" ], [ "Lungchingtsun", "671,199", ".1145", "3,189,154", ".3362", "+374" ], [ "Antung ³", "6,227,225", "1.0621", "26,818,200", "2.8270", "+330" ], [ "Dairen", "28,740,282", "4.9020", "68,416,348", "7.2121", "+138" ], [ "Newchwang", "7,930,274", "1.3526", "11,920,059", "1.2565", "+50" ], [ "Chinwangtao", "3,562,743", ".6077", "1,966,761", ".2073", "-45" ], [ "Tientsin", "51,354,297", "8.7592", "76,178,355", "8.0313", "+48" ], [ "Lungkow", "", "", "22,251", ".0023", "" ], [ "Chefoo", "5,211,897", ".8889", "5,411,298", ".5704", "+4" ], [ "Kiaochow", "15,466,785", "2.6381", "32,807,680", "3.4584", "+112" ], [ "Chungking", "778,435", ".1328", "671,398", ".0708", "-14" ], [ "Wanhsien", "", "", "16,860", ".0018", "" ], [ "Ichang", "189,390", ".0323", "391,322", ".0412", "+107" ], [ "Shasi", "200,063", ".0341", "490,111", ".0517", "+145" ], [ "Changsha", "1,490,357", ".2542", "1,131,124", ".1192", "-24" ], [ "Yochow", "6,200", ".0011", "22,367", ".0024", "+260" ], [ "Hankow", "34,164,083", "5.8272", "38,551,704", "4.0639", "+13" ], [ "Kiukiang", "1,538,984", ".2625", "3,857,431", ".4066", "+150" ], [ "Wuhu", "904,186", ".1542", "1,967,851", ".2074", "+118" ], [ "Nanking", "2,645,070", ".4511", "3,845,613", ".4054", "+45" ], [ "Chinkiang", "3,819,697", ".6515", "3,646,278", ".3844", "-4" ], [ "Shanghai", "244,452,421", "41.6948", "417,870,452", "44.0497", "+71" ], [ "Soochow", "19,031", ".0032", "52,096", ".0055", "+174" ], [ "Hangchow", "558,060", ".0952", "2,520,488", ".2657", "+352" ], [ "Ningpo", "2,890,195", ".4930", "7,064,232", ".7447", "+144" ], [ "Wenchow", "2,857", ".0005", "49,525", ".0052", "+1,633" ], [ "Santuao", "28,607", ".0049", "66,753", ".0070", "+133" ], [ "Foochow", "7,735,734", "1.3194", "7,137,439", ".7524", "-8" ], [ "Amoy", "10,916,097", "1.8619", "12,089,623", "1.2744", "+10" ], [ "Swatow", "20,111,062", "3.4302", "29,039,744", "3.0293", "+44" ], [ "Canton", "31,791,219", "5.4224", "73,846,423", "7.7847", "+132" ], [ "Kowloon", "29,731,794", "5.0712", "31,957,386", "3.3688", "+7" ], [ "Kowloon (railway traffic)", "711,138", ".1213", "3,148,871", ".3319", "+343" ], [ "Lappa", "11,850,834", "2.0213", "18,064,389", "1.9042", "+52" ], [ "Kongmoon", "6,799,520", "1.1597", "15,020,954", "1.5834", "+209" ], [ "Samshui", "5,119,399", ".8732", "8,098,828", ".8537", "+58" ], [ "Wuchow ⁴", "10,776,994", "1.8381", "6,858,678", ".7230", "-46" ], [ "Nanning", "19,482", ".0033", "294,693", ".0310", "+1,412" ], [ "Kiungchow", "3,783,894", ".6454", "3,914,715", ".4127", "+3" ], [ "Pakhoi", "1,850,365", ".3156", "3,475,259", ".3663", "+88" ], [ "Lungchow", "99,257", ".0169", "133,971", ".0141", "+35" ], [ "Mengtsz", "8,644,260", "1.4744", "13,659,338", "1.4399", "+58" ], [ "Szemao", "184,890", ".0315", "184,054", ".0194", "+.3" ], [ "Tengyueh", "2,401,798", ".4097", "2,364,697", ".2493", "+1.5" ], [ "Total", "586,290,431", "99.9998", "948,633,920", "99.9688", "+62" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ In quantity increases in imports during the 10 years the leading ports in order of relative importance are Shanghai, Canton, Dairen, Tientsin, Antung, and Kiaochow (Tsingtao). Of these six ports Antung showed the grestest percentage of increase and Dairen stood second.", "² Harbin's decrease of 10,935,843 taels in imports for the decade is due in part to the falling off in the importations of Russian cotton piece goods through the border port of Manchouli, under the Harbin customs supervision. During 1913 Manchouli's imports of goods via the Trans-Siberian route amounted to 13,312,459 taels, the greater part of which was Russian piece goods. The imports for 1913 for the frontier port of Suifenho, also under the Harbin customs, were valued at 7,884,939 taels. A very considerable falling off in this trade is noted, owing to the interruption of traffic between Suifenho and Vladivostok.", "³ Antung's rapid rise in direct import trade may be attributed to the specially favored position which this port occupies in customs duties, as rail-borne goods coming through Chosen (Korea) into China receive a special duty consideration of one-third less than the regular 5 per cent tariff imposition. This special treatment is about the equivalent of the railway freight expenses in transporting cargo from Japan into Manchuria, hence accounts for the rapidly increasing prosperity of the port of Antung.", "⁴ Wuchow's trade for 1910 aggregated 10,776,994 taels, and for 1923, 6,858,678 taels. The average annual trade for the 11 years was valued at 8,880,000 taels. The low record in 1923 was due to military disturbances." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 47 ports + Total, as printed.", "1913 value: parts sum 586,290,431 vs printed total 586,290,431 — reconciles.", "1923 value: parts sum 948,633,920 vs printed total 948,633,920 — reconciles.", "1913 percentage: parts sum 99.9998 vs printed 99.9998 — reconciles.", "1923 percentage: parts sum 99.9688 vs printed 99.9688 — reconciles.", "Cells filled with leader dashes in the original (no entry) written as \"\": Sansing 1923 value, percentage and comparison; Lungkow 1913 value, percentage and comparison; Wanhsien 1913 value, percentage and comparison.", "Column 'Per cent' is printed in italics at the head of the comparison column (unit), included in its column name. Minus signs printed as '−', written '-'.", "Footnote 1 is attached to the column heading '1923 trade compared with 1913 trade'.", "Footnote 4 prints 'Wuchow's trade for 1910 aggregated 10,776,994 taels' although the table's 1913 figure is the same number; kept as printed." ], "id": "p0067_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 66", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n66/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0068", "images": [ "p0068" ], "printed_pages": [ "47" ], "chapter": "Résumé of the Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "Value of Direct Exports of China, by Ports, 1913 and 1923", "caption_extra": "", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Ports", "1913 — Value in haikwan taels", "1913 — Percentage of total for China", "1923 — Value in haikwan taels", "1923 — Percentage of total for China", "1923 trade compared with 1913 trade (Per cent)" ], "rows": [ [ "Aigun", "1,216,966", "0.2828", "96,057", "0.0127", "-92" ], [ "Sansing", "2,445,967", ".6065", "", "", "" ], [ "Harbin", "18,565,529", "4.6033", "33,860,436", "4.4972", "+82" ], [ "Hunchun", "445,193", ".1104", "478,033", ".0635", "+7" ], [ "Lungchingtsun", "174,315", ".0432", "1,836,271", ".2438", "+953" ], [ "Antung ¹", "3,746,943", ".9296", "41,905,652", "5.5658", "+1,018" ], [ "Dairen ¹", "30,012,606", "7.4416", "113,906,777", "15.1287", "+279" ], [ "Newchwang", "11,000,993", "2.7277", "3,928,152", ".5217", "-64" ], [ "Chinwangtao", "1,605,528", ".3981", "5,997,602", ".7966", "+273" ], [ "Tientsin ²", "8,140,949", "2.0185", "49,953,666", "6.6347", "+514" ], [ "Lungkow", "", "", "1,462,557", ".1942", "" ], [ "Chefoo", "4,695,539", "1.1642", "9,154,765", "1.2159", "+95" ], [ "Kiaochow", "12,960,096", "3.2135", "24,674,467", "3.2772", "+90" ], [ "Chungking", "77,132", ".0191", "303,217", ".0403", "+293" ], [ "Wanhsien", "", "", "14,475", ".0019", "" ], [ "Ichang", "", "", "2,485", ".0003", "" ], [ "Shasi", "296", ".001", "283", "(³)", "-4" ], [ "Changsha", "1,072", ".0003", "19,743", ".0026", "+1,741" ], [ "Yochow", "3,747", ".0009", "", "", "" ], [ "Hankow", "16,806,858", "4.1673", "16,278,195", "2.1620", "-3" ], [ "Kiukiang", "121,283", ".0301", "23,235", ".0031", "-81" ], [ "Wuhu", "843", ".0002", "1,957,037", ".2599", "+113,427" ], [ "Nanking", "123", "(³)", "4,036,887", ".5362", "+3,281,922" ], [ "Chinkiang", "573,685", ".1422", "285,149", ".0379", "-50" ], [ "Shanghai ⁴", "176,858,415", "43.8522", "276,838,233", "36.7687", "+56" ], [ "Soochow", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Hangchow", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Ningpo", "690", ".0002", "8,851", ".0012", "+1,182" ], [ "Wenchow", "", "", "293,548", ".0390", "" ], [ "Santuao", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Foochow", "6,158,639", "1.5270", "10,880,131", "1.4451", "+77" ], [ "Amoy", "2,533,307", ".6281", "3,573,050", ".4746", "+41" ], [ "Swatow", "8,282,047", "2.0535", "12,799,513", "1.6999", "+54" ], [ "Canton", "55,937,841", "13.8698", "90,228,494", "11.9838", "+61" ], [ "Kowloon", "12,812,500", "3.1768", "16,712,804", "2.2197", "+30" ], [ "Kowloon (railway traffic)", "268,521", ".0666", "1,908,151", ".2534", "+610" ], [ "Lappa", "5,225,256", "1.2956", "3,784,567", ".5026", "-27" ], [ "Kongmoon", "1,471,436", ".3648", "2,697,069", ".3582", "+83" ], [ "Samshui", "812,701", ".2015", "866,693", ".1151", "+7" ], [ "Wuchow", "3,448,466", ".8550", "4,198,981", ".5577", "+22" ], [ "Nanning", "2,036,416", ".5049", "1,062,350", ".1411", "-47" ], [ "Kiungchow", "2,099,262", ".5205", "3,826,932", ".5083", "+82" ], [ "Pakhoi", "918,091", ".2276", "2,301,752", ".3057", "+151" ], [ "Lungchow", "10,024", ".0025", "139,134", ".0185", "+1,288" ], [ "Mengtsz", "11,066,270", "2.7439", "9,042,543", "1.2010", "-18" ], [ "Szemao", "39,360", ".0097", "42,868", ".0057", "+9" ], [ "Tengyueh", "730,277", ".1811", "1,536,611", ".2041", "+110" ], [ "Total", "403,305,546", "100.0000", "752,917,416", "100.0000", "+87" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Dairen's increase from 7.4 per cent of China's export trade in 1913 to 15.1 per cent with a total increase of 84,000,000 taels is distinct evidence of enterprise in Manchuria. In this connection it is also worthy of note that Antung, which in 1913 had about 1 per cent of China's export trade, in 1923 enjoyed 5.6 per cent of this trade, with an increase of 38,000,000 taels, or over 1,000 per cent. The specially favored position of Antung in duty treatment, whereby one-third of the export duty is remitted, is accountable for considerable of this advance, otherwise Dairen would probably have taken a large percentage of this trade.", "² The fact that Tientsin, which in 1913 enjoyed 2 per cent of China's direct export trade, in 1923 claimed 6.6 per cent of China's exports, with an aggregate increase of 42,000,000 taels, indicates a tendency on the part of the North China ports to enter into direct trade with foreign countries rather than transship these goods through Shanghai. Tientsin's increase in exports for the period under consideration amounted to 514 per cent.", "³ Negligible.", "⁴ While Shanghai increased its relative position in the import trade of China, in the export trade it enjoyed 7 per cent less of the total trade of China, in spite of the fact that exports from Shanghai increased during the decade by about 100,000,000 taels." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 47 ports + Total, as printed.", "1913 value: parts sum 403,305,182 vs printed total 403,305,546 — does NOT reconcile (printed minus sum = 364).", "1923 value: parts sum 752,917,416 vs printed total 752,917,416 — reconciles.", "1913 percentage: parts sum 99.9818 (cells marked (³) counted as 0) vs printed 100.0000 — does not reconcile.", "1923 percentage: parts sum 99.9996 (cells marked (³) counted as 0) vs printed 100.0000 — does not reconcile.", "Every 1913 value and percentage cell re-read at higher magnification; readings stand, so the 1913 discrepancies are in the print.", "Cells filled with leader dashes in the original (no entry) written as \"\": Sansing and Yochow (1923 columns and comparison); Lungkow, Wanhsien, Ichang, Wenchow (1913 columns and comparison); Soochow, Hangchow, Santuao (every column).", "Shasi 1913 percentage printed '.001' (three decimals only), kept as printed. '(³)' = footnote 3, 'Negligible'.", "Column 'Per cent' is printed in italics at the head of the comparison column (unit), included in its column name. Minus signs printed as '−', written '-'." ], "id": "p0068_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 67", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n67/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0069", "images": [ "p0069" ], "printed_pages": [ "48" ], "chapter": "Résumé of the Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Net Tonnage of Steamers Entered at Hongkong, by Flags, 1913 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "Section: Carrying Trade. Introduced in the text: \"The following table shows the net tonnage of steamers entered at Hongkong in 1913 and 1923:\" (Unit: Net tons)", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Flags", "1913 (Net tons)", "1923 (Net tons)" ], "rows": [ [ "American", "290,987", "1,421,962" ], [ "British", "4,215,369", "5,572,944" ], [ "Japanese", "1,907,307", "3,129,156" ], [ "Other", "2,460,143", "2,854,981" ], [ "Total", "8,873,806", "12,979,043" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 5 as printed (4 flags + Total).", "Total 1913: parts sum to 8,873,806 — reconciles.", "Total 1923: parts sum to 12,979,043 — reconciles.", "Chapter taken from the mission survey; running head is 'Commercial Handbook of China'." ], "id": "p0069_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 68", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n68/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0070", "images": [ "p0070" ], "printed_pages": [ "49" ], "chapter": "Résumé of the Trade of China", "table_no": null, "continued": false, "title": "[Tonnage of Entries by Flags, 1913 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "Introduced on p. 48: \"The following table shows the share taken by each nationality in the import trade of China in 1913 and in 1923, also the value of the foreign imports from these nations in the years mentioned and the relation of such trade to China's total import trade:\" This page prints two tables under that sentence; this is the first (tonnage).", "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Flags 1", "1913 — Tonnage of entries", "1913 — Per cent of total tonnage", "1923 — Tonnage of entries", "1923 — Per cent of total tonnage", "Per cent increase or decrease" ], "rows": [ [ "American 2", "269,091", "1.85", "2,100,926", "10.22", "+680" ], [ "British", "5,127,578", "35.32", "7,259,706", "35.31", "+41.5" ], [ "Danish", "43,338", ".29", "140,196", ".68", "+200.4" ], [ "Dutch", "161,779", "1.04", "507,118", "2.42", "+213.5" ], [ "French", "469,450", "3.23", "600,212", "2.91", "+28" ], [ "German", "1,405,086", "9.68", "377,236", "1.83", "−73" ], [ "Italian", "", "", "83,944", ".40", "" ], [ "Japanese", "3,882,664", "26.74", "6,596,025", "32.08", "+70" ], [ "Norwegian", "167,196", "1.15", "200,729", ".97", "+20" ], [ "Portuguese", "63,451", ".44", "177,266", ".86", "+179" ], [ "Russian", "422,274", "2.91", "59,497", ".29", "−86" ], [ "Spanish", "", "", "12,007", ".06", "" ], [ "Swedish", "34,344", ".23", "55,617", ".27", "+62" ], [ "Nontreaty powers", "135,167", ".93", "141,220", ".69", "+.4" ], [ "Chinese", "2,336,806", "16.09", "2,247,366", "10.93", "−3.8" ], [ "Total", "14,518,224", "100.00", "20,559,065", "100.00", "+41.6" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "1 Austria became a nontreaty power after the World War; Chili did not enter into the foreign import trade of China until a commercial treaty was signed in 1922; Polish and Spanish flags made their first appearances in China's carrying trade in 1923; German flags reappeared after the war in 1921.", "2 By way of comparison, it is of interest to note that the American tonnage in China's trade in 1882 was 167,801 and in 1891, 67,090 tons.", "3 The exchange value of the haikwan tael of 1913 is quoted by the Customs as $0.73 and for 1923, $0.80 United States gold." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 16 as printed (15 flags + Total).", "Footnote marks kept in row/column labels ('Flags 1', 'American 2'); the three footnotes are printed once under the second table on this page and apply to both.", "Italian and Spanish: the 1913 cells and the increase cell are filled with a dashed rule (no figure); transcribed as \"\".", "Total 1913 tonnage: parts sum to 14,518,224 — reconciles. Total 1923 tonnage: parts sum to 20,559,065 — reconciles.", "Per cent columns: 1913 parts sum to 99.90, 1923 parts to 99.92 against printed 100.00 (rounding).", "German 1913 tonnage '1,405,086' has a stray mark under the 5; German 1913 per cent has a stray dot before 9.68.", "Minus signs transcribed as '−'." ], "id": "p0070_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 69", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n69/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0070", "images": [ "p0070" ], "printed_pages": [ "49" ], "chapter": "Résumé of the Trade of China", "table_no": null, "continued": false, "title": "[Value of Import Trade by Flags, 1913 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "Second table under the same introductory sentence (see p0070_1). Values in Haikwan taels (footnote 3); the 1923 column subheading is printed 'Haikwan tales 3'.", "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Flags 1", "1913 — Value of import trade (Haikwan taels 3)", "1913 — Per cent of total imports", "1923 — Value of import trade (Haikwan tales 3)", "1923 — Per cent of total imports", "Per cent increase or decrease" ], "rows": [ [ "American 2", "3,076,644", "0.25", "70,852,240", "7.47", "+2,202.9" ], [ "British", "270,429,460", "46.12", "371,448,317", "38.11", "+33.25" ], [ "Danish", "1,107,621", ".17", "5,661,328", ".60", "+402.1" ], [ "Dutch", "6,661,282", "1.14", "17,028,378", "1.79", "+155.6" ], [ "French", "20,599,159", "3.51", "28,423,281", "2.99", "+38" ], [ "German", "47,353,265", "8.09", "21,300,543", "2.24", "−55" ], [ "Italian", "", "", "2,600,905", ".27", "" ], [ "Japanese", "136,486,197", "23.28", "291,884,897", "30.77", "+113.85" ], [ "Norwegian", "4,276,353", ".73", "11,545,455", "1.21", "[?]" ], [ "Portuguese", "19,213", ".003", "2,161,525", ".23", "+11,150" ], [ "Russian", "21,064,826", "3.59", "8,977,407", ".94", "−57.4" ], [ "Spanish", "", "", "45,827", ".005", "" ], [ "Swedish", "983,075", ".17", "1,879,862", ".19", "+91" ], [ "Nontreaty powers", "6,979,491", "1.19", "7,387,700", ".78", "+5.8" ], [ "Chinese", "67,253,845", "11.47", "107,436,255", "11.325", "+60" ], [ "Total", "586,290,431", "100.00", "948,633,920", "100.00", "+62" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "1 Austria became a nontreaty power after the World War; Chili did not enter into the foreign import trade of China until a commercial treaty was signed in 1922; Polish and Spanish flags made their first appearances in China's carrying trade in 1923; German flags reappeared after the war in 1921.", "2 By way of comparison, it is of interest to note that the American tonnage in China's trade in 1882 was 167,801 and in 1891, 67,090 tons.", "3 The exchange value of the haikwan tael of 1913 is quoted by the Customs as $0.73 and for 1923, $0.80 United States gold." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 16 as printed (15 flags + Total).", "'tales' in the 1923 unit heading is a misprint for 'taels', kept as printed.", "Italian and Spanish: the 1913 cells and the increase cell are filled with a dashed rule (no figure); transcribed as \"\".", "Row 'Norwegian', col 'Per cent increase or decrease': '+17' followed by a smudged/overprinted digit (0 or 8/9) — unreadable, [?].", "Row 'American', 1913 per cent printed '0: 25' (speck beside the decimal point); transcribed 0.25.", "Total 1913 value: parts sum to 586,290,431 — reconciles. Total 1923 value: parts sum to 948,633,920 — reconciles.", "Per cent columns: 1913 parts sum to 99.713, 1923 parts to 98.92 against printed 100.00 — do not reconcile exactly (1923 off by 1.08).", "Minus signs transcribed as '−'." ], "id": "p0070_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 69", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n69/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0072", "images": [ "p0072" ], "printed_pages": [ "51" ], "chapter": "Résumé of the Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Tonnage of Vessels Entered and Cleared at Each Open Port of China, 1923]", "caption_extra": "Introduced in the text: \"The following table shows the tonnage of vessels entered and cleared at each open port of China in 1923.\" Units printed under the headings: Tons, Tons, Per cent.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Ports", "Total shipping (Tons)", "Tonnage of ocean steamers (Tons)", "Percentage of shipping borne by ocean steamers (Per cent)" ], "rows": [ [ "Aigun", "229,588", "", "" ], [ "Harbin", "757,440", "", "" ], [ "Antung", "534,506", "521,820", "97.6" ], [ "Dairen", "9,042,027", "9,034,351", "99.9" ], [ "Newchwang", "1,107,090", "1,107,090", "100" ], [ "Chinwantgao", "2,651,654", "2,651,654", "100" ], [ "Tientsin", "3,853,831", "3,853,831", "100" ], [ "Lungkow", "104,736", "104,736", "100" ], [ "Chefoo", "3,271,065", "3,270,227", "99.97" ], [ "Kiaochow", "3,393,521", "3,392,069", "99.95" ], [ "Chungking", "269,330", "", "" ], [ "Wanshien", "443,665", "", "" ], [ "Ichang", "1,006,861", "", "" ], [ "Shasi", "1,324,054", "", "" ], [ "Changsha", "542,990", "", "" ], [ "Yochow", "2,274,514", "", "" ], [ "Hankow", "7,463,701", "1,052,652", "14" ], [ "Kiukiang", "8,817,094", "102,702", "1" ], [ "Wuhu", "9,669,297", "637,504", "6" ], [ "Nanking", "9,347,886", "443,572", "5" ], [ "Chinkiang", "9,075,558", "547,281", "6" ], [ "Shanghai", "30,018,240", "24,726,143", "82" ], [ "Soochow", "186,249", "", "" ], [ "Hangchow", "234,282", "", "" ], [ "Ningpo", "2,329,981", "2,313,727", "99.3" ], [ "Wenchow", "250,098", "202,947", "81" ], [ "Santuao", "77,644", "76,176", "98" ], [ "Foochow", "1,483,442", "1,480,880", "93" ], [ "Amoy", "3,136,384", "3,136,384", "100" ], [ "Swatow", "4,660,662", "4,660,662", "100" ], [ "Canton", "6,569,457", "2,899,833", "44" ], [ "Kowloon", "2,032,328", "", "" ], [ "Lappa", "764,707", "", "" ], [ "Kongmoon", "1,191,206", "", "" ], [ "Samshui", "1,395,930", "", "" ], [ "Wuchow", "611,001", "", "" ], [ "Nanning", "28,145", "", "" ], [ "Kiungchow", "1,156,586", "1,156,586", "100" ], [ "Pakhoi", "437,058", "437,058", "100" ], [ "Lungchow", "1,952", "", "" ], [ "Mengtsz", "1,124", "", "" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "Note.—The total tonnage of ocean steamers entered and cleared at the open ports of China during 1923 represents 51 per cent of the total shipping of China. The above figures do not include tonnage of vessels entered and cleared under the Inland Steamer Navigation Rules of the Chinese Maritime Customs nor junks entered and cleared at the Chinese Native Customs. Total tonnage of ocean steamers entered and cleared at the ports of China in 1921 was reported at 53,135,726," ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 41 as printed (printed side by side, 21 ports left + 20 right; merged into one list, left half first).", "Cells filled with a dashed rule (no figure) transcribed as \"\".", "No total printed; nothing to reconcile. (For information only: Total shipping column sums to 131,746,884, ocean steamers column to 67,809,885.)", "Note ends with a comma as printed." ], "id": "p0072_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 71", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n71/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0073", "images": [ "p0073" ], "printed_pages": [ "52" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "continued": false, "title": "[Imports by 12 Grand Groups, 1923 and 1913]", "caption_extra": "Chapter by Trade Commissioner George C. Howard. Introduced in the text: \"The Chinese Maritime Customs in their annual Report and Abstract of Statistics divide the import trade into 12 grand groups which are quoted in the following table, with comparative figures for the calendar years of 1913 and 1923:\"", "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Imports", "1923 — Value in haikwan taels", "1923 — Per cent of total", "1923 — Order of importance", "1913 — Value in haikwan taels", "1913 — Per cent of total", "1913 — Order of importance" ], "rows": [ [ "Cotton goods (except yarn)", "131,886,293", "14.3", "1", "111,358,934", "19.5", "1" ], [ "Rice", "98,198,591", "10.6", "2", "18,383,719", "3.2", "6" ], [ "Kerosene", "58,291,716", "6.3", "3", "25,408,845", "4.5", "5" ], [ "Raw cotton", "53,816,201", "5.8", "4", "2,984,022", ".5", "16" ], [ "Sugar", "51,997,721", "5.6", "5", "36,463,491", "6.4", "3" ], [ "Metals and minerals", "44,938,111", "4.9", "6", "29,156,086", "5.1", "4" ], [ "Cotton yarn", "41,633,818", "4.5", "7", "71,060,089", "12.5", "2" ], [ "Cigarettes", "28,272,615", "3.1", "8", "12,589,300", "2.2", "8" ], [ "Flour", "27,232,615", "2.9", "9", "10,300,612", "1.8", "9" ], [ "Machinery", "26,677,796", "2.9", "10", "7,137,048", "1.3", "13" ], [ "Fish and fishery products", "25,081,819", "2.7", "11", "12,974,540", "2.3", "7" ], [ "Woolen goods", "19,042,413", "2.1", "12", "4,879,281", "1.9", "14" ], [ "Paper", "16,626,519", "1.8", "13", "7,169,255", "1.3", "12" ], [ "Coal", "12,860,605", "1.4", "14", "9,420,758", "1.7", "11" ], [ "Tobacco", "12,777,016", "1.4", "15", "3,572,560", ".6", "15" ], [ "Artifical indigo", "11,816,918", "1.3", "16", "9,633,157", "1.7", "10" ], [ "Unclassified and miscellaneous", "262,251,787", "28.4", "", "197,670,860", "34.7", "" ], [ "Total net imports", "923,402,554", "", "", "570,162,557", "", "" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 18 as printed (17 items + Total net imports). The text says 12 grand groups; the table prints 17 headings.", "'Artifical indigo' kept as printed (misprint for 'Artificial').", "Cells filled with a dashed rule (no figure) transcribed as \"\".", "Total net imports 1923: parts sum to 923,402,554 — reconciles. Total net imports 1913: parts sum to 570,162,557 — reconciles.", "Per cent columns (no total printed): 1923 parts sum to 100.0; 1913 parts sum to 101.2." ], "id": "p0073_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 72", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n72/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0073", "images": [ "p0073" ], "printed_pages": [ "52" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "continued": false, "title": "Relative Position of Countries", "caption_extra": "Section heading 'Relative Position of Countries'. Introduced in the text: \"According to the Abstract of Statistics, the relative position of the various countries as suppliers of China's imports were, in 1913 and 1923, as shown in the following table:\"", "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Direct imports", "1923 — Value in haikwan taels", "1923 — Per cent", "1913 — Value in haikwan taels", "1913 — Per cent" ], "rows": [ [ "Hongkong", "248,083,456", "26.15", "171,636,099", "29.27" ], [ "Japan", "211,024,297", "22.25", "119,346,662", "20.36" ], [ "United States", "154,447,651", "16.28", "35,427,198", "6.04" ], [ "Great Britain", "120,397,229", "12.69", "96,910,944", "16.53" ], [ "British India", "55,240,982", "5.82", "48,292,190", "8.24" ], [ "Germany", "32,456,067", "3.42", "28,302,403", "4.83" ], [ "French Indo-China", "18,438,662", "1.94", "", "" ], [ "Netherlands Indies", "13,600,326", "1.43", "6,836,792", "1.17" ], [ "Chosen", "11,954,940", "1.26", "", "" ], [ "Belgium", "10,878,750", "1.15", "15,830,838", "2.70" ], [ "Canada", "10,327,374", "1.09", "", "" ], [ "Russia and Siberia", "10,202,819", "1.08", "22,152,888", "3.78" ], [ "Straits Settlements", "9,213,722", ".97", "8,935,416", "1.52" ], [ "Macao", "", "", "6,596,148", "1.12" ], [ "Other", "42,367,645", "4.47", "26,022,853", "4.4" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "Value of haikwan tael in 1923, $0.80; in 1913, $0.73." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 15 as printed. No total row printed.", "Cells filled with a dashed rule (no figure) transcribed as \"\".", "For information (no printed total): 1923 values sum to 948,633,920 and 1913 values to 586,290,431; per cent columns sum to 100.00 (1923) and 99.96 (1913).", "The footnote carries a mark (looks like a check/footnote sign) before 'Value'; no matching mark located in the table." ], "id": "p0073_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 72", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n72/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0074", "images": [ "p0074" ], "printed_pages": [ "53" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Imports from the United States, 1923: Twenty Principal Items]", "caption_extra": "Introduced in the text: \"A review of the place of the United States in the import trade of China in 1923 reveals the fact that 93.3 per cent of the total share of the United States is made up of 20 items. They are listed in the following table, which also gives the percentage supplied by the United States of the total imports of each item from all sources, and the value in per cent of each item in relation to total imports from the United States:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Imports from United States", "Value in haikwan taels", "Per cent of total imports from United States", "Per cent of total gross imports into China from all sources" ], "rows": [ [ "Kerosene", "48,776,000", "33.8", "71.5" ], [ "Paraffin wax", "1,745,000", "1.2", "42.4" ], [ "Gasoline, benzine, naphtha, and petrol", "1,344,000", ".9", "34.6" ], [ "Liquid fuel", "1,237,000", ".9", "55.3" ], [ "Lubricating oil", "2,530,000", "1.8", "74.7" ], [ "Cigarettes", "20,752,000", "14.4", "72.8" ], [ "Tobacco", "10,545,000", "7.3", "80.2" ], [ "Flour", "16,369,000", "11.4", "60.1" ], [ "Wheat", "6,936,000", "4.8", "76.3" ], [ "Metals and minerals", "10,681,000", "7.4", "23.2" ], [ "Machinery", "4,449,000", "3.1", "16.0" ], [ "Dyes, colors, paints", "3,991,000", "2.8", "14.9" ], [ "Raw cotton", "3,389,000", "2.4", "6.2" ], [ "Timber, softwood", "2,822,000", "2.0", "53.7" ], [ "Tinfoil and other foils", "1,852,000", "1.3", "69.9" ], [ "Paper", "1,803,000", "1.2", "10.7" ], [ "Motor cars", "1,384,000", "1.0", "55.3" ], [ "Electrical materials and fittings", "1,322,000", ".9", "15.6" ], [ "Household stores", "1,171,000", ".8", "26.4" ], [ "Condensed milk", "1,047,000", ".7", "52.2" ], [ "Total", "144,145,000", "", "" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 21 as printed (20 items + Total).", "Total value: parts sum to 144,145,000 against printed 144,145,000 — reconciles.", "Per cent of US imports column sums to 100.1 (text says 93.3); no total printed in that column. Total row per cent cells are dashed rules, transcribed as \"\"." ], "id": "p0074_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 73", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n73/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0078", "images": [ "p0078" ], "printed_pages": [ "57" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Chemical Imports by Customs Headings and Principal Countries, 1913 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "Section: Chemicals. Introduced in the text: \"Maritime Customs statistics give but seven headings to cover chemicals, including medicines. These are given in the following table, with comparative figures for 1913 and 1923, all principal countries of supply being shown (values in thousands of haikwan taels) :\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Chemicals", "Total — 1913", "Total — 1923", "Great Britain — 1913", "Great Britain — 1923", "United States — 1913", "United States — 1923", "Hongkong — 1913", "Hongkong — 1923", "Japan — 1913", "Japan — 1923", "Germany — 1913", "Germany — 1923", "France — 1913", "France — 1923" ], "rows": [ [ "Soda", "1,133", "3,317", "914", "2,010", "4", "196", "43", "385", "22", "597", "6", "99", "", "91" ], [ "Soap and soap-making materials 1", "", "2,896", "", "394", "", "99", "", "603", "", "1,210", "", "58", "", "310" ], [ "Saltpeter", "415", "151", "", "", "", "", "332", "132", "5", "6", "78", "11", "", "" ], [ "Match-making materials", "496", "2,289", "58", "3", "3", "", "76", "487", "331", "1,306", "10", "417", "", "27" ], [ "Chemical products", "494", "3,386", "77", "336", "40", "259", "27", "492", "172", "1,428", "91", "387", "9", "28" ], [ "Glycerin", "136", "170", "22", "84", "", "43", "", "5", "2", "19", "109", "3", "", "7" ], [ "Medicines", "4,117", "7,929", "469", "1,093", "66", "790", "2,395", "3,134", "748", "1,111", "100", "563", "26", "312" ], [ "Total", "6,791", "20,138", "1,542", "3,920", "113", "1,387", "2,873", "5,238", "1,280", "5,677", "394", "1,538", "35", "775" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "1 New heading since 1913.", "Note.—Value of haikwan tael, 1913, $0.73; 1923, $0.80." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 8 as printed (7 headings + Total). Values in thousands of haikwan taels.", "Row labels printed over two lines ('Soap and soap-making / materials 1', 'Match-making ma- / terials') joined; footnote mark kept in the Soap label.", "Cells filled with a dashed rule (no figure) transcribed as \"\".", "Column totals: all 14 country/year columns reconcile with the printed Total row EXCEPT Great Britain 1913: parts (914 + 58 + 77 + 22 + 469) sum to 1,540 against printed 1,542 — does not reconcile; cells re-read at 3x and kept as printed ('58' has a stray dot before it).", "Row 'Total' columns are not the sum of the countries shown (other countries omitted), so no row-wise check applies." ], "id": "p0078_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 77", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n77/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0078", "images": [ "p0078" ], "printed_pages": [ "57" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Hongkong's Imports of Chemicals by Sources, 1923]", "caption_extra": "Section: Chemicals. Introduced in the text: \"As Hongkong supplied 26 per cent of China's total chemical imports during 1923, details of Hongkong's imports from various sources during that year are shown in the following table (values in pounds sterling) :\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Chemicals", "United Kingdom", "Japan", "United States", "Germany", "Netherlands East Indies", "India", "All others", "Total" ], "rows": [ [ "Acid:", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Carbolic", "26", "", "", "", "", "", "", "26" ], [ "Hydrochloric", "", "4,377", "", "", "", "", "", "4,377" ], [ "Nitric", "", "6,088", "", "", "", "", "", "6,267" ], [ "Sulphuric", "", "9,516", "", "", "", "", "", "10,313" ], [ "Other", "2,365", "107", ",252", "", "", "", "", "2,943" ], [ "Bleaching powder", "", "7,591", "", "", "", "", "", "11,115" ], [ "Borax", "6,082", "", "", "", "", "5,310", "", "11,947" ], [ "Calcium carbide", "", "3,202", "3,584", "", "", "", "", "8,777" ], [ "Glycerins", "14,327", "", "", "", "", "", "", "14,327" ], [ "Phosphorus", "", "", "", "10,788", "", "", "", "12,554" ], [ "Potash, chloride of", "", "", "", "22,897", "", "", "", "24,111" ], [ "Quinine", "643", "", "", "", "745", "", "", "1,427" ], [ "Saltpeter", "", "", "", "", "", "37,198", "", "37,198" ], [ "Soda ash", "31,678", "", "", "", "", "", "", "33,534" ], [ "Soda:", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Carbonate", "", "62", "", "", "", "", "", "69" ], [ "Caustic", "12,799", "", "3,011", "", "", "", "", "17,172" ], [ "Sulphur", "", "4,882", "", "", "", "", "", "4,995" ], [ "Other chemicals and drugs", "37,385", "29,474", "15,689", "6,713", "", "", "", "117,417" ], [ "Soda, silicate of", "3,190", "", "", "", "", "", "", "3,697" ], [ "Alcohol", "", "", "", "", "82,245", "", "", "84,685" ], [ "Manures (chemical and mineral)", "259,712", "60,481", "241,169", "10,264", "", "", "", "614,265" ], [ "Match-making materials", "", "118,310", "", "", "", "", "", "123,394" ], [ "Photographic chemicals", "1,267", "", "", "438", "", "", "", "1,977" ], [ "Total", "369,474", "244,090", "263,705", "51,100", "82,990", "42,508", "92,721", "1,146,588" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 26 as printed (2 sub-heading rows 'Acid:' and 'Soda:', 23 items, Total). Labels printed over two lines joined (Other chemicals and drugs; Manures (chemical and mineral); Match-making materials; Photographic chemicals). Indented items under 'Acid:' (Carbolic … Other) and 'Soda:' (Carbonate, Caustic) kept as separate rows.", "Empty or dashed cells transcribed as \"\". The 'All others' column is blank in every item row; only its Total (92,721) is printed.", "Row 'Other' (under Acid), col 'United States': printed ',252' with a leading comma (possible dropped digit); kept as printed. Read as 252 the United States column sums to 263,705 = printed total.", "Column totals: United Kingdom 369,474, Japan 244,090, United States 263,705 (with 252), Germany 51,100, Netherlands East Indies 82,990, India 42,508 — all reconcile.", "Total column: item totals sum to 1,146,587 against printed 1,146,588 — does not reconcile (off by 1). The Total row across (country totals incl. All others) sums to 1,146,588 — reconciles.", "Row totals generally exceed the countries shown (residual presumably 'All others', not itemized)." ], "id": "p0078_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 77", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n77/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0081", "images": [ "p0081", "p0082" ], "printed_pages": [ "60", "61" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Dye Imports from the United States, 1913, 1919-1923]", "caption_extra": "Indigo, dyes, and colors. Quantities in piculs, values in Haikwan taels.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": "1913, 1919, 1920", "columns": [ "Item", "1913 — Piculs", "1913 — Haikwan taels", "1919 — Piculs", "1919 — Haikwan taels", "1920 — Piculs", "1920 — Haikwan taels" ], "rows": [ [ "Mangrove bark", "", "", "", "", "150", "275" ], [ "Aniline dyes", "", "656", "", "1,667,691", "", "2,050,956" ], [ "Artificial indigo", "", "", "4,766", "341,365", "44,845", "4,470,482" ], [ "Vermilion", "15", "541", "", "", "16", "960" ], [ "Dyes and colors (unclassed)", "237", "2,049", "2,376", "87,326", "2,193", "135,707" ], [ "Total value", "", "3,246", "", "2,096,382", "", "6,658,380" ] ] }, { "label": "1921, 1922, 1923", "columns": [ "Item", "1921 — Piculs", "1921 — Haikwan taels", "1922 — Piculs", "1922 — Haikwan taels", "1923 — Piculs", "1923 — Haikwan taels" ], "rows": [ [ "Aniline dyes", "", "684,249", "", "181,454", "", "354,663" ], [ "Artificial indigo", "25,108", "2,617,177", "16,029", "958,434", "90,158", "3,185,029" ], [ "Vermilion", "23", "1,373", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Dyes and colors (unclassed)", "941", "76,565", "326", "33,633", "2,532", "54,515" ], [ "Total value", "", "3,379,364", "", "1,173,521", "", "3,594,207" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "NOTE.—The value of the haikwan tael in 1913 was $0.73 gold; in 1919, $1.39; in 1920, $1.24; in 1921, $0.76; in 1922, $0.83; and in 1923, $0.80. One picul equals 133⅓ pounds." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: part 1, 5 items + total; part 2, 4 items + total (Mangrove bark not printed in the 1921-1923 part).", "Dashed leaders in cells are rendered as \"\" (empty in the original).", "Title supplied from the prose introduction ('The quantities and values of dye imports from the United States for the years 1913, 1919, 1920, 1921, and 1923 are shown in the following table'); the table itself also prints 1922.", "The table is printed in two blocks: 1913/1919/1920 at the foot of p. 60 and 1921/1922/1923 at the head of p. 61; written as two parts.", "Part 1913-1920, total value 1913 — Haikwan taels: parts sum 3,246 vs printed 3,246 -> reconciles", "Part 1913-1920, total value 1919 — Haikwan taels: parts sum 2,096,382 vs printed 2,096,382 -> reconciles", "Part 1913-1920, total value 1920 — Haikwan taels: parts sum 6,658,380 vs printed 6,658,380 -> reconciles", "Part 1921-1923, total value 1921 — Haikwan taels: parts sum 3,379,364 vs printed 3,379,364 -> reconciles", "Part 1921-1923, total value 1922 — Haikwan taels: parts sum 1,173,521 vs printed 1,173,521 -> reconciles", "Part 1921-1923, total value 1923 — Haikwan taels: parts sum 3,594,207 vs printed 3,594,207 -> reconciles" ], "id": "p0081_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 80", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n80/mode/1up" }, { "label": "scan leaf 81", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n81/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0082", "images": [ "p0082" ], "printed_pages": [ "61" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Dye Imports from All Sources, 1913, 1919-1923]", "caption_extra": "Indigo, dyes, and colors. Quantities in piculs, values in Haikwan taels.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": "1913, 1919, 1920", "columns": [ "Item", "1913 — Piculs", "1913 — Haikwan taels", "1919 — Piculs", "1919 — Haikwan taels", "1920 — Piculs", "1920 — Haikwan taels" ], "rows": [ [ "Mangrove bark", "107,725", "174,602", "177,608", "351,721", "117,820", "238,474" ], [ "Cinnabar", "1,714", "130,195", "1,864", "267,189", "1,825", "178,128" ], [ "Sapanwood", "23,891", "51,592", "80,800", "224,065", "69,017", "231,614" ], [ "Aniline dyes", "", "5,401,820", "", "3,042,917", "", "7,730,291" ], [ "Artificial indigo", "319,575", "9,633,157", "18,795", "1,312,269", "155,641", "15,306,474" ], [ "Vegetable indigo", "12,620", "56,939", "87,699", "637,116", "58,467", "470,520" ], [ "Vermilion", "5,749", "243,533", "2,647", "256,207", "4,008", "269,658" ], [ "Dyes and colors (unclassed)", "135,649", "956,500", "131,143", "1,247,200", "138,013", "1,427,868" ], [ "Total value", "", "16,648,338", "", "7,338,684", "", "25,853,027" ] ] }, { "label": "1921, 1922, 1923", "columns": [ "Item", "1921 — Piculs", "1921 — Haikwan taels", "1922 — Piculs", "1922 — Haikwan taels", "1923 — Piculs", "1923 — Haikwan taels" ], "rows": [ [ "Mangrove bark", "190,885", "432,223", "244,415", "563,071", "196,400", "526,487" ], [ "Cinnabar", "2,210", "201,231", "1,779", "148,419", "1,738", "140,306" ], [ "Sapanwood", "30,686", "104,891", "28,790", "108,380", "44,272", "186,238" ], [ "Aniline dyes", "", "7,978,514", "", "6,848,907", "", "7,943,321" ], [ "Artificial indigo", "157,748", "15,260,078", "227,247", "12,301,206", "256,102", "11,816,918" ], [ "Vegetable indigo", "42,652", "324,807", "21,532", "182,231", "16,029", "162,653" ], [ "Vermilion", "3,764", "263,508", "5,020", "278,128", "8,423", "343,376" ], [ "Dyes and colors (unclassed)", "194,296", "2,133,802", "195,006", "2,281,964", "202,146", "2,381,536" ], [ "Total value", "", "26,699,054", "", "22,712,306", "", "23,500,835" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 8 items + total in each part.", "Dashed leaders in cells are rendered as \"\" (empty in the original).", "Title supplied from the prose introduction ('The quantities and values of dye imports from all sources for the years 1913, 1919, 1920, 1921, and 1923 are given in the following table'); the table also prints 1922.", "Printed as two stacked blocks (1913/1919/1920 and 1921/1922/1923) on p. 61; the survey listed them as two tables, written here as one table in two parts, like the preceding United States table.", "Part 1913-1920, total value 1913 — Haikwan taels: parts sum 16,648,338 vs printed 16,648,338 -> reconciles", "Part 1913-1920, total value 1919 — Haikwan taels: parts sum 7,338,684 vs printed 7,338,684 -> reconciles", "Part 1913-1920, total value 1920 — Haikwan taels: parts sum 25,853,027 vs printed 25,853,027 -> reconciles", "Part 1921-1923, total value 1921 — Haikwan taels: parts sum 26,699,054 vs printed 26,699,054 -> reconciles", "Part 1921-1923, total value 1922 — Haikwan taels: parts sum 22,712,306 vs printed 22,712,306 -> reconciles", "Part 1921-1923, total value 1923 — Haikwan taels: parts sum 23,500,835 vs printed 23,500,835 -> reconciles" ], "id": "p0082_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 81", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n81/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0083", "images": [ "p0083" ], "printed_pages": [ "62" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Total Value of All Dyes Imported, by Countries of Origin, 1919-1923]", "caption_extra": "Values in haikwan taels (as stated in the introductory prose: 'The total value (in haikwan taels), of all dyes imported, by countries of origin, during the period from 1919 to 1923, inclusive').", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Countries", "1919", "1920", "1921", "1922", "1923" ], "rows": [ [ "Hongkong", "2,271,283", "2,832,252", "4,252,954", "3,704,408", "3,569,090" ], [ "Macao", "28,758", "12,873", "36,575", "6,324", "4,807" ], [ "French Indo-China", "22,596", "26,238", "33,546", "31,422", "31,656" ], [ "Siam", "6,677", "17,524", "1,290", "409", "1,832" ], [ "Straits Settlements", "83,628", "23,500", "70,947", "321,532", "335,791" ], [ "Dutch Indies", "14", "329,525", "1,763", "23,122", "6,019" ], [ "British India", "11,755", "47,633", "16,371", "32,109", "12,112" ], [ "Turkey, Persia, Egypt, Aden, etc", "", "", "", "8", "176" ], [ "Great Britain", "186,983", "1,284,904", "2,207,126", "362,768", "826,708" ], [ "Sweden", "", "3,000", "98,858", "15,831", "34,347" ], [ "Norway", "", "4,166", "", "11,053", "28,031" ], [ "Denmark", "", "13", "28", "12,497", "33,098" ], [ "Germany", "", "3,891,552", "5,383,518", "8,698,994", "9,939,847" ], [ "Netherlands", "", "1,966,060", "2,951,197", "5,168,992", "1,689,777" ], [ "Belgium", "44,656", "2,014,338", "2,178,851", "937,862", "216,036" ], [ "France", "972,904", "1,915,706", "3,611,694", "469,562", "742,883" ], [ "Switzerland", "", "3,179,639", "1,425,499", "1,973,549", "2,276,749" ], [ "Italy", "", "", "106,275", "166,926", "9,373" ], [ "Austria and Hungary", "", "29,724", "420", "1,833", "" ], [ "Russia and Siberia", "23", "160", "", "8,799", "810" ], [ "Russia, Amur ports", "", "128", "2,769", "8,819", "" ], [ "Russia, Pacific ports", "19,180", "928", "24,123", "63,928", "6,256" ], [ "Chosen", "55,375", "22,308", "51,456", "44,408", "81,718" ], [ "Japan (including Formosa)", "1,650,024", "1,894,976", "1,788,463", "1,334,313", "870,846" ], [ "Philippines", "11,456", "3,277", "474", "", "3,711" ], [ "Canada", "132,213", "67,145", "2,302", "20,889", "5,735" ], [ "United States", "2,096,382", "6,658,380", "3,379,364", "1,173,521", "3,594,207" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 27 countries as printed; no total row printed (no total check possible within the table).", "Dashed leaders in cells are rendered as \"\" (empty in the original).", "Row 'Dutch Indies', col 1922: a small dot/speck is printed before '23,122'; taken as a stray mark, not a minus sign.", "Row 'United States', col 1921: the last digit of '3,379,364' is slightly damaged in print but reads 4.", "Cross-reference only (not used to decide any digit): column 1919 sum against the printed all-sources total value in tables/p0082_1.json: parts sum 7,593,907 vs printed 7,338,684 -> diff -255223", "Cross-reference only (not used to decide any digit): column 1920 sum against the printed all-sources total value in tables/p0082_1.json: parts sum 26,225,949 vs printed 25,853,027 -> diff -372922", "Cross-reference only (not used to decide any digit): column 1921 sum against the printed all-sources total value in tables/p0082_1.json: parts sum 27,625,863 vs printed 26,699,054 -> diff -926809", "Cross-reference only (not used to decide any digit): column 1922 sum against the printed all-sources total value in tables/p0082_1.json: parts sum 24,593,878 vs printed 22,712,306 -> diff -1881572", "Cross-reference only (not used to decide any digit): column 1923 sum against the printed all-sources total value in tables/p0082_1.json: parts sum 24,321,615 vs printed 23,500,835 -> diff -820780" ], "id": "p0083_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 82", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n82/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0084", "images": [ "p0084", "p0085" ], "printed_pages": [ "63", "64" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Imports of Artificial Indigo, by Countries, 1913 and 1919-1923]", "caption_extra": "Quantity in piculs and value in haikwan taels (introduced in the prose: 'The quantity and value (in haikwan taels) of imports of artificial indigo in the years 1913 and 1919 to 1923, inclusive, are given in the following table').", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": "1913, 1919, 1920", "columns": [ "Countries", "1913 — Piculs", "1913 — Haikwan taels", "1919 — Piculs", "1919 — Haikwan taels", "1920 — Piculs", "1920 — Haikwan taels" ], "rows": [ [ "Hongkong", "13,875", "523,015", "424", "34,516", "3,930", "207,610" ], [ "Macao", "33", "668", "", "", "", "" ], [ "French Indo-China", "", "", "", "", "18", "1,520" ], [ "Straits Settlements", "19", "713", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Great Britain", "300", "8,433", "2,256", "128,205", "11,076", "925,192" ], [ "Germany", "102,261", "3,502,744", "", "", "21,575", "2,614,615" ], [ "Netherlands", "", "", "", "", "12,020", "1,134,300" ], [ "Belgium", "185,108", "5,009,083", "30", "8,368", "13,244", "1,173,639" ], [ "France", "17,688", "579,991", "9,348", "643,905", "21,879", "1,849,186" ], [ "Austria and Hungary", "550", "16,271", "", "", "313", "29,724" ], [ "Russia, Pacific ports", "", "", "18", "3,522", "", "" ], [ "Japan (including Formosa)", "13", "365", "1,979", "153,421", "1,487", "112,666" ], [ "Philippines", "", "", "10", "1,320", "", "" ], [ "Siam", "", "", "", "", "342", "13,200" ], [ "Norway", "", "", "", "", "40", "4,166" ], [ "Switzerland", "", "", "", "", "25,009", "2,790,492" ], [ "Chosen", "", "", "2", "153", "4", "600" ], [ "Canada", "", "", "10", "998", "318", "17,836" ], [ "United States (including Hawaii)", "", "", "4,766", "341,365", "44,845", "4,470,482" ], [ "Total gross imports", "319,847", "9,641,283", "18,843", "1,315,773", "156,100", "15,345,228" ] ] }, { "label": "1921, 1922, 1923", "columns": [ "Countries", "1921 — Piculs", "1921 — Haikwan taels", "1922 — Piculs", "1922 — Haikwan taels", "1923 — Piculs", "1923 — Haikwan taels" ], "rows": [ [ "Hongkong", "12,864", "895,751", "13,431", "854,969", "11,848", "716,495" ], [ "French Indo-China", "108", "8,856", "169", "18,993", "", "" ], [ "Great Britain", "19,823", "1,934,448", "1,765", "195,973", "13,718", "643,792" ], [ "Germany", "17,821", "1,857,124", "100,307", "5,297,811", "82,037", "4,404,838" ], [ "Netherlands", "17,968", "1,906,229", "60,230", "3,334,945", "2,918", "211,759" ], [ "Belgium", "16,101", "1,409,700", "8,478", "503,618", "342", "12,885" ], [ "France", "38,745", "3,535,600", "6,991", "434,497", "10,959", "582,802" ], [ "Italy", "496", "64,384", "3,599", "161,131", "", "" ], [ "Russia, Pacific ports", "", "", "13", "1,159", "43", "3,193" ], [ "Japan (including Formosa)", "265", "14,387", "99", "6,306", "112", "12,105" ], [ "Philippines", "", "", "", "", "20", "1,333" ], [ "Siam", "", "", "", "", "2", "90" ], [ "Switzerland", "11,409", "1,289,373", "39,257", "1,932,657", "46,797", "2,221,365" ], [ "Chosen", "", "", "2", "130", "62", "1,245" ], [ "Canada", "", "", "250", "14,422", "", "" ], [ "United States (including Hawaii)", "25,108", "2,617,177", "16,029", "958,434", "90,158", "3,185,029" ], [ "Netherlands Indies", "", "", "10", "800", "", "" ], [ "Total gross imports", "160,708", "15,533,029", "250,630", "13,715,845", "259,016", "11,996,841" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: part 1, 19 countries + total (p. 63); part 2, 17 countries + total (p. 64). The two parts list partly different countries, as printed.", "Dashed leaders in cells are rendered as \"\" (empty in the original).", "Part 2, row 'United States (including Hawaii)', col '1922 — Piculs': the '2' of '16,029' is broken in print but its shape is legible as 2.", "Part 2, total row, col '1921 — Haikwan taels': a stray dot is printed above the first '5' of '15,533,029'.", "Part 1, row 'Netherlands', col '1920 — Piculs': the comma of '12,020' looks like a semicolon (print flaw).", "Part 1913-1920, total gross imports, 1913 — Piculs: parts sum 319,847 vs printed 319,847 -> reconciles", "Part 1913-1920, total gross imports, 1913 — Haikwan taels: parts sum 9,641,283 vs printed 9,641,283 -> reconciles", "Part 1913-1920, total gross imports, 1919 — Piculs: parts sum 18,843 vs printed 18,843 -> reconciles", "Part 1913-1920, total gross imports, 1919 — Haikwan taels: parts sum 1,315,773 vs printed 1,315,773 -> reconciles", "Part 1913-1920, total gross imports, 1920 — Piculs: parts sum 156,100 vs printed 156,100 -> reconciles", "Part 1913-1920, total gross imports, 1920 — Haikwan taels: parts sum 15,345,228 vs printed 15,345,228 -> reconciles", "Part 1921-1923, total gross imports, 1921 — Piculs: parts sum 160,708 vs printed 160,708 -> reconciles", "Part 1921-1923, total gross imports, 1921 — Haikwan taels: parts sum 15,533,029 vs printed 15,533,029 -> reconciles", "Part 1921-1923, total gross imports, 1922 — Piculs: parts sum 250,630 vs printed 250,630 -> reconciles", "Part 1921-1923, total gross imports, 1922 — Haikwan taels: parts sum 13,715,845 vs printed 13,715,845 -> reconciles", "Part 1921-1923, total gross imports, 1923 — Piculs: parts sum 259,016 vs printed 259,016 -> reconciles", "Part 1921-1923, total gross imports, 1923 — Haikwan taels: parts sum 11,996,931 vs printed 11,996,841 -> diff -90", "Part 2, col '1923 — Haikwan taels': the parts exceed the printed total by 90, exactly the Siam value (90); the 1923 column was re-read on an enlarged crop and all figures confirmed as printed. The 1923 piculs total (259,016) does reconcile including Siam's 2. Left as printed." ], "id": "p0084_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 83", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n83/mode/1up" }, { "label": "scan leaf 84", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n84/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0085", "images": [ "p0085" ], "printed_pages": [ "64" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Value of Aniline Dyes Imported into China, by Countries, 1913 and 1919-1923]", "caption_extra": "Values in haikwan taels (introduced in the prose: 'The value (in haikwan taels) of aniline dyes imported into China for the years 1913 and 1919 to 1923, inclusive, is shown in the following table').", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Countries", "1913 — Haikwan taels", "1919 — Haikwan taels", "1920 — Haikwan taels", "1921 — Haikwan taels", "1922 — Haikwan taels", "1923 — Haikwan taels" ], "rows": [ [ "Hongkong", "545,320", "230,956", "808,744", "1,398,186", "1,275,208", "1,270,672" ], [ "Macao", "642", "21,437", "7,937", "28,654", "", "" ], [ "French Indo-China", "22,400", "400", "109", "1,490", "7,521", "28,358" ], [ "Siam", "", "520", "615", "296", "283", "454" ], [ "Straits Settlements", "", "452", "12", "170", "166", "98" ], [ "British India", "10,862", "4,467", "7,642", "6,378", "14,563", "7,881" ], [ "Netherlands Indies", "", "", "329,525", "", "12,525", "4,321" ], [ "Great Britain", "261,816", "37,008", "324,582", "250,703", "113,077", "113,733" ], [ "Sweden", "3,546", "", "", "82,458", "15,831", "34,282" ], [ "Denmark", "436", "", "", "", "12,372", "30,898" ], [ "Norway", "", "", "", "", "2,280", "28,031" ], [ "Germany", "2,187,251", "", "1,225,780", "3,390,278", "3,101,939", "4,805,347" ], [ "Netherlands", "240,862", "", "824,382", "1,041,198", "1,724,951", "1,394,190" ], [ "Belgium", "2,058,870", "36,000", "838,110", "750,128", "388,150", "137,513" ], [ "France", "65,150", "316,268", "35,144", "9,687", "6.899", "54,527" ], [ "Switzerland", "", "", "389,147", "136,126", "40,781", "52,331" ], [ "Italy", "3,543", "", "", "38,035", "539", "2,829" ], [ "Austria and Hungary", "9,117", "", "", "420", "", "" ], [ "Russia and Siberia by land frontier", "852", "23", "160", "", "1,940", "" ], [ "Russia, Pacific ports", "", "564", "30", "1,022", "373", "" ], [ "Russia, Amur ports", "278", "", "15", "", "", "" ], [ "Chosen", "", "1,026", "1,193", "634", "8,025", "10,316" ], [ "Japan (including Formosa)", "15,744", "824,206", "1,090,962", "699,936", "371,807", "207,888" ], [ "Philippine Islands", "", "42", "", "370", "", "2,378" ], [ "United States (including Hawaii)", "656", "1,667,691", "2,050,956", "684,249", "181,454", "345,663" ], [ "Canada", "", "131,171", "49,309", "1,158", "330", "3,000" ], [ "Total gross imports", "5,427,345", "3,272,231", "7,984,354", "8,521,576", "7,281,014", "8,534,710" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "NOTE.—For all practical purposes it is safe to consider all indigo and aniline dyes shown as originating in Belgium and the Netherlands as being of German manufacture." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 26 countries + total as printed.", "Dashed leaders, and cells left blank, are rendered as \"\" (empty in the original).", "The sub-heading 'Haikwan taels' (italic) is printed under every year; merged into the column headings.", "Row 'France', col 1922: printed '6.899' with a full point instead of a comma; kept as printed.", "Row 'Russia and Siberia by land frontier', col 1913: middle digit of '852' read as 5 on an enlarged crop (slightly blurred).", "Row 'United States (including Hawaii)': label printed across two lines ('United States (including Ha- / waii)').", "Row 'United States (including Hawaii)', col 1923: printed '345,663'; the aniline dyes figure from the United States for 1923 in tables/p0081_1.json is printed '354,663'. Both kept as printed.", "Total gross imports, 1913 — Haikwan taels: parts sum 5,427,345 vs printed 5,427,345 -> reconciles", "Total gross imports, 1919 — Haikwan taels: parts sum 3,272,231 vs printed 3,272,231 -> reconciles", "Total gross imports, 1920 — Haikwan taels: parts sum 7,984,354 vs printed 7,984,354 -> reconciles", "Total gross imports, 1921 — Haikwan taels: parts sum 8,521,576 vs printed 8,521,576 -> reconciles", "Total gross imports, 1922 — Haikwan taels: parts sum 7,281,014 vs printed 7,281,014 -> reconciles", "Total gross imports, 1923 — Haikwan taels: parts sum 8,534,710 vs printed 8,534,710 -> reconciles", "The 1922 total check reads France '6.899' as 6,899." ], "id": "p0085_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 84", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n84/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0088", "images": [ "p0088" ], "printed_pages": [ "67" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Total Gross Imports of Foodstuffs, Except Wheat, Wheat Flour, Rice, and Paddy, and Imports from the United States, 1913 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "Values in haikwan taels. Introduced in the prose: 'The figures in the following table showing the total gross imports of foodstuffs, except wheat, wheat flour, rice, and paddy, are taken from the published statistics of the Chinese Maritime Customs'.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Articles", "1913 — Total", "1913 — United States", "1923 — Total", "1923 — United States" ], "rows": [ [ "Beans, peas, etc", "1,022,044", "4,648", "991,050", "3,562" ], [ "Bicho do mar", "1,173,001", "", "2,178,882", "" ], [ "Birds' nests", "654,991", "", "1,052,392", "" ], [ "Biscuits", "", "", "388,480", "54,798" ], [ "Butter (including ghee)", "592,453", "138", "858,923", "114,153" ], [ "Cardamoms", "198,465", "", "412,172", "" ], [ "Caviar", "25,666", "196", "27,424", "" ], [ "Cereals:", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Barley", "29,822", "", "64,532", "32,650" ], [ "Maize", "17,250", "", "15,677", "" ], [ "Oats", "84,032", "5,745", "17,774", "612" ], [ "Cheese", "110,475", "19,827", "120,403", "43,326" ], [ "Cinnamon", "65,201", "", "91,863", "" ], [ "Cloves and spices", "94,712", "1,719", "88,449", "3,262" ], [ "Cocoa, crude", "4,140", "18", "14,132", "1,405" ], [ "Cocoa and chocolate, prepared", "60,433", "2,985", "112,002", "27,903" ], [ "Coffee", "82,629", "38,578", "80,111", "36,030" ], [ "Confectionery (not including chocolate and cocoa)", "352,960", "10,407", "482,082", "60,353" ], [ "Eggs, game, and poultry", "32,930", "", "89,687", "" ], [ "Fish and fishery products (not including bicho do mar, isinglass, seaweed, and agar-agar)", "13,033,646", "227,273", "19,506,817", "204,521" ], [ "Foodstuffs, unclassified", "", "", "671,157", "" ], [ "Fruits:", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Dried", "767,278", "33,616", "2,450,984", "642,469" ], [ "Fresh", "665,785", "28,172", "1,552,044", "283,668" ], [ "Honey", "38,856", "1,705", "18,551", "324" ], [ "Macaroni and vermicelli", "795,024", "3,308", "1,383,923", "17,032" ], [ "Margarine and artificial butter", "13,691", "", "34,799", "298" ], [ "Meats, prepared or preserved (including lard and preserved game and poultry", "336,263", "23,476", "440,801", "9,937" ], [ "Milk, condensed:", "", "", "", "" ], [ "In tins (by dozens)", "791,546", "222,925", "253,526", "9,200" ], [ "In tins (by piculs)", "", "", "1,770,566", "1,047,375" ], [ "Molasses", "", "", "212,390", "316" ], [ "Mushrooms", "663,904", "", "664,390", "" ], [ "Pepper, black and white", "995,122", "", "887,054", "44" ], [ "Seaweed and agar-agar", "1,715,584", "", "3,175,943", "" ], [ "Stores, household, not otherwise classified", "4,219,006", "188,762", "4,430,825", "1,171,284" ], [ "Sugar:", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Brown", "9,240,197", "2", "6,148,692", "24" ], [ "White", "10,652,542", "1,113", "13,049,495", "484" ], [ "Refined", "14,617,831", "4,594", "30,139,265", "10,427" ], [ "Candy", "1,844,718", "1,173", "3,224,111", "" ], [ "Canes", "157,091", "", "335,063", "" ], [ "Tea", "5,283,400", "828", "818,702", "" ], [ "Water, aerated and mineral", "200,490", "4", "237,414", "9,527" ], [ "Wines, beer, spirits, etc.:", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Beer and porter", "736,078", "6", "830,317", "" ], [ "Wines", "1,244,465", "14,952", "2,306,357", "1,503" ], [ "Spirits", "1,165,664", "19,460", "2,421,622", "60,396" ], [ "Other beverages", "55,939", "210", "202,799", "66" ], [ "Soy", "", "", "323,270", "" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "Value of haikwan tael in United States gold: 1913, $0.73; 1923, $0.80." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 50 lines as printed (45 articles + 5 sub-heading rows 'Cereals:', 'Fruits:', 'Milk, condensed:', 'Sugar:', 'Wines, beer, spirits, etc.:', whose items follow indented).", "Dashed leaders, and cells left blank, are rendered as \"\" (empty in the original).", "The italic sub-heading 'Haikwan taels' is printed under every column; units given in caption_extra.", "Row 'Meats, prepared or preserved (including lard and preserved game and poultry': the closing parenthesis is missing in print; kept as printed.", "Row 'Fish and fishery products ...': label printed over two lines with the hyphenation 'is- / inglass'; joined as 'isinglass'.", "Row 'Foodstuffs, unclassified', col '1923 — Total': a stray dot is printed before '671,157'.", "No total row is printed, so no total check is possible. For information only (not used to decide any digit): column sums are 1913 — Total 73,835,324, 1913 — United States 855,840, 1923 — Total 104,576,912, 1923 — United States 3,846,949; the prose above the table gives the United States share as 856,000 haikwan taels in 1913 and 3,847,000 in 1923." ], "id": "p0088_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 87", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n87/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0090", "images": [ "p0090" ], "printed_pages": [ "69" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Imports and Exports of Wheat and Wheat Flour between China and Foreign Countries, 1910–1923]", "caption_extra": "Introduced in the text: \"The following table shows imports and exports of wheat and wheat flour between China and foreign countries since 1910:\" All columns in piculs (\"Piculs\" printed at the head of each column).", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Years", "Wheat — Imports (Piculs)", "Wheat — Exports (Piculs)", "Flour — Imports (Piculs)", "Flour — Exports (Piculs)" ], "rows": [ [ "1910", "1,392", "2,199,186", "740,841", "901,296" ], [ "1911", "3,197", "1,926,121", "2,183,042", "669,889" ], [ "1912", "2,564", "1,376,689", "3,202,501", "637,484" ], [ "1913", "2,032", "1,848,071", "2,596,821", "139,206" ], [ "1914", "998", "1,969,048", "2,166,318", "69,932" ], [ "1915", "2,585", "1,514,536", "177,367", "196,596" ], [ "1916", "59,555", "1,155,179", "233,464", "289,747" ], [ "1917", "36,169", "1,557,601", "678,849", "798,031" ], [ "1918", "16", "1,815,461", "4,551", "2,011,899" ], [ "1919", "20", "4,453,471", "271,328", "2,694,271" ], [ "1920", "5,425", "5,431,520", "511,021", "3,960,779" ], [ "1921", "81,346", "5,194,022", "752,673", "2,047,004" ], [ "1922", "873,142", "1,151,014", "3,600,967", "593,255" ], [ "1923", "2,595,190", "639,919", "5,826,540", "131,553" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "One picul equivalent to 133⅓ pounds." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 14 as printed (1910–1923).", "No totals printed.", "Row 1913, Flour — Exports: '139,206' — the 0 of 206 is broken in the print (looks like 'C') but is read as 0.", "Title supplied by transcriber; no printed title." ], "id": "p0090_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 89", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n89/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0091", "images": [ "p0091" ], "printed_pages": [ "70" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Sources of Wheat Imports into China, 1921–1923 and First 9 Months 1924 (Shanghai Only)]", "caption_extra": "Introduced in the text: \"The following tabulation shows sources of imports for 1922 and subsequent years as compared with 1921, the most important previous year:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Imported from—", "1921 — Piculs", "1921 — Haikwan taels", "1922 — Piculs", "1922 — Haikwan taels", "1923 — Piculs", "1923 — Haikwan taels", "First 9 months 1924, Shanghai only — Piculs", "First 9 months 1924, Shanghai only — Haikwan taels" ], "rows": [ [ "Hongkong", "37", "101", "403", "1,090", "181", "405", "", "" ], [ "British India", "", "", "1", "8", "5", "100", "5", "23" ], [ "Russia, Amur ports", "", "", "", "", "158", "632", "", "" ], [ "Chosen", "8,763", "29,987", "1,083", "2,551", "2", "8", "", "" ], [ "Japan (including Taiwan)", "65", "322", "9", "46", "61", "257", "111", "474" ], [ "Canada", "", "", "7,480", "25,061", "298,037", "1,136,758", "1,939,213", "6,138,026" ], [ "United States (including Hawaii)", "72,481", "271,395", "800,827", "2,807,701", "2,010,690", "6,935,938", "1,927,156", "6,820,563" ], [ "Australia, New Zealand, etc", "", "", "63,339", "221,350", "286,056", "1,021,967", "1,181,306", "4,282,282" ], [ "Total", "81,346", "301,805", "873,142", "3,057,807", "2,595,190", "9,096,065", "5,047,791", "17,241,368" ], [ "United States share per cent", "", "89.9", "", "91.16", "", "76.25", "", "39.56" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "NOTE.—Value of haikwan tael in United States gold: 1921, $0.76; 1922, $0.83; 1923, $0.80; 1924, $0.7983." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 8 sources + Total + United States share, as printed.", "Cells filled with leader dashes in the original (no entry) written as \"\".", "Running head of p. 70 is 'Commercial Handbook of China'; chapter taken from p. 69 running head.", "Title supplied by transcriber; no printed title.", "Total check, col 1: sum 81,346 vs printed 81,346 OK", "Total check, col 2: sum 301,805 vs printed 301,805 OK", "Total check, col 3: sum 873,142 vs printed 873,142 OK", "Total check, col 4: sum 3,057,807 vs printed 3,057,807 OK", "Total check, col 5: sum 2,595,190 vs printed 2,595,190 OK", "Total check, col 6: sum 9,096,065 vs printed 9,096,065 OK", "Total check, col 7: sum 5,047,791 vs printed 5,047,791 OK", "Total check, col 8: sum 17,241,368 vs printed 17,241,368 OK" ], "id": "p0091_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 90", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n90/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0093", "images": [ "p0093" ], "printed_pages": [ "72" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Imports of Cigarettes into China by Country of Origin, 1910, 1914, 1919 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "Introduced in the text: \"The rapid growth of this trade since then, and the increase in imports of cigarettes from the United States, in periods from 1910 to 1923 inclusive, are shown in the following table:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Imported from—", "1910 — Thousands", "1910 — Haikwan taels", "1914 — Thousands", "1914 — Haikwan taels", "1919 — Thousands", "1919 — Haikwan taels", "1923 — Thousands", "1923 — Haikwan taels" ], "rows": [ [ "Hongkong", "217,616", "441,463", "368,740", "932,319", "707,005", "2,774,243", "400,637", "1,306,021" ], [ "Macao", "360", "1,006", "427", "1,192", "1,566", "4,188", "3,227", "6,729" ], [ "French Indo-China", "8,872", "17,735", "41,563", "55,965", "13,068", "17,289", "3,121", "5,509" ], [ "Siam", "", "", "1", "7", "49", "377", "120", "240" ], [ "Straits Settlements", "11,000", "19,910", "3,883", "5,023", "1,400", "8,470", "", "" ], [ "Dutch Indies", "", "", "", "", "", "", "143", "481" ], [ "British India", "25,096", "45,845", "196", "548", "1,394", "3,964", "621", "2,851" ], [ "Turkey, Persia, Egypt, Aden, Algeria, etc", "15,352", "79,667", "12,055", "128,179", "5,962", "51,000", "3,954", "62,365" ], [ "Great Britain", "2,112,566", "4,049,501", "4,439,607", "9,806,899", "153,433", "1,021,148", "518,825", "3,703,789" ], [ "Denmark", "", "", "1", "6", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Germany", "5,816", "20,020", "79,206", "160,626", "", "", "2,586", "13,810" ], [ "Netherlands", "80", "480", "1", "7", "", "", "150", "700" ], [ "Belgium", "67", "233", "90", "373", "", "", "24", "109" ], [ "France", "10,013", "25,556", "1,656", "3,674", "2,154", "10,502", "6,819", "7,611" ], [ "Italy", "358", "744", "1,052", "3,954", "577", "3,752", "551", "4,878" ], [ "Austria and Hungary", "25", "150", "49", "237", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Russia, European ports", "52", "311", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Russia and Siberia by land frontier", "495,650", "743,565", "544,501", "1,089,846", "", "", "395", "739" ], [ "Russia, Amur Ports", "133", "249", "", "", "30", "40", "", "" ], [ "Russia, Pacific Ports", "745", "3,542", "2,720", "4,249", "600", "548", "2,202", "4,852" ], [ "Chosen", "20,050", "36,536", "127,798", "274,568", "557,225", "905,617", "80,692", "210,642" ], [ "Japan (including Formosa)", "325,134", "604,438", "207,022", "413,095", "380,004", "992,100", "43,820", "118,461" ], [ "Philippine Islands", "1,017", "1,970", "6,051", "18,013", "11,264", "36,926", "7,258", "13,822" ], [ "Canada", "", "", "156,875", "295,730", "1,819,590", "4,605,727", "907,063", "2,277,866" ], [ "United States (including Hawaii)", "532,112", "968,216", "162,500", "322,550", "4,239,735", "11,006,437", "8,197,159", "20,752,039" ], [ "Gross imports from foreign countries", "3,782,114", "7,061,137", "6,155,994", "13,517,060", "7,895,056", "21,442,328", "10,179,369", "28,493,514" ], [ "Reexported to foreign countries", "58,569", "158,891", "110,586", "195,444", "123,109", "478,879", "62,476", "220,899" ], [ "Net imports from foreign countries", "3,723,545", "6,902,246", "6,045,408", "13,321,616", "7,771,947", "20,963,449", "10,116,893", "28,272,615" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "NOTE.—Value of haikwan tael in 1910 was $0.73 gold; in 1914, $0.67; in 1919, $1.39; in 1923, $0.80." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 25 countries + Gross imports, Reexported, Net imports (28 rows) as printed.", "Cells filled with leader dashes in the original (no entry) written as \"\".", "Row 'United States', 1919 Haikwan taels: '11,006,437' — first 0 of 006 is faintly printed but legible.", "Title supplied by transcriber; no printed title. Running head of p. 72 is 'Commercial Handbook of China'; chapter from p. 69 running head.", "Total check, 1910 Thousands: sum of 25 countries 3,782,114 vs Gross 3,782,114 OK; Gross − Reexported = 3,723,545 vs Net 3,723,545 OK", "Total check, 1910 Haikwan taels: sum of 25 countries 7,061,137 vs Gross 7,061,137 OK; Gross − Reexported = 6,902,246 vs Net 6,902,246 OK", "Total check, 1914 Thousands: sum of 25 countries 6,155,994 vs Gross 6,155,994 OK; Gross − Reexported = 6,045,408 vs Net 6,045,408 OK", "Total check, 1914 Haikwan taels: sum of 25 countries 13,517,060 vs Gross 13,517,060 OK; Gross − Reexported = 13,321,616 vs Net 13,321,616 OK", "Total check, 1919 Thousands: sum of 25 countries 7,895,056 vs Gross 7,895,056 OK; Gross − Reexported = 7,771,947 vs Net 7,771,947 OK", "Total check, 1919 Haikwan taels: sum of 25 countries 21,442,328 vs Gross 21,442,328 OK; Gross − Reexported = 20,963,449 vs Net 20,963,449 OK", "Total check, 1923 Thousands: sum of 25 countries 10,179,367 vs Gross 10,179,369 MISMATCH (diff +2); Gross − Reexported = 10,116,893 vs Net 10,116,893 OK", "Total check, 1923 Haikwan taels: sum of 25 countries 28,493,514 vs Gross 28,493,514 OK; Gross − Reexported = 28,272,615 vs Net 28,272,615 OK", "1923 Thousands column re-read from an enlarged crop; every cell confirmed as printed, so the 2-thousand discrepancy against the printed Gross figure is in the source (not corrected)." ], "id": "p0093_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 92", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n92/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0094", "images": [ "p0094" ], "printed_pages": [ "73" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Imports of Tobacco into China by Country of Origin, 1910, 1914, 1919 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "Introduced in the text: \"Imports of tobacco into China are shown in the following table:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Imported from—", "1910 — Piculs", "1910 — Haikwan taels", "1914 — Piculs", "1914 — Haikwan taels", "1919 — Piculs", "1919 — Haikwan taels", "1923 — Piculs", "1923 — Haikwan taels" ], "rows": [ [ "Hongkong", "35,859", "495,949", "47,366", "625,684", "21,670", "494,907", "32,155", "1,239,904" ], [ "Macao", "9,335", "45,940", "3,324", "18,423", "2,278", "13,585", "2,598", "32,271" ], [ "French Indo-China", "211", "6,630", "247", "9,674", "44", "1,514", "211", "10,558" ], [ "Siam", "19", "547", "123", "3,222", "21", "538", "62", "1,736" ], [ "Straits Settlements", "139", "1,546", "469", "5,004", "60", "6,996", "8", "363" ], [ "Netherlands Indies", "236", "2,031", "372", "15,940", "", "", "122", "407" ], [ "British India", "179", "1,996", "45", "1,338", "244", "4,836", "22", "318" ], [ "Turkey, Persia, Egypt, Aden, Algeria, etc", "66", "1,365", "247", "7,500", "5", "337", "259", "18,215" ], [ "Great Britain", "1,979", "46,109", "253", "30,957", "1,929", "48,969", "654", "113,749" ], [ "Germany", "70", "11,052", "5,436", "162,724", "", "", "184", "5,091" ], [ "Netherlands", "", "", "", "3", "", "", "105", "9,138" ], [ "Belgium", "21", "597", "30", "896", "", "", "88", "9,964" ], [ "France", "279", "3,279", "58", "1,787", "3", "189", "633", "39,124" ], [ "Italy", "24", "269", "", "", "", "", "77", "6,240" ], [ "Austria and Hungary", "1", "80", "19", "553", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Russia, European ports", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Russia and Siberia by land frontier", "4,580", "114,500", "5,246", "196,532", "", "", "35", "447" ], [ "Russia Amur ports", "", "", "59", "730", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Russia Pacific ports", "2,015", "39,625", "975", "23,570", "297", "854", "87", "2,624" ], [ "Chosen", "125", "3,842", "5,573", "57,741", "16,061", "306,437", "35,352", "600,248" ], [ "Japan (including Formosa)", "7,364", "152,512", "3,637", "93,742", "13,762", "368,264", "15,918", "359,231" ], [ "Philippine Islands", "208", "3,459", "4,590", "164,193", "1,998", "95,925", "3,101", "67,823" ], [ "Canada", "82", "3,361", "95", "3,920", "26,821", "927,390", "", "" ], [ "United States (including Hawaii)", "40,846", "1,123,753", "41,196", "1,314,084", "81,799", "3,283,243", "229,616", "10,538,725" ], [ "Denmark", "", "", "", "6", "", "", "", "" ], [ "South Africa (including Mauritius)", "", "", "", "", "", "", "10", "669" ], [ "Mexico and Central America (including Formosa)", "", "", "", "", "", "", "1", "113" ], [ "Gross imports from foreign countries", "103,638", "2,058,442", "119,360", "2,738,223", "166,992", "5,553,984", "321,298", "13,056,958" ], [ "Reexported to foreign countries", "1,171", "33,531", "1,006", "44,975", "7,168", "202,993", "5,986", "366,280" ], [ "Net imports from foreign countries", "102,467", "2,024,911", "118,354", "2,693,248", "159,824", "5,350,991", "315,312", "12,690,678" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "NOTE.—Value of haikwan tael in 1910, $0.73 gold; in 1914, $0.67; in 1919, $1.39; in 1923, $0.80. One picul equivalent to 133⅓ pounds." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 27 countries + Gross imports, Reexported, Net imports (30 rows) as printed.", "Cells filled with leader dashes in the original (no entry) written as \"\". 'Russia, European ports' is dashes in every column.", "Row label 'Mexico and Central America (including Formosa)' as printed (apparent misprint), not corrected.", "Row 'Italy', 1910 Haikwan taels: a stray mark before '269' is not a digit.", "Title supplied by transcriber; no printed title.", "Total check, 1910 Piculs: sum of 27 countries 103,638 vs Gross 103,638 OK; Gross − Reexported = 102,467 vs Net 102,467 OK", "Total check, 1910 Haikwan taels: sum of 27 countries 2,058,442 vs Gross 2,058,442 OK; Gross − Reexported = 2,024,911 vs Net 2,024,911 OK", "Total check, 1914 Piculs: sum of 27 countries 119,360 vs Gross 119,360 OK; Gross − Reexported = 118,354 vs Net 118,354 OK", "Total check, 1914 Haikwan taels: sum of 27 countries 2,738,223 vs Gross 2,738,223 OK; Gross − Reexported = 2,693,248 vs Net 2,693,248 OK", "Total check, 1919 Piculs: sum of 27 countries 166,992 vs Gross 166,992 OK; Gross − Reexported = 159,824 vs Net 159,824 OK", "Total check, 1919 Haikwan taels: sum of 27 countries 5,553,984 vs Gross 5,553,984 OK; Gross − Reexported = 5,350,991 vs Net 5,350,991 OK", "Total check, 1923 Piculs: sum of 27 countries 321,298 vs Gross 321,298 OK; Gross − Reexported = 315,312 vs Net 315,312 OK", "Total check, 1923 Haikwan taels: sum of 27 countries 13,056,958 vs Gross 13,056,958 OK; Gross − Reexported = 12,690,678 vs Net 12,690,678 OK" ], "id": "p0094_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 93", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n93/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0095", "images": [ "p0095" ], "printed_pages": [ "74" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Imports of Cigarettes into Shanghai, January to September 1924, by Value per Thousand]", "caption_extra": "Introduced in the text: \"The imports of cigarettes into Shanghai from January to September, 1924, inclusive, are shown in the following table:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Value per thousand", "Number in thousands — United States", "Number in thousands — Total", "Value in haikwan taels — United States", "Value in haikwan taels — Total" ], "rows": [ [ "1.50 haikwan taels or less", "56,956", "91,185", "70,746", "115,232" ], [ "1.50 but not over 3 haikwan taels", "5,491,741", "5,993,213", "13,771,886", "15,016,860" ], [ "3 but not over 4.50 haikwan taels", "31,985", "33,500", "142,818", "149,430" ], [ "4.50 but not over 6.50 haikwan taels", "1,925", "101,338", "8,681", "615,135" ], [ "6.50 but not over 8.50 haikwan taels", "300", "39,428", "2,001", "320,235" ], [ "8.50 but not over 12.50 haikwan taels", "1,753", "116,476", "19,993", "1,097,671" ], [ "Over 12.50 haikwan taels", "215", "4,746", "4,622", "79,623" ], [ "Total", "5,584,875", "6,379,886", "14,020,747", "17,394,186" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 7 value classes + Total as printed.", "Title supplied by transcriber; no printed title. Running head of p. 74 is 'Commercial Handbook of China'; chapter from p. 69/73 running head.", "Total check, Number in thousands — United States: sum 5,584,875 vs printed Total 5,584,875 OK", "Total check, Number in thousands — Total: sum 6,379,886 vs printed Total 6,379,886 OK", "Total check, Value in haikwan taels — United States: sum 14,020,747 vs printed Total 14,020,747 OK", "Total check, Value in haikwan taels — Total: sum 17,394,186 vs printed Total 17,394,186 OK" ], "id": "p0095_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 94", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n94/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0096", "images": [ "p0096" ], "printed_pages": [ "75" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Import Duty on 1,000 Cigarettes]", "caption_extra": "Printed lead-in: \"The import duty on 1,000 cigarettes in haikwan taels is as follows:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Class", "Duty (haikwan taels)" ], "rows": [ [ "Value over 12.50 haikwan taels per 1,000 and all cigarettes not bearing a distinctive brand or name on each cigarette", "0.83" ], [ "Value over 8.50 but not over 12.50 haikwan taels per 1,000", ".53" ], [ "Value over 6.50 but not over 8.50 haikwan taels per 1,000", ".38" ], [ "Value over 4.50 but not over 6.50 haikwan taels per 1,000", ".28" ], [ "Value over 3 but not over 4.50 haikwan taels per 1,000", ".19" ], [ "Value over 1.50 but not over 3 haikwan taels per 1,000", ".11" ], [ "Value 1.50 haikwan taels or less per 1,000", ".06" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 7 as printed (dotted-leader list).", "No column headings printed; headings supplied by transcriber from the lead-in sentence.", "No totals printed." ], "id": "p0096_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 95", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n95/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0098", "images": [ "p0098" ], "printed_pages": [ "77" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Total Imports and Imports of Cotton Manufactures, 1880–1923]", "caption_extra": "", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Years", "Value of total imports in haikwan taels", "Imports of cotton manufactures — Value in haikwan taels", "Imports of cotton manufactures — Per cent of total", "Value of haikwan tael in United States currency" ], "rows": [ [ "1880", "79,293,452", "23,382,957", "30.54", "$1.41" ], [ "1885", "88,200,018", "31,493,823", "35.70", "1.29" ], [ "1890", "127,093,481", "45,020,302", "35.41", "1.27" ], [ "1895", "171,696,715", "53,074,164", "30.91", ".80" ], [ "1900", "211,070,422", "75,606,360", "35.82", ".75" ], [ "1905", "447,100,791", "181,452,953", "40.58", ".73" ], [ "1910", "462,964,894", "130,679,235", "28.22", ".66" ], [ "1913", "570,162,557", "182,419,023", "31.99", ".73" ], [ "1914", "569,241,382", "183,428,473", "32.21", "67" ], [ "1915", "454,475,719", "149,300,513", "32.85", ".612" ], [ "1916", "516,406,995", "136,679,386", "26.47", ".819" ], [ "1917", "549,518,774", "158,950,267", "28.93", "1.08" ], [ "1918", "554,893,082", "151,380,423", "27.28", "1.26" ], [ "1919", "646,997,681", "209,786,337", "32.4", "1.39" ], [ "1920", "762,250,230", "246,813,429", "32.3", "1.24" ], [ "1921", "906,122,439", "208,662,426", "23.0", ".76" ], [ "1922", "945,049,650", "218,523,170", "23.1", ".83" ], [ "1923", "923,402,887", "173,520,111", "18.8", ".80" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "No title printed on p. 77; table begins at top of page under a double rule (any title/lead-in would be in the prose of p. 76, not read). Chapter taken from running head.", "Rows: 18 as printed (1880-1910 at 5-year intervals, then 1913-1923).", "Row '1914', col 'Value of haikwan tael': printed '67' with no visible decimal point (only a faint speck where the point would be); kept as printed.", "No totals printed." ], "id": "p0098_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 97", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n97/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0098", "images": [ "p0098" ], "printed_pages": [ "77" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Gross Imports of Cotton Piece Goods and Cotton Thread, by Countries, 1913–1923]", "caption_extra": "[Value in haikwan taels, per the lead-in text: \"the following table, which shows the value, in haikwan taels, of the gross imports of cotton piece goods and cotton thread\"]", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Year", "United States", "Great Britain", "Japan", "Hongkong", "All other", "Total" ], "rows": [ [ "1913", "8,932,699", "60,038,160", "22,894,732", "11,795,093", "9,484,701", "113,145,385" ], [ "1914", "4,858,556", "64,346,128", "25,992,074", "11,914,125", "6,982,644", "114,093,527" ], [ "1915", "3,075,642", "42,878,260", "26,247,361", "10,915,444", "1,104,326", "84,221,033" ], [ "1916", "1,753,499", "32,262,460", "29,777,359", "9,667,759", "3,827,098", "77,288,175" ], [ "1917", "441,160", "31,421,794", "54,685,716", "11,451,487", "1,294,488", "99,294,645" ], [ "1918", "690,674", "31,872,302", "57,142,096", "10,441,767", "2,127,600", "102,274,439" ], [ "1919", "2,116,235", "36,921,744", "87,158,792", "12,488,826", "5,883,567", "144,569,164" ], [ "1920", "2,173,099", "74,149,316", "77,757,705", "10,975,084", "8,126,707", "173,181,911" ], [ "1921", "2,961,586", "64,768,547", "62,169,523", "15,584,915", "3,708,727", "149,193,298" ], [ "1922", "2,180,488", "63,961,428", "71,382,417", "16,114,192", "3,556,098", "157,194,623" ], [ "1923", "284,817", "47,668,770", "68,132,934", "15,307,542", "3,464,392", "134,858,455" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "No title printed; title in brackets from the lead-in sentence.", "Rows: 11 as printed (1913-1923).", "Row '1922', col 'United States': the third digit is imperfectly printed (left side of the 8 broken), read as 8 (3-vs-8); the printed row total reconciles only with 8 (every other cell in the row read with confidence) — 3-vs-8 rule applied.", "Row totals: 1913: sum of countries 113,145,385 vs printed total 113,145,385 — reconciles; 1914: sum of countries 114,093,527 vs printed total 114,093,527 — reconciles; 1915: sum of countries 84,221,033 vs printed total 84,221,033 — reconciles; 1916: sum of countries 77,288,175 vs printed total 77,288,175 — reconciles; 1917: sum of countries 99,294,645 vs printed total 99,294,645 — reconciles; 1918: sum of countries 102,274,439 vs printed total 102,274,439 — reconciles; 1919: sum of countries 144,569,164 vs printed total 144,569,164 — reconciles; 1920: sum of countries 173,181,911 vs printed total 173,181,911 — reconciles; 1921: sum of countries 149,193,298 vs printed total 149,193,298 — reconciles; 1922: sum of countries 157,194,623 vs printed total 157,194,623 — reconciles; 1923: sum of countries 134,858,455 vs printed total 134,858,455 — reconciles" ], "id": "p0098_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 97", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n97/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0098", "images": [ "p0098" ], "printed_pages": [ "77" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Hongkong's Imports of Cotton Goods by Countries of Origin, 1923]", "caption_extra": "[Context, added by the transcriber: the lead-in text describes this as \"the analysis of Hongkong's imports of this class of merchandise [cotton goods] during 1923\".]", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Items", "United Kingdom", "United States", "Japan", "North and Middle China ¹", "All other", "Total" ], "rows": [ [ "Value in pounds sterling", "2,365,241", "12,348", "1,147,775", "427,944", "172,131", "4,125,439" ], [ "Per cent", "57.3", ".3", "27.8", "10.4", "4.1", "" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Exported from Hongkong to foreign countries and also to South China." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "No title printed; bracketed title from the lead-in sentence.", "Rows: 2 as printed.", "Row 'Per cent', col 'Total': only a dashed rule printed, no figure; written as \"\".", "Last digit of the value total printed faintly but legible as 9.", "Value: sum of countries 4,125,439 vs printed total 4,125,439 — reconciles", "Per cent: parts sum to 99.9 (no total printed)." ], "id": "p0098_3", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 97", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n97/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0099", "images": [ "p0099" ], "printed_pages": [ "78" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Principal Lines of Cotton Piece Goods Imported from Great Britain, Japan, and the United States, 1913 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "[Lead-in text: \"The quantities of the principal lines of cotton piece goods imported during the years 1913 and 1923 from Great Britain, Japan, and the United States ... are shown in the following table\".] Units printed at the head of each section: Pieces; Yards; Dozen.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Items", "Great Britain — 1913", "Great Britain — 1923", "Japan — 1913", "Japan — 1923", "United States — 1913", "United States — 1923" ], "rows": [ [ "", "Pieces", "Pieces", "Pieces", "Pieces", "Pieces", "Pieces" ], [ "Shirtings, grey, plain", "3,527,455", "1,009,838", "95,227", "1,691,361", "45,725", "" ], [ "Sheetings, grey, plain", "127,510", "10,120", "3,356,011", "1,124,515", "1,559,255", "667" ], [ "Shirtings, white, plain", "3,730,898", "1,430,760", "61,438", "446,546", "2,262", "316" ], [ "Shirtings, white, figured", "57,144", "90,064", "15", "3,298", "", "364" ], [ "White Irishes", "43,098", "10,700", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Drills", "44,894", "1,781", "1,666,757", "240,707", "507,138", "2" ], [ "Jeans", "1,498,114", "117,905", "94,377", "1,703,387", "37,580", "" ], [ "T cloths, 32-inch", "900,682", "20,250", "372,741", "284,316", "", "" ], [ "T cloths, 36-inch", "48,035", "", "1,257", "127,369", "", "" ], [ "T cloths, bleached, 30-inch by 40 yards", "", "49,694", "", "13,429", "", "" ], [ "Cambrics, lawns, muslins", "230,582", "278,839", "13,105", "62,052", "", "844" ], [ "Lenos and balsarines", "28,058", "30,546", "", "149", "", "" ], [ "Plain cotton prints", "348,275", "341,792", "6,686", "964,159", "519", "19,118" ], [ "Printed drills, furnitures and twills", "77,500", "20,843", "", "42,580", "", "" ], [ "Printed crêpe", "", "8,252", "", "142", "", "" ], [ "Printed sateen, rep, etc", "119,445", "88,266", "32", "15,011", "126", "35" ], [ "Turkey red cottons and dyed T cloths", "697,101", "2,042", "233,188", "520,187", "", "" ], [ "Dyed cottons, plain, fast black", "1,611,838", "1,111,678", "1,792", "389,262", "", "152" ], [ "Dyed cottons, plain, colored", "764,814", "407,483", "21,817", "2,456,658", "99", "" ], [ "Dyed cottons, figured", "746,636", "304,364", "7,236", "143,301", "37", "103" ], [ "Shirtings, dyed, plain", "61,833", "4,830", "8,462", "146,760", "", "" ], [ "Shirtings, Hongkong-dyed, plain", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Cotton, Spanish stripes, 64-inch", "31,676", "", "", "1,162", "", "" ], [ "Flannelettes, plain, dyed or printed", "98,035", "10,599", "57,406", "445,664", "234,515", "1,825" ], [ "Flannelettes, yarn dyed", "", "2,253", "", "59,587", "", "1,560" ], [ "Crimps and crepons", "", "20,787", "", "13", "", "" ], [ "Cotton blankets", "82,967", "12,209", "200,274", "71,262", "609", "180" ], [ "Total", "14,876,590", "5,385,895", "6,197,821", "10,952,877", "2,387,865", "25,166" ], [ "", "Yards", "Yards", "Yards", "Yards", "Yards", "Yards" ], [ "Fancy muslins", "", "5,581", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Art muslins and cretonnes, unenumerated", "", "337,088", "", "325,908", "", "3,343" ], [ "Cottons, yarn dyed", "", "3,557,928", "", "3,176,215", "", "25,971" ], [ "Crimps and crepons", "", "4,500", "", "6,546", "", "" ], [ "Japanese cotton crêpe", "", "64,061", "187,457", "502,772", "", "" ], [ "Japanese cotton cloth", "", "", "10,574,401", "41,777,332", "", "" ], [ "Velvets and velveteens", "4,535,217", "2,231,109", "9,492", "171,511", "", "7,642" ], [ "Cotton goods, unenumerated", "5,343,926", "2,253,261", "60,156,719", "2,851,575", "18,812", "195,364" ], [ "Total", "9,879,143", "8,453,528", "70,928,069", "48,811,859", "18,812", "232,320" ], [ "", "Dozen", "Dozen", "Dozen", "Dozen", "Dozen", "Dozen" ], [ "Cotton handkerchiefs", "971,843", "1,574,070", "59,961", "257,102", "", "3,635" ], [ "Cotton towels", "124,706", "126", "1,431,132", "42,851", "24", "590" ], [ "Total", "1,096,549", "1,574,196", "1,491,093", "299,953", "24", "4,225" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "No title printed; bracketed title from the lead-in sentence. Chapter from running head of p. 77 ('Import Trade of China'); p. 78 running head is 'Commercial Handbook of China'.", "Rows: 45 as printed incl. 3 unit rows (Pieces/Yards/Dozen, printed in italics in each column; written as rows with blank label) and 3 Total rows: 27 piece-goods items, 8 yard items, 2 dozen items.", "Cells printed as a dashed leader (no figure) are written as \"\". The row 'Shirtings, Hongkong-dyed, plain' has dashes in every column.", "Row 'Jeans', col 'Japan — 1923': printed '1, 703,-387' with a stray mark (hyphen/speck) after the second comma; transcribed 1,703,387.", "Row 'Cotton handkerchiefs', col 'Japan — 1923': final 2 has a speck above it; read as 2.", "Total checks (sum of items in each section vs printed Total): ", "Pieces total: Great Britain — 1913 14,876,590=ok; Great Britain — 1923 5,385,895=ok; Japan — 1913 6,197,821=ok; Japan — 1923 10,952,877=ok; United States — 1913 2,387,865=ok; United States — 1923 25,166=ok", "Yards total: Great Britain — 1913 9,879,143=ok; Great Britain — 1923 8,453,528=ok; Japan — 1913 70,928,069=ok; Japan — 1923 48,811,859=ok; United States — 1913 18,812=ok; United States — 1923 232,320=ok", "Dozen total: Great Britain — 1913 1,096,549=ok; Great Britain — 1923 1,574,196=ok; Japan — 1913 1,491,093=ok; Japan — 1923 299,953=ok; United States — 1913 24=ok; United States — 1923 4,225=ok" ], "id": "p0099_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 98", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n98/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0100", "images": [ "p0100" ], "printed_pages": [ "79" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Percentages Secured by Great Britain, Japan, and the United States in the Total Cotton Piece-Goods Imports of China, 1902, 1913, and 1923]", "caption_extra": "[Per cent. Lead-in text: \"the following table of the percentages secured by them in the total cotton-piece goods imports of China\".]", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Countries", "1902", "1913", "1923" ], "rows": [ [ "Great Britain", "55.3", "53.3", "35.2" ], [ "Japan", "2.7", "20.2", "51.0" ], [ "United States", "26.8", "8.0", ".02" ], [ "All other countries", "15.2", "18.5", "13.8" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "No title printed; bracketed title from the lead-in sentence.", "Rows: 4 as printed.", "No totals printed; columns sum to 100.0, 100.0, 100.02." ], "id": "p0100_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 99", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n99/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0102", "images": [ "p0102" ], "printed_pages": [ "81" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Value of Manufactured Cotton Goods Passing Through the Maritime Customs, 1923]", "caption_extra": "[Haikwan taels. Lead-in text: \"The total value in haikwan taels of manufactured cotton goods passing through the Maritime Customs in 1923 was as follows:\"] [Context, added by the transcriber: the preceding text concerns exports of cotton yarn and sheetings through the Maritime Customs (practically all interport trade); these are goods manufactured in China.]", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Item", "Value (haikwan taels)" ], "rows": [ [ "Sheetings, 3,441,147 pieces", "20,119,519" ], [ "Drills and jeans, 945,643 pieces", "4,883,342" ], [ "Native cloth (fancy), 501,323 pieces", "2,038,773" ], [ "Nankeens, 29,341,863 pounds", "13,409,242" ], [ "Cotton towels", "938,333" ], [ "Cotton socks", "1,764,792" ], [ "Cotton blankets and counterpanes", "476,826" ], [ "[Total]", "43,630,827" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "List set in the prose, no title or column headings printed; column headings and title supplied in brackets. Quantities are printed as part of the item text and kept there.", "Rows: 7 items + total (total printed under a rule, unlabelled; label '[Total]' supplied).", "Total check: items sum to 43,630,827 = printed total; reconciles." ], "id": "p0102_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 101", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n101/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0102", "images": [ "p0102" ], "printed_pages": [ "81" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Sources and Values of Imports of Raw Cotton into China, 1913 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "[Lead-in text: \"During the year 1913 the total net importation of raw cotton into China was 134,735 piculs, but ... this grew to 1,614,371 piculs in 1923. Sources and values of these imports are shown in the following table:\"] Units printed at the head of the columns: Piculs; Haikwan taels.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Sources", "1913 — Quantity", "1913 — Value", "1923 — Quantity", "1923 — Value" ], "rows": [ [ "", "Piculs", "Haikwan taels", "Piculs", "Haikwan taels" ], [ "Hongkong", "9,081", "215,800", "7,084", "135,227" ], [ "Macao", "702", "17,567", "360", "8,606" ], [ "French Indo-China", "2,133", "36,352", "10,233", "226,590" ], [ "Siam", "1", "15", "", "" ], [ "Straits Settlements", "496", "11,432", "1,706", "65,030" ], [ "British India", "83,169", "1,824,683", "1,147,948", "36,960,526" ], [ "Turkey, Persia, Egypt, Aden, etc", "", "", "3,498", "199,615" ], [ "Great Britain", "3", "42", "1,185", "47,055" ], [ "Germany", "1", "14", "", "" ], [ "Belgium", "187", "1,237", "", "" ], [ "France", "17", "301", "375", "13,125" ], [ "Russia and Siberia by land frontier", "12", "290", "", "" ], [ "Russia, Pacific ports", "2,321", "46,420", "", "" ], [ "Chosen", "", "", "596", "3,153" ], [ "Japan (including Formosa)", "15,214", "363,417", "386,398", "13,341,732" ], [ "Philippines", "", "", "10", "162" ], [ "United States (including Hawaii)", "26,310", "608,891", "72,851", "3,389,467" ], [ "Gross imports", "139,647", "3,126,461", "1,632,244", "54,390,288" ], [ "Reexports", "4,912", "109,143", "17,873", "574,087" ], [ "Net imports", "134,735", "3,017,318", "1,614,371", "53,816,201" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "No title printed; bracketed title from the lead-in sentence.", "Rows: 21 as printed (1 unit row with blank label, 17 sources, Gross imports, Reexports, Net imports).", "Cells printed as a dashed leader (no figure) are written as \"\".", "Row 'Turkey, Persia, Egypt, Aden, etc', col '1923 — Quantity': a stray stroke crosses the top of the first digit; read as 3,498.", "Row 'Net imports', col '1923 — Value': a speck before the figure; not part of the number.", "1913 — Quantity: sources sum 139,647 vs Gross imports 139,647 (reconciles); Gross − Reexports 134,735 vs Net imports 134,735 (reconciles)", "1913 — Value: sources sum 3,126,461 vs Gross imports 3,126,461 (reconciles); Gross − Reexports 3,017,318 vs Net imports 3,017,318 (reconciles)", "1923 — Quantity: sources sum 1,632,244 vs Gross imports 1,632,244 (reconciles); Gross − Reexports 1,614,371 vs Net imports 1,614,371 (reconciles)", "1923 — Value: sources sum 54,390,288 vs Gross imports 54,390,288 (reconciles); Gross − Reexports 53,816,201 vs Net imports 53,816,201 (reconciles)" ], "id": "p0102_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 101", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n101/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0105", "images": [ "p0105" ], "printed_pages": [ "84" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Imports of Raw Cotton and Cotton Yarn, 1912 to 1923]", "caption_extra": "[Lead-in text: \"The following table shows imports of cotton and cotton yarn from 1912 to 1923, inclusive:\"] Unit printed at the head of every column: Piculs (the word appears once, above the raw cotton figures; the yarn figures carry no unit line).", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Items", "1912", "1913", "1914", "1918", "1919", "1920", "1921", "1922", "1923" ], "rows": [ [ "RAW COTTON", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "", "Piculs", "Piculs", "Piculs", "Piculs", "Piculs", "Piculs", "Piculs", "Piculs", "Piculs" ], [ "Hongkong", "31,417", "9,081", "6,379", "25,847", "6,217", "22,526", "30,458", "18,961", "7,084" ], [ "French Indo-China", "2,785", "2,133", "3,924", "4,121", "4,766", "11,049", "10,303", "5,476", "10,233" ], [ "British India", "97,124", "83,169", "50,766", "18,364", "98,430", "418,964", "981,136", "1,370,069", "1,147,948" ], [ "Japan (including Formosa)", "14,063", "15,214", "20,882", "128,222", "75,029", "161,978", "141,754", "302,895", "386,398" ], [ "Canada", "", "", "", "1,957", "11,453", "", "", "", "" ], [ "United States (including Hawaii)", "141,200", "26,310", "44,865", "11,665", "37,199", "34,049", "516,676", "155,319", "72,851" ], [ "All others", "6,356", "3,740", "1,086", "1,712", "8,709", "39,930", "9,811", "5,150", "7,730" ], [ "Gross imports", "292,945", "139,647", "127,902", "191,888", "241,803", "688,496", "1,690,138", "1,857,870", "1,632,244" ], [ "COTTON YARN", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Hongkong", "708,841", "688,644", "683,261", "373,673", "472,040", "373,979", "324,969", "304,928", "286,573" ], [ "British India", "627,832", "656,649", "520,145", "127,679", "435,458", "329,637", "183,658", "68,001", "39,025" ], [ "Japan (including Formosa)", "920,589", "1,272,983", "1,242,828", "666,800", "479,228", "568,204", "575,945", "680,017", "405,615" ], [ "All others", "65,769", "81,798", "108,040", "25,771", "30,457", "95,355", "200,842", "165,621", "31,918" ], [ "Gross imports", "2,323,031", "2,700,074", "2,554,274", "1,193,923", "1,417,183", "1,367,175", "1,285,414", "1,218,567", "763,131" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "NOTE.—One picul equivalent to 133⅓ pounds avoirdupois." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "No title printed; bracketed title from the lead-in sentence. Years 1915–1917 are not in the table (columns as printed: 1912, 1913, 1914, 1918–1923).", "Rows: 17 as printed (section heading 'RAW COTTON', unit row, 7 sources, Gross imports; section heading 'COTTON YARN', 4 sources, Gross imports).", "Cells printed as a dashed leader (no figure) are written as \"\" (Canada, all years except 1918 and 1919).", "Row 'United States', col '1914': printed '44; 865' (comma looks like a semicolon); transcribed 44,865.", "Row 'Japan', col '1918' (yarn): printed '666, 800' with a heavy comma; transcribed 666,800.", "Raw cotton: sum of sources vs Gross imports — 1912 292,945 ok; 1913 139,647 ok; 1914 127,902 ok; 1918 191,888 ok; 1919 241,803 ok; 1920 688,496 ok; 1921 1,690,138 ok; 1922 1,857,870 ok; 1923 1,632,244 ok", "Cotton yarn: sum of sources vs Gross imports — 1912 2,323,031 ok; 1913 2,700,074 ok; 1914 2,554,274 ok; 1918 1,193,923 ok; 1919 1,417,183 ok; 1920 1,367,175 ok; 1921 1,285,414 ok; 1922 1,218,567 ok; 1923 763,131 ok" ], "id": "p0105_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n104/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0105", "images": [ "p0105" ], "printed_pages": [ "84" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Imports of Woolen Goods, 1913 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "[Under the heading 'WOOLEN GOODS'. Lead-in text: \"A comparison of the imports of 1913 with those of 1923 is shown in the following table:\"]", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Item", "Unit", "1913", "1923" ], "rows": [ [ "Lastings, long ells, camlets, and buntings", "pieces", "100,281", "23,416" ], [ "Blankets and rugs", "pounds", "1,696,202", "500,166" ], [ "Yarn and cord", "piculs", "14,710", "32,380" ], [ "All other", "yards", "1,901,888", "5,985,451" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "No title printed; bracketed title from the section heading and lead-in.", "Units are printed after the item's dot leader; given here in a separate 'Unit' column.", "Rows: 4 as printed. No totals printed (mixed units)." ], "id": "p0105_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n104/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0105", "images": [ "p0105", "p0106" ], "printed_pages": [ "84", "85" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Details of Imports of Woolen Goods, by Countries, 1913 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "[Lead-in text: \"the details of imports of woolen goods for the years 1913 and 1923 ... are shown in the following table:\"] Country columns give quantities; the Total has quantity and value in haikwan taels.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": "1913", "columns": [ "Item", "Unit", "United States — Quantity", "Great Britain — Quantity", "Hongkong — Quantity", "Germany — Quantity", "Japan — Quantity", "Total — Quantity", "Total — Haikwan taels" ], "rows": [ [ "Blankets and rugs", "pounds", "", "253,657", "341,961", "157,624", "34,770", "1,696,202", "634,872" ], [ "Bunting", "pieces", "", "1,282", "236", "4", "341", "2,003", "11,009" ], [ "Camlets", "do", "", "6,571", "9,317", "", "", "16,286", "230,137" ], [ "Cloth, broad, medium, habit and russia", "yards", "", "20,462", "44,563", "262,156", "9,512", "387,884", "556,263" ], [ "Woolen flannel", "do", "105", "10,032", "13,788", "13,728", "13,762", "79,487", "35,843" ], [ "Woolen lastings", "pieces", "", "27,016", "6,091", "2", "", "33,179", "407,098" ], [ "Long ells", "do", "", "22,110", "17,076", "", "100", "48,813", "292,405" ], [ "Woolen Spain stripes", "yards", "", "122,298", "92,372", "", "2,250", "241,329", "149,930" ], [ "Woolen goods, unclassed", "do", "", "423,304", "181,039", "53,199", "249,923", "1,193,188", "1,119,599" ], [ "Woolen and worsted yarn and cord", "piculs", "", "1,940", "1,558", "5,490", "303", "14,710", "1,600,783" ] ] }, { "label": "1923", "columns": [ "Item", "Unit", "United States — Quantity", "Great Britain — Quantity", "Hongkong — Quantity", "Germany — Quantity", "Japan — Quantity", "Total — Quantity", "Total — Haikwan taels" ], "rows": [ [ "Woolen blankets and rugs", "pounds", "1,447", "121,706", "272,852", "37,393", "18,704", "500,166", "476,508" ], [ "Broad and medium habit and russian cloth", "yards", "", "3,159", "49,341", "75,616", "1,136", "140,184", "388,626" ], [ "Camlets and bunting", "pieces", "", "3,218", "3,740", "", "122", "7,107", "150,157" ], [ "Woolen coatings and suitings", "yards", "227", "2,168,563", "514,506", "81,872", "101,518", "3,207,898", "7,009,781" ], [ "Woolen flannel", "do", "1,321", "15,445", "309,642", "514", "9,122", "340,936", "340,844" ], [ "Woolen lastings", "pieces", "", "2,518", "3,277", "", "", "5,810", "122,336" ], [ "Long ells", "do", "", "5,320", "4,871", "", "", "10,499", "110,947" ], [ "Woolen Spain stripes", "yards", "", "4,928", "2,896", "", "", "7,920", "8,461" ], [ "Woolen goods, unenumerated", "yards", "1,573", "1,673,443", "96,098", "95,104", "259,710", "2,288,513", "5,442,721" ], [ "Woolen and worsted yarn and cord", "piculs", "8", "21,892", "1,383", "6,798", "1,576", "32,380", "5,317,141" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "NOTE.—Value of hiakwan tael in gold: 1913, $0.73; 1923, $0.80. One picul equivalent to 133⅓ pounds." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "No title printed; bracketed title from the lead-in sentence. 1913 part on p. 84 (image p0105), 1923 part on p. 85 (image p0106) under a repeated column header.", "Units printed after each item's dot leader ('do' = ditto) are given in a separate 'Unit' column, as printed.", "Rows: 1913 part 10 items; 1923 part 10 items, as printed.", "Cells printed as a dashed leader (no figure) are written as \"\".", "Line-break hyphen removed in 'rus-sian cloth' (1923).", "Footnote 'hiakwan' is as printed (misprint for haikwan).", "1913 'Bunting', col 'Germany': printed '. 4' (a speck before the 4); transcribed 4.", "Totals are not the sum of the five country columns (other countries not shown), so no reconciliation is possible; in every row the five countries sum to no more than the printed total quantity." ], "id": "p0105_3", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n104/mode/1up" }, { "label": "scan leaf 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n105/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0108", "images": [ "p0108" ], "printed_pages": [ "87" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Imports of Kerosene by Source, 1910, 1914, 1919 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "Lead-in text: \"...figures taken from the records of the Chinese Maritime Customs showing imports of kerosene (quantity in 1,000 gallons; value in 1,000 haikwan taels) in periods from 1910 to 1923, inclusive:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "From—", "1910 — Quantity", "1910 — Value", "1914 — Quantity", "1914 — Value", "1919 — Quantity", "1919 — Value", "1923 — Quantity", "1923 — Value" ], "rows": [ [ "America", "96,100", "11,496", "160,428", "23,871", "157,294", "36,333", "179,739", "48,017" ], [ "Borneo", "19,044", "2,822", "22,616", "3,477", "6,401", "1,475", "5,140", "1,405" ], [ "Burma", "508", "65", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Japan", "19", "4", "514", "98", "651", "212", "12", "4" ], [ "Russia", "2,229", "637", "5,234", "1,118", "", "", "424", "140" ], [ "Sumatra", "42,780", "6,613", "36,671", "5,868", "33,612", "8,264", "25,246", "7,315" ], [ "Persia", "710", "106", "", "", "1,440", "430", "", "" ], [ "Other sources", "", "", "", "", "", "", "4,274", "1,411" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "NOTE.—Value of haikwan tael in United States gold: 1910, $0.66; 1914, $0.67; 1919, $1.39; 1923, $0.80." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 8 as printed.", "No total printed; no total check possible.", "Cells filled with a dotted rule in the original (nil) are recorded as \"\".", "Untitled table; title supplied from the lead-in sentence." ], "id": "p0108_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 107", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n107/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0110", "images": [ "p0110" ], "printed_pages": [ "89" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Imports of Fuel Oil by Countries, 1913, 1918, 1921 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "Section heading: FUEL OIL. Lead-in text: \"The imports of fuel oil, and countries from which imported, are shown in the following table:\" Units printed under the column heads: Quantity in Tons; Value in Haikwan taels.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Countries", "1913 — Quantity (Tons)", "1913 — Value (Haikwan taels)", "1918 — Quantity (Tons)", "1918 — Value (Haikwan taels)", "1921 — Quantity (Tons)", "1921 — Value (Haikwan taels)", "1923 — Quantity (Tons)", "1923 — Value (Haikwan taels)" ], "rows": [ [ "Hongkong", "1,378", "25,822", "10,220", "212,119", "17,066", "629,460", "9,940", "213,629" ], [ "Straits Settlements", "6,989", "57,735", "19,269", "305,900", "714", "16,680", "19,584", "468,496" ], [ "Dutch East Indies", "12,813", "104,179", "2,597", "42,751", "21,279", "456,135", "14,088", "316,946" ], [ "Japan (including Formosa)", "", "", "30", "487", "3", "51", "", "" ], [ "United States (including Hawaii)", "83", "12,608", "43", "5,342", "32,755", "668,425", "45,666", "1,237,377" ], [ "Australia and New Zealand", "", "", "2,825", "39,099", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Macao", "", "", "", "", "", "", "46", "973" ], [ "Gross imports", "21,263", "200,344", "34,984", "605,698", "71,817", "1,770,751", "89,324", "2,237,421" ], [ "Reexports", "9,198", "75,240", "16,780", "267,473", "31,256", "649,992", "32,057", "768,385" ], [ "Net imports", "12,065", "125,104", "18,204", "338,225", "40,561", "1,120,759", "57,267", "1,469,036" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 10 as printed (7 countries, gross imports, reexports, net imports).", "Cells filled with a dotted rule in the original (nil) are recorded as \"\".", "Total check: the 7 country rows sum exactly to the printed Gross imports in all 8 columns.", "Check: Gross imports minus Reexports equals the printed Net imports in all 8 columns." ], "id": "p0110_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 109", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n109/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0111", "images": [ "p0111" ], "printed_pages": [ "90" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Gross Imports of Gasoline by Countries, 1914, 1917, 1920 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "Section heading: GASOLINE. Lead-in text: \"...the gross imports of gasoline, benzine, naphtha, petrol, etc., into all of China, and countries from which imported (value in thousands of haikwan taels, quantity in thousands of gallons) are shown in the following table:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Imported from—", "1914 — Quantity", "1914 — Value", "1917 — Quantity", "1917 — Value", "1920 — Quantity", "1920 — Value", "1923 — Quantity", "1923 — Value" ], "rows": [ [ "Hongkong", "55", "16", "37", "18", "147", "72", "282", "164" ], [ "Singapore, Straits Settlements", "431", "94", "579", "197", "462", "277", "1,026", "565" ], [ "Netherlands Indies", "", "", "99", "34", "705", "420", "2,826", "1,590" ], [ "Russia and Siberia by land frontier", "5", "2", "3", "1", "77", "116", "3", "1" ], [ "Russia, Amur ports", "1", "", "", "", "1", "1", "1", "1" ], [ "Russia Pacific ports", "5", "4", "2", "1", "53", "38", "13", "12" ], [ "Chosen", "1", "", "3", "2", "1", "1", "2", "2" ], [ "Japan (including Taiwan)", "25", "8", "241", "161", "640", "416", "249", "204" ], [ "United States (including Hawaii)", "298", "89", "199", "133", "568", "385", "1,953", "1,344" ], [ "Philippines", "", "", "31", "11", "", "", "", "" ], [ "French Indo-China", "", "", "", "", "2", "1", "6", "5" ], [ "Macao", "", "", "", "", "", "", "1", "" ], [ "Great Britain", "", "", "", "", "", "", "3", "3" ], [ "Total", "821", "213", "1,194", "558", "2,656", "1,727", "6,365", "3,891" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 14 as printed (13 countries and Total).", "Cells filled with a dotted rule in the original (nil) are recorded as \"\".", "Total check: the 13 country rows sum exactly to the printed Total in all 8 columns." ], "id": "p0111_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 110", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n110/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0112", "images": [ "p0112" ], "printed_pages": [ "91" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Imports of Lubricating Oils by Countries, 1911, 1914, 1919 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "Section heading: LUBRICATING OIL. Lead-in text: \"The imports of lubricating oils into all of China (quantity in thousands of gallons, value in thousands of haikwan taels) are shown in the following table:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Imported from—", "1911 — Quantity", "1911 — Value", "1914 — Quantity", "1914 — Value", "1919 — Quantity", "1919 — Value", "1923 — Quantity", "1923 — Value" ], "rows": [ [ "Hongkong", "145", "47", "324", "99", "674", "220", "646", "343" ], [ "French Indo-China", "2", "1", "8", "4", "16", "7", "25", "16" ], [ "Singapore, Straits Settlements, etc", "178", "49", "64", "22", "354", "99", "55", "20" ], [ "Netherlands Indies", "11", "3", "5", "1", "188", "54", "260", "115" ], [ "Great Britain", "46", "21", "32", "16", "18", "9", "23", "25" ], [ "Germany", "169", "57", "15", "7", "", "", "5", "8" ], [ "Netherlands", "13", "4", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Belgium", "187", "60", "169", "50", "", "", "", "" ], [ "France", "53", "15", "", "1", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Austria and Hungary", "102", "30", "17", "5", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Russia and Siberia by land frontier", "22", "6", "95", "55", "10", "2", "2", "2" ], [ "Russia, Amur ports", "", "", "2", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Russia, Pacific ports", "215", "69", "212", "104", "166", "57", "7", "5" ], [ "Chosen", "43", "12", "5", "1", "10", "5", "23", "11" ], [ "Japan (including Taiwan)", "382", "111", "410", "123", "935", "383", "635", "299" ], [ "Philippines", "1", "1", "", "", "", "", "10", "8" ], [ "United States (including Hawaii)", "716", "175", "1,861", "514", "5,398", "1,936", "6,042", "2,530" ], [ "Canada", "", "", "", "", "103", "60", "", "" ], [ "Siam", "", "", "", "", "", "", "1", "" ], [ "Macao", "", "", "", "", "", "", "1", "" ], [ "Australia, New Zealand, etc", "", "", "", "", "", "", "1", "1" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "NOTE.—Value of haikwan tael in gold: 1911, $0.65; in 1914, $0.67; in 1919, $1.39; in 1923, $0.80." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 21 as printed.", "No total printed; no total check possible.", "Cells filled with a dotted rule in the original (nil) are recorded as \"\".", "Row 'Netherlands', col '1911 — Value': a stray dot printed before the 4; recorded as \"4\"." ], "id": "p0112_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 111", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n111/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0116", "images": [ "p0116", "p0117" ], "printed_pages": [ "95", "96" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Hardware: Classes Imported, by Countries, 1913, 1918, 1921 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "Section heading: CLASSES IMPORTED. Lead-in text: \"Total value of imports into all China under these headings was as follows during the year shown (value in haikwan taels):\" Headings (from the preceding sentence): Cutlery and electroplated ware, enameled ware, lamps and lamp ware, stoves and grates.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": "Cutlery and electroplated ware", "columns": [ "Articles and countries", "1913", "1918", "1921", "1923" ], "rows": [ [ "Hongkong", "27,058", "17,991", "24,063", "31,079" ], [ "Macao", "88", "9", "49", "13" ], [ "French Indo-China", "4,813", "509", "832", "10,574" ], [ "Siam", "7", "", "", "" ], [ "Singapore, Straits Settlements, etc", "272", "42", "117", "1,933" ], [ "Netherlands Indies", "", "", "", "667" ], [ "British India", "7,258", "623", "1,189", "5,388" ], [ "Great Britain", "73,863", "51,173", "138,296", "95,068" ], [ "Norway", "", "", "", "215" ], [ "Sweden", "60", "", "2,530", "289" ], [ "Denmark", "", "", "489", "[?]" ], [ "Germany", "72,112", "", "53,211", "125,234" ], [ "Netherlands", "63", "", "39,746", "7,075" ], [ "Belgium", "21,105", "", "1,634", "586" ], [ "France", "1,884", "27", "9,343", "992" ], [ "Switzerland", "", "", "", "400" ], [ "Italy", "74", "631", "", "732" ], [ "Austria and Hungary", "20", "", "", "750" ], [ "Russia and Siberia", "7,420", "", "", "326" ], [ "Russia Pacific ports", "4,212", "120", "29,563", "1,239" ], [ "Chosen", "796", "520", "1,904", "1,023" ], [ "Japan (including Taiwan)", "37,233", "92,929", "106,678", "125,644" ], [ "Philippine Islands", "7", "236", "336", "71" ], [ "Canada", "1,502", "3,712", "3,730", "291" ], [ "United States (including Hawaii)", "11,684", "48,162", "67,575", "112,302" ], [ "Gross imports", "272,531", "216,684", "481,285", "523,502" ], [ "Reexports", "5,963", "243,238", "16,608", "11,789" ], [ "Net imports", "266,568", "", "464,677", "511,713" ] ] }, { "label": "Enameled ware", "columns": [ "Articles and countries", "1913", "1918", "1921", "1923" ], "rows": [ [ "Switzerland", "", "", "3,100", "" ], [ "Hongkong", "168,024", "196,208", "154,541", "218,700" ], [ "Macao", "458", "51", "90", "57" ], [ "French Indo-China", "10,516", "3,808", "1,201", "829" ], [ "Siam", "22", "", "", "" ], [ "Singapore, Straits Settlements, etc", "6,318", "", "816", "13,931" ], [ "British India", "3,880", "1,525", "1,956", "670" ], [ "Great Britain", "29,257", "6,835", "56,245", "21,418" ], [ "Sweden", "332", "", "3,330", "" ], [ "Denmark", "2,128", "", "7", "176" ], [ "Germany", "127,476", "", "43,945", "88,209" ], [ "Netherlands", "9,000", "", "", "1,004" ], [ "Belgium", "12,327", "", "554", "52" ], [ "France", "1,283", "", "29", "1,866" ], [ "Italy", "7", "", "4,564", "15,074" ], [ "Austria and Hungary", "691,138", "", "", "76" ], [ "Russia and Siberia", "17,053", "29", "10", "40" ], [ "Russia, Amur ports", "77", "87", "", "" ], [ "Russia, Pacific ports", "10,256", "398", "3,760", "3,406" ], [ "Chosen", "806", "3,933", "6,750", "17,617" ], [ "Japan (including Taiwan)", "60,087", "884,178", "813,861", "836,998" ], [ "Philippine Islands", "117", "", "4,306", "105" ], [ "United States (including Hawaii)", "3,373", "23,675", "59,249", "37,076" ], [ "Canada", "", "2,221", "169", "217" ], [ "Gross imports", "1,153,935", "1,122,948", "1,158,483", "1,257,521" ], [ "Reexports", "5,540", "16,416", "29,440", "6,865" ], [ "Net imports", "1,148,395", "1,106,532", "1,129,043", "1,250,656" ] ] }, { "label": "Lamps and lamp ware", "columns": [ "Articles and countries", "1913", "1918", "1921", "1923" ], "rows": [ [ "Hongkong", "251,255", "143,096", "239,951", "349,798" ], [ "Macao", "1,279", "473", "1,420", "668" ], [ "French Indo-China", "30,891", "9,931", "37,958", "39,251" ], [ "Siam", "150", "", "", "" ], [ "Singapore, Straits Settlements, etc", "3,644", "", "2,665", "240" ], [ "British India", "2,607", "1,841", "", "5,106" ], [ "Turkey, Persia, Egypt, Aden, Algeria, etc", "50", "", "", "94" ], [ "Great Britain", "76,195", "9,719", "68,607", "38,382" ], [ "Sweden", "24,915", "", "13,620", "74" ], [ "Denmark", "247", "", "5,588", "1,501" ], [ "Germany", "370,679", "", "324,994", "610,548" ], [ "Netherlands", "713", "", "2,871", "24,258" ], [ "Belgium", "23,415", "", "10,536", "12,185" ], [ "France", "2,165", "", "2,488", "905" ], [ "Italy", "84", "", "", "2,775" ], [ "Austria and Hungary", "31,739", "", "", "392" ], [ "Russia and Siberia", "22,036", "39", "", "" ], [ "Russia, Amur ports", "217", "3", "220", "" ], [ "Russia, Pacific ports", "4,744", "1,013", "6,469", "1,518" ], [ "Chosen", "1,833", "3,641", "7,267", "8,988" ], [ "Japan (including Taiwan)", "436,056", "371,917", "384,527", "343,996" ], [ "Philippines", "141", "63", "267", "356" ], [ "Canada", "", "32,494", "10,421", "3,887" ], [ "United States (including Hawaii)", "83,770", "112,219", "338,725", "230,475" ], [ "Australia, New Zealand, etc", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Netherlands Indies", "", "", "132", "74" ], [ "Gross imports", "1,368,825", "686,449", "1,458,726", "1,675,471" ], [ "Reexports", "12,402", "6,122", "85,049", "20,045" ], [ "Net imports", "1,356,423", "680,327", "1,373,677", "1,655,426" ] ] }, { "label": "Stoves and grates", "columns": [ "Articles and countries", "1913", "1918", "1921", "1923" ], "rows": [ [ "Hongkong", "5,518", "3,881", "12,256", "15,970" ], [ "Macao", "", "25", "183", "91" ], [ "French Indo-China", "", "102", "467", "1,118" ], [ "Singapore, Straits Settlements, etc", "96", "", "13", "188" ], [ "British India", "67", "", "", "" ], [ "Great Britain", "38,589", "10,890", "165,288", "85,962" ], [ "Sweden", "14,238", "", "4,596", "9,420" ], [ "Denmark", "", "", "491", "1,036" ], [ "Germany", "165,862", "", "88,591", "145,200" ], [ "Netherlands", "4,158", "", "10", "" ], [ "Belgium", "21,308", "", "19,127", "1,766" ], [ "France", "535", "", "8,794", "9,876" ], [ "Italy", "208", "", "170", "4,649" ], [ "Austria and Hungary", "2,407", "", "", "5,587" ], [ "Russia and Siberia", "2,748", "", "12", "17" ], [ "Russia, Pacific ports", "10,120", "8", "34", "200" ], [ "Chosen", "289", "761", "2,390", "9,751" ], [ "Japan (including Taiwan)", "19,617", "22,349", "20,779", "11,450" ], [ "Philippine Islands", "12", "", "25,020", "" ], [ "Canada", "237", "3,006", "16,530", "852" ], [ "United States (including Hawaii)", "26,490", "46,399", "228,762", "166,490" ], [ "Australia, New Zealand", "28", "", "", "" ], [ "Netherlands Indies", "", "", "", "600" ], [ "Gross imports", "312,527", "87,421", "593,513", "470,223" ], [ "Reexports", "1,415", "3,320", "10,603", "13,834" ], [ "Net imports", "311,112", "84,101", "582,910", "456,389" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: Cutlery and electroplated ware 28 (25 countries + Gross imports, Reexports, Net imports); Enameled ware 27 (24 + 3; printed across pp. 95-96, the p. 96 rows headed 'Enameled ware—Continued.'); Lamps and lamp ware 29 (26 + 3); Stoves and grates 26 (23 + 3).", "Cells filled with a dotted rule in the original (nil) are recorded as \"\". Row 'Australia, New Zealand, etc' under Lamps and lamp ware is printed with dotted rules in all four columns.", "The 1918 column head on p. 96 is printed '1918' with a stray mark after it.", "Cutlery and electroplated ware, row 'Denmark', col '1923': leading digit(s) before the comma not printed/broken (only ', 611' visible); recorded as [?].", "Total check Cutlery: 1918 and 1921 country rows sum to printed Gross imports. 1913: parts sum to 271,531 vs printed 272,531 (difference 1,000; every cell re-read on an enlarged crop; left as printed). 1923: cannot be checked because Denmark is [?] (other parts sum to 521,891 vs printed 523,502).", "Cutlery 1918: printed Reexports 243,238 exceeds Gross imports 216,684; Net imports cell is a dotted rule. Transcribed as printed. Gross minus Reexports equals printed Net imports for 1913, 1921, 1923.", "Total check Enameled ware, Lamps and lamp ware, Stoves and grates: country rows sum exactly to printed Gross imports in all 4 columns, and Gross minus Reexports equals printed Net imports in all 4 columns.", "Enameled ware, Japan (including Taiwan), 1923: last digit read as 8 (836,998); the type is slightly damaged; the read was made before the total check, which reconciles." ], "id": "p0116_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 115", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n115/mode/1up" }, { "label": "scan leaf 116", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n116/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0118", "images": [ "p0118" ], "printed_pages": [ "97" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Imports of Sundries, Household Stores, and Postal Parcels, by Country, 1913, 1918, 1923]", "caption_extra": "Tables taken from the Chinese Maritime Customs returns of trade for the years shown (value in haikwan taels).", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Imported from—", "Sundries, unenumerated — 1918", "Sundries, unenumerated — 1923", "Household stores — 1913", "Household stores — 1918", "Household stores — 1923", "Postal parcels, not otherwise classified — 1913", "Postal parcels, not otherwise classified — 1918", "Postal parcels, not otherwise classified — 1923" ], "rows": [ [ "United States", "314,603", "1,050,319", "181,443", "369,427", "1,171,284", "41,486", "466,677", "2,157,235" ], [ "Great Britain", "266,716", "875,789", "287,127", "129,793", "518,790", "290,859", "331,536", "794,330" ], [ "Japan", "2,223,189", "4,933,080", "391,925", "833,833", "1,119,749", "297,164", "1,991,375", "2,289,448" ], [ "Germany", "", "557,450", "188,113", "", "66,631", "273,508", "", "325,554" ], [ "Hongkong", "1,095,897", "3,631,028", "359,217", "379,957", "660,649", "112,121", "284,323", "392,070" ], [ "Others", "435,822", "1,731,255", "2,512,733", "256,012", "893,722", "1,398,823", "283,301", "1,059,374" ], [ "Total", "4,356,227", "12,777,921", "3,920,558", "1,969,022", "4,430,825", "2,413,961", "3,357,212", "7,018,011" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "NOTE.—Value of haikwan tael in gold, 1913, $0.73; 1918, $1.26; 1923, $0.80." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 6 countries + Total, as printed.", "Cells printed as a dashed line (Germany: Sundries 1918, Household stores 1918, Postal parcels 1918) are given as \"\".", "Total check Sundries, unenumerated — 1918: parts sum 4,336,227 vs printed 4,356,227 — does NOT reconcile (diff +20,000)", "Total check Sundries, unenumerated — 1923: parts sum 12,778,921 vs printed 12,777,921 — does NOT reconcile (diff -1,000)", "Total check Household stores — 1913: parts sum 3,920,558 vs printed 3,920,558 — reconciles", "Total check Household stores — 1918: parts sum 1,969,022 vs printed 1,969,022 — reconciles", "Total check Household stores — 1923: parts sum 4,430,825 vs printed 4,430,825 — reconciles", "Total check Postal parcels, not otherwise classified — 1913: parts sum 2,413,961 vs printed 2,413,961 — reconciles", "Total check Postal parcels, not otherwise classified — 1918: parts sum 3,357,212 vs printed 3,357,212 — reconciles", "Total check Postal parcels, not otherwise classified — 1923: parts sum 7,018,011 vs printed 7,018,011 — reconciles", "Sundries columns re-read on an enlarged crop; figures as printed (not corrected)." ], "id": "p0118_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 117", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n117/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0118", "images": [ "p0118" ], "printed_pages": [ "97" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Hardware Imports into Shanghai, 1923]", "caption_extra": "The customs records at the port of Shanghai ... the following figures showing 1923 imports (value in haikwan taels) into Shanghai.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Item", "Value (haikwan taels)" ], "rows": [ [ "Stoves and grates", "392,968" ], [ "Locks and padlocks", "323,239" ], [ "Lamps and lamp ware", "122,553" ], [ "Enameled ware:", "" ], [ "Basins over 11 centimeters but not over 22 centimeters in diameter", "837" ], [ "Basins over 22 centimeters but not over 36 centimeters in diameter", "335,191" ], [ "Basins, other sizes", "18,339" ], [ "Bathtubs", "38,736" ], [ "Bowls, cups, and mugs not over 11 centimeters in diameter", "4,607" ], [ "Bowls, cups, and mugs, other sizes", "324" ], [ "Enameled ware unclassed", "96,087" ], [ "Filters and parts of", "50,290" ], [ "Ice freezers and refrigerators", "36,043" ], [ "Brushes:", "" ], [ "Clothing", "3,400" ], [ "Tooth and nail", "44,147" ], [ "Unclassed", "28,545" ], [ "Cutlery", "182,574" ], [ "Electroplated ware", "58,448" ], [ "Hair clippers", "5,416" ], [ "Razors, including blades and strops", "34,847" ], [ "Scissors", "6,518" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 22 lines as printed (20 items + 2 sub-heading lines 'Enameled ware:' and 'Brushes:'); items under the sub-headings are indented in the original.", "No total printed." ], "id": "p0118_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 117", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n117/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0119", "images": [ "p0119" ], "printed_pages": [ "98" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Imports of All Classes of Machinery into China, 1913 to 1923]", "caption_extra": "The following table of the value (in haikwan taels) of imports of all classes of machinery into China from 1913 to 1923.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": "[Part 1]", "columns": [ "Year", "Machine tools — Total", "Machine tools — From United States and Canada", "Agricultural machinery — Total", "Agricultural machinery — From United States and Canada", "Propelling machinery — Total", "Propelling machinery — From United States and Canada", "Textile machinery — Total", "Textile machinery — From United States and Canada" ], "rows": [ [ "1913", "51,288", "3,773", "113,077", "12,553", "658,349", "43,964", "839,724", "2,615" ], [ "1914", "97,616", "11,001", "334,279", "937", "1,047,003", "64,637", "2,050,646", "2,530" ], [ "1915", "72,811", "15,494", "161,563", "13,210", "710,887", "126,157", "1,419,511", "15,700" ], [ "1916", "97,778", "23,403", "207,957", "164,268", "606,148", "134,477", "1,934,131", "115,431" ], [ "1917", "208,394", "40,983", "110,969", "46,819", "508,258", "140,540", "1,235,800", "218,928" ], [ "1918", "349,108", "145,571", "167,506", "106,173", "757,469", "421,987", "1,714,994", "379,867" ], [ "1919", "499,853", "197,859", "524,739", "468,405", "1,640,303", "907,715", "3,767,406", "1,944,350" ], [ "1920", "761,073", "305,780", "1,023,570", "832,300", "2,376,122", "795,605", "6,927,728", "3,897,204" ], [ "1921", "940,337", "277,827", "2,199,142", "1,671,730", "5,163,781", "1,051,333", "26,792,072", "11,768,212" ], [ "1922", "657,832", "85,323", "768,857", "544,336", "2,492,730", "330,947", "30,529,286", "7,910,042" ], [ "1923", "491,987", "88,935", "349,055", "105,954", "1,541,618", "348,277", "12,334,417", "933,533" ] ] }, { "label": "[Part 2]", "columns": [ "Year", "Brewing, distilling, etc., machinery — Total", "Brewing, distilling, etc., machinery — From United States and Canada", "Embroidering, knitting, and sewing machinery — Total", "Embroidering, knitting, and sewing machinery — From United States and Canada", "Other kinds — Total", "Other kinds — From United States and Canada", "Total, all classes — All countries", "Total, all classes — From United States and Canada", "Per cent supplied by United States and Canada" ], "rows": [ [ "1913", "49,108", "3,400", "915,898", "139,513", "5,538,579", "363,195", "8,166,023", "569,013", "7.0" ], [ "1914", "25,301", "1,007", "600,243", "42,389", "5,106,952", "601,995", "9,262,040", "724,496", "7.0" ], [ "1915", "24,774", "", "306,253", "6,940", "2,257,884", "573,801", "4,953,683", "751,302", "15.8" ], [ "1916", "11,517", "390", "316,243", "25,486", "3,481,674", "804,829", "6,655,448", "1,268,284", "19.2" ], [ "1917", "87,332", "1,312", "446,424", "238,789", "3,942,941", "1,009,378", "6,540,118", "1,696,749", "25.1" ], [ "1918", "19,352", "", "311,228", "150,206", "5,019,367", "1,442,907", "8,339,024", "2,646,711", "31.9" ], [ "1919", "3,271", "75", "628,840", "383,736", "8,417,416", "3,357,728", "15,481,828", "7,259,868", "46.7" ], [ "1920", "27,688", "10,060", "1,048,596", "558,035", "12,443,643", "1,172,733", "24,608,420", "7,571,717", "30.9" ], [ "1921", "634,973", "58,036", "707,170", "283,848", "21,367,427", "8,043,992", "57,804,902", "23,154,978", "40.8" ], [ "1922", "268,809", "58,016", "907,643", "177,660", "15,915,486", "3,250,961", "51,540,643", "12,357,285", "24.1" ], [ "1923", "103,188", "86,580", "881,774", "118,386", "12,909,299", "2,895,585", "28,611,338", "4,577,250", "16.0" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "NOTE.—Value of haikwan tael in gold: 1913, $0.75; 1914, $0.67; 1915, $0.62; 1916, $0.79; 1917, $1.03; 1918, $1.26; 1919, $1.39; 1920, $0.76; 1921, $0.76; 1922, $0.83; 1923, $0.80." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 11 years (1913-1923) in each of the two parts, as printed. The table is printed in two stacked blocks with separate headings; given as parts 1 and 2.", "Part 2, Brewing etc. 'From United States and Canada' 1915 and 1918 printed as a dashed line; given as \"\".", "Part 1, Machine tools Total 1918 '349,108': the 4 is a damaged/blotted type but legible as 4.", "Part 1, Textile machinery Total 1914 has a stray dot before the figure ('.2,050,646'); omitted.", "Total, all classes checked against the sum of the seven classes for each year: all reconcile." ], "id": "p0119_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 118", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n118/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0123", "images": [ "p0123" ], "printed_pages": [ "102" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Gross Imports of Machinery for Spinning Mills, All China, 1911 to 1923]", "caption_extra": "Chinese Maritime Customs figures for 1911 to 1923, inclusive, showing total gross imports of machinery for spinning mills for all China. Section: Textile Machinery.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Year", "United States and Canada (Haikwan taels)", "United Kingdom (Haikwan taels)", "Japan (Haikwan taels)", "All other countries (Haikwan taels)", "Total (Haikwan taels)" ], "rows": [ [ "1911", "7,161", "241,234", "60,159", "23,028", "331,582" ], [ "1912", "9,885", "307,283", "50,229", "91,219", "458,616" ], [ "1913", "2,615", "572,150", "112,500", "52,459", "839,724" ], [ "1914", "2,530", "1,540,100", "187,661", "308,169", "2,038,460" ], [ "1915", "15,446", "1,076,229", "253,490", "74,346", "1,419,511" ], [ "1916", "115,431", "1,257,961", "531,437", "29,312", "1,934,141" ], [ "1917", "218,928", "669,649", "300,607", "24,616", "1,235,800" ], [ "1918", "379,867", "669,402", "642,948", "22,777", "1,714,994" ], [ "1919", "1,944,350", "813,254", "897,760", "112,042", "3,767,406" ], [ "1920", "3,897,204", "1,925,696", "1,071,201", "33,627", "6,927,728" ], [ "1921", "11,768,212", "11,160,313", "3,622,553", "240,994", "26,792,072" ], [ "1922", "7,910,042", "15,171,830", "6,725,264", "722,150", "30,529,286" ], [ "1923", "933,533", "6,152,364", "4,557,784", "690,736", "12,334,417" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "NOTE.—Shipments credited to Canada may reasonably be supposed to have come from the United States." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 13 years (1911-1923) as printed.", "Each column is headed 'Haikwan taels' under the country heading.", "Total column checked against the sum of the four country columns: reconcile except 1913: parts sum 739,724 vs printed 839,724 (diff +100,000); 1917: parts sum 1,213,800 vs printed 1,235,800 (diff +22,000).", "Rows 1913 and 1917 re-read on enlarged crops; all figures as printed (not corrected).", "Several figures in the 'All other countries' column carry stray specks ('91,219' 1912, '.722,150' 1922, ''690,736' 1923); specks omitted." ], "id": "p0123_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 122", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n122/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0125", "images": [ "p0125" ], "printed_pages": [ "104" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Spinning Mills and Spindles by Location]", "caption_extra": "Section: Textile Machinery. The table is printed at the head of p. 104 with no title; its introductory sentence is on the preceding page (p. 103), which this mission did not read.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Location", "Mills", "Spindles" ], "rows": [ [ "Shanghai:", "", "" ], [ "Foreign", "5", "314,258" ], [ "Japanese", "3", "206,965" ], [ "Chinese", "42", "[?]" ], [ "Tientsin, Japanese", "1", "25,000" ], [ "Total", "51", "1,619,443" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 5 lines + Total as printed ('Shanghai:' is a sub-heading; Foreign, Japanese, Chinese indented under it).", "Row 'Chinese', col 'Spindles': second digit blotted by an ink spot ('1,?73,220'); given as [?]. Not resolved from the total.", "Total check Mills: 5+3+42+1 = 51, reconciles with printed 51.", "Total check Spindles: cannot be checked fully because one cell is [?]; the other three sum to 546,223, printed total 1,619,443." ], "id": "p0125_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 124", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n124/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0130", "images": [ "p0130" ], "printed_pages": [ "109" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Motor Vehicles in China at the End of 1923, by Type]", "caption_extra": "Section: Automotive Equipment. Less than 11,000 motor vehicles of all descriptions operating at the end of the year 1923, including 1,200 in Hongkong. These were divided as follows:", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Type", "Number" ], "rows": [ [ "Passenger cars", "8,508" ], [ "Trucks and motor busses", "1,140" ], [ "Tractors", "2" ], [ "Motor cycles", "1,124" ], [ "Fire-fighting apparatus", "95" ], [ "Airplanes and seaplanes", "99" ], [ "Total", "10,968" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "These figures were compiled by the Shanghai office of the United States Department of Commerce with the assistance of American consuls throughout China (from the text following the list)." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 6 items + Total; printed inline in two side-by-side columns (4 left, 2 right + Total), given as one list.", "Total check: parts sum 10,968 vs printed 10,968 — reconciles." ], "id": "p0130_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 129", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n129/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0131", "images": [ "p0131" ], "printed_pages": [ "110" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Approximate Distribution of Motor Vehicles in China and Hongkong, by City]", "caption_extra": "Section: Automotive Equipment. The following table showing the approximate distribution of motor vehicles in China and Hongkong [at the end of 1923].", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "City", "Passenger cars", "Trucks and busses", "Motor cycles", "Airplanes and seaplanes", "Fire fighting apparatus", "Tractors", "Total" ], "rows": [ [ "Amoy ¹", "26", "9", "", "", "", "", "35" ], [ "Antung", "8", "", "2", "", "", "", "10" ], [ "Canton", "288", "125", "135", "", "4", "", "552" ], [ "Changchun", "29", "9", "2", "", "", "", "40" ], [ "Changsha", "6", "4", "", "", "", "", "10" ], [ "Chefoo", "2", "", "", "", "", "", "2" ], [ "Chinkiang ¹", "2", "", "", "", "", "", "2" ], [ "Dairen ¹", "152", "27", "24", "", "7", "", "210" ], [ "Foochow ¹", "9", "8", "", "", "", "", "17" ], [ "Hangchow ¹", "12", "10", "", "", "", "", "22" ], [ "Hankow", "214", "11", "39", "2", "3", "1", "270" ], [ "Harbin", "342", "91", "12", "", "6", "", "451" ], [ "Hongkong", "715", "158", "320", "", "11", "", "1,204" ], [ "Kalgan and Urga", "105", "10", "3", "", "", "", "118" ], [ "Mukden", "102", "15", "6", "9", "", "", "132" ], [ "Manking", "52", "2", "6", "3", "", "1", "64" ], [ "Nantungchow ¹", "100", "13", "", "", "", "", "113" ], [ "Newchwang", "", "", "9", "", "", "", "9" ], [ "Peking ¹", "1,248", "35", "39", "42", "", "", "1,364" ], [ "Paotingfu ¹", "", "", "", "9", "", "", "9" ], [ "Shanghai", "4,094", "581", "330", "25", "49", "", "5,079" ], [ "Tientsin ¹", "750", "14", "144", "", "15", "", "923" ], [ "Tsinan", "63", "9", "10", "", "", "", "82" ], [ "Tsingtao", "188", "9", "43", "", "", "", "240" ], [ "Yunnanfu", "1", "", "", "9", "", "", "10" ], [ "Total", "8,508", "1,140", "1,124", "99", "95", "2", "10,968" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Figures not revised." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 25 cities + Total, as printed.", "Empty cells are printed as dashed lines (a few as blank space); all given as \"\".", "'Manking' as printed (between Mukden and Nantungchow; presumably Nanking) — not corrected.", "Superscript ¹ after city names refers to the footnote; kept as ' ¹'.", "Figures sit at different heights in the original; each was assigned to its city row by its baseline against the row's dotted leader.", "Row totals (sum of 6 types vs Total column): all 25 reconcile.", "Column total Passenger cars: parts sum 8,508 vs printed 8,508 — reconciles", "Column total Trucks and busses: parts sum 1,140 vs printed 1,140 — reconciles", "Column total Motor cycles: parts sum 1,124 vs printed 1,124 — reconciles", "Column total Airplanes and seaplanes: parts sum 99 vs printed 99 — reconciles", "Column total Fire fighting apparatus: parts sum 95 vs printed 95 — reconciles", "Column total Tractors: parts sum 2 vs printed 2 — reconciles", "Column total Total: parts sum 10,968 vs printed 10,968 — reconciles" ], "id": "p0131_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 130", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n130/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0131", "images": [ "p0131" ], "printed_pages": [ "110" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Value of Net Imports of Motor Cars and Parts, 1908 to 1923]", "caption_extra": "Section: Passenger Cars. Net import figures covering the value of automobiles imported over the period 1908 to 1923, inclusive; include only the value (in haikwan taels) of motor cars and parts.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Year", "Value (haikwan taels)" ], "rows": [ [ "1908", "109,814" ], [ "1909", "168,621" ], [ "1910", "181,304" ], [ "1911", "286,860" ], [ "1912", "250,610" ], [ "1913", "485,182" ], [ "1914", "521,955" ], [ "1915", "433,043" ], [ "1916", "536,725" ], [ "1917", "914,347" ], [ "1918", "1,272,981" ], [ "1919", "2,158,998" ], [ "1920", "3,477,219" ], [ "1921", "3,569,354" ], [ "1922", "2,297,156" ], [ "1923", "2,165,967" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 16 years, printed in two side-by-side columns (1908-1915, 1916-1923), given as one list.", "No total printed.", "1917 figure has a stray speck before it ('·914,347'); omitted." ], "id": "p0131_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 130", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n130/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0133", "images": [ "p0133" ], "printed_pages": [ "112" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Motor Trucks: Approximate Registration Figures at the End of 1923]", "caption_extra": "Under the heading MOTOR TRUCKS: \"The concentration of trucks in a few cities is well illustrated by the following table showing the approximate registration figures at the end of 1923:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Place", "Number" ], "rows": [ [ "Amoy (Changchow 4; Anhai 5)", "9" ], [ "Canton", "125" ], [ "Changsha district (busses)", "4" ], [ "Changchun", "9" ], [ "Dairen", "27" ], [ "Foochow", "8" ], [ "Hangchow (trucks, passenger bus bodies)", "10" ], [ "Hangkow", "11" ], [ "Harbin", "91" ], [ "Hongkong (76 trucks and 82 motor busses)", "158" ], [ "Kalgan and Urga", "10" ], [ "Mukden district (including 7 busses)", "15" ], [ "Nanking", "2" ], [ "Nantungchow (10 busses)", "13" ], [ "Peking", "35" ], [ "Shanghai", "581" ], [ "Tientsin (3 motor busses)", "14" ], [ "Tsingtao", "9" ], [ "Tsinan district (2 not in use)", "9" ], [ "Total", "1,140" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 19 places + Total, as printed.", "'Hangkow' as printed (sic, for Hankow).", "Total check: parts sum to 1140; printed 1,140 — reconciles." ], "id": "p0133_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 132", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n132/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0136", "images": [ "p0136" ], "printed_pages": [ "115" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Imports of Metals and Minerals into China, 1913 and 1923: United States and Total]", "caption_extra": "Values in Haikwan taels (per cent = United States share of total)", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Item", "1913 — United States (Haikwan taels)", "1913 — Total (Haikwan taels)", "1913 — Per cent", "1923 — United States (Haikwan taels)", "1923 — Total (Haikwan taels)", "1923 — Per cent" ], "rows": [ [ "Aluminum", "", "5,211", "", "3,494", "39,574", "8.8" ], [ "Aluminum, manufactures of", "", "65,222", "", "1,215", "142,288", ".9" ], [ "Brass and yellow metal:", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Bars, rods, sheets, plates, and nails", "", "493,972", "", "2,822", "1,354,606", ".2" ], [ "Wire", "", "87,246", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Unclassed", "", "263,780", "", "6,116", "161,327", "3.8" ], [ "Copper:", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Bars, rods, sheets, plates, and nails", "", "258,083", "", "3,995", "861,769", ".5" ], [ "Ingots and slabs", "", "6,130,774", "", "4,697,632", "5,817,291", "80.8" ], [ "Wire", "", "203,247", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Other manufactures", "", "28,397", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Unclassed", "", "91,406", "", "12,241", "154,689", "7.9" ], [ "Iron and mild steel, new:", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Anchors, anvils, chains, and forgings", "", "140,711", "", "10,056", "296,012", "3.4" ], [ "Angles and tees", "", "", "", "11,692", "541,077", "2.2" ], [ "Bars", "", "1,858,696", "", "600,199", "4,745,706", "12.6" ], [ "Castings, rough", "20", "1,989", "1.0", "", "", "" ], [ "Cobbles and wire shorts", "73,091", "846,415", "8.6", "332.198", "1,281,827", "25.9" ], [ "Hoops", "33,634", "366,204", "9.2", "59,382", "641,864", "9.3" ], [ "Joists", "", "", "", "10,146", "262,569", "3.9" ], [ "Nail rod", "", "326,653", "", "", "41,806", "" ], [ "Nails and rivets", "633,573", "1,443,562", "43.9", "397,061", "1,990,259", "20.0" ], [ "Pig and kentledge", "", "230,164", "", "", "227,163", "" ], [ "Pipes and tubes", "23,905", "376,948", "6.3", "764,260", "2,062,737", "37.1" ], [ "Plate cuttings", "", "762,269", "", "52,028", "1,156,358", "4.5" ], [ "Rails", "372,302", "922.335", "40.4", "924,366", "1,575,954", "58.7" ], [ "Screws", "", "", "", "131,709", "271,930", "48.4" ], [ "Sheets and plates", "63,524", "1,254,831", "5.1", "101,606", "2,147,916", "4.7" ], [ "Wire", "1,882", "283,187", ".7", "5,108", "191,751", "2.7" ], [ "Galvanized sheets", "323,293", "1,417,244", "22.8", "321,330", "2,871,365", "11.2" ], [ "Galvanized wire", "15,696", "330,891", "4.7", "64,042", "741,168", "8.6" ], [ "Ore", "", "207", "", "", "34,757", "" ], [ "Manufactures (not including tinned plates, enameled ware, needles, scales, safes, and stoves)", "97,702", "1,749,953", "5.6", "89,825", "429,925", "20.9" ], [ "Unclassified, including old", "30,511", "2,010,134", "4.5", "283,597", "3,091,582", "18.8" ], [ "Lead, in pigs and bars", "", "770,104", "", "26,853", "1,469,489", "1.8" ], [ "Tea and sheet", "841", "30,923", "2.7", "", "83,714", "" ], [ "Other manufactures", "", "53,236", "", "536", "109,761", ".5" ], [ "Manganese", "", "1,341", "", "", "1,812", "" ], [ "Nickel", "", "104,114", "", "4,130", "363,190", "1.1" ], [ "Manufactures of", "", "16,221", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Quicksilver", "", "74,893", "", "", "140,340", "" ], [ "Steel, (bamboo, bars, hoops, sheets, and plates)", "150", "773,171", "", "254,100", "709,103", "35.8" ], [ "Cast, wire, and wire rope", "638", "163,506", ".4", "14,924", "519,967", "2.9" ], [ "Tin, in slabs", "", "2,324,267", "", "", "3,375,730", "" ], [ "Manufactures of (not including tinfoil)", "248", "112,888", ".2", "", "1,679", "" ], [ "Tinned plates", "76,086", "2,439,709", "3.1", "1,220,826", "4,883,560", "25.0" ], [ "White metal or German silver", "", "206,633", "", "", "30,270", "" ], [ "Zinc (spelter)", "", "107,254", "", "1,200", "88,177", "1.4" ], [ "Sheets and plates", "", "333,876", "", "28,566", "238,309", "12.0" ], [ "Other manufactures", "", "93,240", "", "5,309", "98,176", "5.4" ], [ "Metals and minerals unclassed", "18,218", "260,550", "7.0", "244,509", "729,297", "33.5" ], [ "Ores, unclassed", "", "104", "", "", "12,578", "" ], [ "Total", "1,765,314", "29,815,761", "", "10,687,073", "45,990,422", "" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 53 as printed (incl. 3 group-heading rows and the Total row).", "Dashed leaders in cells are rendered as \"\" (empty in the original). Indented sub-items (under Brass, Copper, Iron and mild steel, Lead, Nickel, Steel, Tin, Zinc) are given without their group name, in printed order.", "Row 'Cobbles and wire shorts', col '1923 — United States' printed '332.198' (period for comma) and row 'Rails', col '1913 — Total' printed '922.335' — kept as printed.", "Row Copper — Bars, rods..., col 1923 — Total re-read at 400% after the first total check failed: last digit is a 9 (861,769), read from the image. The table has no printed title on this page; the survey lists it as starting here (header row at top of p. 115). Title supplied in brackets.", "Total check 1913 — United States: parts sum to 1,765,314; printed 1,765,314 — reconciles.", "Total check 1913 — Total: parts sum to 29,815,761; printed 29,815,761 — reconciles.", "Total check 1923 — United States: parts sum to 10,687,073; printed 10,687,073 — reconciles.", "Total check 1923 — Total: parts sum to 45,990,422; printed 45,990,422 — reconciles." ], "id": "p0136_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 135", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n135/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0141", "images": [ "p0141" ], "printed_pages": [ "120" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Imports of Softwood into China, 1921, 1922, and 1923]", "caption_extra": "Under STATISTICS OF TRADE: \"The following table shows the imports of softwood into China for the years 1921, 1922, and 1923:\" Unit: square feet.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Imported from—", "1921 (Square feet)", "1922 (Square feet)", "1923 (Square feet)" ], "rows": [ [ "Hongkong", "152,882", "785,202", "566,386" ], [ "Macao", "39,215", "17,104", "58,975" ], [ "French Indo-China", "16,510", "4,100", "2,065" ], [ "Singapore, Straits Settlements, etc", "316,974", "160,739", "31,610" ], [ "Netherlands Indies", "", "", "41,653" ], [ "Russia and Siberia, by land frontier", "782,306", "3,503,699", "6,123,683" ], [ "Russia, Amur ports", "161,587", "1,127,697", "" ], [ "Russia, Pacific ports", "1,718,165", "16,347,847", "7,598,125" ], [ "Chosen", "17,476,371", "25,606,919", "11,256,116" ], [ "Japan (including Taiwan)", "7,290,850", "16,939,482", "14,576,746" ], [ "Philippine Islands", "400", "", "10,493" ], [ "Canada", "10,076,892", "27,178,052", "26,254,691" ], [ "United States (including Hawaii)", "88,348,116", "142,012,899", "60,695,933" ], [ "Australia, New Zealand, etc", "", "1,156", "" ], [ "Direct gross import", "126,380,268", "233,684,896", "127,216,476" ], [ "Reexported abroad", "13,527,069", "1,344,079", "2,080,342" ], [ "Total net import", "112,853,199", "232,340,817", "125,136,134" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 17 as printed (14 origins + direct gross, reexported, total net).", "Dashed leaders in cells rendered as \"\" (empty in the original).", "1921: origins sum to 126,380,268; printed direct gross import 126,380,268 — reconciles.", "1921: direct gross minus reexported = 112,853,199; printed total net import 112,853,199 — reconciles.", "1922: origins sum to 233,684,896; printed direct gross import 233,684,896 — reconciles.", "1922: direct gross minus reexported = 232,340,817; printed total net import 232,340,817 — reconciles.", "1923: origins sum to 127,216,476; printed direct gross import 127,216,476 — reconciles.", "1923: direct gross minus reexported = 125,136,134; printed total net import 125,136,134 — reconciles." ], "id": "p0141_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 140", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n140/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0142", "images": [ "p0142" ], "printed_pages": [ "121" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Exports of Chinese Paper to China Ports and Foreign Countries Through Customs Ports, 1914 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "Under PAPER — MANUFACTURE IN CHINA: \"An indication of the increasing quantities handled may be had from the following comparative statement of total exports of Chinese paper to China ports and foreign countries through customs ports for the years 1914 and 1923:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Item", "1914 — Quantity (Piculs)", "1914 — Value (Haikwan taels)", "1923 — Quantity (Piculs)", "1923 — Value (Haikwan taels)" ], "rows": [ [ "First quality", "114,045", "2,145,062", "207,876", "4,648,877" ], [ "Second quality", "366,269", "2,782,474", "350,462", "3,906,959" ], [ "Third quality ¹", "", "", "212,000", "1,101,454" ], [ "Joss", "120,625", "2,128,433", "212,556", "3,338,242" ], [ "Mill", "41,123", "368,353", "48,744", "587,170" ], [ "Strawboard ²", "", "", "13,933", "56,633" ], [ "Other", "18,011", "95,140", "40,387", "481,178" ], [ "Total", "660,073", "7,519,462", "1,085,958", "14,120,513" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ New division.", "² New heading." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 7 items + Total, as printed.", "Dashed leaders / blank cells rendered as \"\" (empty in the original). Footnote markers ¹ ² kept in the row labels.", "Title supplied in brackets from the introducing sentence; the survey described this as paper output of Chinese mills, but the text calls it exports of Chinese paper through customs ports.", "Total check 1914 Quantity: parts sum to 660,073; printed 660,073 — reconciles.", "Total check 1914 Value: parts sum to 7,519,462; printed 7,519,462 — reconciles.", "Total check 1923 Quantity: parts sum to 1,085,958; printed 1,085,958 — reconciles.", "Total check 1923 Value: parts sum to 14,120,513; printed 14,120,513 — reconciles." ], "id": "p0142_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 141", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n141/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0143", "images": [ "p0143" ], "printed_pages": [ "122" ], "chapter": "Import Trade of China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Principal Paper Items Imported Through Shanghai, and Sources of Origin, 1923]", "caption_extra": "Introduced at the foot of p. 121: \"The following table gives the value in haikwan taels of the principal paper items imported through Shanghai, and sources of origin for the year 1923.\" Values in haikwan taels.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Articles", "Total gross imports into Shanghai", "Japan", "Sweden", "United States", "Great Britain", "Germany", "Italy", "Norway" ], "rows": [ [ "Art", "143,084", "26,761", "", "28,722", "53,003", "26,380", "", "" ], [ "Bank note", "281,045", "26,980", "", "234,742", "14,441", "", "", "" ], [ "Cardboard", "559,496", "95,185", "", "378,191", "34,292", "", "", "" ], [ "Enameled", "666,102", "", "", "179,301", "124,451", "95,166", "104,250", "" ], [ "Machine glazed cap", "2,050,491", "190,812", "389,314", "", "43,921", "179,349", "", "1,079,738" ], [ "Packing and wrapping", "437,448", "116,716", "100,080", "", "37,574", "96,122", "", "" ], [ "Simili", "248,712", "73,969", "23,214", "", "16,219", "", "54,543", "" ], [ "Strawboard", "160,540", "109,288", "", "48,189", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Tissue", "25,308", "", "4,552", "2,334", "7,336", "3,020", "", "4,881" ], [ "Wax, paraffin, and grease proof", "¹ 246,056", "", "", "", "22,039", "40,654", "21,505", "22,917" ], [ "Writing", "394,223", "", "", "154,762", "129,682", "23,435", "43,124", "23,138" ], [ "Unclassed", "845,254", "69,380", "51,846", "276,792", "198,378", "65,393", "", "" ], [ "Printing, common", "2,040,820", "", "647,576", "", "84,129", "298,564", "400,854", "479,231" ], [ "Printing, common (Japanese)", "589,967", "589,967", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Printing, free of mechanical wood pulp", "² 1,060,242", "", "39,414", "", "631,549", "64,295", "129,570", "58,694" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Of this amount the Netherlands furnished 29,338 taels' worth and Belgium 79,415 taels' worth.", "² Of this amount Belgium furnished 99,081 taels' worth.", "NOTE.—In 1923 the haikwan tael equaled $0.80." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 15 articles as printed; no total row printed.", "Dashed leaders rendered as \"\" (empty in the original). Footnote markers ¹ ² printed before the figures in the Total gross imports column are kept in the cells.", "Row check (sum of the seven countries, plus the Netherlands/Belgium amounts given in footnotes 1 and 2, against Total gross imports): Art: 134,866 vs 143,084 (diff 8,218); Bank note: 276,163 vs 281,045 (diff 4,882); Cardboard: 507,668 vs 559,496 (diff 51,828); Enameled: 503,168 vs 666,102 (diff 162,934); Machine glazed cap: 1,883,134 vs 2,050,491 (diff 167,357); Packing and wrapping: 350,492 vs 437,448 (diff 86,956); Simili: 167,945 vs 248,712 (diff 80,767); Strawboard: 157,477 vs 160,540 (diff 3,063); Tissue: 22,123 vs 25,308 (diff 3,185); Wax, paraffin, and grease proof: 215,868 vs 246,056 (diff 30,188); Writing: 374,141 vs 394,223 (diff 20,082); Unclassed: 661,789 vs 845,254 (diff 183,465); Printing, common: 1,910,354 vs 2,040,820 (diff 130,466); Printing, common (Japanese): 589,967 vs 589,967 ok; Printing, free of mechanical wood pulp: 1,022,603 vs 1,060,242 (diff 37,639). Differences are presumably other countries not shown; no printed total to reconcile." ], "id": "p0143_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 142", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n142/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0183", "images": [ "p0183", "p0184" ], "printed_pages": [ "162", "163" ], "chapter": "Currency, Exchange, and Banking", "table_no": null, "title": "Exchange Rates", "caption_extra": "Shanghai, Friday, October 17, 1924. Introduced (in Mr. E. E. Kann's résumé) as: \"The official exchange bulletin, as issued every morning at Shanghai ... appears in the following form:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Item", "Quotation" ], "rows": [ [ "1. Bar silver, spot", "35 11/16—3/6 9/16" ], [ "2. Bar silver, forward", "35 11/16" ], [ "3. Chinese dollars, market rate", "72.975" ], [ "4. Chinese dollars, buying rate", "72.75" ], [ "5. Chinese dollars, selling rate", "73.25" ], [ "6. Native interest", "0.05" ] ] }, { "label": "H. & S. B. C. opening quotations 9.30 a. m. — Banks' selling rates", "columns": [ "Item", "Quotation" ], "rows": [ [ "7. London: T/T", "3/5½" ], [ "8. London: Demand", "3/5 9/16" ], [ "9. London: 4 m/s", "3/5¾" ], [ "10. India: T/T", "229½" ], [ "11. France: T/T", "1,480" ], [ "12. America: T/T", "77¾" ], [ "13. Hongkong: T/T", "70½" ], [ "14. Japan: T/T", "49¼" ], [ "15. Batavia: T/T", "204" ], [ "16. Straits: T/T", "68" ] ] }, { "label": "H. & S. B. C. opening quotations 9.30 a. m. — Banks' buying rates", "columns": [ "Item", "Quotation" ], "rows": [ [ "17. London: 4 m/s credits", "3/7¼" ], [ "18. London: 4 m/s documents", "3/7½" ], [ "19. London: 6 m/s credits", "3/7⅝" ], [ "20. London: 6 m/s documents", "" ], [ "21. France: 4 m/s", "1,555" ], [ "22. America: 4 m/s L/C", "80¾" ], [ "23. America: Documents", "81¼" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 6 (p. 162) + 10 selling + 7 buying (p. 163) = 23, numbered 1–23 as printed.", "Printed stacked fractions written as 'whole numerator/denominator' (e.g. '35 11/16' = 35 and 11/16); shillings/pence as printed '3/6 9/16' (3s. 6 9/16d.). Common fractions kept as ½ ¼ ¾ ⅝.", "Item 1 second figure and item 8: the small fraction numerators were read at ~9x enlargement as 9 (closed upper loop with tail); denominators 16.", "Item 20 'London: 6 m/s documents': printed dash leader only, no figure — \"\".", "No totals. Footnote 2 on p. 162 belongs to the prose ('parity'), not to the table, and is omitted. The 'Explanation of quotations' that follows on p. 163 is numbered prose, not transcribed." ], "id": "p0183_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 182", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n182/mode/1up" }, { "label": "scan leaf 183", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n183/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0186", "images": [ "p0186" ], "printed_pages": [ "165" ], "chapter": "Currency, Exchange, and Banking", "table_no": null, "title": "[Buying Rate for London 4 m/s Credits: Worked Computation]", "caption_extra": "[Context, added by the transcriber: example under item 17, \"London, 4 m/s credits, 3/7¼\".] Say, on October 17, 1914, a Shanghai bank had to sell T. T. on London at 3s. 6d. per tael: (Pence)", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Item", "Pence" ], "rows": [ [ "Selling rate", "42.0000" ], [ "Brokerage, ⅛ per cent", ".0525" ], [ "30 days' interest at 6 per cent (en route)", ".2100" ], [ "120 days' discount at 4 per cent", ".5600" ], [ "Profit", ".2500" ], [ "Bill stamps, postage, and petties", ".0575" ], [ "Total", "43.1300" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "The Shanghai bank will therefore be in a position to buy at 3s. 7⅛d. per tael." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 7 as printed (6 items + Total).", "Total check: items sum to 43.1300 — reconciles.", "Date printed '1914' in the lead-in (p0187's parallel example says 1924); kept as printed.", "Chain-rule computations above on this page (florins cross rate; Straits T. T.) are equations in prose, not transcribed." ], "id": "p0186_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 185", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n185/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0187", "images": [ "p0187" ], "printed_pages": [ "166" ], "chapter": "Currency, Exchange, and Banking", "table_no": null, "title": "[Buying Rate for France 4 m/s Drafts: Worked Computation]", "caption_extra": "[Context, added by the transcriber: example under item 21, \"France 4 m/s, 1,555\".] Say, on October 17, 1924, a bank could sell telegraphic transfer on Paris at 1,500 francs: (Francs)", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Item", "Francs" ], "rows": [ [ "Selling rate", "1,500.000" ], [ "Brokerage, one-eighth of 1 per cent", "1.875" ], [ "Profit, one-fourth of 1 per cent", "3.750" ], [ "Bill stamps, commissions", "3.775" ], [ "150 days' interest, at 6 per cent", "37.500" ], [ "Total", "1,546.900" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "The bank will probably be pleased to buy 4-month documentary drafts at the rate of 1,550 francs for 100 taels." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 6 as printed (5 items + Total).", "Total check: items sum to 1,546.900 — reconciles.", "Survey listed the Paris and America computations on p0187 as one table; written as two files (_1, _2)." ], "id": "p0187_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 186", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n186/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0187", "images": [ "p0187" ], "printed_pages": [ "166" ], "chapter": "Currency, Exchange, and Banking", "table_no": null, "title": "[Buying Rate for America 4 m/s L/C: Worked Computation]", "caption_extra": "[Context, added by the transcriber: example under item 22, \"America, 4 m/s L/C, 80¾\".] If the bank could have sold telegraphic transfer on America at, say, 78½, it would have bought 4-month credit bills at 80.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Item", "Dollars" ], "rows": [ [ "T. T. selling rate", "$78.500" ], [ "Brokerage, one-eighth of 1 per cent", ".098" ], [ "Profit, one-fourth of 1 per cent", ".196" ], [ "1 month's interest, at 6 per cent", ".390" ], [ "4 months' discount, at 3 per cent", ".780" ], [ "Postage and petties", ".036" ], [ "Total", "80.000" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 7 as printed (6 items + Total).", "No column heading printed; 'Dollars' supplied by transcriber (first figure printed '$78.500').", "Total check: items sum to 80.000 — reconciles." ], "id": "p0187_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 186", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n186/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0188", "images": [ "p0188" ], "printed_pages": [ "167" ], "chapter": "Currency, Exchange, and Banking", "table_no": null, "title": "[Expenses of Shipping $100,000 Bar Silver from San Francisco to Shanghai, Autumn 1924]", "caption_extra": "In the autumn of 1924 the expenses for shipping $100,000 (U. S.) worth of bar silver from San Francisco to Shanghai would have been as follows:", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Item", "Dollars" ], "rows": [ [ "Freight, five-eighths of 1 per cent", "$625.00" ], [ "Insurance, one-eighth of 1 per cent", "125.00" ], [ "Bank's commission, one-sixteenth of 1 per cent", "62.50" ], [ "Interest for 25 days at 5 per cent", "340.00" ], [ "Landing expenses, coolie hire at Shanghai, cables, and incidentals", "60.00" ], [ "Cartage at San Francisco, 25 cents per bar", "37.50" ], [ "Total charges (equivalent to 1¼ per cent)", "1,250.00" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 7 as printed (6 items + Total).", "No column heading printed; 'Dollars' supplied by transcriber.", "Total check: items sum to 1,250.00 — reconciles.", "Chain-rule formulas on this page (constant 108.828; 1.0882877) are equations in prose, not transcribed." ], "id": "p0188_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 187", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n187/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0190", "images": [ "p0190" ], "printed_pages": [ "169" ], "chapter": "Currency, Exchange, and Banking", "table_no": null, "title": "[Charges on Bar Silver, London to Shanghai]", "caption_extra": "[Context, added by the transcriber: under 'Conversion of English bar silver into Shanghai taels'.] Charges fluctuate and may be considered (until further notice) to consist of the following items: (Per cent)", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Item", "Per cent" ], "rows": [ [ "Freight London to Shanghai", "0.625" ], [ "Insurance", ".100" ], [ "Dock charges, marking, and landing", ".250" ], [ "London brokerage", ".125" ], [ "[Total]", "1.10" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "Interest for 45 days is to be added, according to the rate at which one is willing to invest funds or at which one can borrow money." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 5 as printed (4 items + unlabelled total; label '[Total]' supplied).", "Total check: items sum to 1.100 — reconciles with 1.10.", "Chain-rule formulas on this page (91,804.64 Shanghai taels; constant 1.175234) not transcribed." ], "id": "p0190_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 189", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n189/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0190", "images": [ "p0190" ], "printed_pages": [ "169" ], "chapter": "Currency, Exchange, and Banking", "table_no": null, "title": "[Parity of the Shanghai Tael in Pence: Worked Computation]", "caption_extra": "The constant is 1.175. Say the price of bar silver in London per ounce standard is 35⅝d. for spot delivery: (Pence)", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Item", "Pence" ], "rows": [ [ "Multiply price per ounce by the constant, 1.175. (35.625 × 1.175)", "41.859375" ], [ "Add charges, 1 per cent (variable)", ".460453" ], [ "Add interest for 45 days at 4 per cent (variable)", ".231472" ], [ "Parity for 1 Shanghai tael (or 3s. 6 9/16d.)", "42.5513" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 4 as printed (3 items + result).", "Total check: items sum to 42.551300 — reconciles with 42.5513." ], "id": "p0190_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 189", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n189/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0193", "images": [ "p0193" ], "printed_pages": [ "172" ], "chapter": "Currency, Exchange, and Banking", "table_no": null, "title": "[Charges and Interest on Gold Bars Shipped from Shanghai to America]", "caption_extra": "Charges and interest fluctuate. The following is illustrative, based on rates prevailing at time of computation: (Per cent)", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Item", "Per cent" ], "rows": [ [ "Packing and postage", "0.030" ], [ "Brokerage at Shanghai", ".050" ], [ "Insurance", ".015" ], [ "Mint charges", ".040" ], [ "Correspondent's commission and other incidentals in America", ".250" ], [ "Total charges", ".385" ], [ "Interest, 30 days at 5 per cent", ".415" ], [ "Total", ".800" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "The equivalent of $100,000 is 4,196.9339 Shanghai taels (weight) of gold bars (0.978 fine). Consequently the value of 1 gold bar of 10 taels weight is $238.2680." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 8 as printed.", "Total checks: five charges sum to .385 — reconciles; .385 + .415 = .800 — reconciles.", "Survey listed this and the constant/remainder computation as one table; written as two files (_1, _2)." ], "id": "p0193_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 192", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n192/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0193", "images": [ "p0193" ], "printed_pages": [ "172" ], "chapter": "Currency, Exchange, and Banking", "table_no": null, "title": "[Gold Bar Constant Less Charges and Interest]", "caption_extra": null, "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Item", "Dollars" ], "rows": [ [ "Constant (United States currency)", "$238.268" ], [ "Deduct charges and interest (variable)", "0.800" ], [ "Remainder", "237.468" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 3 as printed.", "No column heading printed; 'Dollars' supplied by transcriber.", "Check: 238.268 − 0.800 = 237.468 — reconciles." ], "id": "p0193_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 192", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n192/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0233", "images": [ "p0233" ], "printed_pages": [ "212" ], "chapter": "China's Export Products", "table_no": null, "title": "[Estimated Coal Production, 1922, Mines Under Modern Methods of Operation]", "caption_extra": "The estimates of China's coal production for 1922 were as follows for mines under modern methods of operation:", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Provinces", "Bituminous (Tons¹)", "Anthracite (Tons¹)" ], "rows": [ [ "Manchuria", "4,000,000", "..." ], [ "Chihli", "4,500,000", "900,000" ], [ "Shansi", "150,000", "250,000" ], [ "Shantung", "2,000,000", "..." ], [ "Honan", "250,000", "1,000,000" ], [ "Kiangsi", "900,000", "..." ], [ "Kiangsu", "200,000", "..." ], [ "Other", "200,000", "50,000" ], [ "Total", "12,200,000", "2,200,000" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Long tons." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 9 as printed (8 provinces + Total).", "'...' = dotted rule (nil) as printed.", "Total checks: Bituminous sums to 12,200,000 — reconciles; Anthracite sums to 2,200,000 — reconciles." ], "id": "p0233_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 232", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n232/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0240", "images": [ "p0240" ], "printed_pages": [ "219" ], "chapter": "China's Export Products", "table_no": null, "title": "[Egg Products Exported from China, 1923]", "caption_extra": "Introduced in the text: \"In 1923 China exported egg products as follows (value in United States currency):\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Product", "Value" ], "rows": [ [ "Egg albumen and yolk (50,000,000 pounds)", "$10,000,000" ], [ "Eggs:", "" ], [ "Fresh and prepared (1,000,000,000)", "9,000,000" ], [ "Frozen (50,000,000 pounds)", "4,500,000" ], [ "Total value", "23,500,000" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 5 as printed (including sub-heading 'Eggs:' and total).", "Total check: 10,000,000 + 9,000,000 + 4,500,000 = 23,500,000; printed 23,500,000 — reconciles." ], "id": "p0240_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 239", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n239/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0241", "images": [ "p0241" ], "printed_pages": [ "220" ], "chapter": "China's Export Products", "table_no": null, "title": "[United States Tariff of 1922: Import Duties on Eggs and Egg Products]", "caption_extra": "Introduced in the text: \"The United States tariff of 1922 prescribes the following import duties for eggs and egg products:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Article", "Cents per pound" ], "rows": [ [ "Egg albumen or yolk:", "" ], [ "Dried", "18" ], [ "Frozen or otherwise prepared or preserved, and not specially provided for", "6" ], [ "Eggs:", "" ], [ "Dried", "18" ], [ "Frozen or otherwise prepared or preserved, and not specially provided for", "6" ], [ "Shells removed (liquid)", "6" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 7 as printed (including 2 sub-heading rows). No total printed. Running head on p. 220 is 'Commercial Handbook of China'; chapter taken from p. 219 running head." ], "id": "p0241_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 240", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n240/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0242", "images": [ "p0242" ], "printed_pages": [ "221" ], "chapter": "China's Export Products", "table_no": null, "title": "[Exports of Hides, Skins, and Furs, 1923]", "caption_extra": "Introduced in the text: \"China's exports of hides, skins, and furs for 1923 are shown in the following table, with the values expressed in United States currency, the haikwan tael having been converted at the rate of 1 tael equivalent to 80 cents gold.\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Items", "Unit", "Quantity", "Value" ], "rows": [ [ "HIDES AND SKINS", "", "", "" ], [ "Undressed:", "", "", "" ], [ "Buffalo and cow", "pounds", "39,000,000", "$7,300,000" ], [ "Goat", "pieces", "7,360,000", "4,400,000" ], [ "Horse, ass, and mule", "pounds", "2,400,000", "430,000" ], [ "Sheep", "pieces", "254,000", "190,000" ], [ "Dressed:", "", "", "" ], [ "Goat (tanned)", "do", "1,400,000", "1,570,000" ], [ "Kid", "do", "515,000", "100,000" ], [ "Lamb", "do", "1,030,000", "1,040,000" ], [ "Skins, dressed and made up:", "", "", "" ], [ "Goat (mats and rugs)", "do", "125,000", "150,000" ], [ "Lamb (clothing)", "do", "103,000", "400,000" ], [ "Dog (clothing, mats, and rugs)", "do", "340,000", "225,000" ], [ "FURS", "", "", "" ], [ "Dressed and undressed:", "", "", "" ], [ "Fox", "pieces", "120,000", "890,000" ], [ "Marmot", "do", "2,900,000", "1,225,000" ], [ "Raccoon", "do", "67,000", "65,000" ], [ "Sable", "do", "2,865", "135,000" ], [ "Weasel", "do", "1,050,000", "575,000" ], [ "Unclassed ¹", "do", "3,200,000", "1,550,000" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Includes cat, rabbit, squirrel, badger, antelope, deer, wolf, etc." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 22 as printed (16 data rows, 6 heading/sub-heading rows). The unit printed after the dotted leader in the Items column is given in a separate 'Unit' column; 'do' (ditto) kept as printed.", "No total printed." ], "id": "p0242_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 241", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n241/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0246", "images": [ "p0246" ], "printed_pages": [ "225" ], "chapter": "China's Export Products", "table_no": null, "title": "[China's Exports of Raw Silk, 1923]", "caption_extra": "Introduced in the text: \"China's exports of raw silk for 1923, figuring exchange at 1 tael equivalent to $0.80, were as follows:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Raw silk", "Pounds", "Value" ], "rows": [ [ "White:", "", "" ], [ "Steam filature", "9,385,000", "$73,600,000" ], [ "Rereeled", "1,690,000", "7,950,000" ], [ "Not rereeled, not steam filature", "415,000", "1,750,000" ], [ "Yellow, steam filature", "1,040,000", "5,970,000" ], [ "Wild, filature", "3,914,000", "15,560,000" ], [ "Silk waste", "17,082,000", "9,250,000" ], [ "Cocoons", "2,575,000", "1,400,000" ], [ "Cocoons (refuse)", "7,820,000", "1,700,000" ], [ "Total", "43,921,000", "117,180,000" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 10 as printed (sub-heading 'White:', 8 data rows, Total).", "Total check: Pounds sum of 8 items = 43,921,000, printed 43,921,000 — reconciles; Value sum = 117,180,000, printed 117,180,000 — reconciles.", "Printer's imprint '100020°—26——16' at foot of page omitted." ], "id": "p0246_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 245", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n245/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0250", "images": [ "p0250" ], "printed_pages": [ "229" ], "chapter": "China's Export Products", "table_no": null, "title": "[Exports of Beans and Bean Products, 1923]", "caption_extra": "Introduced in the text: \"The customs returns of trade for 1923 list exports of beans and bean products as follows:\" The text gives the aggregate value as 127,000,000 taels ($101,600,000 gold).", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Beans and bean products", "Short tons", "Value", "Distribution" ], "rows": [ [ "Bean cake", "1,650,000", "$45,500,000", "83 per cent to Japan; 15 per cent to Siberia." ], [ "Beans:", "", "", "" ], [ "Black", "9,000", "350,000", "" ], [ "Green", "40,600", "1,557,000", "60 per cent to Japan; the remainder to Hongkong and Straits Settlements." ], [ "White", "18,200", "571,000", "" ], [ "Yellow", "1,050,000", "35,734,000", "40 per cent to Japan; 35 per cent to Siberia; 9 per cent to Dutch Indies; 5 per cent to Port Said." ], [ "Other", "101,000", "3,720,000", "80 per cent to Japan." ], [ "Bean oil", "142,000", "14,152,000", "27 per cent to Great Britain; 18 per cent to Siberia; 16 per cent to United States; 15 per cent to Netherlands; 12 per cent to Port Said." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 8 as printed (7 data rows, sub-heading 'Beans:').", "Row 'Black', col 'Value': the fourth digit is faintly inked but its oval shape is visible under enlargement; read as 0 (350,000).", "No total printed in the table. (Prose aggregate $101,600,000 not used for checking; for information, the Value column sums to 101,584,000.)" ], "id": "p0250_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 249", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n249/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0251", "images": [ "p0251" ], "printed_pages": [ "230" ], "chapter": "China's Export Products", "table_no": null, "title": "[Soy-Bean Production in the Three Provinces of Manchuria, 1923, as Estimated by the Chinese Eastern Railway]", "caption_extra": "Introduced in the text: \"The Chinese Eastern Railway estimated the 1923 production for the three Provinces of Manchuria as follows:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Province", "Tons" ], "rows": [ [ "Heilungkiang", "1,100,000" ], [ "Kirin", "1,500,000" ], [ "Shengking (Fengtien)", "1,100,000" ], [ "Total (equivalent to 125,000,000 bushels of 60 pounds each)", "3,700,000" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 4 as printed (3 provinces + Total).", "Total check: 1,100,000 + 1,500,000 + 1,100,000 = 3,700,000; printed 3,700,000 — reconciles.", "Running head on p. 230 is 'Commercial Handbook of China'; chapter taken from the facing odd-page running head." ], "id": "p0251_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 250", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n250/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0256", "images": [ "p0256" ], "printed_pages": [ "235" ], "chapter": "China's Export Products", "table_no": null, "title": "[Exports of Peanuts and Peanut Oil, 1919–1923]", "caption_extra": "Section \"Peanuts and Peanut Oil\": \"The exports for the years 1919–1923, inclusive, are as follows:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Products", "1919 — Short tons", "1919 — Value¹", "1920 — Short tons", "1920 — Value¹", "1921 — Short tons", "1921 — Value¹", "1922 — Short tons", "1922 — Value¹", "1923 — Short tons", "1923 — Value¹" ], "rows": [ [ "Peanuts:", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "In shell", "9,200", "527", "7,300", "439", "27,300", "1,667", "29,300", "1,987", "58,000", "4,000" ], [ "Kernels", "77,700", "5,323", "77,200", "5,610", "76,600", "5,460", "60,000", "4,806", "91,600", "8,000" ], [ "Peanut oil", "81,600", "13,950", "55,000", "9,315", "31,000", "4,513", "25,600", "4,340", "31,000", "6,175" ], [ "Total", "168,500", "19,800", "139,500", "15,364", "134,900", "11,640", "114,900", "11,133", "180,600", "18,175" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Thousands of haikwan taels." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 5 as printed (incl. 'Peanuts:' sub-heading).", "Totals: all ten Total cells reconcile with the sum of In shell + Kernels + Peanut oil.", "1923 Kernels value printed with a stray mark before the 8 ('8,000'); read as 8,000." ], "id": "p0256_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 255", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n255/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0262", "images": [ "p0262" ], "printed_pages": [ "241" ], "chapter": "China's Export Products", "table_no": null, "title": "[United States Imports of Tea by Country of Origin, 1911 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "Section on tea; the introductory sentence is on the preceding page (p. 240), which this mission was told not to open. Values in dollars as printed ($ on first row).", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Imported from—", "1911 — Pounds", "1911 — Value", "1923 — Pounds", "1923 — Value" ], "rows": [ [ "United Kingdom", "12,980,000", "$3,470,000", "13,800,000", "$5,490,000" ], [ "British East India", "11,950,000", "2,000,000", "22,750,000", "7,950,000" ], [ "China", "18,000,000", "2,120,000", "19,800,000", "3,330,000" ], [ "Dutch East Indies", "...", "...", "10,230,000", "2,930,000" ], [ "Japan", "57,300,000", "9,800,000", "36,200,000", "9,200,000" ], [ "Other countries", "3,970,000", "900,000", "4,300,000", "1,000,000" ], [ "Total", "104,000,000", "18,290,000", "107,080,000", "30,000,000" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 7 as printed (incl. Total).", "Title supplied by transcriber (table untitled; heading 'Imported from—'); the US context is from the survey note/intro on p. 240, not seen by this transcriber.", "Dutch East Indies 1911 Pounds and Value: dotted rule printed (nil), written '...'.", "1911 Pounds 'United Kingdom': a printer's/scan mark sits above the 9 in '12,980,000'; the digit has a closed bowl and reads as 9.", "1923 Value 'Dutch East Indies': figure is double-struck/smeared in the scan; read as 2,930,000 under enlargement.", "Total check 1911 Pounds: parts sum to 104,200,000; printed 104,000,000 — does NOT reconcile (diff 200,000).", "Total check 1911 Value: parts sum to 18,290,000 = printed; reconciles.", "Total check 1923 Pounds: parts sum to 107,080,000 = printed; reconciles.", "Total check 1923 Value: parts sum to 29,900,000; printed 30,000,000 — does NOT reconcile (diff 100,000). Reading 2,980,000 for the smeared cell would not reconcile either." ], "id": "p0262_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 261", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n261/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0262", "images": [ "p0262" ], "printed_pages": [ "241" ], "chapter": "China's Export Products", "table_no": null, "title": "[China's Tea Exports, 1921–1923]", "caption_extra": "\"China's tea exports during the three years 1921,to 1923 were:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Kinds", "1921 — Pounds", "1922 — Pounds", "1923 — Pounds" ], "rows": [ [ "Black tea", "18,000,000", "35,000,000", "60,000,000" ], [ "Green tea", "35,700,000", "37,700,000", "38,000,000" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 2 as printed.", "No total printed.", "Lead-in sentence printed with a comma '1921,to' as in the original." ], "id": "p0262_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 261", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n261/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0265", "images": [ "p0265" ], "printed_pages": [ "244" ], "chapter": "China's Export Products", "table_no": null, "title": "[Standard Test for Tung Oil (American Society for Testing Materials)]", "caption_extra": "\"The standard test for tung oil, as published by the American Society for Testing Materials and to which all tung oil should conform, is as follows:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Items", "Maximum", "Minimum" ], "rows": [ [ "Specific gravity at 15.5° C", "0.943", "0.939" ], [ "Acid number (alcohol-benzol)", "7.000", "..." ], [ "Saponification number", "195.000", "190.000" ], [ "Unsaponifiable matter, per cent", ".760", "..." ], [ "Refractive index at 25° C", "1.520", "1.515" ], [ "Iodine number (Wijs)", "...", "163.000" ], [ "Heating test, minutes", "12.000", "..." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 7 as printed.", "Dashed rules (no value) written '...'.", "Decimals printed with a thin space after the point (e.g. '0. 943'); written without the space.", "Chapter taken from the odd-page running head (this page's head is 'Commercial Handbook of China')." ], "id": "p0265_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 264", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n264/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0267", "images": [ "p0267" ], "printed_pages": [ "246" ], "chapter": "China's Export Products", "table_no": null, "title": "[Exports of Vegetable Tallow from China, 1910–1913 and 1919–1923]", "caption_extra": "Lead-in: \"As will be noted from the following table of exports from China, the United States took 70 per cent of China's exports of vegetable tallow in 1923.\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Years", "Tons", "Haikwan taels¹", "Distribution" ], "rows": [ [ "1910", "10,000", "1,600,000", "Netherlands, 45 per cent; Great Britain, 25 per cent; Germany, 15 per cent; Italy, 8 per cent." ], [ "1911", "3,000", "480,000", "Great Britain, 40 per cent; Italy, 30 per cent; United States, 10 per cent." ], [ "1912", "14,000", "2,330,000", "Great Britain, 30 per cent; Italy, 25 per cent; United States, 15 per cent." ], [ "1913", "15,000", "2,270,000", "Great Britain, 30 per cent; Italy, 13 per cent; Germany, 12 per cent; Netherlands, 12 per cent; United States, 8 per cent." ], [ "1919", "11,000", "1,980,000", "Great Britain, 50 per cent; Italy, 18 per cent; United States, 15 per cent." ], [ "1920", "4,600", "790,000", "Italy, 70 per cent; United States, 15 per cent; Great Britain, 9 per cent." ], [ "1921", "4,400", "760,000", "United States, 40 per cent; Italy, 35 per cent; Great Britain, 8 per cent." ], [ "1922", "4,300", "670,000", "Italy, 50 per cent; United States, 40 per cent." ], [ "1923", "6,500", "1,090,000", "United States, 70 per cent; Italy, 20 per cent." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Average value in 1923, 1 tael equals $0.80 United States gold." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 9 as printed (1914–1918 not given).", "No total printed.", "1923 Haikwan taels: last group worn, read as 1,090,000 under enlargement." ], "id": "p0267_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 266", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n266/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0269", "images": [ "p0269" ], "printed_pages": [ "248" ], "chapter": "China's Export Products", "table_no": null, "title": "[China's Trade in Wheat: Exports and Imports, 1910–1913 Average and 1917–1923]", "caption_extra": "\"China's trade in wheat and flour is shown in the following tables:\" (first of two tables)", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Years", "Exports of wheat — Total (Bushels¹)", "Exports of wheat — To Siberia (Per cent)", "Exports of wheat — To Japan and Chosen (Per cent)", "Imports of wheat (Bushels¹)" ], "rows": [ [ "1910–1913 (average)", "4,000,000", "98", "2", "²4,000" ], [ "1917", "3,500,000", "95", "...", "80,000" ], [ "1918", "4,000,000", "25", "70", "..." ], [ "1919", "10,000,000", "30", "65", "..." ], [ "1920", "³18,700,000", "10", "25", "75,000" ], [ "1921", "³11,400,000", "25", "25", "165,000" ], [ "1922", "2,500,000", "90", "10", "⁴2,000,000" ], [ "1923", "1,250,000", "90", "10", "⁵5,800,000" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Of 60 pounds.", "² From Chosen.", "³ In 1920, 40 per cent went to Port Said and 14 per cent to Great Britain; in 1921, 40 per cent went to Port Said and 8 per cent to Great Britain.", "⁴ 90 per cent from United States.", "⁵ From United States, 77 per cent; from Canada, 12 per cent; from Australia, 10 per cent." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 8 as printed (1914–1916 not given; survey's '1910–1923' is the span).", "Unit lines 'Bushels ¹' / 'Per cent' printed at the head of each column; moved into the column headings.", "Dashed rules (nil) written '...'.", "Footnote reference marks kept as superscript prefixes in the cells.", "No total printed." ], "id": "p0269_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 268", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n268/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0269", "images": [ "p0269" ], "printed_pages": [ "248" ], "chapter": "China's Export Products", "table_no": null, "title": "[China's Trade in Flour: Exports and Imports, 1910–1913 Average and 1917–1923]", "caption_extra": "\"China's trade in wheat and flour is shown in the following tables:\" (second of two tables)", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Years", "Exports of flour — Total (Barrels¹)", "Exports of flour — To Siberia (Per cent)", "Exports of flour — To Japan and Chosen (Per cent)", "Exports of flour — To Great Britain (Per cent)", "Imports of flour (Barrels¹)" ], "rows": [ [ "1910–1913 (average)", "...", "...", "...", "...", "1,500,000" ], [ "1917", "586,000", "75", "...", "20", "500,000" ], [ "1918", "1,400,000", "20", "15", "45", "3,000" ], [ "1919", "1,830,000", "12", "50", "14", "200,000" ], [ "1920", "²2,680,000", "14", "...", "50", "340,000" ], [ "1921", "²1,400,000", "22", "26", "...", "³410,000" ], [ "1922", "400,000", "95", "...", "...", "³2,450,000" ], [ "1923", "90,000", "70", "30", "...", "³3,800,000" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Of 196 pounds.", "² In 1920, 8 per cent; and in 1921, 16 per cent went to Port Said.", "³ The United States furnished 90 per cent in 1921, 80 per cent in 1922, and 70 per cent in 1923." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 8 as printed.", "Dashed rules (nil) written '...'.", "Footnote reference marks kept as superscript prefixes in the cells.", "No total printed." ], "id": "p0269_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 268", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n268/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0279", "images": [ "p0279" ], "printed_pages": [ "258" ], "chapter": "China's Export Products", "table_no": null, "title": "[Canton's Exports of Mats and Matting, 1910–1913 Average and 1919–1923]", "caption_extra": "Section \"Mats and Matting\": \"Canton's exports of mats and matting in recent years were as follows:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Years", "Mats — Number", "Mats — Haikwan taels", "Matting — Rolls", "Matting — Haikwan taels" ], "rows": [ [ "1910–1913, average", "24,200,000", "2,600,000", "336,000", "2,600,000" ], [ "1919", "27,200,000", "1,870,000", "125,300", "1,040,000" ], [ "1920", "29,400,000", "2,350,000", "184,000", "1,600,000" ], [ "1921", "19,300,000", "2,150,000", "98,750", "784,000" ], [ "1922", "24,900,000", "3,885,000", "231,400", "1,800,000" ], [ "1923", "20,800,000", "2,916,000", "180,500", "1,588,000" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 6 as printed.", "No total printed." ], "id": "p0279_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 278", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n278/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0289", "images": [ "p0289" ], "printed_pages": [ "268" ], "chapter": "Modern Chinese Industries", "table_no": null, "title": "[Comparative Statement of Economic Developments in China and the United States]", "caption_extra": "[Context, added by the transcriber: figures as given in the 1926 handbook, c. 1924–25.]", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Items", "Unit", "China", "United States" ], "rows": [ [ "Railways", "miles", "6,500", "265,000" ], [ "Surfaced motor roads", "do", "(1)", "300,000" ], [ "Graded dirt roads", "do", "(2) 10,000", "1,000,000" ], [ "Motor vehicles in operation", "number", "15,000", "18,000,000" ], [ "Telephones", "do", "100,000", "17,000,000" ], [ "Post offices", "do", "11,000", "52,000" ], [ "Telegraphs, length of wires", "miles", "78,000", "1,500,000" ], [ "Telegraph offices", "number", "900", "25,000" ], [ "Annual coal production", "tons", "20,000,000", "500,000,000" ], [ "Pig-iron production", "do", "300,000", "27,000,000" ], [ "Cotton-weaving spindles", "number", "3,000,000", "36,000,000" ], [ "Hydroelectric power", "kilowatt-hours", "Nil.", "17,000,000,000" ], [ "Laborers in modern industrial plants", "number", "500,000", "7,000,000" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "1 Less than 1,000 miles.", "2 Estimated." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 13 as printed. No totals.", "Units printed after the leaders of the item column; split into a 'Unit' column ('do' = ditto as printed).", "Footnote marks written as '(1)', '(2)'. 'Graded dirt roads' China cell carries superscript 2.", "Post offices, United States: a speck before '52,000' looks like a stray mark, not a digit." ], "id": "p0289_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 288", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n288/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0291", "images": [ "p0291" ], "printed_pages": [ "270" ], "chapter": "Modern Chinese Industries", "table_no": null, "title": "[Shanghai Wholesale Price Index, December, 1924]", "caption_extra": "[Context, added by the transcriber: from the text — \"The Shanghai wholesale price index as compiled by the Bureau of Markets, which covers foreign as well as native commodities, taking 100 as the index number for February, 1913, was in December, 1924, as follows:\"]", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Group", "Index number (February, 1913 = 100)" ], "rows": [ [ "Cereal products", "148.1" ], [ "Other foodstuffs", "151.1" ], [ "Textiles", "157.5" ], [ "Metals", "179.7" ], [ "Fuel", "177.2" ], [ "Building materials", "139.2" ], [ "Industrial materials", "151.8" ], [ "Sundries", "134.6" ], [ "Average for all commodities", "157.4" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 9 as printed (two-column run-in, left column then right, merged into one list). No column headings printed; headings supplied by the transcriber.", "Average check: the simple mean of the 8 groups is 154.9, not 157.4; the printed average is presumably weighted or computed over individual commodities, so no reconciliation is expected." ], "id": "p0291_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 290", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n290/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0295", "images": [ "p0295" ], "printed_pages": [ "274" ], "chapter": "China's Economic Structure", "table_no": null, "title": "[Miles of Railway per 100,000 Population in Several Countries (Baker's Grouping)]", "caption_extra": "[Context, added by the transcriber: from the text — \"Mr. Baker gives the following grouping, showing the number of miles of railway per 100,000 of population in several different countries:\" (J. E. Baker, technical adviser of the Chinese Ministry of Communications).]", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Country", "Miles of railway per 100,000 population" ], "rows": [ [ "Group I:", "" ], [ "Australia", "404" ], [ "Canada", "378" ], [ "United States", "261" ], [ "New Zealand", "254" ], [ "Group II:", "" ], [ "Switzerland", "78" ], [ "France", "64" ], [ "Germany", "57" ], [ "United Kingdom", "52" ], [ "Spain", "48" ], [ "Italy", "31" ], [ "Russia", "26" ], [ "Group III:", "" ], [ "Japan", "12" ], [ "India", "11" ], [ "Siam", "9" ], [ "China", "2" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 18 (15 countries + 3 group headings), two-column run-in merged; the right column's 'Group II—Continued.' heading is dropped as a layout artefact. No column headings printed; supplied by the transcriber. No totals." ], "id": "p0295_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 294", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n294/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0305", "images": [ "p0305" ], "printed_pages": [ "284" ], "chapter": "Chinese Government Finance", "table_no": null, "title": "[Itemized Summary of Unsecured or Imperfectly Secured Debt of the Central Government, End of 1924]", "caption_extra": "(values in silver dollars) — from the text: \"An itemized summary of this amount would be approximately as follows (values in silver dollars):\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Item", "Silver dollars" ], "rows": [ [ "Unsecured debts of Finance Ministry, including overdue interest to end of 1923", "$536,000,000" ], [ "Simple interest at 8 per cent for 1924", "43,000,000" ], [ "Austrian loan of £5,200,000, at $9 silver per pound sterling", "47,000,000" ], [ "Simple interest at 8 per cent for 1923 and 1924", "7,000,000" ], [ "Ministry of Communications loan obligations transferred to Finance Ministry", "187,000,000" ], [ "Status of interest payments not definitely known but probably in arrears one year, at 8 per cent equals", "15,000,000" ], [ "Ministry of Communications material debts as officially stated January, 1923", "47,000,000" ], [ "Simple interest at 8 per cent, 1923 and 1924", "8,000,000" ], [ "Domestic consolidated loans imperfectly secured. (Interest payments made but amortization in arrears one year)", "142,000,000" ], [ "Estimated total unsecured or imperfectly secured central Government debt, end of 1924", "1,032,000,000" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 10 as printed (9 items + total). The 'Simple interest' lines are indented under the preceding item in the original.", "Total check: the 9 items sum to 1,032,000,000 = printed total; reconciles.", "No column headings printed; supplied by the transcriber." ], "id": "p0305_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 304", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n304/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0307", "images": [ "p0307" ], "printed_pages": [ "286" ], "chapter": "Chinese Government Finance", "table_no": null, "title": "Service of Consolidated Debt", "caption_extra": "[Context, added by the transcriber: proposed plan of annual payments on interest and principal to extinguish the consolidated debt in 20 years; amounts in silver dollars per the surrounding text.]", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Years", "Rate (Per cent)", "Interest", "Amortization", "Total service of debt" ], "rows": [ [ "1927", "4", "$40,000,000", "$5,000,000", "$45,000,000" ], [ "1928", "4", "59,800,000", "10,000,000", "49,800,000" ], [ "1929", "5", "49,250,000", "15,000,000", "64,250,000" ], [ "1930", "5", "48,500,000", "20,000,000", "68,500,000" ], [ "1931", "5", "47,500,000", "25,000,000", "72,500,000" ], [ "1932", "7", "64,750,000", "30,000,000", "94,750,000" ], [ "1933", "7", "62,650,000", "35,000,000", "97,650,000" ], [ "1934", "7", "60,200,000", "40,000,000", "100,200,000" ], [ "1935", "7", "57,400,000", "45,000,000", "102,400,000" ], [ "1936", "7", "54,250,000", "50,000,000", "104,250,000" ], [ "1937", "7", "50,750,000", "55,000,000", "105,750,000" ], [ "1938", "7", "46,900,000", "60,000,000", "106,900,000" ], [ "1939", "7", "42,700,000", "65,000,000", "107,700,000" ], [ "1940", "7", "38,150,000", "70,000,000", "108,150,000" ], [ "1941", "7", "33,250,000", "75,000,000", "108,250,000" ], [ "1942", "7", "26,000,000", "80,000,000", "108,000,000" ], [ "1943", "7", "22,400,000", "85,000,000", "107,400,000" ], [ "1944", "7", "16,450,000", "90,000,000", "106,450,000" ], [ "1945", "7", "10,150,000", "95,000,000", "105,150,000" ], [ "1946", "7", "3,500,000", "50,000,000", "53,500,000" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 20 as printed (1927–1946). Dollar signs printed on the first row only.", "Row check Interest + Amortization = Total: reconciles for 18 rows; does NOT reconcile for 1928 (59,800,000 + 10,000,000 = 69,800,000, printed 49,800,000) and 1942 (26,000,000 + 80,000,000 = 106,000,000, printed 108,000,000). Both re-checked on enlarged crops; figures kept as printed.", "Amortization column sums to 1,000,000,000 (no total printed)." ], "id": "p0307_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 306", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n306/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0307", "images": [ "p0307" ], "printed_pages": [ "286" ], "chapter": "Chinese Government Finance", "table_no": null, "title": "[Haikwan-Tael Cost of Payments of Foreign Loans and Indemnity Secured on the Chinese Maritime Customs, 1922–1924]", "caption_extra": "[Context, added by the transcriber: from the text — \"During 1922, 1923, and 1924 the cost is officially stated to have been in round figures:\"]", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Years", "Foreign loans (Haikwan taels)", "Indemnity (Haikwan taels)" ], "rows": [ [ "1922", "21,619,190", "15,168,590" ], [ "1923", "24,374,800", "18,838,170" ], [ "1924", "23,629,790", "19,358,420" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 3 as printed. No totals.", "Year '1923': the last digit is damaged in the scan but legible as 3 in sequence of the printed row labels." ], "id": "p0307_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 306", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n306/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0310", "images": [ "p0310" ], "printed_pages": [ "289" ], "chapter": "Chinese Government Finance", "table_no": null, "title": "Charges on Customs Revenue", "caption_extra": "[In thousands of silver dollars; i. e., 000 omitted]", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Years", "Foreign — 4 per cent Russo-French loan of 1895", "Foreign — 5 per cent Anglo-German loan of 1896", "Foreign — 4½ per cent Anglo-German loan of 1898", "Foreign — Retained portion of 1901 indemnity", "Foreign — 5 per cent reorganization loan of 1913", "Foreign — Total foreign charges", "Domestic — Remitted portion of 1901 indemnity", "Domestic — Domestic loans", "Domestic — Total domestic charges", "Total foreign and domestic charges" ], "rows": [ [ "1926", "7,529", "8,548", "7,441", "3,259", "13,464", "40,241", "14,309", "34,985", "49,294", "89,525" ], [ "1927", "7,529", "8,540", "7,437", "3,259", "13,464", "40,229", "14,469", "36,164", "50,633", "90,852" ], [ "1928", "7,259", "8,532", "7,433", "2,642", "13,464", "39,590", "14,629", "37,366", "51,995", "91,585" ], [ "1929", "7,529", "8,523", "7,430", "2,642", "13,464", "39,581", "15,641", "24,328", "39,969", "79,550" ], [ "1930", "7,529", "8,515", "7,426", "2,642", "13,464", "39,570", "15,701", "23,416", "39,117", "78,687" ], [ "1931", "7,469", "8,505", "7,422", "2,642", "13,464", "39,492", "18,821", "20,226", "39,047", "78,539" ], [ "1932", "...", "8,495", "7,417", "3,813", "13,464", "33,179", "29,168", "8,956", "38,124", "71,303" ], [ "1933", "...", "...", "7,413", "3,813", "13,464", "24,680", "29,168", "8,519", "37,687", "62,371" ], [ "1934", "...", "...", "7,408", "3,813", "13,464", "24,675", "29,168", "8,962", "38,130", "62,805" ], [ "1935", "...", "...", "7,403", "3,813", "13,464", "24,670", "29,168", "5,513", "34,681", "59,351" ], [ "1936", "...", "...", "7,398", "3,813", "13,464", "24,665", "29,168", "5,242", "34,410", "59,075" ], [ "1937", "...", "...", "7,393", "3,813", "13,464", "24,660", "29,168", "4,973", "34,141", "58,801" ], [ "1938", "...", "...", "7,387", "3,813", "13,464", "24,654", "29,168", "4,702", "33,870", "58,524" ], [ "1939", "...", "...", "7,381", "3,813", "13,464", "24,648", "33,673", "...", "33,673", "58,321" ], [ "1940", "...", "...", "7,375", "3,813", "13,464", "24,642", "33,673", "...", "33,673", "58,315" ], [ "1941", "...", "...", "7,369", "1,942", "13,464", "22,765", "15,618", "...", "15,618", "38,383" ], [ "1942", "...", "...", "7,362", "1,942", "13,464", "22,758", "15,618", "...", "15,618", "38,376" ], [ "1943", "...", "...", "7,355", "1,942", "13,464", "22,751", "15,618", "...", "15,618", "38,369" ], [ "1944", "...", "...", "...", "1,942", "13,464", "15,396", "15,618", "...", "15,618", "31,014" ], [ "1945", "...", "...", "...", "1,942", "13,464", "15,396", "15,618", "...", "15,618", "31,014" ], [ "1946", "...", "...", "...", "...", "13,464", "13,464", "5,146", "...", "5,146", "18,610" ], [ "1947", "...", "...", "...", "...", "13,464", "13,464", "5,146", "...", "5,146", "18,610" ], [ "1948", "...", "...", "...", "...", "13,464", "13,464", "...", "...", "...", "13,464" ], [ "1949", "...", "...", "...", "...", "13,464", "13,464", "...", "...", "...", "13,464" ], [ "1950–1960", "...", "...", "...", "...", "13,464", "13,464", "...", "...", "...", "13,464" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 25 as printed (1926–1949 and 1950–1960). Empty cells are printed as dotted rules, written '...'.", "Row checks (5 foreign columns = Total foreign; Remitted + Domestic loans = Total domestic; Total foreign + Total domestic = grand total): all reconcile except: 1926 grand: 89,535 vs printed 89,525; 1927 grand: 90,862 vs printed 90,852; 1928 foreign: parts 39,330 vs printed 39,590; 1929 foreign: parts 39,588 vs printed 39,581; 1930 foreign: parts 39,576 vs printed 39,570; 1931 foreign: parts 39,502 vs printed 39,492; 1932 foreign: parts 33,189 vs printed 33,179; 1933 foreign: parts 24,690 vs printed 24,680; 1933 grand: 62,367 vs printed 62,371; 1934 foreign: parts 24,685 vs printed 24,675; 1935 foreign: parts 24,680 vs printed 24,670; 1936 foreign: parts 24,675 vs printed 24,665; 1937 foreign: parts 24,670 vs printed 24,660; 1938 foreign: parts 24,664 vs printed 24,654; 1939 foreign: parts 24,658 vs printed 24,648; 1940 foreign: parts 24,652 vs printed 24,642; 1941 foreign: parts 22,775 vs printed 22,765; 1942 foreign: parts 22,768 vs printed 22,758; 1943 foreign: parts 22,761 vs printed 22,751; 1944 foreign: parts 15,406 vs printed 15,396; 1945 foreign: parts 15,406 vs printed 15,396", "Pattern: in 1929–1945 every printed Total foreign charges is exactly 10 less than the sum of its parts (as if the reorganization loan were 13,454); the 13,464 cells were all re-checked on enlarged crops and read clearly 13,464. 1928: parts with 7,259 give 39,330; printed 39,590 (= 7,529 reading minus 10), so 7,259 looks like a transposition misprint — kept as printed. 1926–1927 foreign totals reconcile but their grand totals are 10 short; 1933 grand total is 4 more than 24,680 + 37,687. All kept as printed.", "Row 1928, Russo-French loan: printed 7,259 (other years 7,529); kept as printed.", "Row 1941, Remitted portion: a stray mark between '15' and '618'; read 15,618. Row 1941, Domestic loans: dotted rule with a stray mark." ], "id": "p0310_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 309", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n309/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0311", "images": [ "p0311" ], "printed_pages": [ "290" ], "chapter": "Chinese Government Finance", "table_no": null, "title": "Balance of Customs Revenue Available for Financial Reconstruction", "caption_extra": "Footnote mark ¹ on \"Available\" in the title. [Context, added by the transcriber: an estimate (made 1925, by M. Padoux) of future years.]", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Years", "Net customs revenue", "Charges — Foreign", "Charges — Domestic", "Surplus" ], "rows": [ [ "1926", "$125,000,000", "$40,250,000", "$49,250,000", "$35,500,000" ], [ "1927", "128,000,000", "40,250,000", "[?]", "37,150,000" ], [ "1928", "131,000,000", "39,600,000", "52,000,000", "39,400,000" ], [ "1929", "133,000,000", "39,500,000", "40,000,000", "53,500,000" ], [ "1930", "135,000,000", "39,600,000", "39,100,000", "56,300,000" ], [ "1931", "137,000,000", "39,500,000", "39,000,000", "58,500,000" ], [ "1932", "139,000,000", "33,200,000", "38,100,000", "67,700,000" ], [ "1933", "141,000,000", "24,700,000", "37,700,000", "78,600,000" ], [ "1934", "143,000,000", "24,700,000", "38,100,000", "80,200,000" ], [ "1935", "145,000,000", "24,700,000", "37,000,000", "85,600,000" ], [ "1936", "147,000,000", "24,700,000", "34,400,000", "87,900,000" ], [ "1937", "149,000,000", "24,700,000", "34,100,000", "90,200,000" ], [ "1938", "151,000,000", "24,700,000", "33,800,000", "92,500,000" ], [ "1939", "153,000,000", "24,700,000", "33,600,000", "94,700,000" ], [ "1940", "155,000,000", "24,700,000", "33,600,000", "96,700,000" ], [ "1941", "157,000,000", "22,800,000", "15,600,000", "118,600,000" ], [ "1942", "159,000,000", "22,800,000", "15,600,000", "120,600,000" ], [ "1943", "160,000,000", "22,800,000", "15,600,000", "121,600,000" ], [ "1944", "160,000,000", "15,400,000", "15,600,000", "129,000,000" ], [ "1945", "160,000,000", "15,400,000", "15,600,000", "129,000,000" ], [ "1946", "160,000,000", "13,500,000", "5,100,000", "141,400,000" ], [ "1947", "160,000,000", "13,500,000", "5,100,000", "141,400,000" ], [ "1948", "160,000,000", "13,500,000", "...", "146,500,000" ], [ "1949-1960", "160,000,000", "13,500,000", "...", "146,500,000" ], [ "1961", "160,000,000", "...", "...", "160,000,000" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ From British Chamber of Commerce Journal, Shanghai, September-October, 1925." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 25 as printed (1926-1948, 1949-1960, 1961).", "Row 1927, col 'Charges — Domestic': last group blotted (reads '50, 600, 0?0' with an ink spot over the middle digits); written [?].", "Row 1938, col 'Charges — Domestic': first digit of the second group partly covered by an ink blot, ambiguous 3 vs 8; the printed balance (Surplus 92,500,000 = 151,000,000 - 24,700,000 - X) fits only 8, so 33,800,000 written (3-vs-8 rule).", "'...' = printed dotted rule (nil) in the cell.", "Check Net customs revenue = Foreign + Domestic + Surplus: reconciles for 23 of the 24 checkable rows; row 1935 does not (145,000,000 vs 24,700,000 + 37,000,000 + 85,600,000 = 147,300,000; re-read, as printed). Row 1927 not checkable." ], "id": "p0311_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 310", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n310/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0311", "images": [ "p0311" ], "printed_pages": [ "290" ], "chapter": "Chinese Government Finance", "table_no": null, "title": "Statement of Salt Revenue", "caption_extra": "Footnote mark ¹ on the title.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Years", "Total collections", "Retained by provincial authorities", "Applied on obligations secured on salt revenues", "Released to central Government ²" ], "rows": [ [ "1918", "$71,566,000", "$15,546,000", "$4,173,000", "$71,761,000" ], [ "1919", "80,637,000", "26,341,000", "11,622,000", "75,213,000" ], [ "1920", "79,064,000", "23,912,000", "13,876,000", "64,620,000" ], [ "1921", "77,988,000", "18,413,000", "5,526,000", "52,060,000" ], [ "1922", "85,789,000", "31,669,000", "8,051,000", "47,193,000" ], [ "1923", "79,545,000", "30,207,000", "9,492,000", "41,543,000" ], [ "1924", "70,544,000", "31,669,000", "8,111,000", "31,257,000" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Statement of the Chinese Government Central Salt Administration.", "² This does not represent the remainder after deducting the previous two items from total collections, as certain other charges (transfers, etc.) are met and a balance retained with the administration." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 7 as printed.", "No printed totals; per footnote 2 the last column is not a remainder, so no check applies. Row 1918: 'Released' (71,761,000) exceeds 'Total collections' (71,566,000) as printed.", "Rows 1922 and 1924 both read 31,669,000 under 'Retained by provincial authorities', as printed." ], "id": "p0311_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 310", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n310/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0312", "images": [ "p0312" ], "printed_pages": [ "291" ], "chapter": "Chinese Government Finance", "table_no": null, "title": "[Collections of Wine and Tobacco Tax, Peking Octroi and Stamp Taxes, 1919-1922]", "caption_extra": "No title printed; stub heading 'Other revenues'. Introduced in the text as 'the collections of these three taxes for the most recent years available.'", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Other revenues", "1919", "1920", "1921", "1922" ], "rows": [ [ "Wine and tobacco (net collections) ¹", "$12,443,000", "$13,012,000", "[?]", "$12,726,000" ], [ "Remitted to Peking", "2,673,000", "2,229,000", "1,784,000", "1,449,000" ], [ "Peking octroi (net collections)", "1,306,900", "1,488,000", "1,591,000", "2,500,000" ], [ "Stamp taxes (net) ²", "2,354,000", "2,646,000", "2,522,000", "(³)" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Excludes several south and southwestern Provinces. Total collected for all China is estimated at $26,000,000 silver.", "² Peking Government receives only from $200,000 to $300,000 per year.", "³ Not known." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 4 as printed.", "Row 'Wine and tobacco (net collections)', col 1921: last digit of '$12,722,00?' imperfectly printed (only its top arc shows); written [?].", "Peking octroi 1919 reads 1,306,900 as printed (not ...000).", "No printed totals. The 'Remitted to Peking' figures for 1919-1922 match those quoted in the prose above the table." ], "id": "p0312_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 311", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n311/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0313", "images": [ "p0313" ], "printed_pages": [ "292" ], "chapter": "Chinese Government Finance", "table_no": null, "title": "Available Sources of Revenue for Rehabilitation", "caption_extra": "(The amounts are in silver dollars.) — stated in the prose introducing the table, under the section heading 'Total Available Revenue for Rehabilitation'. [Context, added by the transcriber: estimates (1925-26) for future years.]", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Years", "Customs surplus", "Salt surplus", "Wine and tobacco tax, stamp tax, and Peking octroi", "Total", "Estimated service of consolidated debt ¹", "Balance available for administration expenses, etc." ], "rows": [ [ "1926", "$35,500,000", "$32,000,000", "$4,300,000", "$71,800,000", "...", "..." ], [ "1927", "37,150,000", "32,000,000", "4,300,000", "73,450,000", "$45,000,000", "$28,450,000" ], [ "1928", "39,400,000", "32,000,000", "4,300,000", "75,700,000", "49,800,000", "25,900,000" ], [ "1929", "53,500,000", "32,000,000", "4,300,000", "89,800,000", "64,250,000", "25,550,000" ], [ "1930", "56,300,000", "32,000,000", "4,300,000", "92,600,000", "68,500,000", "24,100,000" ], [ "1931", "58,500,000", "32,000,000", "4,300,000", "94,800,000", "72,500,000", "22,300,000" ], [ "1932", "67,700,000", "32,000,000", "4,300,000", "104,000,000", "94,750,000", "9,250,000" ], [ "1933", "78,600,000", "32,000,000", "4,300,000", "114,900,000", "97,650,000", "17,250,000" ], [ "1934", "80,200,000", "32,000,000", "4,300,000", "116,500,000", "100,200,000", "16,300,000" ], [ "1935", "85,600,000", "32,000,000", "4,300,000", "121,900,000", "102,400,000", "19,500,000" ], [ "1936", "87,900,000", "32,000,000", "4,300,000", "124,200,000", "104,250,000", "19,950,000" ], [ "1937", "90,200,000", "32,000,000", "4,300,000", "126,500,000", "105,750,000", "20,750,000" ], [ "1938", "92,500,000", "32,000,000", "4,300,000", "128,800,000", "106,900,000", "21,900,000" ], [ "1939", "94,700,000", "35,000,000", "4,300,000", "134,000,000", "107,700,000", "26,300,000" ], [ "1940", "96,700,000", "35,000,000", "4,300,000", "136,000,000", "108,150,000", "27,850,000" ], [ "1941", "118,600,000", "35,000,000", "4,300,000", "157,900,000", "108,250,000", "49,650,000" ], [ "1942", "120,600,000", "35,000,000", "4,300,000", "159,900,000", "108,000,000", "51,900,000" ], [ "1943", "121,600,000", "35,000,000", "4,300,000", "160,900,000", "107,400,000", "53,500,000" ], [ "1944", "129,000,000", "35,000,000", "4,300,000", "168,300,000", "106,450,000", "61,850,000" ], [ "1945", "129,000,000", "35,000,000", "4,300,000", "168,300,000", "105,150,000", "62,150,000" ], [ "1946", "141,400,000", "35,000,000", "4,300,000", "180,700,000", "53,500,000", "127,200,000" ], [ "1947", "141,400,000", "35,000,000", "4,300,000", "180,700,000", "...", "180,700,000" ], [ "1948", "146,500,000", "35,000,000", "4,300,000", "185,800,000", "...", "185,800,000" ], [ "1949", "146,500,000", "35,000,000", "4,300,000", "185,800,000", "...", "185,800,000" ], [ "1950", "146,500,000", "35,000,000", "4,300,000", "185,800,000", "...", "185,800,000" ], [ "1951", "146,500,000", "35,000,000", "4,300,000", "185,800,000", "...", "185,800,000" ], [ "1952", "146,500,000", "35,000,000", "4,300,000", "185,800,000", "...", "185,800,000" ], [ "1953", "146,500,000", "40,000,000", "4,300,000", "190,800,000", "...", "190,800,000" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Estimate based on debt consolidation plan discussed on pp. 285-286." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 28 as printed (1926-1953).", "'...' = printed dotted rule (nil): 1926 in the last two columns, 1947-1953 under 'Estimated service of consolidated debt'.", "Checks: Total = Customs + Salt + Wine/stamp/octroi; Balance = Total - Estimated service (Balance = Total where service is nil). Results: 1945 balance: 63150 vs 62150 (re-read 1945: 168,300,000 / 105,150,000 / 62,150,000 as printed; 168,300,000 - 105,150,000 = 63,150,000). All other rows reconcile." ], "id": "p0313_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 312", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n312/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0314", "images": [ "p0314" ], "printed_pages": [ "293" ], "chapter": "Chinese Government Finance", "table_no": null, "title": "[Government Expenditure by Departments and Agencies, as Estimated by the Financial Readjustment Commission, 1924]", "caption_extra": "[Context, added by the transcriber: introduced at the foot of p. 292: the Financial Readjustment Commission, in its report of April 16, 1924, 'placed the amount required to carry on the necessary functions of the Government in the neighborhood of $197,500,000 silver, divided as follows:'.] No title printed.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Government departments and agencies", "Expenditures — Ordinary", "Expenditures — Contingent" ], "rows": [ [ "Organs under the central Government", "$22,441,350", "$2,748,192" ], [ "Ministry of Foreign Affairs", "4,048,428", "1,130,106" ], [ "Ministry of Interior", "3,446,932", "2,282,466" ], [ "Ministry of Finance ¹", "29,519,302", "6,878,455" ], [ "Ministry of War ²", "52,814,744", "53,512,245" ], [ "Ministry of Navy", "8,643,296", "120,000" ], [ "Ministry of Justice", "1,817,191", "..." ], [ "Ministry of Education", "3,255,270", "301,740" ], [ "Ministry of Agriculture", "1,541,800", "410,447" ], [ "Ministry of Communications", "1,323,747", "149,218" ], [ "Bureau of Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs", "1,109,915", "50,000" ], [ "Total", "129,961,975", "[?]" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Includes customs, $14,416,256; salt, $10,866,578.", "² The large proportion of ordinary expenditure under this heading (approximately 40 per cent) is worthy of note." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 11 items + Total as printed.", "Row 'Ministry of Justice', col Contingent: printed dotted rule, written '...'.", "Row 'Total', col Contingent: last digit imperfectly printed ('67, 582, 86' followed by a fragment); written [?]. The parts add to 67,582,869.", "Ordinary: parts add to 129,961,975 = printed total, reconciles." ], "id": "p0314_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 313", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n313/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0314", "images": [ "p0314" ], "printed_pages": [ "293" ], "chapter": "Chinese Government Finance", "table_no": null, "title": "[Total Obligations of the Ministry of Communications, December 31, 1922]", "caption_extra": "Run-in list in the text, introduced: 'Total obligations as of December 31, 1922, were as follows, all amounts in silver dollars:'", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Item", "Amount (silver dollars)" ], "rows": [ [ "Direct obligations of ministry", "$43,692,571" ], [ "Railways", "622,065,812" ], [ "Telegraphs", "54,698,822" ], [ "Postal service", "1,662,584" ], [ "Total", "722,119,789" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 4 items + Total as printed.", "Total: second-last digit (8) slightly broken but its shape is clear. Parts add to 722,119,789 = printed total, reconciles." ], "id": "p0314_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 313", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n313/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0315", "images": [ "p0315" ], "printed_pages": [ "294" ], "chapter": "Chinese Government Finance", "table_no": null, "title": "[Loans of the Ministry of Communications Transferred to the Ministry of Finance]", "caption_extra": "No title printed. Introduced: 'According to the report of Mr. Lo Wen Kan, mentioned previously, certain loans contracted by the Ministry of Communications already have been transferred to the Ministry of Finance, as follows:'", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Loans", "Currency", "Amount in original currency", "Rate of exchange", "Silver dollars" ], "rows": [ [ "Ching Yu Railway advance", "francs", "9,352,431", "7", "1,336,061" ], [ "Kao Hsu Railway loan", "yen", "20,000,000", "1", "20,000,000" ], [ "Ki Huei Railway loan", "do", "10,000,000", "1", "10,000,000" ], [ "Manchurian Mongolian Railways", "do", "20,000,000", "1", "20,000,000" ], [ "Feng Ching Railway loan", "", "£375,000", "¹ 10", "3,750,000" ], [ "Feng Ching Railway loan interest", "", "£22,500", "² 9", "202,500" ], [ "Telegraph loan", "yen", "20,000,000", "¹ 1", "20,000,000" ], [ "Telegraph loan interest", "do", "2,400,000", "² 0, 90", "2,160,000" ], [ "Total", "", "...", "...", "77,448,561" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Rate used by Ministry of Communications.", "² Rate used by Ministry of Finance." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 8 loans + Total as printed.", "'Currency' column holds the unit word printed at the end of the stub leader (francs, yen, do = ditto); blank where none is printed (sterling amounts carry £).", "Rate '0, 90' printed with a comma-like separator, kept as printed. Footnote marks ¹/² printed before rates.", "Total row: dotted rules under amount and rate, written '...'.", "Silver dollars: parts add to 77,448,561 vs printed 77,448,561: reconciles." ], "id": "p0315_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 314", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n314/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0315", "images": [ "p0315" ], "printed_pages": [ "294" ], "chapter": "Chinese Government Finance", "table_no": null, "title": "[Indebtedness of the Ministry of Communications, December 31, 1922]", "caption_extra": "(Millions of silver dollars) No title printed. Introduced: 'Eliminating the above loans and accrued interest, the indebtedness of the Ministry of Communications on December 31, 1922, can be summarized as follows:'", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Debts", "Millions of silver dollars — Foreign", "Millions of silver dollars — Domestic", "Millions of silver dollars — Total" ], "rows": [ [ "Direct obligations of ministry:", "", "", "" ], [ "Short-term loans and interest", "0.8", "8.5", "9.3" ], [ "Nationalization of railways and interest", "...", "34.3", "34.3" ], [ "Total", ".8", "42.8", "43.6" ], [ "Railway obligations:", "", "", "" ], [ "Share capital and interest", "...", "2.8", "2.8" ], [ "Mortgage loans and interest", "411.6", "...", "411.6" ], [ "Obligations with securities and interest", "49.3", "17.5", "66.8" ], [ "Obligations without securities and interest", "3.2", "26.0", "29.2" ], [ "Obligations for materials", "34.6", "5.4", "40.0" ], [ "Obligations unspecified", "3.3", "13.0", "16.3" ], [ "Total", "502.0", "64.7", "566.7" ], [ "Telegraph Department obligations:", "", "", "" ], [ "Mortgage loans", "22.0", "...", "22.0" ], [ "Interest on mortgage loans", "2.5", "...", "2.5" ], [ "Short-term loans", ".2", "...", ".2" ], [ "Obligations for materials", "7.8", "...", "7.8" ], [ "Total", "32.5", "...", "32.5" ], [ "Postal obligations", "...", "1.7", "1.7" ], [ "Total indebtedness", "535.3", "109.2", "644.5" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 20 printed lines (3 sub-heading rows, 12 items, 3 section totals, Postal obligations, Total indebtedness).", "'...' = printed dotted rule (nil).", "Checks (Foreign + Domestic = Total per row; section totals; Total indebtedness = three section totals + Postal): all reconcile." ], "id": "p0315_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 314", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n314/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0315", "images": [ "p0315" ], "printed_pages": [ "294" ], "chapter": "Chinese Government Finance", "table_no": null, "title": "[Items of Interdepartment Indebtedness Included in the Ministry of Communications Figures]", "caption_extra": "Run-in list. Introduced: 'The above figures include the German issues of the Tientsin-Pukow and Hukuang Railways which, though received by China in the financial settlement with Germany completed in June, 1924, it is understood have not been canceled, and several items of interdepartment indebtedness as follows:'", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Item", "Amount" ], "rows": [ [ "Obligations without securities: Hukuang Railway", "$12,945,000" ], [ "Obligations for materials: Pien Lo Railway", "496,000" ], [ "Obligations unspecified:", "" ], [ "Shanghai-Nanking Railway", "2,653,000" ], [ "Pien Lo Railway", "3,453,000" ], [ "Kirin-Changchun Railway", "511,000" ], [ "Total", "20,058,000" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 6 lines (one sub-heading) + Total as printed.", "Parts add to 20,058,000 vs printed 20,058,000: reconciles." ], "id": "p0315_3", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 314", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n314/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0316", "images": [ "p0316" ], "printed_pages": [ "295" ], "chapter": "Chinese Government Finance", "table_no": null, "title": "[Debt Maturities of the Ministry of Communications, 1923-1928]", "caption_extra": "(Millions of silver dollars) No title printed; stub heading 'Debt maturities'. Introduced: 'the following table of debt maturities has been prepared from information contained in the debt schedules of the ministry, and amortization tables for the years 1923 to 1928, inclusive. The debt maturities, including interest, are as follows:'", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Debt maturities", "1923", "1924", "1925", "1926", "1927", "1928" ], "rows": [ [ "Railways:", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Mortgage loans", "52.3", "34.5", "31.0", "34.5", "32.0", "¹ 34.1" ], [ "Obligations with securities", "22.2", "11.0", "1.4", "0.2", "0.2", "0.2" ], [ "Obligations without securities", "7.1", "0.9", "0.6", "0.6", "0.6", "0.6" ], [ "Obligations for materials", "39.3", "...", "...", "...", "...", "..." ], [ "Obligations unspecified", "4.8", "...", "...", "...", "...", "..." ], [ "Total", "125.7", "46.4", "33.0", "35.3", "32.8", "34.9" ], [ "Telegraphs:", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Mortgage loans", "² 6.6", "12.9", "1.6", "1.6", "1.5", "1.5" ], [ "Materials", "7.8", "...", "...", "...", "...", "..." ], [ "Short-term loans", "0.2", "...", "...", "...", "...", "..." ], [ "", "14.6", "12.9", "1.6", "1.6", "1.5", "1.5" ], [ "Grand total yearly maturities", "140.3", "59.3", "34.6", "36.9", "34.3", "36.4" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Includes interest and amortization, Kia-Tsi (Shantung) Railway loan on 10-year redemption basis.", "² Includes $2,214,000 supposed to have been transferred to railways." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 13 printed lines (2 sub-heading rows, 8 items, Railways Total, unlabelled Telegraphs total, Grand total).", "The Telegraphs sub-total line has no label printed; first cell left ''.", "'...' = printed dotted rule (nil). Footnote marks kept before the figures as printed.", "Checks (Railways items = Total; Telegraph items = sub-total; Grand total = both totals), each year: all reconcile." ], "id": "p0316_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 315", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n315/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0317", "images": [ "p0317" ], "printed_pages": [ "296" ], "chapter": "Chinese Government Finance", "table_no": null, "title": "Chinese Government Railways", "caption_extra": "Comparison of actual net operating revenues for 1923 with approximate revenue for 1924 of the more important lines.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Railways", "Net operating revenues — 1924 (approximate)", "Net operating revenues — 1923 (actual)" ], "rows": [ [ "Peking-Hankow", "$16,000,000", "$19,347,647" ], [ "Peking-Mukden", "5,366,510", "6,951,447" ], [ "Tientsin-Pukow", "7,912,007", "9,135,644" ], [ "Peking-Suiyuan", "2,567,000", "2,667,018" ], [ "Shanghai-Nanking", "3,932,094", "3,613,715" ], [ "Shanghai-Hangchow-Ningpo", "1,346,305", "1,150,131" ], [ "Cheng-Tai", "2,292,867", "2,713,949" ], [ "Canton-Kowloon", "²43,000", "²61,257" ], [ "Kirin-Changchun", "750,000", "938,164" ], [ "Taokow-Changhwa", "1,074,840", "831,932" ], [ "Lung-Hai", "2,000,000", "2,052,918" ], [ "Kaifeng-Honan", "1,182,000", "1,310,052" ], [ "Hupeh-Hunan", "115,042", "²73,249" ], [ "Chuchow-Pinghsiang", "7,000", "²113,000" ], [ "Ssu-Tao", "1,724,119", "1,098,168" ], [ "Kiaochow-Tsinan", "3,702,770", "3,004,898" ], [ "Total", "49,929,554", "54,568,177" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Source: C S. Liu, Director of Railway Department, Ministry of Communications, Apr. 1, 1925.", "² Deficit." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 16 lines + Total, as printed.", "Superscript ² before a figure marks a deficit (footnote 2) and is kept as printed.", "Total check 1924: parts with deficits subtracted = 49,929,554; all added = 50,015,554; printed 49,929,554 — reconciles (deficits subtracted)", "Total check 1923: parts with deficits subtracted = 54,568,177; all added = 55,063,189; printed 54,568,177 — reconciles (deficits subtracted)" ], "id": "p0317_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 316", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n316/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0330", "images": [ "p0330" ], "printed_pages": [ "309" ], "chapter": "Railways in China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Railways of China and Its Dependencies]", "caption_extra": "By J. E. Baker, Adviser to the Chinese Ministry of Communications. Introduced in the text: \"These railways are as follows:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Lines", "Location", "Miles of line — Contiguous", "Miles of line — Scattered" ], "rows": [ [ "MANCHURIA", "", "", "" ], [ "1. Chinese Eastern", "North Manchuria", "1,078", "..." ], [ "Timber concession lines in connection", "do", "286", "..." ], [ "2. Tsitsihar (narrow gauge)", "do", "18", "..." ], [ "3. South Manchuria", "South Manchuria", "681", "..." ], [ "4. Ssu-Tao", "Central Manchuria", "266", "..." ], [ "5. Kirin-Changchun", "do", "77", "..." ], [ "6. Peking-Mukden (outside wall)", "North China", "324", "..." ], [ "Branches (privately owned)", "do", "56", "..." ], [ "Mining railways", "do", "21", "20" ], [ "COASTAL PLAIN", "", "", "" ], [ "6. Peking-Mukden (inside wall)", "North China", "293", "..." ], [ "7. Peking-Hankow", "Central China", "822", "..." ], [ "8. Tientsin-Pukow", "do", "691", "..." ], [ "9. Shanghai-Nanking", "Yangtze Valley", "204", "..." ], [ "10. Shanghai-Hangchow", "do", "131", "..." ], [ "Ningpo section", "do", "...", "49" ], [ "11. Peking-Suiyuan", "Northwest China", "461", "..." ], [ "12. Cheng-Tai", "Shansi", "152", "..." ], [ "13. Taokow-Chinghwa", "Honan", "95", "..." ], [ "14. Lung-Hai (including Kaifeng-Honan)", "", "446", "..." ], [ "15. Hupeh-Hunan", "South Central China", "264", "..." ], [ "16. Chuchow-Pinghsiang", "do", "56", "..." ], [ "17. Shantung (Kiao-Tsi)", "Shantung", "283", "..." ], [ "18. Chung Hsin Mining Co", "do", "32", "..." ], [ "Mentowkow-Chaitang", "Peking", "38", "..." ], [ "Nanking City", "Nanking", "5", "..." ], [ "Poshan Light Railway", "Shantung", "14", "..." ], [ "19. Kiukiang-Nanchang", "Kiangsi", "...", "79" ], [ "Tayeh Mining Railway", "Hupeh", "...", "15" ], [ "Shantung Wen", "Shantung", "...", "42" ], [ "Lin-Kiang Yangho", "Chihli", "...", "14" ], [ "Yu Ning", "do", "...", "23" ], [ "Ching Shih", "do", "...", "18" ], [ "Tsehsien Ya Lu", "", "...", "19" ], [ "Lung Yen Iron", "Chihli", "...", "13" ], [ "OTHER PARTS OF CHINA", "", "", "" ], [ "20. Canton-Kowloon (including British section)", "", "119", "..." ], [ "21. Canton-Samshui", "", "30", "..." ], [ "22. Changchow-Amoy", "Fukien", "18", "..." ], [ "23. Kwangtung", "North of Canton", "141", "..." ], [ "24. Sunning", "Near Canton", "93", "..." ], [ "25. Chaochowfu-Swatow", "", "26", "..." ], [ "26. Yunnan", "Southwest China", "288", "..." ], [ "Ko Chu Pishih", "Yunnan", "33", "..." ], [ "Miscellaneous mining lines", "", "140", "..." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Numbers refer to railway map and serve as a guide to location. (Footnote mark printed on the column heading \"Lines\".)" ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 43 line rows plus 3 regional sub-headings (MANCHURIA, COASTAL PLAIN, OTHER PARTS OF CHINA), as printed.", "Line numbers (1.–26.) are printed before the line names and kept; '6.' is printed twice (Peking-Mukden outside and inside wall).", "Mileage cells printed as a dashed rule are written '...'; location cells holding only leader dots (Lung-Hai, Tsehsien Ya Lu, Canton-Kowloon, Canton-Samshui, Chaochowfu-Swatow, Miscellaneous mining lines) are written ''.", "No total printed. (For reference only: contiguous column sums to 7,682, scattered to 292.)" ], "id": "p0330_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 329", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n329/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0340", "images": [ "p0340" ], "printed_pages": [ "317" ], "chapter": "Railways in China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Statistics of Principal Lines]", "caption_extra": "Table printed sideways on the page, without a printed title; the chapter text introduces it as the statistics of the principal lines.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Railways", "Nationality of construction funds", "Miles of line", "Cost of road and equipment", "Funded debt", "Shares or Government investment", "Remarks" ], "rows": [ [ "CONCESSIONED LINES", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "1. Chinese Eastern", "Russian", "1,078", "R.359,105,145", "R.200,109,468", "R.169,967,541", "" ], [ "3. South Manchuria", "do", "681", "(²)", "Y.220,000,000", "Y.321,156,000", "Ceded to Japan by Russia in 1905" ], [ "26. Yunnan", "French", "288", "Fr.165,478,956", "Fr.10,500,000", "Fr. { 17,500,000 / 140,000,000", "Operated as an integral part of French Indo-China Ry." ], [ "20. Kowloon-Canton (British section)", "British", "29", "$16,267,127", "...", "...", "Property of Hongkong government." ], [ "GOVERNMENT LINES", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "7. Peking-Hankow", "Belgian", "822", "120,231,860", "$54,415,747", "$81,044,333", "Original Belgian capital refunded by means of an Anglo-French loan, 1908." ], [ "6. Peking-Mukden", "Chinese and British", "617", "87,398,514", "15,284,762", "73,047,538", "British capital used for \"outside wall\" extension only." ], [ "8. Tientsin-Pukow", "British and German", "691", "112,991,966", "88,247,452", "19,811,489", "German bonds acquired by China in settlement following the World War." ], [ "9. Shanghai-Nanking", "British", "204", "33,088,742", "28,533,750", "5,594,435", "" ], [ "10. Shanghai-Hangchow-Ningpo", "do", "180", "23,005,942", "14,573,209", "12,993,603", "Short sections began with Chinese capital." ], [ "11. Peking-Suiyuan", "Chinese", "461", "41,878,740", "4,810,850", "30,659,945", "Short-term notes and bills for materials against extensions of this line are held by foreign interests." ], [ "12. Cheng Tai", "French and Belgian", "152", "24,091,606", "10,327,083", "13,372,993", "" ], [ "13. Taokow-Chinghwa", "British", "95", "8,330,773", "6,304,677", "2,951,123", "The Peking syndicate which financed the construction of this line admits important French participation." ], [ "Kaifeng-Honan", "Belgian", "116", "14,352,070", "12,747,336", "1,724,416", "" ], [ "14. Lung-Hai", "Belgian and Dutch", "330", "(³)", "...", "...", "Dutch interests are constructing the section east of the Tientsin-Pukow line." ], [ "5. Kirin-Changchun", "Chinese", "77", "7,894,415", "5,889,016", "1,764,175", "The South Manchurian Ry. now operates this line." ], [ "16. Chuchow-Pingsiang", "do", "56", "4,846,499", "...", "4,218,308", "" ], [ "20. Canton-Kowloon", "British", "90", "15,913,798", "14,107,500", "1,658,575", "" ], [ "21. Canton-Samshui", "American", "30", "3,306,240", "...", "1,789,982", "Bought out by China in 1904." ], [ "22. Changchow-Amoy", "Chinese", "18", "3,300,414", "375,415", "1,187,825", "" ], [ "15. Hupeh-Hunan", "Four Nation group", "264", "59,359,917", "54,295,702", "1,277,129", "Operated as the \"British section.\"" ], [ "4. Ssu-Tao", "Japanese", "266", "11,649,967", "20,778,769", "426,188", "Operated by South Manchuria Ry." ], [ "17. Kiao-Tsi", "German", "283", "Y.40,000,000", "Y.40,000,000", "...", "Seized by Japan in 1915 and purchased by China in 1922." ], [ "OTHER LINES", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "19. Kiukiang-Nanchang", "Chinese", "79", "$12,754,589", "$8,257,723", "4,496,865", "Debt held by Japanese interests." ], [ "24. Sunning-Canton", "do", "93", "3,567,325", "...", "...", "" ], [ "23. Kwangtung Provincial", "do", "141", "...", "...", "...", "Property of the Province of Kwangtung." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Numbers refer to map as guide to location. (Mark printed on the column heading \"Railways\".)", "² Spoil of war.", "³ Not complete." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 25 railway rows plus 3 group sub-headings (CONCESSIONED LINES, GOVERNMENT LINES, OTHER LINES), as printed. Read from the image rotated 90 degrees.", "Yunnan, Shares or Government investment: printed as 'Fr.' with a brace over two figures, 17,500,000 and 140,000,000; written 'Fr. { 17,500,000 / 140,000,000'.", "Cells printed as a dashed rule are written '...'; Remarks cells with no text are ''. The Yunnan remark is printed with a brace that also spans the South Manchuria line but is placed on the Yunnan row; remarks are assigned to the row they are printed beside (e.g. 'Operated as the \"British section.\"' stands beside Hupeh-Hunan, as printed).", "Currency prefixes (R., Y., Fr., $) kept as printed; most figures carry no prefix.", "No totals printed." ], "id": "p0340_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 339", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n339/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0341", "images": [ "p0341" ], "printed_pages": [ "318" ], "chapter": "Railways in China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Operating Revenues and Expenses, Operating Ratio, and Net Revenue of the Principal Lines, 1922]", "caption_extra": "Introduced in the text: \"The table below gives the operating revenues and expenses, operating ratio, and net revenue during the year 1922 for the principal lines, so far as data are available.\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Railways", "Revenues", "Expenses", "Operating ratio", "Net revenue" ], "rows": [ [ "Chinese Eastern", "R.33,333,770", "R.27,577,675", "82½", "R.5,756,095" ], [ "South Manchuria", "Y.87,662,013", "Y.34,099,801", "39", "Y.53,562,212" ], [ "Yunnan", "Fr.28,241,625", "Fr.21,210,785", "75", "Fr.7,030,845" ], [ "Kowloon-Canton (British section)", "$710,295", "$562,144", "79", "$148,151" ], [ "Peking-Hankow", "26,388,117", "11,444,303", "43", "14,943,814" ], [ "Peking-Mukden", "20,690,449", "12,933,499", "63", "7,756,950" ], [ "Tientsin-Pukow", "16,121,893", "9,678,609", "60", "6,443,284" ], [ "Shanghai-Nanking", "7,572,529", "4,525,891", "60", "3,046,638" ], [ "Shanghai-Hangchow-Ningpo", "3,603,009", "3,183,613", "88", "479,396" ], [ "Peking-Suiyuan", "6,593,825", "4,536,041", "69", "2,057,784" ], [ "Cheng Tai", "3,590,118", "1,597,419", "44", "1,992,698" ], [ "Taokow-Chinghwa", "1,389,336", "626,087", "45", "763,250" ], [ "Kaifeng-Honan", "2,418,907", "1,045,709", "43", "1,373,198" ], [ "Lung-Hai", "3,162,842", "1,383,401", "43", "1,779,440" ], [ "Kirin-Changchun", "2,789,552", "1,790,525", "64", "999,027" ], [ "Chuchow-Pingsiang", "525,055", "543,832", "136", "(¹)" ], [ "Canton-Kowloon", "1,541,494", "1,028,745", "67", "512,748" ], [ "Canton-Samshui", "²962,091", "²487,435", "51", "²474,656" ], [ "Changchow-Amoy", "76,826", "85,774", "112", "³8,948" ], [ "Hupeh-Hunan", "1,895,980", "1,632,803", "86", "263,177" ], [ "Ssu-Tao", "1,661,353", "1,167,062", "70", "494,291" ], [ "Kiao-Tsi", "Y.8,455,683", "Y.4,411,618", "52", "Y.4,044,065" ], [ "Kiukiang-Nanchang", "⁴$539,734", "⁴$606,818", "112", "(⁴) (¹)" ], [ "Sunning", "⁴1,764,136", "⁴1,048,623", "90", "⁴115,373" ], [ "Kwangtung Provincial", "2,490,000", "(⁵)", "(⁵)", "(⁵)" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Deficit.", "² Data for 1916.", "³ Less $8,948.", "⁴ Data for 1921.", "⁵ Not reported." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 25 as printed.", "Superscript footnote marks before figures are kept as printed (e.g. '²962,091').", "Taokow-Chinghwa, Revenues: the middle digit of the last group has an ink speck over its upper half; its lower half is open like a 3 and it is read 1,389,336.", "Currency prefixes (R., Y., Fr., $) kept as printed. No totals printed." ], "id": "p0341_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 340", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n340/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0344", "images": [ "p0344" ], "printed_pages": [ "321" ], "chapter": "Railways in China", "table_no": null, "title": "Relative Importance of Lines", "caption_extra": "\"The relative importance of the various lines is shown by the following tabulation, which divides the various lines into groups according to the amount of revenue (figures are for 1922 unless otherwise indicated):\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": "Class I. Revenues more than $10,000,000", "columns": [ "Railways", "Miles", "Revenue", "Service units — Ton-kilometers (thousands)", "Service units — Passenger-kilometers (thousands)", "Total units (thousands)" ], "rows": [ [ "South Manchuria", "681", "Y.87,662,013", "4,047,832", "732,130", "4,779,962" ], [ "Chinese Eastern", "1,078", "R.33,333,770", "866,768", "437,551", "1,304,319" ], [ "Peking-Hankow", "822", "$26,388,117", "1,120,510", "490,260", "1,610,770" ], [ "Peking-Mukden (inside wall only)", "293", "20,690,448", "825,568", "826,008", "1,651,576" ], [ "Tientsin-Pukow", "691", "16,121,892", "830,819", "479,601", "1,310,420" ] ] }, { "label": "Class II. Revenues $5,000,000 to $10,000,000", "columns": [ "Railways", "Miles", "Revenue", "Service units — Ton-kilometers (thousands)", "Service units — Passenger-kilometers (thousands)", "Total units (thousands)" ], "rows": [ [ "Shantung Railway", "283", "Y.8,455,683", "441,459", "217,899", "659,358" ], [ "Shanghai-Nanking", "204", "$7,572,528", "318,377", "648,709", "967,086" ], [ "Peking-Suiyuan", "461", "6,593,824", "230,658", "88,460", "319,118" ], [ "Lung-Hai (including Kaifeng-Honan)", "446", "5,581,748", "111,454", "215,872", "327,326" ] ] }, { "label": "Class III. Revenues $1,000,000 to $5,000,000", "columns": [ "Railways", "Miles", "Revenue", "Service units — Ton-kilometers (thousands)", "Service units — Passenger-kilometers (thousands)", "Total units (thousands)" ], "rows": [ [ "Shanghai-Hangchow-Ningpo", "180", "$3,663,009", "103,200", "262,273", "365,473" ], [ "Cheng Tai", "95", "3,590,117", "111,689", "36,368", "148,057" ], [ "Kirin-Changchun", "77", "2,789,552", "68,014", "35,754", "103,768" ], [ "Yunnan", "288", "2,658,661", "(¹)", "75,570", "75,570" ], [ "Kwangtung", "141", "2,490,000", "(¹)", "(¹)", "..." ], [ "Hupeh-Hunan", "264", "8,855,980", "764,000", "62,259", "63,023" ], [ "Ssu-Tao", "266", "1,661,352", "48,744", "19,764", "68,508" ], [ "Canton-Kowloon", "90", "1,541,493", "10,411", "136,856", "147,267" ], [ "Taokow-Chinghwa", "95", "1,389,336", "81,197", "14,781", "95,978" ], [ "Sunning", "93", "²1,164,136", "(¹)", "(¹)", "..." ] ] }, { "label": "Class IV. Revenues less than $1,000,000", "columns": [ "Railways", "Miles", "Revenue", "Service units — Ton-kilometers (thousands)", "Service units — Passenger-kilometers (thousands)", "Total units (thousands)" ], "rows": [ [ "Kowloon Canton", "29", "$710,295", "(¹)", "(¹)", "..." ], [ "Kiukiang Nanchang", "79", "²539,734", "(¹)", "(¹)", "..." ], [ "Swatow Chaochowfu", "26", "220,537", "(¹)", "(¹)", "..." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Not reported.", "² For year 1921." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 22 as printed (Class I 5, II 4, III 10, IV 3).", "Units: the ton-kilometer, passenger-kilometer and total-unit columns are headed 'Thousands' (printed in italics at the top of each column).", "Tientsin-Pukow, Miles: the final 1 is printed broken (looks like 'ī'); read as 691.", "Total units = ton-km + passenger-km checked for every row with a printed total; all reconcile except as noted below (Yunnan: 75,570 with ton-km not reported, reconciles).", "Total units check, Hupeh-Hunan: ton-km + passenger-km = 826,259; printed 63,023 — does NOT reconcile (kept as printed).", "Cells printed as a dashed rule are '...'; '(¹)' = not reported, '²' = for year 1921, kept as printed." ], "id": "p0344_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 343", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n343/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0373", "images": [ "p0373" ], "printed_pages": [ "350" ], "chapter": "Americans in China", "table_no": null, "title": "[Firms and Residents of Other Nationals in China, 1882, 1890 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "American Population in China, by Commercial Attaché Julean Arnold. Introduced in the text: \"According to reports from the same source [the customs reports], other nationals resident in China for 1882, 1890, and 1923, respectively, numbered as follows:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Nationalities", "1882", "1890", "1923" ], "rows": [ [ "British:", "", "", "" ], [ "Firms", "298", "327", "661" ], [ "Residents", "2,402", "3,317", "14,775" ], [ "German:", "", "", "" ], [ "Firms", "56", "80", "244" ], [ "Residents", "474", "648", "2,233" ], [ "French:", "", "", "" ], [ "Firms", "12", "19", "242" ], [ "Residents", "335", "589", "3,361" ], [ "Russian:", "", "", "" ], [ "Firms", "17", "12", "1,034" ], [ "Residents", "78", "131", "85,856" ], [ "Japanese:", "", "", "" ], [ "Firms", "12", "29", "4,067" ], [ "Residents", "472", "883", "201,704" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 10 data rows (Firms, Residents for 5 nationalities) plus 5 nationality sub-headings, as printed.", "No totals printed." ], "id": "p0373_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 372", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n372/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0374", "images": [ "p0374", "p0375" ], "printed_pages": [ "351", "352" ], "chapter": "Americans in China", "table_no": null, "title": "[American Firms and American Citizens in the Consular Districts in China]", "caption_extra": "Introduced in the text: \"The following table shows the number of American firms and American citizens in the various consular districts in China:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Consular districts", "American firms", "American citizens" ], "rows": [ [ "North China:", "", "" ], [ "Harbin", "32", "104" ], [ "Mukden", "10", "85" ], [ "Antung", "2", "7" ], [ "Kalgan", "11", "49" ], [ "Dairen", "7", "43" ], [ "Tientsin", "95", "1,904" ], [ "Cheefoo", "6", "137" ], [ "Tsingtao", "12", "69" ], [ "Tsinan", "4", "472" ], [ "Central China:", "", "" ], [ "Nanking", "12", "1,041" ], [ "Shanghai ¹", "302", "4,000" ], [ "Hankow", "28", "1,300" ], [ "Changsha", "2", "366" ], [ "Chungking", "17", "259" ], [ "South China:", "", "" ], [ "Foochow", "6", "474" ], [ "Amoy", "2", "156" ], [ "Swatow", "8", "108" ], [ "Canton ²", "30", "1,377" ], [ "Hongkong", "30", "537" ], [ "Yunnanfu", "1", "42" ], [ "Total", "617", "12,530" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Including 400 of Chinese race and Filipinos.", "² Including 613 Chinese born in United States." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 24 as printed (3 region sub-headings, 20 districts, Total); North China on p. 351, Central/South China and Total on p. 352 (header repeated).", "Total American firms: parts sum to 617, printed 617 — reconciles.", "Total American citizens: parts sum to 12,530, printed 12,530 — reconciles.", "Chapter taken from running head 'Americans in China'." ], "id": "p0374_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 373", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n373/mode/1up" }, { "label": "scan leaf 374", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n374/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0430", "images": [ "p0430" ], "printed_pages": [ "407" ], "chapter": "Canton Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Important Cities of the Canton Consular District]", "caption_extra": "Part II. Under the heading \"Cities\": \"Important cities of the district are:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Cities or districts", "Population (estimated)", "Europeans", "Americans", "American business firms" ], "rows": [ [ "Kwangtung Province:", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Canton ¹", "900,000", "988", "790", "25" ], [ "Kongmoon ¹", "77,000", "20", "15", "2" ], [ "Samshui ¹", "7,400", "8", "3", "0" ], [ "Kiungchow ¹", "59,000", "30", "13", "1" ], [ "Pakhoi ¹", "35,000", "14", "...", "0" ], [ "Heungshan (district)", "1,145,000", "...", "13", "0" ], [ "Namhoi (district", "1,988,000", "...", "1", "0" ], [ "Sunwui (district)", "1,230,000", "...", "...", "0" ], [ "Taileung (district)", "1,039,000", "...", "...", "0" ], [ "Kwangsi Province:", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Wuchow ¹", "50,000", "26", "25", "1" ], [ "Nanning ¹", "67,400", "8", "17", "1" ], [ "Lungchow ¹", "20,000", "10", "...", "..." ], [ "Kweilin (district)", "526,000", "10", "21", "0" ], [ "Liuchow (district)", "575,000", "...", "...", "0" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Treaty ports where foreigners are entitled to reside for trade purposes." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 16 as printed (2 province sub-headings, 14 cities/districts). No total printed.", "'Namhoi (district' printed without closing parenthesis; kept as printed.", "Dotted rules in cells written '...'." ], "id": "p0430_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 429", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n429/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0431", "images": [ "p0431" ], "printed_pages": [ "408" ], "chapter": "Canton Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Principal Agricultural Products of the Canton Consular District]", "caption_extra": "Under the heading \"Agriculture\": \"The following table indicates the principal products of the district:\" Average production per acre in pounds.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Products (in order of importance)", "Planting season", "Harvesting season", "Average production per acre — Pounds", "Estimated annual production", "Use or disposition" ], "rows": [ [ "1. Silk", "Throughout year; 7 crops.", "Throughout year.", "(¹)", "6,000,000 pounds", "Available for export trade." ], [ "2. Rice", "March and August; 2 crops.", "July and December.", "1,800", "No data", "Local consumption." ], [ "3. Sugar cane", "April", "November", "810,000", "do", "Do." ], [ "4. Matting straw.", "November", "July-August", "12,000", "do", "Manufacture of matting and rugs for export abroad and for local use." ], [ "5. Cassia", "Throughout year.", "May", "...", "16,000,000-20,000,000 pounds available for export.", "Export trade." ], [ "6. Tobacco", "January-February", "July-August", "1,100", "50,000,000-60,000,000 pounds.", "Mainly for export." ], [ "7. Tea", "Throughout year.", "June-July", "(¹)", "1,000,000-3,000,000 pounds exported.", "Local use and export." ], [ "8. Ginger", "do", "August", "(¹)", "10,000,000 pounds exported.", "Export trade." ], [ "9. Fruits", "do", "Throughout year.", "(²)", "No data", "Local consumption." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ No data.", "² Varies." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 9 as printed. No total printed.", "In the last two columns the entries for rows 3-4 are set one line high: a line '...do...' / 'Do.' sits below the Rice entry, and the Sugar cane line carries '...do...' / 'Manufacture of matting and rugs...'. Assigned 'do'/'Do.' to Sugar cane and 'do'/'Manufacture...' to Matting straw (two 'do' entries for two rows); layout-based reading.", "Row 'Tea', col 'Harvesting season': separator prints as a small raised blotted mark between 'June' and 'July' (presumably a hyphen); written 'June-July'.", "Row 'Cassia', col 'Average production': dotted rule, written '...'.", "Line-break hyphens removed (e.g. 'Au-gust', 'De-cember', 'Feb-ruary', 'ex-port').", "'Sugar cane' 810,000 pounds per acre as printed." ], "id": "p0431_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 430", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n430/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0432", "images": [ "p0432" ], "printed_pages": [ "409" ], "chapter": "Canton Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Manufacturing Industries of the Canton Consular District]", "caption_extra": "Under the heading \"Manufacturing and Industrial Development\": \"The figures given below with respect to manufacturing industries are estimates made by representative business men; no responsibility is assumed for their reliability.\" Capital in United States currency.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Industries (in order of importance)", "Capacity", "Approximate number of employees", "Approximate capital in industry — United States currency", "Estimated output", "Disposition" ], "rows": [ [ "1. Silk filatures", "8,000,000 pounds", "500,000", "$14,000,000", "6,500,000 pounds", "Exported." ], [ "2. Boat building", "No data", "10,000", "150,000", "Junks, 3 per month; sampans, 75 per month; motor boats, 6-8 per month.", "Local use." ], [ "3. Native piece goods.", "...", "...", "...", "...", "Do." ], [ "4. Knitting and weaving factories (hosiery)", "200 power machines", "1,000", "400,000", "8,000 dozen per day.", "Local use and export to Chinese communities abroad." ], [ "5. Marine engines", "20-30 per month", "2,000", "300,000", "20 per month", "Local use." ], [ "6. Match factories", "2,000,000 small boxes per day.", "4,000", "1,500,000", "2,000,000 small boxes per day.", "Do." ], [ "7. Rubber-sole factories.", "10,000 pairs per day", "1,750", "625,000", "10,000 pairs per day.", "Do." ], [ "8. Cement works", "187,500 pounds per day.", "(¹)", "(¹)", "(¹)", "Do." ], [ "9. Tanneries", "500 pieces per day", "2,000", "500,000", "1,500 per day", "Local use and export." ], [ "10. Copper mills", "10,000 pounds", "...", "1,000,000", "10,000 pounds per day.", "Local use." ], [ "11. Soda-water factories.", "11,000 dozen per day", "350", "100,000", "1,000,000 dozen per year.", "Do." ], [ "12. Brick kilns", "100,000 per day", "1,000", "450,000", "100,000 per day", "Canton and Hongkong consumption." ], [ "13. Ice-making plants", "50.25 short tons per 24 hours.", "20", "250,000", "32 short tons per 24 hours.", "Local use." ], [ "14. Rice mills", "700,000 pounds per day.", "1,000", "1,000,000", "650,000 pounds per day.", "Do." ], [ "15. Mint", "1,700,000 silver 20-cent pieces per day.", "1,000", "750,000", "750,000 silver 20-cent pieces per day.", "Local use and exports to China ports." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Closed." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 15 as printed. No total printed.", "Disposition column for rows 1-2 is set one line low ('Exported.' on the Boat building line, 'Local use.' on the line below); assigned Exported. to Silk filatures and Local use. to Boat building.", "Row 'Native piece goods': dotted rules across Capacity to Estimated output, written '...'. Row 'Copper mills', col employees: dotted rule '...'.", "Row 'Rubber-sole factories', col Estimated output: 'pairs' printed with a damaged r (looks like 'paiis').", "Line-break hyphens removed (fac-tories, sam-pans, ex-port, consump-tion); '20-cent' keeps its hyphen." ], "id": "p0432_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 431", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n431/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0435", "images": [ "p0435" ], "printed_pages": [ "412" ], "chapter": "Canton Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Character of the Mineral Resources in the Canton Consular District]", "caption_extra": "Under the heading \"Minerals and Mining\": \"The following table indicates the character of the mineral resources in the Canton consular district:\" Export in 1923 in pounds.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Minerals", "Nature of ore", "Annual production", "Extent of resources", "Export in 1923 — Pounds" ], "rows": [ [ "1. Tungsten", "Wolframite", "No data", "Unknown; a great number of small pockets.", "3,120,047" ], [ "2. Coal", "Anthracite", "100,000 tons", "Estimated at 200,000,000 tons.", "None." ], [ "2. Coal", "Bituminous", "100,000 tons", "Estimated at 600,000,000 tons.", "None." ], [ "2. Coal", "Lignite", "100,000 tons", "Unknown", "None." ], [ "3. Gold", "...", "Negligible", "No data", "None." ], [ "4. Silver", "...", "do", "do", "None." ], [ "5. Antimony", "Stibnite, valentinite", "Variable, no data", "Unknown; many small deposits.", "77,805" ], [ "6. Tin", "Alluvial cassiterite", "Maximum of 400 tons pig tin.", "Unknown, but extensive and important.", "21,945" ], [ "7. Lead", "...", "Negligible", "No data", "None." ], [ "8. Copper", "...", "do", "do", "None." ], [ "9. Manganese", "Braunite, pyrolusite, psilomelane.", "Estimated at 5,000 tons.", "Unknown, but important.", "None." ], [ "10. Molybdenum", "Molybdenite", "Small", "No data", "133" ], [ "11. Bismuth", "Bisnite; a little native bismuth hand sorted and washed to 50 per cent.", "No data", "Unknown; occurs with ores of tin and tungsten.", "26,999" ], [ "12. Iron", "Hematite", "Negligible", "No data", "None." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 12 minerals as printed; Coal printed as one row with three braced ores (Anthracite, Bituminous, Lignite), written as three rows labelled '2. Coal'. The Annual production '100,000 tons' is printed once against a brace covering all three ores; repeated on each row. Extent of resources and Export are printed separately for each ore.", "Dotted rules in Nature of ore for Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper written '...'.", "'Bisnite' as printed (presumably bismite). Line-break hyphens removed (200,000,-000 -> 200,000,000; exten-sive; im-portant; tung-sten). No total printed." ], "id": "p0435_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 434", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n434/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0436", "images": [ "p0436" ], "printed_pages": [ "413" ], "chapter": "Canton Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Principal Mines, Grouped According to Products]", "caption_extra": "Introduced in the text: \"The table below gives data concerning the principal mines, which are grouped here according to products:\" Capital paid up in U. S. currency.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Names of mines", "Mineral", "Capital paid up (U. S. currency)", "Nationality of company", "Head office" ], "rows": [ [ "Tung Fong Siao Ta Tze Kow Gold Mining Co. (Ltd.).¹", "Gold", "$20,000", "Chinese", "Siao Ta Tze Kow, Chaoyang, Kwangtung." ], [ "Mo Fung Shan Gold Mining Co.", "do", "No data.", "do", "Tsengshing district, Kwangtung." ], [ "Sancha Mountain Silver mines.²", "Silver", "No data.", "do", "Near Kweihsien, Kwangsi." ], [ "Tienping Mountain silver mines.³", "do", "1,000,000", "do", "Do." ], [ "Pao-hua Co", "Antimony", "...", "...", "Mengtsz, Yunnan." ], [ "Yuching Co", "Manganese", "No data.", "Chinese", "Chingchow district." ], [ "Hoyeh Co", "do", "No data.", "do", "No data." ], [ "Yu Yam Manganese Mining Co.", "do", "No data.", "do", "Fangchew district, Kwangtung." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Established 1904; capital, 40,000 taels.", "² Worked during past 20 years by several Chinese companies. Some modern machinery installed. Reported to be operated at a loss.", "³ No working reports available. Surface mining carried on by Chinese syndicate. Survey shows existence of 20 veins of silver." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 8 as printed.", "No total printed.", "Pao-hua Co: Capital and Nationality cells are printed dotted rules, written '...'.", "'U. S. currency' is printed as a unit line at the head of the Capital column; moved into the column heading.", "'Fangchew' as printed (cf. 'Fangcheng' in the prose)." ], "id": "p0436_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 435", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n435/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0437", "images": [ "p0437" ], "printed_pages": [ "414" ], "chapter": "Canton Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Labor Conditions in the Canton District]", "caption_extra": "Under the heading \"Labor Conditions\": \"The following table summarizes certain aspects of labor conditions in the Canton district:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Industry", "Wages (in U. S. currency)", "Board and lodging considerations", "Hours of work", "Estimated capacity per person" ], "rows": [ [ "Stocking and sock knitters.", "Female; $0.55 per dozen pair.", "Lodging supplied without meals.", "8 a. m. to 10 p. m.", "1½-2 dozen pairs per day." ], [ "Weavers", "Female; $0.04-$0.06 per 10 Chinese feet of cloth.", "do", "9 a. m. to 6 p. m.", "50 Chinese feet per day." ], [ "Painters", "Male; $0.50-$0.70 per day.", "Lodging and meals supplied.", "10 a. m. to 6 p. m.", "250 cubic feet per day." ], [ "Towel knitters", "Female; $0.18 per dozen.", "Lodging supplied without meals.", "9 a. m. to 6 p. m.", "2 dozen per day." ], [ "Tobacco \"godown\" coolies.", "Male; $6-$8 per month.", "Lodging and meals supplied.", "8 a. m. to 6 p. m.", "" ], [ "Tobacco \"godown\" sorters.", "Female; $0.30 per picul (133⅓ pounds).", "do", "do", "1½ piculs per day." ], [ "Tobacco-packing coolies.", "Male; $0.40 per picul", "Packing materials supplied by packers.", "9 a. m. to 6 p. m.", "" ], [ "Chinaware porters", "Male; $0.30-$0.50 per day.", "Lodging and meals supplied.", "Varies", "" ], [ "Chinaware decorators.", "Male and female; $0.50-$0.75 per day.", "do", "9 a. m. to 6 p. m.", "" ], [ "Wharf coolies", "Male and female; $0.25 per day.", "Meals supplied", "8 hours per day", "" ], [ "Matting weavers", "Male and female; $0.50 per day.", "do", "do", "22 square yards per day." ], [ "Waste-silk selectors", "Female; $0.15-$0.20 per day.", "Meals and lodging not supplied.", "9 a. m. to 5 p. m.", "30-35 pounds per day." ], [ "General coolie labor", "Male and female; $0.25-$0.35 per day.", "do", "8 hours per day", "" ], [ "Mechanics and skilled workmen.", "Male; $0.50-$1 per day.", "do", "10 hours per day", "" ], [ "Emroidery workers.¹", "Female; $0.15 per day.", "Lodging and meals supplied.", "do", "" ], [ "Silk filatures", "Female; $0.30-$0.75 per day, depending on degree of skill.", "Lodging and meals not supplied.", "11 hours per day", "¾-1½ pounds per day, depending on size of silk." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Many embroidery workers are employed by the piece, performing the work in their homes. The pay varies according to the design." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 16 as printed.", "No totals printed.", "'Emroidery' misprint as printed (footnote has 'embroidery').", "Dashes in ranges printed as en dashes; written '-'.", "Leader dots after row labels and 'do' omitted." ], "id": "p0437_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 436", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n436/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0437", "images": [ "p0437" ], "printed_pages": [ "414" ], "chapter": "Canton Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Principal Waterways in the Canton Consular District]", "caption_extra": "Under \"Transportation and Communication — Waterways\": \"The following table gives certain significant facts regarding the principal waterways is the Canton consular district:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Name of waterway", "Distance navigable — For 15-foot-draft steamers", "Distance navigable — For 6-foot-draft steamers", "Distance navigable — For motor launches" ], "rows": [ [ "West River", "230 miles in flood season", "230 miles in low water", "700 miles." ], [ "North River (above Sanshui)", "60 miles during 2 months of year.", "60 miles during 7 months of year.", "93 miles." ], [ "East River (above Whampoa)", "...", "68 miles during 2½ months of year.", "124 miles." ], [ "Kwai or Fu River", "...", "...", "200 miles." ], [ "Pearl River and West River", "87 miles", "...", "" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 5 as printed.", "No totals printed.", "Cells printed as dotted rules written '...'; Pearl River and West River / motor launches is blank in the original.", "'is the Canton consular district' as printed in the introductory sentence." ], "id": "p0437_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 436", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n436/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0439", "images": [ "p0439" ], "printed_pages": [ "416" ], "chapter": "Canton Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Railways in the Canton Consular District]", "caption_extra": "Under the heading \"Railways\": \"The railways in the Canton consular district are shown in the following table:\" Freight and passenger rates in U. S. currency.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Railways", "Head office", "Mileage", "Transportation rates, per English mile — Classes", "Transportation rates, per English mile — Freight per ton (U. S. currency)", "Transportation rates, per English mile — Passenger fares (U. S. currency)" ], "rows": [ [ "Canton-Kowloon:", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Chinese section", "Canton", "88.73", "First", "$0.0124", "$0.0324" ], [ "", "", "", "Second", ".0121", ".0162" ], [ "", "", "", "Third", ".0081", ".0081" ], [ "", "", "", "Fourth", ".0054", "..." ], [ "British section", "Kowloon (via Hongkong).", "22.50", "First", ".0124", ".0324" ], [ "", "", "", "Second", ".0121", ".0162" ], [ "", "", "", "Third", ".0081", ".0081" ], [ "", "", "", "Fourth", ".0054", "..." ], [ "Canton-Hankow", "Canton", "140.00", "First", ".0900", ".0240" ], [ "", "", "", "Second", ".0600", ".0160" ], [ "", "", "", "Third", ".0300", ".0125" ], [ "", "", "", "Fourth ¹", ".1350", "..." ], [ "Canton-Samshui", "do", "31.00", "First", ".0290", ".0125" ], [ "", "", "", "Second", ".0240", ".0090" ], [ "", "", "", "Third", ".0160", ".0065" ], [ "Sunning Railway", "Sunning (Kwangtung)", "83.30", "First", ".0100", ".0250" ], [ "", "", "", "Second", ".0050", ".0150" ], [ "", "", "", "Third", ".0025", ".0075" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Dangerous goods." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 19 (one per class; railway name, head office and mileage given on the first class row only, as printed; 'Canton-Kowloon:' is a group heading row).", "No totals printed.", "Fourth-class passenger fares are printed as dotted rules, written '...'.", "'U. S. currency' unit line printed at the head of the Freight and Passenger columns; moved into the column headings." ], "id": "p0439_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 438", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n438/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0442", "images": [ "p0442" ], "printed_pages": [ "419" ], "chapter": "Canton Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Harbor Facilities at Canton]", "caption_extra": "Introduced at the foot of p. 418 under \"Shipping and Warehousing Facilities\": \"The harbor facilities at Canton are indicated in the following table:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Name of landing or anchorage", "Depth of water at tides — High (Feet)", "Depth of water at tides — Low (Ft. in.)", "Dock accommodations", "Method of transference of cargo from ship's tackle to port" ], "rows": [ [ "Front-reach wharves for river steamers", "12", "6 6", "None", "Cargo boats, lighters." ], [ "Butterfield & Swire back-reach landing", "12", "6 6", "Private wharves", "Coolie labor and ship's tackle." ], [ "Jardine & Matheson back-reach landing", "12", "6 6", "do", "Cargo boats and/or lighters in midstream." ], [ "China Merchants Steam Navigation Co", "12", "6 6", "do", "Do." ], [ "Nippon Kissen Kaisha", "12", "6 6", "do", "Do." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 5 as printed.", "No totals printed.", "Low-tide depth printed as feet and inches in two sub-columns ('Ft. in.'), each '6 6' = 6 ft. 6 in.; kept as printed with a space.", "The introductory sentence is on p0441 (p. 418); the table itself is wholly on p0442 (p. 419)." ], "id": "p0442_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 441", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n441/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0444", "images": [ "p0444" ], "printed_pages": [ "421" ], "chapter": "Canton Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Foreign Trade of the Ports in the Canton Consular District, 1903, 1913, 1923, and 1924]", "caption_extra": "Under \"Import and Export Trade\": \"The following table shows the value of the foreign trade of the various ports in the Canton consular district during the years 1903, 1913, 1923, and 1924:\" Values in United States currency.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Ports", "1903 (United States currency)", "1913 (United States currency)", "1923 (United States currency)", "1924 ¹ (United States currency)" ], "rows": [ [ "Exports from—", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Canton", "$31,168,330", "$43,875,367", "$81,397,992", "$74,312,677" ], [ "Kiungchow", "1,270,699", "1,874,406", "3,661,358", "3,087,042" ], [ "Kongmoon", "(²)", "1,307,267", "2,238,723", "1,444,611" ], [ "Lappa", "7,186,578", "3,762,184", "3,115,077", "4,054,688" ], [ "Lungchow", "11,004", "7,317", "114,521", "142,517" ], [ "Nanning", "(²)", "2,398,290", "1,662,916", "1,652,717" ], [ "Pakhoi", "956,126", "661,026", "1,899,340", "1,473,543" ], [ "Samshui", "740,582", "1,299,997", "1,060,441", "887,405" ], [ "Wuchow", "1,681,658", "2,672,884", "4,664,956", "5,147,179" ], [ "Imports to ³—", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Canton", "40,043,668", "38,256,493", "102,975,203", "42,807,066" ], [ "Kiungchow", "1,629,533", "2,893,109", "3,402,910", "3,700,868" ], [ "Kongmoon", "(²)", "4,925,631", "12,444,001", "10,952,282" ], [ "Lappa", "3,537,722", "9,211,141", "15,173,025", "17,727,800" ], [ "Lungchow", "736,141", "71,465", "110,372", "85,204" ], [ "Nanning", "(²)", "3,079,497", "3,069,605", "2,234,423" ], [ "Pakhoi", "1,240,405", "1,335,107", "2,929,634", "2,345,191" ], [ "Samshui", "1,097,236", "4,201,245", "7,708,892", "6,622,148" ], [ "Wuchow", "3,613,880", "8,949,304", "9,727,400", "4,584,400" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ 1924 figures converted at the ratio 1 tael=$0.81.", "² No statistics available.", "³ Foreign imports only included in 1924." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 20 (2 group-heading rows + 9 export ports + 9 import ports), as printed.", "No totals printed.", "'United States currency' unit line printed at the head of each year column; moved into the column headings.", "'(²)' = footnote reference printed in the cell (no statistics available)." ], "id": "p0444_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 443", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n443/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0444", "images": [ "p0444", "p0445" ], "printed_pages": [ "421", "422" ], "chapter": "Canton Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Principal Imports at the Port of Canton, 1913, 1923, and 1924]", "caption_extra": "Under \"Import Trade\": \"The following table shows the principal imports at the port of Canton during the years 1913, 1923, and 1924:\" [Quantities are stated in thousands of units given; values in thousands of United States dollars]", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Principal articles", "Unit", "1913 — Quantity", "1913 — Value", "1923 — Quantity", "1923 — Value", "1924 — Quantity", "1924 — Value" ], "rows": [ [ "Cotton manufactures", "", "...", "3,461", "...", "6,224", "...", "4,719" ], [ "Silk piece goods", "", "...", "12", "...", "88", "...", "125" ], [ "Woolen and cotton mixtures", "", "...", "99", "...", "1,009", "...", "903" ], [ "Woolen goods", "", "...", "70", "...", "829", "...", "999" ], [ "Brass and yellow metals", "pounds", "773", "116", "1,264", "260", "1,625", "472" ], [ "Copper ingots and slabs", "do", "236", "36", "507", "88", "[?]", "58" ], [ "Iron and steel products", "", "...", "338", "...", "752", "...", "1,309" ], [ "Lead pigs and bars", "pounds", "3,239", "108", "2,446", "124", "[?]", "105" ], [ "Ammonia sulphate", "do", "2,709", "88", "15,669", "677", "[?]", "454" ], [ "Bran", "do", "17,379", "3", "136,586", "1,490", "14,133", "156" ], [ "Macaroni", "pounds", "2,179", "97", "1,622", "170", "800", "85" ], [ "Rice and paddy", "do", "48,893", "839", "999,924", "24,299", "365,300", "10,171" ], [ "Cigarettes", "number", "132,585", "278", "111,737", "332", "323,000", "820" ], [ "Clothing", "", "...", "297", "...", "184", "...", "379" ], [ "Dyes", "", "...", "144", "...", "488", "...", "772" ], [ "Electrical supplies", "", "...", "72", "...", "102", "...", "443" ], [ "Fish and fish products", "", "...", "891", "...", "1,834", "...", "996" ], [ "Flour", "pounds", "56,962", "1,228", "60,472", "1,537", "66,300", "1,648" ], [ "Fruits, dried and preserved", "do", "421", "9", "2,521", "140", "800", "69" ], [ "Ginseng", "do", "27", "55", "20", "68", "48", "95" ], [ "Glass and glassware", "", "...", "121", "...", "201", "...", "134" ], [ "India rubber and manufactures", "", "...", "9", "...", "74", "...", "301" ], [ "Jade stones", "pounds", "397", "106", "475", "196", "...", "184" ], [ "Leather and leather goods", "", "...", "116", "...", "380", "...", "405" ], [ "Petroleum products:", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Fuel oil", "tons", "1", "17", "5", "80", "6", "104" ], [ "Kerosene", "American gallons", "14,797", "1,587", "11,846", "2,603", "6,738", "1,505" ], [ "Lubricating oil", "do", "43", "1", "265", "100", "376", "115" ], [ "Paraffin wax", "pounds", "2,823", "116", "6,203", "312", "...", "..." ], [ "Machinery", "", "...", "147", "...", "449", "...", "218" ], [ "Paper", "", "...", "871", "...", "941", "...", "1,463" ], [ "Saltpeter", "pounds", "90", "3", "1,330", "90", "...", "131" ], [ "Soap", "", "...", "68", "...", "25", "...", "55" ], [ "Sugar", "pounds", "62,902", "1,974", "54,474", "3,430", "60,133", "4,577" ], [ "Tea", "do", "687", "139", "1,460", "283", "2,000", "277" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 35 (10 on p0444/p. 421: Cotton manufactures–Bran; 25 on p0445/p. 422: Macaroni–Tea, incl. the sub-heading row 'Petroleum products:'), as printed.", "No totals printed.", "Unit printed after the leader dots of the article name (pounds, do, number, tons, American gallons); split into a 'Unit' column, '' where none is printed.", "Cells printed as dotted rules written '...'.", "Row 'Copper ingots and slabs', col '1924 — Quantity': faded print, reads '37' plus a faint last digit (possibly 5); written [?].", "Row 'Lead pigs and bars', col '1924 — Quantity': faded, only '2,66' visible with the last digit missing; written [?].", "Row 'Ammonia sulphate', col '1924 — Quantity': faded, '11,2' visible, last two digits illegible; written [?].", "Row 'Flour': printed 'Flo r' with a broken 'u'; written 'Flour'.", "Row 'Fuel oil', col '1924 — Quantity': a stray dot printed before '6'; written '6'." ], "id": "p0444_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 443", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n443/mode/1up" }, { "label": "scan leaf 444", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n444/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0446", "images": [ "p0446", "p0447" ], "printed_pages": [ "423", "424" ], "chapter": "Canton Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Canton: Principal Exports, 1913, 1923 and 1924]", "caption_extra": "[Quantities are stated in thousands of units given; values in thousands of United States dollars]", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Principal articles", "Unit", "1913 — Quantity", "1913 — Value", "1923 — Quantity", "1923 — Value", "1924 — Quantity", "1924 — Value" ], "rows": [ [ "Cotton manufactures", "", "...", "254", "...", "1,194", "...", "3,808" ], [ "Wolfram ore", "pounds", "...", "...", "3,120", "254", "1,600", "104" ], [ "Bags", "number", "1,532", "72", "1,226", "71", "6,418", "408" ], [ "Bamboo and bamboo ware", "", "...", "51", "...", "447", "...", "443" ], [ "Bean curd, dried", "pounds", "2,193", "83", "1,781", "110", "1,821", "125" ], [ "Books, printed", "do", "...", "154", "...", "187", "...", "313" ], [ "Brassware", "do", "424", "115", "465", "160", "618", "198" ], [ "Bristles", "do", "121", "26", "138", "69", "37", "28" ], [ "Buttons", "", "...", "172", "...", "25", "...", "60" ], [ "Cassia", "pounds", "20,172", "1,279", "16,339", "612", "24,100", "1,014" ], [ "Chinaware", "", "...", "234", "...", "245", "...", "291" ], [ "Cement", "pounds", "27,309", "128", "1,938", "36", "1,200", "8" ], [ "Eggs, fresh", "number", "33,431", "200", "7,768", "93", "7,343", "80" ], [ "Fans", "do", "107,323", "88", "11,470", "194", "54,376", "754" ], [ "Feathers", "pounds", "42", "5", "2,099", "164", "1,240", "64" ], [ "Firecrackers and fireworks", "do", "8,638", "1,110", "8,769", "1,238", "9,466", "1,419" ], [ "Fruits, fresh, dried, etc", "do", "13,487", "117", "8,093", "111", "27,866", "1,879" ], [ "Furniture", "", "...", "66", "...", "59", "...", "114" ], [ "Garlic", "pounds", "11.016", "170", "3,964", "88", "3,733", "72" ], [ "Ginger, fresh", "do", "[?]", "121", "9,658", "194", "9,600", "258" ], [ "Glass, all kinds", "", "...", "135", "...", "167", "...", "240" ], [ "Grass cloth", "pounds", "37", "74", "26", "51", "38", "59" ], [ "Groundnuts (peanuts), in shell", "do", "9,789", "245", "20", "1", "...", "..." ], [ "Hair, human", "do", "1,590", "356", "507", "168", "533", "158" ], [ "Hides, cow and buffalo", "do", "893", "144", "173", "18", "296", "72" ], [ "Ivory ware", "", "...", "13", "...", "56", "...", "76" ], [ "Joss sticks and powder, etc", "pounds", "3,023", "89", "4,210", "176", "5,733", "198" ], [ "Leather and leatherware", "", "...", "1,829", "...", "89", "...", "1,525" ], [ "Litchis, dried", "pounds", "827", "155", "867", "184", "1,733", "330" ], [ "Matches", "gross", "...", "...", "2,999", "994", "2,093", "680" ], [ "Mats and matting", "", "...", "1,552", "...", "2,356", "...", "1,210" ], [ "Meats, dried and preserved", "pounds", "809", "178", "34,284", "1,390", "500", "236" ], [ "Medicines", "do", "4,519", "293", "4,290", "313", "4,933", "288" ], [ "Oil, vegetable", "", "...", "138", "...", "48", "...", "172" ], [ "Paper", "pounds", "1,320", "139", "5,241", "454", "5,467", "561" ], [ "Rattan and rattan ware", "do", "2,213", "77", "58,762", "284", "48,000", "210" ], [ "Samshu", "do", "2,532", "109", "2,254", "125", "...", "..." ], [ "Seeds", "do", "877", "74", "1,139", "123", "1,333", "149" ], [ "Shoes and boots", "pairs", "130", "66", "531", "308", "559", "274" ], [ "Silk, raw", "pounds", "6,354", "20,886", "5,805", "44,242", "6,216", "37,651" ], [ "Silk waste", "do", "5,284", "1,979", "5,442", "3,526", "7,866", "3,803" ], [ "Silk piece goods", "do", "1,240", "6,103", "867", "6,762", "900", "6,811" ], [ "Silk and cotton mixtures", "do", "252", "232", "76", "223", "75", "194" ], [ "Silk embroidries", "do", "84", "556", "83", "743", "128", "1,271" ], [ "Silk floss, Canton", "do", "10", "29", "29", "51", "15", "62" ], [ "Silk thread", "do", "30", "97", "44", "80", "17", "71" ], [ "Silverware", "", "...", "165", "...", "326", "...", "383" ], [ "Sugar", "pounds", "5,280", "133", "2,804", "89", "367", "20" ], [ "Tea, black", "do", "1,836", "319", "3,284", "717", "2,533", "536" ], [ "Tobacco, all kinds", "do", "7,919", "660", "11,368", "1,765", "12,933", "1,912" ], [ "Umbrellas", "", "...", "33", "...", "95", "...", "297" ], [ "Vegetables, dried, fresh, etc", "", "...", "132", "...", "280", "...", "247" ], [ "Woodware", "", "...", "76", "...", "271", "...", "207" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 53 as printed (8 on p. 423, 46 on p. 424); no total row printed.", "No title printed; the table follows the heading 'EXPORT TRADE' and the sentence 'Export statistics are presented in the table below (reexports being included in these figures):'. Headnote in brackets is printed above the table.", "Unit column: the unit printed after the dotted leader of the article name ('do.' = ditto, kept as printed without the period); \"\" where none printed.", "Cells printed as a dashed/dotted rule are written '...'.", "Row 'Garlic', col '1913 — Quantity': printed '11.016' with a period instead of a comma; kept as printed.", "Row 'Ginger, fresh', col '1913 — Quantity': printed as '.,231' — the leading digit(s) did not print (only a dot visible before the comma); written [?]." ], "id": "p0446_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 445", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n445/mode/1up" }, { "label": "scan leaf 446", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n446/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0449", "images": [ "p0449" ], "printed_pages": [ "426" ], "chapter": "Canton Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Leading Banks in the Canton Consular District That Handle Foreign Exchange and Bills]", "caption_extra": "Under the heading 'BANKING FACILITIES': \"The following table shows the leading banks in the Canton consular district that handle foreign exchange and bills:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Name", "Nationality", "Head office", "Capital" ], "rows": [ [ "International Banking Corporation", "American", "New York", "Capital and surplus, $10,000,000 United States currency." ], [ "Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation.", "British", "Hongkong", "Authorized, $50,000,000 Hongkong currency; issued and fully paid up, $20,000,000." ], [ "Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China.", "do", "London", "Paid up, £3,000,000." ], [ "Peninsular & Oriental Banking Corporation.", "do", "do", "Authorized, £5,000,000; paid up, £2,594,160." ], [ "Banque de l'Indo-Chine", "French", "Paris", "10,000,000 francs." ], [ "Deutsche Asiatic Bank", "German", "Berlin", "" ], [ "Bank of Taiwan (Ltd.)", "Japanese", "Taipei, Taiwan", "52,500,000 yen, paid up." ], [ "Yokohama Specie Bank (Ltd.)", "do", "Yokohama", "100,000,000 yen." ], [ "Bank of Canton (Ltd.)", "Chinese (British registered).", "Hongkong", "Authorized, £1,200,000; paid up, £1,078,530." ], [ "Bank of East Asia (Ltd.)", "do", "do", "Authorized, $10,000,000 Hongkong currency; paid up, $5,000,000." ], [ "Banque Franco-Chinoise", "French", "Paris", "10,000,000 francs." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 11 as printed.", "'do' = ditto, as printed (period dropped). Line-break hyphens in the Capital column joined ('$10,-/000,000', 'Hong-/kong').", "Row 'Deutsche Asiatic Bank', col 'Capital': empty in the original.", "Row 'Bank of Taiwan', col 'Head office': printed 'Taipei,Taiwan' without a space after the comma." ], "id": "p0449_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 448", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n448/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0452", "images": [ "p0452" ], "printed_pages": [ "429" ], "chapter": "Canton Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Property Values and Rents in Canton]", "caption_extra": "Under the heading 'PROPERTY VALUES AND RENTS': \"The following statement shows the general situation with regard to property values and rents in Canton:\" [All values are in United States currency]", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Location", "Purchase price per unit", "Rent (per month) — Office space", "Rent (per month) — Warehouse space", "Rent (per month) — Residential purposes" ], "rows": [ [ "Bund", "Varies from $350 to $1,750 per 100 square feet.", "$50 for 625 square feet.", "...", "" ], [ "Tungshan", "...", "...", "...", "$75 to $100 for 8-room unfurnished house without water or light." ], [ "Chinese city", "Varies from $150 to $600 per 100 square feet.", "$20 for 625 square feet.", "$350 per month for warehouse 280 by 80 by 18 feet.", "$2 to $5 for 3 rooms, used by poorer class Chinese; $15 to $50 for 5-room house, used by middle-class Chinese." ], [ "Shameen", "$1,700 per square foot with old 3-story brick building.", "$300 for 3-story building, first floor used as office and upper floors as residence.", "...", "$150 to $200 for suite of rooms, unfurnished." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 4 as printed.", "Cells printed as a dashed rule written '...'. Row 'Bund', col 'Residential purposes': no rule and no text printed (empty in the original).", "The Residential purposes column is set as a continuous block not aligned to rule lines; entries assigned by vertical position: '$75 to $100 ...' begins on the Tungshan line, '$2 to $5 ...' on the Chinese city line, '$150 to $200 ...' on the Shameen line.", "Line-break hyphens joined ('build-/ing'). In '$75 to $100 for 8-room' the word 'room' prints with a broken 'o' (looks like 'rcom'); written 'room'." ], "id": "p0452_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 451", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n451/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0453", "images": [ "p0453" ], "printed_pages": [ "430" ], "chapter": "Canton Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Living Costs at Canton]", "caption_extra": "Under the heading 'LIVING COSTS': \"The statement below indicates the ordinary living expenses at Canton. Boarding-house costs are not shown, because such accommodations are not available.\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "[Person]", "Hotel board and room, per month", "Board", "Rent", "Estimated necessary living expenses, per month" ], "rows": [ [ "Single man", "$100", "$50", "$75", "$125–$200" ], [ "Single woman", "100", "50", "75", "150–200" ], [ "Married couple", "190–200", "100", "100", "200–250" ], [ "Married couple and two children", "300–400", "...", "...", "300–400" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "NOTE.—Children under 2, one-fourth rate; under 8, one-half rate; over 8, full rate." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 4 as printed.", "No heading printed over the first column; '[Person]' supplied.", "Ranges printed with an en dash; written '–'. Cells printed as a dashed rule written '...'.", "Row 'Married couple', col 'Hotel board and room': printed '190–200' (checked on enlarged crop)." ], "id": "p0453_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 452", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n452/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0455", "images": [ "p0455" ], "printed_pages": [ "432" ], "chapter": "Hankow Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Estimated Area and Population of the Provinces Comprising the Hankow Consular District]", "caption_extra": "Under the heading 'POPULATION': \"No accurate census of the population has ever been taken, but the estimate made by the board of the interior in 1910 is generally accepted as the most reliable and is used in this report. The estimated area and population of the Provinces comprising the district are:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Provinces", "Area", "Population" ], "rows": [ [ "Hupeh", "71,428", "24,900,000" ], [ "Kiangsi", "69,498", "14,500,000" ], [ "Honan south of Yellow River", "60,000", "24,000,000" ], [ "Shensi", "75,290", "8,800,000" ], [ "Kansu", "125,483", "5,000,000" ], [ "Kokonor region", "(1)", "(1)" ], [ "Sinkiang (Turkestan)", "550,579", "2,491,000" ], [ "Total", "952,278", "79,691,000" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "1 Not known, even approximately." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 8 as printed (7 provinces + Total); printed side by side in two halves (Hupeh–Shensi left, Kansu–Total right), written as one list.", "Area unit not printed in the table; the prose speaks of square miles.", "'Kokonor' is printed with a damaged letter ('Kokonoɪ'); written 'Kokonor'.", "Total check: Area parts sum to 952,278 = printed total (reconciles). Population parts sum to 79,691,000 = printed total (reconciles)." ], "id": "p0455_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 454", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n454/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0457", "images": [ "p0457", "p0458" ], "printed_pages": [ "434", "435" ], "chapter": "Hankow Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Principal Crops of the District]", "caption_extra": "Introduced in the text (section 'Agriculture'): \"The following facts relate to the principal crops of the district, the first seven being given in the order of their monetary importance as articles of export.\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Crop", "Particulars" ], "rows": [ [ "Cotton", "Produced in Hupeh and Honan (planted in May, harvested in September and October); yield per acre, 100 to 275 pounds." ], [ "Sesame", "Produced in Hupeh and Honan (planted in June, harvested in August, September, or October); yield per acre, 12 bushels." ], [ "Tea", "Produced in Hupeh and Kiangsi (harvested in March and April)." ], [ "Beans", "Produced in Hupeh (planted in May, harvested in September), Honan (planted in June, harvested in October), and Kansu; yield per acre, 125 to 200 pounds." ], [ "Tobacco", "Produced in Hupeh, Honan, Kansu, Kiangsi, and Shensi." ], [ "Wheat", "Produced in Hupeh (planted in September, harvested in May), Honan (planted in October, harvested in June), Kansu, Kiangsi, and Shensi; yield per acre, 8 bushels and up." ], [ "Peanuts", "Produced in Hupeh (planted in March, harvested in September), Honan, and Kiangsi; yield per acre, 500 pounds." ], [ "Barley", "Produced in Honan (planted in September, harvested in June), Hupeh (planted in October, harvested in May), Kansu, and Shansi; yield per acre, 5 to 25 bushels." ], [ "Corn", "Produced in Hupeh (planted in March, harvested in July), Kansu (planted in April, harvested in September), and Shansi (planted in June, harvested in August); yield per acre, 15, 16, 35 bushels." ], [ "Hemp", "Produced in Hupeh and Honan (planted in February or March, harvested in June)." ], [ "Millet", "Produced in Hupeh (planted in June, harvested in October), Honan (planted in May, harvested in September), Kansu (planted in April, harvested in August), and Shansi (planted in March, harvested in July or August); yield per acre, 20 to 30 bushels." ], [ "Peas", "Produced in Hupeh, Honan, Kiangsi, Kansu, and Shensi; yield per acre, 125 to 200 pounds." ], [ "Potatoes", "Produced in Hupeh (planted in February, harvested in June)." ], [ "Rice", "Produced in Hupeh (planted in June, harvested in September), Honan (planted in April, harvested in August), Kiangsi, Shensi, and Kansu; yield per acre, 1,000 pounds and up." ], [ "Silk", "Produced in Honan." ], [ "Sweet potatoes", "Produced in Honan and Hupeh (planted in May or June, harvested in August, September, October, or November); yield per acre, 40 bushels and up." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 16 as printed (8 on p. 434, 8 on p. 435). Run-in list in small type: crop name in italics followed by an em dash; split into Crop / Particulars.", "No totals.", "Chapter taken from the running head 'Hankow Consular District' (p. 435)." ], "id": "p0457_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 456", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n456/mode/1up" }, { "label": "scan leaf 457", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n457/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0461", "images": [ "p0461" ], "printed_pages": [ "438" ], "chapter": "Hankow Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Average Daily Wage Paid the Workman in Various Industries, 1923]", "caption_extra": "Section 'Labor Conditions'. Introduced in the text: \"The following table gives the average daily wage paid the workman in various industries during 1923 (approximately 2,500 “cash” equal $1 Mex. or $0.50 United States currency):\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Occupation", "Unit", "Wage", "Food" ], "rows": [ [ "Carpenter, per day", "cash", "800", "with food." ], [ "Mason, per day", "do", "700", "with food." ], [ "Stonecutter, per day", "do", "700", "with food." ], [ "Blacksmith, per day", "do", "900", "with food." ], [ "Cotton spinner, per day", "do", "400", "without food." ], [ "Personal servant (“amah”), per month", "do", "5,000", "with food." ], [ "Ordinary coolie, per day", "do", "1,700", "without food." ], [ "Ricksha coolie, per day", "do", "2,000", "without food." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 8 as printed. No column headings printed; columns named by the transcriber. 'do' (ditto) kept as printed.", "No totals.", "Chapter taken from the running head of the district section." ], "id": "p0461_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 460", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n460/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0461", "images": [ "p0461" ], "printed_pages": [ "438" ], "chapter": "Hankow Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Present Prices of the Seven Necessaries of Life for the Chinese]", "caption_extra": "Section 'Labor Conditions'. Introduced in the text: \"There has been some increase in the prices of all commodities during the past four years; the figures below show present prices of the seven necessaries of life for the Chinese:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Article", "Unit", "Price" ], "rows": [ [ "Rice, per picul (133⅓ pounds)", "Mexican dollars", "10.50" ], [ "Salt, per picul", "do", "11.20" ], [ "Vegetable oil, per picul", "do", "19.20" ], [ "Coal briquets, per picul", "do", "1.20" ], [ "Firewood, per picul", "do", ".50" ], [ "Sauce, per catty (1⅓ pounds)", "cash", "400" ], [ "Tea, per catty", "do", "640" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 7 as printed. Only the 'Price' heading is printed; 'Article' and 'Unit' named by the transcriber. 'do' kept as printed.", "No totals.", "The survey listed wages and prices as one entry; written here as two separate tables (_1 wages, _2 prices)." ], "id": "p0461_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 460", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n460/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0464", "images": [ "p0464" ], "printed_pages": [ "441" ], "chapter": "Hankow Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Average Costs of Transport in Hupeh Province]", "caption_extra": "Under the heading 'Average Costs of Transport': \"Below are given the average costs for transportation in Hupeh Province and supply points.\" Units printed under the headings: cost per ton-mile in Mex. [dollars]; maximum haul in Miles.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Methods of transportation", "Average load", "Average mileage per day", "Average cost per ton-mile (Mex.)", "Maximum haul (Miles)" ], "rows": [ [ "Railways", "30-ton car", "300–400", "$0.053", "500" ], [ "Steamboats", "25–2,500 tons", "50–250", ".014", "357" ], [ "Junks", "10–50 tons", "10–15", ".015", "381" ], [ "Motor cars", "1 ton", "200", ".50", "(1)" ], [ "Carts", "1,600 pounds", "30", ".16", "500" ], [ "Camels", "600 pounds", "15", ".44", "500" ], [ "Other pack animals", "2–300 pounds", "25", ".35–.40", "500" ], [ "Wheelbarrows", "300 pounds", "17", ".50", "2–300" ], [ "Coolie carriers", "100 pounds", "20–25", ".80", "2–300" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "1 Limited by roads now in existence to 300 or 400 miles between specific points; no cross-country work." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 9 as printed.", "No totals.", "Decimals printed with a thin space after the point (e.g. '$0. 053', '. 014'); written closed up. Ranges printed with en dashes." ], "id": "p0464_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 463", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n463/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0465", "images": [ "p0465" ], "printed_pages": [ "442" ], "chapter": "Hankow Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Hankow Telephone Rates per Month for an Unlimited Service]", "caption_extra": "Section 'Telephones'. Introduced in the text: \"Rates per month for an unlimited service are:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Service", "Unit", "Rate per month" ], "rows": [ [ "Business telephone", "", "$21.00" ], [ "Private telephone", "", "19.00" ], [ "Extension telephone under same roof", "each", "6.00" ], [ "Table instrument", "do", "2.50" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 4 as printed. No column headings printed; columns named by the transcriber. 'do' kept as printed.", "No totals.", "Decimals printed with a thin space after the point; written closed up." ], "id": "p0465_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 464", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n464/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0468", "images": [ "p0468" ], "printed_pages": [ "445" ], "chapter": "Hankow Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Gross and Net Values of the Trade of the Port of Hankow, 1923 and 1924]", "caption_extra": "Section 'Import and Export Trade'. Introduced in the text: \"The following table gives the gross and net values of the trade of the port of Hankow alone for 1923 and 1924:\" Values in U. S. currency (printed at the head of each year column).", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Imports and exports", "1923 (U. S. currency)", "1924 (U. S. currency)" ], "rows": [ [ "Imports of foreign goods:", "", "" ], [ "From foreign countries and Hongkong", "$31,731,908", "$49,159,739" ], [ "From Chinese ports", "30,021,042", "32,825,626" ], [ "Total foreign imports", "61,752,950", "81,985,365" ], [ "Reexports of foreign goods:", "", "" ], [ "To foreign countries and Hongkong", "106,878", "19,736" ], [ "To Chinese ports (chiefly to Changsha, Ichang, and Shasi)", "13,862,890", "15,322,948" ], [ "Total foreign reexports", "13,969,768", "15,342,684" ], [ "Net total foreign imports", "47,783,182", "66,642,681" ], [ "Imports of Chinese products (chiefly from Ichang, Kiukiang, Shanghai, and Swatow)", "64,030,665", "69,381,652" ], [ "Reexports of Chinese products:", "", "" ], [ "To foreign countries and Hongkong", "3,746,494", "4,123,259" ], [ "To Chinese ports", "24,075,426", "27,180,636" ], [ "Total Chinese reexports", "27,821,920", "31,303,895" ], [ "Net total Chinese imports", "36,208,745", "38,077,757" ], [ "Exports of Chinese products of local origin:", "", "" ], [ "To foreign countries and Hongkong", "9,652,089", "11,948,478" ], [ "To Chinese ports", "103,690,465", "112,031,169" ], [ "Total exports of local origin", "113,342,554", "123,979,647" ], [ "Gross value of the trade of the port", "239,126,169", "275,346,664" ], [ "Net value of the trade of the port", "197,334,481", "228,700,085" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 21 as printed (including 4 sub-heading rows).", "Row 'Total Chinese reexports', 1924: the '1' in 31,303,895 is damaged type but legible as 1.", "Row 'Net value of the trade of the port', 1924: comma after 228 printed heavy/blotted; figure legible.", "1923 Total foreign imports: computed 61,752,950 vs printed 61,752,950 — reconciles", "1923 Total foreign reexports: computed 13,969,768 vs printed 13,969,768 — reconciles", "1923 Net total foreign imports (total imports - total reexports): computed 47,783,182 vs printed 47,783,182 — reconciles", "1923 Total Chinese reexports: computed 27,821,920 vs printed 27,821,920 — reconciles", "1923 Net total Chinese imports (imports - reexports): computed 36,208,745 vs printed 36,208,745 — reconciles", "1923 Total exports of local origin: computed 113,342,554 vs printed 113,342,554 — reconciles", "1923 Gross value (total foreign imports + imports of Chinese products + total exports of local origin): computed 239,126,169 vs printed 239,126,169 — reconciles", "1923 Net value (net foreign imports + net Chinese imports + total exports of local origin): computed 197,334,481 vs printed 197,334,481 — reconciles", "1924 Total foreign imports: computed 81,985,365 vs printed 81,985,365 — reconciles", "1924 Total foreign reexports: computed 15,342,684 vs printed 15,342,684 — reconciles", "1924 Net total foreign imports (total imports - total reexports): computed 66,642,681 vs printed 66,642,681 — reconciles", "1924 Total Chinese reexports: computed 31,303,895 vs printed 31,303,895 — reconciles", "1924 Net total Chinese imports (imports - reexports): computed 38,077,757 vs printed 38,077,757 — reconciles", "1924 Total exports of local origin: computed 123,979,647 vs printed 123,979,647 — reconciles", "1924 Gross value (total foreign imports + imports of Chinese products + total exports of local origin): computed 275,346,664 vs printed 275,346,664 — reconciles", "1924 Net value (net foreign imports + net Chinese imports + total exports of local origin): computed 228,700,085 vs printed 228,700,085 — reconciles" ], "id": "p0468_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 467", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n467/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0469", "images": [ "p0469" ], "printed_pages": [ "446" ], "chapter": "Hankow Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Import and Export Trade of the Principal Ports of the Hankow District, 1903, 1913, 1923, 1924]", "caption_extra": "Excluding reexports (per the introducing sentence). Each year column is headed \"U. S. currency\" under the Exports section.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Ports", "1903", "1913", "1923", "1924" ], "rows": [ [ "EXPORTS", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Hankow", "$35,652,152", "$61,174,000", "$113,342,554", "$111,538,637" ], [ "Ichang", "876,682", "2,246,955", "2,283,400", "1,952,822" ], [ "Shasi", "438,646", "662,352", "8,187,312", "10,368,397" ], [ "Kiukiang", "7,483,969", "11,480,726", "25,221,748", "28,364,808" ], [ "IMPORTS", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Hankow", "35,229,130", "39,109,309", "47,783,182", "66,667,372" ], [ "Ichang", "1,070,840", "1,364,055", "1,341,645", "3,104,572" ], [ "Shasi", "1,039,402", "2,356,039", "3,047,503", "3,266,873" ], [ "Kiukiang", "6,635,137", "8,976,877", "11,268,188", "11,455,289" ], [ "TOTALS", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Hankow", "70,881,282", "100,283,309", "161,125,736", "178,206,009" ], [ "Ichang", "1,947,522", "3,611,010", "3,625,045", "5,057,394" ], [ "Shasi", "1,478,048", "3,018,391", "11,234,815", "13,635,270" ], [ "Kiukiang", "14,119,106", "20,457,603", "36,489,936", "39,820,097" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 15 as printed (3 section-heading rows + 12 port rows).", "Totals checked (exports + imports = totals) for every port and year: all reconcile.", "Chapter name taken from the survey description; running head on this page reads 'Commercial Handbook of China'." ], "id": "p0469_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 468", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n468/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0469", "images": [ "p0469", "p0470" ], "printed_pages": [ "446", "447" ], "chapter": "Hankow Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Principal Exports (Including Reexports) from Hankow to All Countries, 1903, 1913, 1923, and 1924]", "caption_extra": "[Quantities are stated in thousands of units given; values in thousands of United States dollars]", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Articles", "Unit", "1903 — Quantity", "1903 — Value", "1913 — Quantity", "1913 — Value", "1923 — Quantity", "1923 — Value", "1924 — Quantity", "1924 — Value" ], "rows": [ [ "Antimony", "pounds", "6,762", "343", "18,137", "395", "11,134", "414", "18,441", "1,002" ], [ "Beans", "do.", "258,202", "2,472", "235,181", "2,846", "144,846", "2,743", "234,354", "6,087" ], [ "Bean cake", "do.", "77,746", "340", "308,667", "3,118", "91,051", "1,557", "213,374", "3,694" ], [ "Bones", "do.", "3,821", "11", "14,543", "101", "30,146", "261", "24,502", "213" ], [ "Bran", "do.", "1,244", "6", "28,684", "208", "23,811", "247", "38,682", "395" ], [ "Bristles", "do.", "2,627", "470", "1,856", "742", "2,680", "1,675", "2,551", "2,142" ], [ "Chestnuts", "do.", "2,329", "23", "750", "9", "1,488", "42", "549", "18" ], [ "Chickens, frozen", "number", "...", "...", "816", "79", "625", "48", "407", "46" ], [ "Cigarettes", "pounds", "...", "...", "4,206", "972", "9,881", "5,412", "9,758", "5,681" ], [ "Coke", "tons", "2", "10", "18,939", "59", "1", "11", "2", "16" ], [ "Cotton, raw", "pounds", "44,653", "3,856", "29,917", "3,885", "149,477", "35,634", "174,671", "44,494" ], [ "Eggs:", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Fresh", "number", "28,467", "55", "26,888", "111", "74,923", "485", "60,717", "412" ], [ "Frozen, dried, etc.", "pounds", "5,427", "194", "21,405", "3,800", "23,321", "4,982", "30,570", "6,152" ], [ "Flour", "do.", "...", "...", "42,478", "912", "11,443", "339", "23,342", "694" ], [ "Gallnuts", "do.", "5,256", "501", "5,939", "649", "9,423", "975", "8,044", "738" ], [ "Groundnuts", "do.", "...", "...", "13,832", "384", "18,634", "726", "13,350", "472" ], [ "Hair, human", "do.", "...", "...", "300", "76", "879", "159", "573", "152" ], [ "Hemp", "do.", "21,618", "1,076", "71", "6", "14,127", "1,252", "19,522", "1,703" ], [ "Hides, buffalo and cow", "do.", "18,596", "2,304", "34,534", "6,700", "13,613", "4,571", "19,264", "3,374" ], [ "Intestines", "do.", "...", "...", "411", "91", "1,219", "637", "1,441", "776" 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"482" ], [ "Seed cake", "do.", "...", "...", "26,450", "156", "29,529", "275", "43,036", "452" ], [ "Silk cocoons, refuse, and waste", "pounds", "335", "416", "657", "119", "3,090", "1,421", "2,738", "912" ], [ "Silk:", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Honan pongee", "pounds", "138", "186", "544", "1,038", "491", "1,301", "442", "1,244" ], [ "Raw yellow", "do.", "1,380", "1,892", "916", "999", "960", "2,736", "765", "2,271" ], [ "Silk products not otherwise classified", "pounds", "317", "487", "...", "299", "110", "290", "79", "272" ], [ "Skins:", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Kid and goat", "pieces", "2,300", "711", "2,058", "1,039", "2,282", "1,783", "1,548", "1,141" ], [ "Sheep", "do.", "2,256", "136", "100", "56", "34", "23", "12", "6" ], [ "Tallow:", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Animal", "pounds", "5,723", "268", "7,180", "452", "1,660", "137", "1,457", "115" ], [ "Vegetable", "do.", "26,492", "1,306", "33,216", "1,915", "23,181", "1,659", "28,078", "1,949" ], [ "Tea", "do.", "134,969", "7,888", "117,762", "11,977", "40,219", "4,533", "36,462", "4,717" ], [ "Tin", "do.", "36", "6", "211", "32", "161", "44", "138", "35" ], [ "Tobacco, leaf", "do.", "19,538", "888", "23,048", "2,898", "36,957", "2,449", "30,989", "2,101" ], [ "Walnuts", "do.", "1,061", "35", "874", "34", "1,855", "148", "2,069", "150" ], [ "Wheat", "do.", "19,238", "159", "28,228", "419", "3,844", "89", "129,428", "2,743" ], [ "Wool, sheep's", "do.", "3,307", "197", "268", "15", "191", "21", "168", "19" ], [ "All other articles", "", "...", "15,813", "...", "7,054", "...", "30,704", "...", "32,511" ], [ "Total", "", "...", "45,767", "...", "68,887", "...", "141,164", "...", "155,284" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 53 as printed (35 on p. 446, 17 on p. 447 incl. 4 sub-heading rows and Total). Quantity unit printed after the dotted leader of each article is put in a 'Unit' column; 'do.' (ditto) kept as printed.", "Printed dotted rules (nil) written '...'. 'Tea' on p. 446 is printed indented under 'Oils, vegetable:' (tea oil); the second 'Tea' on p. 447 is the main tea row.", "p. 447 header prints 'Quan-tity' (hyphenated); same columns.", "Total check: 1903 value: parts sum 45,767 vs printed total 45,767 (reconciles)", "Total check: 1913 value: parts sum 68,887 vs printed total 68,887 (reconciles)", "Total check: 1923 value: parts sum 141,164 vs printed total 141,164 (reconciles)", "Total check: 1924 value: parts sum 155,284 vs printed total 155,284 (reconciles)" ], "id": "p0469_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 468", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n468/mode/1up" }, { "label": "scan leaf 469", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n469/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0470", "images": [ "p0470", "p0471" ], "printed_pages": [ "447", "448" ], "chapter": "Hankow Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Net Quantity and Value of the Principal Imports into Hankow, 1903, 1913, 1923, and 1924]", "caption_extra": "[Quantities are stated in thousands of units given; values in thousands of United States dollars]", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Articles", "Unit", "1903 — Quantity", "1903 — Value", "1913 — Quantity", "1913 — Value", "1923 — Quantity", "1923 — Value", "1924 — Quantity", "1924 — Value" ], "rows": [ [ "Automobiles and accessories", "", "...", "...", "...", "...", "...", "74", "...", "62" ], [ "Bags, all kinds", "pieces", "5,940", "278", "2,971", "278", "3,798", "272", "799", "67" ], [ "Belting, machine", "", "...", "19", "...", "43", "...", "90", "...", "124" ], [ "Building materials", "", "...", "94", "...", "70", "...", "131", "...", "101" ], [ "Buttons", "gross", "322", "96", "218", "69", "183", "30", "185", "52" ], [ "Clocks and watches", "", "...", "31", "...", "38", "...", "61", "...", "93" ], [ "Coal", "tons", "83", "418", "144", "513", "6", "28", "65", "336" ], [ "Confectionery", "", "...", "98", "...", "147", "...", "300", "...", "25" ], [ "Cotton manufactures, total", "", "...", "13,453", "...", "13,514", "...", "12,004", "...", "14,745" ], [ "Piece goods—", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "American", "", "...", "933", "...", "259", "...", "33", "...", "29" ], [ "Dutch", "", "...", "24", "...", "145", "...", "28", "...", "6" ], [ "English", "", "...", "2,893", "...", "3,954", "...", "2,940", "...", "2,337" ], [ "Japanese", "", "...", "36", "...", "853", "...", "1,738", "...", "3,530" ], [ "Yarn", "pounds", "45,426", "7,065", "38,032", "5,329", "4,016", "5,329", "4,417", "1,906" ], [ "Crucibles", "", "...", "...", "...", "...", "...", "151", "...", "114" ], [ "Drugs and chemicals", "", "...", "508", "...", "332", "...", "858", "...", "685" ], [ "Dyes, paints, and varnishes, total", "", "...", "217", "...", "1,768", "...", "2,936", "...", "4,848" ], [ "Aniline dyes", "", "...", "211", "...", "503", "...", "883", "...", "1,286" ], [ "Indigo, artificial", "pounds", "...", "...", 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"...", "11,556" ], [ "Brass and yellow metals", "pounds", "409", "51", "198", "31", "427", "69", "670", "118" ], [ "Copper ingots and slabs", "pounds", "5,413", "581", "14,129", "2,396", "21,977", "3,362", "51,198", "7,300" ], [ "Copper manufactures", "pounds", "251", "29", "204", "34", "119", "31", "274", "60" ], [ "Iron and steel, new, total", "pounds", "14,800", "443", "67,397", "1,762", "60,620", "2,289", "102,121", "3,724" ], [ "Bamboo steel", "do.", "369", "7", "1,721", "35", "2,748", "99", "2,291", "67" ], [ "Bars", "do.", "1,566", "28", "5,213", "87", "12,186", "330", "26,803", "523" ], [ "Cobbles, bar ends, etc", "pounds", "1,316", "13", "6,872", "93", "2,064", "183", "9,375", "603" ], [ "Hoops", "do.", "516", "8", "3,647", "80", "5,253", "183", "5,781", "159" ], [ "Nails", "do.", "4,738", "96", "8,403", "190", "5,131", "208", "16,790", "611" ], [ "Pipes and tubes", "pounds", "15", "3", "247", "9", "1,874", "94", "1,127", "56" ], [ "Plate cuttings", "do.", "294", "2", "4,050", "50", "2,891", "42", "10,182", "165" ], [ "Rails", "do.", "...", "...", "16,688", "282", "...", "...", "4,773", "125" ], [ "Sheets and plates", "pounds", "1,781", "46", "7,004", "201", "5,436", "208", "3,878", "102" ], [ "Tinned plates", "do.", "2,181", "81", "1,924", "445", "12,123", "690", "16,974", "942" ], [ "Wire and wire rope", "pounds", "1,360", "40", "5,051", "99", "6,382", "182", "3,148", "140" ], [ "Iron and steel, old", "do.", "2,867", "23", "2,613", "29", "3,245", "40", "1,838", "24" ], [ "Hardware, tools, etc", "", "...", "31", "...", "280", "...", "272", "...", "113" ], [ "Lead, all kinds", "pounds", "2,817", "85", "751", "30", "2,709", "149", "2,530", "151" ], [ "Nickel", "do.", "87", "30", "83", "30", "246", "80", "125", "33" ], [ "Tin slabs", "do.", "245", "54", "290", "44", "89", "38", "419", "63" ], [ "Tin and lead foil", "do.", "38", "6", "54", "25", "2,453", "334", "3,473", "452" ], [ "Milk, canned", "", "...", "9", "...", "32", "...", "92", "...", "87" ], [ "Oil, mineral, total", "", "...", "1,839", "...", "2,505", "...", "4,424", "...", "6,601" ], [ "Fuel oil", "", "...", "...", "...", "8", "...", "135", "...", "224" ], [ "Kerosene—", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "American", "Amer. galls.", "3,506", "471", "14,482", "1,200", "15,022", "2,641", "25,482", "5,569" ], [ "Borneo", "do.", "...", "...", "7,822", "868", "163", "28", "520", "160" ], [ "Russian", "do.", "3,695", "468", "300", "27", "...", "...", "...", "..." ], [ "Sumatra", "do.", "7,807", "883", "2,903", "322", "5,536", "1,430", "...", "..." ], [ "Lubricating", "do.", "...", "15", "...", "...", "570", "177", "...", "..." ], [ "Paper and stationery", "", "...", "90", "...", "312", "...", "869", "...", "1,372" ], [ "Piece goods, miscellaneous", "", "...", "82", "...", "119", "...", "438", "...", "561" ], [ "Railroad cars", "", "...", "...", "...", "310", "...", "10", "...", "726" ], [ "Sandalwood", "pounds", "2,209", "142", "1,443", "78", "1,539", "115", "1,564", "144" ], [ "Soap", "", "...", "37", "...", "184", "...", "181", "...", "197" ], [ "Spices", "pounds", "1,679", "177", "1,911", "199", "3,686", "344", "1,977", "215" ], [ "Sugar", "do.", "27,524", "625", "100,538", "2,764", "72,528", "5,670", "172,125", "6,602" ], [ "Tobacco, total", "", "...", "45", "...", "915", "...", "2,488", "...", "3,841" ], [ "Cigars and cigarettes", "number", "...", "45", "...", "845", "188,016", "558", "161,975", "498" ], [ "Leaf", "pounds", "...", "...", "405", "70", "5,034", "1,930", "10,919", "3,346" ], [ "Umbrellas, cotton", "number", "303", "95", "501", "143", "203", "97", "48", "23" ], [ "Wearing apparel", "", "...", "36", "...", "376", "...", "636", "...", "517" ], [ "Wines", "", "...", "45", "...", "182", "...", "400", "...", "191" ], [ "Woolen goods", "", "...", "619", "...", "310", "...", "666", "...", "925" ], [ "Woolen and cotton mixtures", "", "...", "63", "...", "272", "...", "440", "...", "420" ], [ "All other articles", "", "...", "2,435", "...", "5,568", "...", "2,857", "...", "8,370" ], [ "Total", "", "...", "23,571", "...", "39,109", "...", "47,783", "...", "66,643" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 78 as printed (8 on p. 447, 70 on p. 448 incl. 2 sub-heading rows and Total). Quantity unit printed after the dotted leader is put in a 'Unit' column; 'do.' (ditto) kept as printed. Printed dotted rules (nil) written '...'.", "Indentation (not kept in labels): under 'Cotton manufactures, total' are Piece goods— American/Dutch/English/Japanese and Yarn; under 'Dyes, paints, and varnishes, total' are Aniline dyes and Indigo; under 'Metals and minerals, manufactures, total' are Brass … Tin and lead foil, with Bamboo steel … Wire and wire rope further indented under 'Iron and steel, new, total'; under 'Oil, mineral, total' are Fuel oil, Kerosene— American/Borneo/Russian/Sumatra, and Lubricating; under 'Tobacco, total' are Cigars and cigarettes and Leaf.", "Yarn: 1913 value and 1923 value both printed 5,329 (as printed).", "Buttons 1924 value: first digit has a broken top stroke; read as '52'.", "Total check: Grand total 1903 value: parts 23,522 vs printed 23,571 (diff 49)", "Total check: Grand total 1913 value: parts 39,040 vs printed 39,109 (diff 69)", "Total check: Grand total 1923 value: parts 46,832 vs printed 47,783 (diff 951)", "Total check: Grand total 1924 value: parts 66,530 vs printed 66,643 (diff 113)", "Total check: Cotton manufactures, total 1903 value: parts 10,951 vs printed 13,453 (diff 2,502)", "Total check: Cotton manufactures, total 1913 value: parts 10,540 vs printed 13,514 (diff 2,974)", "Total check: Cotton manufactures, total 1923 value: parts 10,068 vs printed 12,004 (diff 1,936)", "Total check: Cotton manufactures, total 1924 value: parts 7,808 vs printed 14,745 (diff 6,937)", "Total check: Dyes, paints, and varnishes, total 1903 value: parts 211 vs printed 217 (diff 6)", "Total check: Dyes, paints, and varnishes, total 1913 value: parts 1,669 vs printed 1,768 (diff 99)", "Total check: Dyes, paints, and varnishes, total 1923 value: parts 2,730 vs printed 2,936 (diff 206)", "Total check: Dyes, paints, and varnishes, total 1924 value: parts 4,548 vs printed 4,848 (diff 300)", "Total check: Metals and minerals, manufactures, total 1903 value: parts 1,333 vs printed 1,357 (diff 24)", "Total check: Metals and minerals, manufactures, total 1913 value: parts 4,661 vs printed 5,736 (diff 1,075)", "Total check: Metals and minerals, manufactures, total 1923 value: parts 6,664 vs printed 6,308 (diff -356)", "Total check: Metals and minerals, manufactures, total 1924 value: parts 12,038 vs printed 11,556 (diff -482)", "Total check: Iron and steel, new, total 1903 value: parts 324 vs printed 443 (diff 119)", "Total check: Iron and steel, new, total 1913 value: parts 1,571 vs printed 1,762 (diff 191)", "Total check: Iron and steel, new, total 1923 value: parts 2,219 vs printed 2,289 (diff 70)", "Total check: Iron and steel, new, total 1924 value: parts 3,493 vs printed 3,724 (diff 231)", "Total check: Oil, mineral, total 1903 value: parts 1,837 vs printed 1,839 (diff 2)", "Total check: Oil, mineral, total 1913 value: parts 2,425 vs printed 2,505 (diff 80)", "Total check: Oil, mineral, total 1923 value: parts 4,411 vs printed 4,424 (diff 13)", "Total check: Oil, mineral, total 1924 value: parts 5,953 vs printed 6,601 (diff 648)", "Total check: Tobacco, total 1903 value: parts 45 vs printed 45 (reconciles)", "Total check: Tobacco, total 1913 value: parts 915 vs printed 915 (reconciles)", "Total check: Tobacco, total 1923 value: parts 2,488 vs printed 2,488 (reconciles)", "Total check: Tobacco, total 1924 value: parts 3,844 vs printed 3,841 (diff -3)", "Sub-total checks sum only the items printed under each total (the printed components need not be exhaustive); grand-total check sums the level-0 rows (incl. 'All other articles'). Grand total does not reconcile in any year; Tobacco 1924 cells re-checked on an enlarged crop (498 + 3,346 vs printed 3,841)." ], "id": "p0470_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 469", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n469/mode/1up" }, { "label": "scan leaf 470", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n470/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0473", "images": [ "p0473" ], "printed_pages": [ "450" ], "chapter": "Hankow Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[European Hotels in the Hankow District]", "caption_extra": "Rate per day in Mex. (\"Mex.\" printed above the first rate).", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Names of hotels", "Location", "European or American plan", "Nationality", "Number of rooms", "Rate per day (Mex.)" ], "rows": [ [ "Wagon-lits Terminus Hotel", "Hankow", "Both", "French", "60", "$9.00" ], [ "Hankow Hotel", "do.", "do.", "Russian", "14", "5.00" ], [ "International Hotel", "do.", "do.", "do.", "6", "4.00" ], [ "Hotel de France", "do.", "do.", "Greek", "6", "4.00" ], [ "International Hotel", "Ichang", "do.", "Italian", "10", "2.50" ], [ "Duff Hotel", "Kiukiang", "do.", "British", "...", "4.00" ], [ "Fairy Glen", "Kuling", "do.", "do.", "...", "6.00" ], [ "Kuling Hotel", "do.", "do.", "do.", "...", "6.00" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 8 as printed. 'do.' (ditto) kept as printed; dotted rules in the rooms column written '...'. No total printed." ], "id": "p0473_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 472", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n472/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0473", "images": [ "p0473" ], "printed_pages": [ "450" ], "chapter": "Hankow Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "Trade Organizations", "caption_extra": "The following trade organizations exist in the Wuhan cities:", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Organization", "Place" ], "rows": [ [ "American Chamber of Commerce", "Hankow" ], [ "British Chamber of Commerce", "Hankow" ], [ "French Chamber of Commerce", "Hankow" ], [ "Japanese Chamber of Commerce", "Hankow" ], [ "Hankow Committee of Foreign Chambers of Commerce", "" ], [ "Hankow Chinese Chamber of Commerce", "" ], [ "Wuchang Chinese Chamber of Commerce", "Wuchang" ], [ "Chinese General Chamber of Commerce for the Wuhan cities (Hankow, Hanyang, and Wuchang)", "Hankow" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 8 as printed (a list, one per line; split into organization and the place printed after it, '' where no place is printed). Heading 'TRADE ORGANIZATIONS' is the section heading above the list." ], "id": "p0473_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 472", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n472/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0474", "images": [ "p0474" ], "printed_pages": [ "451" ], "chapter": "Hankow Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "Living Costs", "caption_extra": "The following table gives, in Mexican currency, estimates of living costs for one month:", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "[Class]", "Hotel, board and room", "Boarding house, board and room", "Board", "Rent", "Estimated necessary living expenses" ], "rows": [ [ "Single man", "$200", "$150", "$150", "$50", "$300" ], [ "Single woman", "200", "150", "150", "50", "300" ], [ "Married couple", "350", "300", "300", "100", "500" ], [ "Married couple and 2 children", "500", "400", "400", "100", "600" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 4 as printed. Title is the section heading 'LIVING COSTS'; the stub column has no printed heading. No totals printed." ], "id": "p0474_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 473", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n473/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0477", "images": [ "p0477" ], "printed_pages": [ "454" ], "chapter": "Hongkong Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "Labor Conditions", "caption_extra": "The following table indicates certain of the conditions with respect to labor: Wages in Hongkong currency.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Industries", "Wages per day — Male", "Wages per day — Female", "Hours of work" ], "rows": [ [ "Shipbuilding", "$1.50–$2.00", "...", "9" ], [ "Cigarette manufacturing", "0.80– 1.20", "$0.40–$0.65", "10" ], [ "Rattan-furniture manufacturing", "1.50– 2.00", "0.40– 0.60", "10" ], [ "Electric Tramway Co", "1.00– 1.20", "...", "8" ], [ "Contractors, engineers. builders, etc.¹", "1.00– 1.40", "...", "10" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Board and lodging furnished." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 5 as printed. Title from the section heading 'LABOR CONDITIONS'. Dotted rules (nil) written '...'. Wage ranges printed with a dash between figures; spacing kept as printed. 'engineers. builders' kept as printed (a period, probably for a comma).", "No totals printed." ], "id": "p0477_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 476", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n476/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0478", "images": [ "p0478" ], "printed_pages": [ "455" ], "chapter": "Hongkong Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Canton-Kowloon Railway: Freight Rates and Fares]", "caption_extra": "[Context, added by the transcriber: list set into prose on the railway between Kowloon and Canton.] Introduced by: \"Fares and rates are:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": "Freight rates per ton per English mile:", "columns": [ "Class", "Rate" ], "rows": [ [ "First class", "2.67 cents Hongkong currency." ], [ "Second class", "2.23 cents." ], [ "Third class", "1.78 cents." ], [ "Fourth class", "1.34 cents." ] ] }, { "label": "Fares from Kowloon to Canton (about 112 miles):", "columns": [ "Class", "Single", "Return" ], "rows": [ [ "First class", "$5 Hongkong currency, single", "$8 return." ], [ "Second class", "$2.50 single", "$4 return." ], [ "Third class", "$1.10 single", "$1.80 return." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 4 (freight) + 3 (fares) as printed; printed as a run-in list, split into fields by the transcriber.", "No totals printed." ], "id": "p0478_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 477", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n477/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0479", "images": [ "p0479" ], "printed_pages": [ "456" ], "chapter": "Hongkong Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Cables, etc., of the China & Japan Telephone Electric Co. in Hongkong]", "caption_extra": "Under the heading \"Telephones\": \"This company owns the following cables, etc., in Hongkong:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Item", "Miles" ], "rows": [ [ "Telephone routes, aerial", "27.38" ], [ "Underground armored cables", "38.70" ], [ "Underground cables in ducts", "11.45" ], [ "Underground ducts", "15.86" ], [ "Cables crossing the harbor", "1.99" ], [ "Conductors:", "" ], [ "Aerial, single line", "1,553.69" ], [ "Submarine, single line", "104.55" ], [ "Underground, single line", "13,821.90" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 9 as printed (incl. sub-heading 'Conductors:').", "No totals printed." ], "id": "p0479_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 478", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n478/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0483", "images": [ "p0483" ], "printed_pages": [ "460" ], "chapter": "Hongkong Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Import and Export Trade of Hongkong, 1923 and 1924]", "caption_extra": "Under the heading \"Import and Export Trade\": \"In tabulated form the trade may be stated as follows:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Item", "Merchandise (excluding treasure)", "Treasure", "Total" ], "rows": [ [ "1923:", "", "", "" ], [ "Imports", "£61,954,498", "£2,798,360", "£64,752,858" ], [ "Exports", "61,372,331", "9,272,389", "70,644,720" ], [ "Excess of imports", "582,167", "...", "..." ], [ "Excess of exports", "...", "6,474,029", "5,891,862" ], [ "1924:", "", "", "" ], [ "Imports", "72,155,478", "2,899,607", "75,055,085" ], [ "Exports", "63,674,794", "6,997,198", "70,671,992" ], [ "Excess of imports", "8,480,684", "...", "4,383,093" ], [ "Excess of exports", "...", "4,097,591", "..." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 10 as printed (incl. year sub-heading rows '1923:' and '1924:').", "Dashed rules in empty excess cells written '...'.", "Row Imports (1923): merchandise + treasure = 64,752,858 vs printed total 64,752,858 -> reconciles.", "Row Exports (1923): merchandise + treasure = 70,644,720 vs printed total 70,644,720 -> reconciles.", "Row Imports (1924): merchandise + treasure = 75,055,085 vs printed total 75,055,085 -> reconciles.", "Row Exports (1924): merchandise + treasure = 70,671,992 vs printed total 70,671,992 -> reconciles.", "1923 merchandise excess of imports: difference 582,167 vs printed 582,167 -> reconciles.", "1923 treasure excess of exports: difference 6,474,029 vs printed 6,474,029 -> reconciles.", "1923 total excess of exports: difference 5,891,862 vs printed 5,891,862 -> reconciles.", "1924 merchandise excess of imports: difference 8,480,684 vs printed 8,480,684 -> reconciles.", "1924 treasure excess of exports: difference 4,097,591 vs printed 4,097,591 -> reconciles.", "1924 total excess of imports: difference 4,383,093 vs printed 4,383,093 -> reconciles.", "Row 1924 Exports, col Treasure: middle digit of '6,997,198' slightly damaged in print but reads as 9." ], "id": "p0483_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 482", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n482/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0484", "images": [ "p0484" ], "printed_pages": [ "461" ], "chapter": "Hongkong Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Destination and Origin of Merchandise Handled at the Port of Hongkong, 1923]", "caption_extra": "\"The table below shows the destination and origin of merchandise handled at the port of Hongkong during the year 1923:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Regions", "Exports", "Imports", "Total" ], "rows": [ [ "United Kingdom", "£797,778", "£6,974,513", "£7,772,291" ], [ "British dominions and possessions", "7,164,860", "6,357,912", "13,522,772" ], [ "China", "44,814,416", "9,780,816", "54,595,232" ], [ "Japan, Korea, and Formosa", "3,592,627", "6,674,896", "10,267,523" ], [ "Other foreign countries", "14,275,039", "34,964,721", "49,239,760" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 5 as printed.", "No grand total row printed.", "Row 'United Kingdom': exports + imports = 7,772,291 vs printed total 7,772,291 -> reconciles.", "Row 'British dominions and possessions': exports + imports = 13,522,772 vs printed total 13,522,772 -> reconciles.", "Row 'China': exports + imports = 54,595,232 vs printed total 54,595,232 -> reconciles.", "Row 'Japan, Korea, and Formosa': exports + imports = 10,267,523 vs printed total 10,267,523 -> reconciles.", "Row 'Other foreign countries': exports + imports = 49,239,760 vs printed total 49,239,760 -> reconciles." ], "id": "p0484_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 483", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n483/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0484", "images": [ "p0484" ], "printed_pages": [ "461" ], "chapter": "Hongkong Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Estimated Percentages of Exports of Five Principal Items by Destination, 1923]", "caption_extra": "\"As regards exports, the following table shows, for the five principal items, the estimated percentages in the year 1923 for the destinations listed:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Articles", "To other Chinese ports (Per cent)", "To Japan (Per cent)", "To United Kingdom (Per cent)", "To United States (Per cent)" ], "rows": [ [ "Rice (white)", "88", "2", "...", "3" ], [ "Sugar (refined)", "9", "40", "20", "1" ], [ "Yarn (cotton)", "52", "...", "...", "..." ], [ "Rice (broken)", "78", "22", "...", "..." ], [ "Kerosene", "91", "8", "...", "..." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 5 as printed.", "'Per cent' printed at the head of each figure column; moved into column headings.", "Dashed rules in empty cells written '...'.", "No totals printed; row percentages do not sum to 100 as printed (only listed destinations shown)." ], "id": "p0484_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 483", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n483/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0485", "images": [ "p0485" ], "printed_pages": [ "462" ], "chapter": "Hongkong Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Total Trade of Hongkong, 1913 and 1921-1924]", "caption_extra": "\"The total trade of Hongkong in the years 1913, 1921, 1922, 1923, and 1924, including treasure, was as follows:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Years", "Total value", "Imports", "Exports" ], "rows": [ [ "1913", "£55,000,000", "£28,000,000", "£27,000,000" ], [ "1921", "135,834,936", "68,143,059", "67,691,877" ], [ "1922", "122,191,827", "61,213,363", "60,978,464" ], [ "1923", "123,326,829", "61,954,498", "61,372,331" ], [ "1924", "135,830,272", "72,155,478", "63,674,794" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 5 as printed.", "Row 1913: imports + exports = 55,000,000 vs printed total value 55,000,000 -> reconciles.", "Row 1921: imports + exports = 135,834,936 vs printed total value 135,834,936 -> reconciles.", "Row 1922: imports + exports = 122,191,827 vs printed total value 122,191,827 -> reconciles.", "Row 1923: imports + exports = 123,326,829 vs printed total value 123,326,829 -> reconciles.", "Row 1924: imports + exports = 135,830,272 vs printed total value 135,830,272 -> reconciles." ], "id": "p0485_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 484", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n484/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0485", "images": [ "p0485" ], "printed_pages": [ "462" ], "chapter": "Hongkong Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Vessels Entered and Cleared at the Port of Hongkong, 1913 and 1921-1924]", "caption_extra": "\"The following table gives the vessels which entered and cleared from the port of Hongkong during the different years mentioned:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Years", "Number of vessels (including junks and steam launches)", "Net tonnage" ], "rows": [ [ "1913", "489,734", "37,742,982" ], [ "1921", "672,681", "43,420,970" ], [ "1922", "708,244", "46,566,764" ], [ "1923", "778,222", "53,402,239" ], [ "1924", "764,492", "56,731,077" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 5 as printed.", "No totals printed." ], "id": "p0485_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 484", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n484/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0485", "images": [ "p0485", "p0486" ], "printed_pages": [ "462", "463" ], "chapter": "Hongkong Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Principal Hongkong Banks]", "caption_extra": "Under the headings \"Money, Banking, and Credit — Banks\": \"The following is a list of the principal Hongkong banks:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Banks", "Nationality", "Head office", "Capital", "American branches, agencies, or correspondents" ], "rows": [ [ "P. & O. Banking Corporation.", "British", "London", "£5,000,000 authorized; £2,594,160 paid up.", "National Bank of Commerce, New York (agent)." ], [ "Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation.", "do", "Hongkong", "$50,000,000 Hongkong currency authorized; paid up to $20,000,000.", "New York branch." ], [ "Chartered Bank of India, Australia, China.", "do", "London", "£3,000,000 paid up", "Do." ], [ "Bank of Taiwan", "Japanese", "Taipeh", "60,000,000 yen subscribed; paid up to 52,488,425 yen.", "Do." ], [ "Mercantile Bank of India (Ltd.).", "British", "London", "£3,000,000 authorized; £1,050,000 paid up.", "Do." ], [ "Banque de L'Indo-Chine.", "French", "Paris", "72,000,000 francs subscribed; 68,400,000 francs paid up.", "J. P. Morgan & Co., French American Banking Corporation, Guaranty Trust Co. (New York agents)." ], [ "Bank of East Asia", "Hongkong Chinese.", "Hongkong", "$10,000,000 Hongkong currency authorized; $5,000,000 paid up.", "New York agent: American Express Co." ], [ "Yokohama Specie Bank", "Japanese", "Yokahama", "100,000,000 yen authorized and paid up.", "New York branch." ], [ "Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij (Netherlands Trading Society).", "Dutch", "Amsterdam", "150,000,000 guilders authorized; 80,000,000 guilders paid up.", "Irving Bank, Columbia Trust Co., New York (agents)." ], [ "Bank of China", "Chinese", "Peking", "$60,000,000 authorized; $18,278,600 paid up.", "New York bankers: Irving Bank, Columbia Trust Co., Equitable Trust Co." ], [ "Russo-Asiatic Bank", "Russian", "Paris", "55,000,000 rubles paid up; capital subscribed, Chinese Government, 3,500,000 taels.", "National City Bank of New York, Union Trust Co. of San Francisco (agent)." ], [ "Industrial & Commercial Bank (Ltd.).", "Hongkong Chinese.", "Hongkong", "$5,000,000 authorized; $795,795 paid up.", "American Express Co., Harriman National Bank, New York agents." ], [ "Nederlandsch Indische Handels Bank.", "Dutch", "Amsterdam", "60,000,000 guilders authorized; 55,000,000 guilders paid up.", "Bankers: San Francisco, — Crocher National Bank, Bank of Italy, Anglo and London, Paris National Bank; New York, Farmers Loan & Trust Co., Goldman Sachs & Co., Chase National Bank." ], [ "International Banking Corporation.", "American", "New York", "$5,000,000 fully paid", "San Francisco branch." ], [ "American Express Co. (Inc.).", "do", "do", "$6,000,000, fully paid", "" ], [ "Bank of Canton", "Hongkong Chinese.", "Hongkong", "£1,200,000 authorized; £1,066,520 paid up.", "New York branch; Canton Bank, San Francisco, agent." ], [ "Ho Hong Bank (Ltd.)", "do", "Singapore", "$20,000,000 authorized; $4,000,000 paid up.", "Agents: New York, Farmers Loan & Trust Co." ], [ "National Commercial & Saving Bank (Ltd.).", "do", "Hongkong", "$5,000,000 authorized; $2,400,000 paid up.", "No New York agent." ], [ "Oriental Commercial Bank (Ltd.).¹", "do", "do", "$5,000,000 authorized; $1,500,000 paid up.", "New York agents, National City Bank of New York; San Francisco, Union Trust Co." ], [ "Banque Franco-Chinoise.", "French", "Paris", "10,000,000 francs authorized; 2,500,000 francs paid up.", "Irving Bank, Columbia Trust Co., New York agents." ], [ "Equitable Eastern Banking Corporation.", "American", "New York", "$2,000,000, fully paid up.", "Subsidiary of Equitable Trust Co." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Went into liquidation June 15, 1926." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 21 as printed (8 on p. 462, 13 on p. 463; header repeated on p. 463).", "Line-break hyphens removed; leader dots omitted; 'do' and 'Do.' kept as printed.", "'Yokahama' (head office of Yokohama Specie Bank) and 'Crocher National Bank' kept as printed.", "Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, Capital: 'authorized' has a damaged 'e' in print.", "Equitable Eastern Banking Corporation, Capital: second digit of '$2,000,000' has a stray mark through it but reads as 0.", "American Express Co. (Inc.), last column: empty in the original.", "No totals printed." ], "id": "p0485_3", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 484", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n484/mode/1up" }, { "label": "scan leaf 485", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n485/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0490", "images": [ "p0490" ], "printed_pages": [ "467" ], "chapter": "Hongkong Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Living Costs in Hongkong Hotels and Boarding Houses]", "caption_extra": "The following table indicates ordinary living costs in Hongkong hotels and boarding houses:", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Item", "Board and room, per month — Hotel (Hongkong currency)", "Board and room, per month — Boarding house (Hongkong currency)" ], "rows": [ [ "Single man", "$450", "$275" ], [ "Single woman", "450", "275" ], [ "Married couple", "800", "450" ], [ "Married couple and 2 children", "1,000", "550" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 4 as printed. No total printed.", "Section heading 'Living Costs'; the row-label column has no printed heading ('Item' supplied). Unit 'Hongkong currency' printed under each column heading, moved into the column names." ], "id": "p0490_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 489", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n489/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0491", "images": [ "p0491" ], "printed_pages": [ "468" ], "chapter": "Mukden Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Cities of the Mukden Consular District]", "caption_extra": "Mukden, the capital and seat of Government of Shengking Province, is in about the same latitude as Boston. The other important cities of the district are:", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Cities", "Location", "Population of district (estimated)", "Number of Europeans", "Number of Americans", "Number of American business firms" ], "rows": [ [ "Mukden¹", "Shengking", "773,846", "220", "72", "9" ], [ "Newchwang¹", "do", "194,520", "70", "7", "1" ], [ "Liaoyang¹", "do", "149,662", "20", "None.", "None." ], [ "Haicheng", "do", "578,574", "None.", "None.", "None." ], [ "Changtu", "do", "430,097", "None.", "None.", "None." ], [ "Hsinmin¹", "do", "468,313", "None.", "None.", "None." ], [ "Tiehling¹", "do", "370,329", "None.", "None.", "None." ], [ "Chinchow", "do", "357,160", "None.", "None.", "None." ], [ "Kirin¹", "Kirin", "622,783", "20", "3", "None." ], [ "Changchun¹", "do", "526,333", "8", "3", "None." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Treaty port where foreigners may reside for trade purposes." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 10 as printed. No total printed.", "Figures printed with a thin space after the thousands comma (e.g. '773, 846'); written without the space." ], "id": "p0491_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 490", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n490/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0493", "images": [ "p0493" ], "printed_pages": [ "470" ], "chapter": "Mukden Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Principal Agricultural Products of the Mukden Consular District]", "caption_extra": "The principal agricultural products of the district, the planting and harvesting seasons, the average production per acre, the estimated annual production, and the final disposition thereof, are shown in the following table:", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Product", "Planting season", "Harvesting season", "Average production per acre", "Estimated annual production", "Use or disposition" ], "rows": [ [ "[Unit]", "", "", "Bushels", "Bushels", "" ], [ "Soy beans", "Apr. 20–30", "Sept. 25–30", "27", "66,000,000", "Chiefly export." ], [ "Kaoliang (Sorghum vulgare)", "Apr. 20–May 10", "Sept. 20–25", "30.6", "73,000,000", "Local and export." ], [ "Millet (Panicum italicum)", "do", "Sept. 20", "29.9", "74,000,000", "Do." ], [ "Millet (Panicum cuscorvi)", "May 1–20", "Sept. 10", "30.6", "4,225,000", "Local." ], [ "Millet (Panicum miliaceum glutinous)", "do", "do", "27.1", "4,500,000", "Local and export." ], [ "Maize", "Apr. 10–15", "Sept. 20", "32.4", "29,000,000", "Do." ], [ "Wheat", "Apr. 5–10", "July 15–20", "23", "10,000,000", "Local." ], [ "Barley", "Apr. 1–5", "July 10–15", "25", "31,500.000", "Local and export." ], [ "Upland rice", "Apr. 15", "Sept. 20", "33.8", "7,000,000", "Do." ], [ "Paddy rice", "May 1", "Sept. 20–30", "33.2", "5,700,000", "Do." ], [ "Red bean", "May 15–20", "Sept. 24–30", "23", "7,500,000", "Do." ], [ "[Unit]", "", "", "Pounds", "Tons", "" ], [ "Tobacco", "May 7", "Sept. 10", "816", "25,000", "Local." ], [ "Hemp and jute", "Apr. 15", "Aug 20–30", "100", "20,000", "Local and export." ], [ "Sugar beets", "May", "September", "12,000", "45,000", "Local." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 14 products as printed, plus 2 unit rows ('[Unit]', added by the transcriber) giving the italic unit lines printed in the figure columns (Bushels/Bushels above Soy beans; Pounds/Tons above Tobacco).", "No total printed.", "Barley estimated annual production printed '31, 500. 000' (period instead of comma); kept as printed.", "Soy beans disposition: the 'r' of 'export' is damaged in the scan ('expoit'); read as 'export'.", "'Aug 20–30' printed without a period after 'Aug'. Latin names printed in italics.", "Figures printed with a thin space after commas/decimal points; written without the space." ], "id": "p0493_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 492", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n492/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0494", "images": [ "p0494" ], "printed_pages": [ "471" ], "chapter": "Mukden Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[More Important Coal Mines in the Mukden Consular District]", "caption_extra": "The following list shows the more important coal mines in the district:", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Name", "Location", "Output (Tons)", "Nationality" ], "rows": [ [ "Peipiao Coal Mining Co", "Peipiao, Chaoyang, and district", "500,000", "Chinese." ], [ "Ta Yao Kow Coal Mining Co", "30 miles northwest of Chinchow", "100,000", "Do." ], [ "Pataoho coal mine", "Pataoho, Heishanhsien", "70,000", "Do." ], [ "Lientun coal mine", "Kangpinghsien", "18,000", "Do." ], [ "Hsincheng coal mine", "Hsincheng", "10,000", "Do." ], [ "Fushun coal mine", "Fushun, 15 miles east of Mukden", "4,900,000", "Japanese." ], [ "Penhsihu coal mines", "Penhsihu, Shengking Province", "450,000", "Sino-Japanese." ], [ "Yentai coal mine", "Yentai, Shengking Province", "110,000", "Japanese." ], [ "Niu Hsin Tai mines", "10 miles east of Penhsihu", "(¹)", "Sino-Japanese." ], [ "Hsiao Shih mine", "40 miles up Taitze River", "(¹)", "Not operated." ], [ "Tien Shih Fukow mine", "53 miles east of Penhsihu", "(¹)", "Chinese." ], [ "Ta Ko Ta mine", "1⅓ miles north of Hsianhsien", "60,000", "Chinese (6 companies)." ], [ "T'ao Lu mines", "8 to 15 miles north of Hsifenghsien.", "10,000", "Chinese (4 companies)." ], [ "T'ien Ho Tun mine", "8 miles southwest of Kuanya", "(¹)", "" ], [ "Huo Shih Ling mine", "3 miles north of Yingchengtze station on Kirin-Changchun Railroad.", "10,000", "Chinese." ], [ "K'uan Ch'en Tze mines", "Shihpeiling, 1½ miles east of Changchun; Taochiatun, 2 miles southeast of Changchun.", "(¹)", "Japanese; South Manchuria Mining Co." ], [ "Lao T'u Kow mine", "2 miles west of Chientao, Chutzechieh.", "(¹)", "Sino-Japanese." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Fairly large deposits." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 17 as printed. No total printed.", "T'ien Ho Tun mine: Nationality cell empty in the original.", "Line-break hyphens removed (Hsifeng-hsien, Chu-tzechieh). Unit 'Tons' printed under the Output heading." ], "id": "p0494_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 493", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n493/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0495", "images": [ "p0495" ], "printed_pages": [ "472" ], "chapter": "Mukden Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Principal Iron Mines in the Mukden Consular District]", "caption_extra": "The principal iron mines are:", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Name", "Location", "Ore", "Output of pig iron, 1923 (Tons)", "Capital", "Nationality" ], "rows": [ [ "Anshan iron mine", "Anshan", "Hematite, limonite", "90,000", "...", "Operated by South Manchuria Ry. Co. (Japanese)." ], [ "Penhsihu iron mine", "Penhsihu", "Magnatite, hematite", "24,000", "$7,000.000", "Sino-Japanese." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 2 as printed. No total printed.", "Anshan Capital: printed as a dotted rule ('...').", "Penhsihu Capital printed '$7, 000. 000' (period for the second comma); kept as printed. 'Magnatite' as printed (sic, for magnetite).", "Unit 'Tons' printed under the Output heading." ], "id": "p0495_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 494", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n494/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0495", "images": [ "p0495", "p0496" ], "printed_pages": [ "472", "473" ], "chapter": "Mukden Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Other Principal Mines of Various Metals and Minerals in the Mukden Consular District]", "caption_extra": "Other principal mines, of various metals and minerals, are shown in the table below:", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Name", "Location", "Ore", "Nationality" ], "rows": [ [ "COPPER", "", "", "" ], [ "Pan Ling copper mine", "22 miles northeast of Tsaohokou on the Mukden-Antung line.", "Copper pyrites", "Sino-Japanese mining company has applied for concession (Chunichi Mining Co.)." ], [ "Ma Lu Kow copper mine", "25 miles east of Penhsihu station.", "Malachite", "Okura & Co., Japanese." ], [ "Su Tze Huo Ho copper mine.", "38 miles from Tiehling up Chai River.", "Copper pyrites", "Sino-Japanese." ], [ "T'ien Pao Shan copper and silver mine.", "10 miles southwest of Lao Tu Kow coal mines at Chientao.", "Argentite", "Sino-Japanese, South Manchuria Ry. and Taiko Co." ], [ "Panshih Mining Co", "Shihtsuitze, near Panshih, Kirin.", "Pyrites and malachite.", "Chinese." ], [ "GOLD", "", "", "" ], [ "Maoerhshan gold mine", "2½ miles north of Maoerhshan.", "Placer mining", "British company interested in district." ], [ "Ta Miao Kow gold mine", "6 miles south of Tunghwa", "Ore", "Do." ], [ "Pao Ma Chuan gold mine", "37 miles south of Tunghwa", "Placer and ore", "Hoachan Co., Chinese." ], [ "Hsiang Lu Wan Tze gold mine.", "14 miles southeast of Peishan-chentze.", "do", "Shukao Co., Chinese." ], [ "Chai Ho Pu gold mine", "24 miles east of Tiehling", "Placer mining", "Chinese and Japanese are interested." ], [ "LEAD", "", "", "" ], [ "Ch'ing Ch'en Tze lead mine", "32 miles west of Tungyuan-pu station.", "Galena", "Sino-Japanese, Chunichi Co." ], [ "MAGNESITE", "", "Annual production", "" ], [ "Chuan Shan Tze mine", "2 miles north of Shakang on South Manchuria Ry. line.", "Considerable quantity.", "Shinko Co., Chinese, connected with South Manchuria Ry. Co." ], [ "Pingehrfang magnesite mine", "Tashihkiao", "1,000 tons", "Chinese." ], [ "Pai Hu Shan mine", "3 miles south of Tashihkiao station on South Manchuria Ry.", "Considerable quantity.", "Shinko Co., Chinese, connected with South Manchuria Ry. Co." ], [ "Kuan Ma Shan mine", "3 miles east of Tashihkiao station on South Manchuria Ry.", "do", "Chinese company, connected with South Manchuria Ry. Co." ], [ "Ta Ling mine", "5 miles northeast of Tashihkiao station on South Manchuria Ry.", "do", "Tenko Co." ], [ "Hua Shih Ling mine", "9–15 miles southeast of Haicheng.", "do", "Chinese company, connected with South Manchuria Ry.Co." ], [ "Ch'in Ma Yu mine", "12–15 miles southeast of Haicheng.", "do", "Do." ], [ "ASBESTOS", "", "", "" ], [ "Li Yung Co. (Ltd.)", "Chinchow, Fengtien; mines at Sungchiachangtse, 10 miles south of Chaoyang.", "...", "Chinese." ], [ "TALC", "", "", "" ], [ "Sungchiaputze mine", "10 miles south of Haicheng", "Considerable quantity.", "Chinese company, connected with South Manchuria Ry. Co." ], [ "Talin talc mine", "Tashihkiao", "6,000 tons", "Chinese." ], [ "FLUORITE", "", "", "" ], [ "Luchiatun mine", "5 miles southeast of Luchiatun station, Kaipinghsien.", "Small quantity", "Chinese." ], [ "Tsui Chia Tun", "2 miles south of Tungchiatun station, Kaipinghsien.", "do", "Chinese." ], [ "FELDSPAR", "", "", "" ], [ "Shih Ta Shan mine", "7 miles south of Haichenghsien.", "Considerable quantity.", "Chinese company, connected with South Manchuria Ry. Co." ], [ "SODA", "", "", "" ], [ "Fishery and soda company", "Chengchiatun", "(Liao River soda fields.)", "Chinese." ], [ "Tien Hui Soda Co", "12 miles from Tapusu, Kirin.", "(Lake Tapusu soda fields.)", "Chinese." ], [ "Yu Chien Co", "Wentu, Chengkiatun, Shengking.", "Crystal soda, 2,300,000 pounds.", "Chinese." ], [ "MANGANESE", "", "", "" ], [ "Hsincheng manganese mine", "Hsincheng", "2,000 tons", "Chinese." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 36 as printed (27 mines + 9 metal/mineral sub-heading rows): 14 on p. 472 (COPPER 5, GOLD 5, LEAD 1 + 3 headings), 22 on p. 473 (MAGNESITE 7, ASBESTOS 1, TALC 2, FLUORITE 2, FELDSPAR 1, SODA 3, MANGANESE 1 + 7 headings). No totals printed.", "On p. 473 (continuation) the third column, headed 'Ore' again, carries an italic line 'Annual production' on the MAGNESITE line; from there the column gives production quantities. Kept as printed in the MAGNESITE row.", "Li Yung Co. (Ltd.): Ore/production cell is a printed dotted rule ('...').", "Line-break hyphens removed where the word was split (Tsao-hokou, Man-churia, Ta-shihkiao, Chin-chow etc.); hyphens kept in Mukden-Antung, Peishan-chentze, Tungyuan-pu as the hyphen is mid-line or part of the name. 'Pingehrfang', 'Ry.Co.' (no space) as printed. 'Tien Hui Soda Co' Nationality 'Chinese' followed by a blotted mark; read as 'Chinese.'", "Yu Chien Co '2,300,000': checked in enlarged crop; reads 3." ], "id": "p0495_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 494", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n494/mode/1up" }, { "label": "scan leaf 495", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n495/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0498", "images": [ "p0498" ], "printed_pages": [ "475" ], "chapter": "Mukden Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Wages Prevailing at Mukden]", "caption_extra": "[Figures given in local currency; $1 equals approximately $0.35 United States currency]", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Classes", "High", "Low", "Average" ], "rows": [ [ "Laborer", "$1.70", "$1.30", "$1.50" ], [ "Fireman", "1.60", "1.20", "1.40" ], [ "Mason", "1.85", "1.30", "1.50" ], [ "Cement worker", "2.00", "1.50", "1.70" ], [ "Blacksmith", "2.00", "1.40", "1.70" ], [ "Plasterer", "1.50", ".90", "1.30" ], [ "Painter", "2.40", "1.90", "2.10" ], [ "Carpenter", "1.70", "1.20", "1.40" ], [ "Cabinetmaker", "1.80", "1.20", "1.40" ], [ "Tinsmith", "1.90", "1.40", "1.60" ], [ "Teamster:", "", "", "" ], [ "One horse", "1.80", "1.10", "1.50" ], [ "Two horses", "2.00", "1.30", "1.70" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 13 as printed (incl. sub-heading 'Teamster:').", "No printed total.", "Printed under section heading 'Labor Conditions'." ], "id": "p0498_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 497", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n497/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0499", "images": [ "p0499" ], "printed_pages": [ "476" ], "chapter": "Mukden Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Mileage on the South Manchuria Railway]", "caption_extra": "", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Section", "Miles" ], "rows": [ [ "Dairen to Changchun", "437.6" ], [ "Dairen to Port Arthur", "31.6" ], [ "Antung to Mukden", "161.7" ], [ "Tashikiao to Newchwang", "13.9" ], [ "Fushun branch line", "32.9" ], [ "Hushutai to Hunho", "2.5" ], [ "Total", "680.2" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 6 + Total as printed.", "Total check: 437.6+31.6+161.7+13.9+32.9+2.5 = 680.2, reconciles with printed total.", "Column heading 'Section' supplied by transcriber; only 'Miles' is printed.", "Introduced in prose: 'The following table shows mileage on the South Manchuria Railway'; under heading 'Railways'." ], "id": "p0499_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 498", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n498/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0499", "images": [ "p0499" ], "printed_pages": [ "476" ], "chapter": "Mukden Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[South Manchuria Railway Freight Rates per Ton per Mile (Carload)]", "caption_extra": "Yen", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Distance", "First class (Yen)", "Second class (Yen)", "Third class (Yen)", "Fourth class (Yen)" ], "rows": [ [ "Up to 100 miles", "0.0625", "0.05", "0.0375", "0.025" ], [ "101 to 200 miles", ".06", ".048", ".036", ".024" ], [ "201 to 400 miles", ".0575", ".046", ".0345", ".023" ], [ "Over 400 miles", ".055", ".044", ".033", ".022" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 4 as printed.", "No printed total.", "Stub column has no printed heading; 'Distance' supplied. 'Yen' printed at the head of each class column.", "Introduced in prose: 'The following table shows the freight rates per ton per mile (carload)'; the railway is South Manchuria Railway per context." ], "id": "p0499_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 498", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n498/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0500", "images": [ "p0500" ], "printed_pages": [ "477" ], "chapter": "Mukden Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Peking-Mukden Railway Freight Rates per 50 Kilos, by Kilometers and Class]", "caption_extra": "Yuan. [From the introducing prose: freight rates per 50 kilos per kilometer (1 kilo=2.2046 pounds; 1 kilometer=0.62 mile).]", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Kilometers", "Classes — 1 (Yuan)", "Classes — 2 (Yuan)", "Classes — 3 (Yuan)", "Classes — 4 (Yuan)", "Classes — 5 (Yuan)", "Classes — 6 (Yuan)" ], "rows": [ [ "1 to 20", "$0.092", "$2.078", "$0.064", "$0.050", "$0.036", "$0.034" ], [ "40", ".184", ".156", ".128", ".100", ".072", ".068" ], [ "60", ".276", ".234", ".192", ".150", ".108", ".102" ], [ "80", ".368", ".312", ".256", ".200", ".144", ".136" ], [ "100", ".460", ".390", ".320", ".250", ".180", ".168" ], [ "200", ".878", ".744", ".610", ".477", ".343", ".324" ], [ "300", "1.280", "1.085", ".890", ".695", ".500", ".478" ], [ "400", "1.659", "1.407", "1.154", ".901", ".649", ".618" ], [ "500", "2.032", "1.723", "1.413", "1.104", ".795", ".754" ], [ "708", "2.699", "2.289", "1.877", "1.468", "1.056", "1.002" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 10 as printed.", "No printed total.", "Row '1 to 20', class 2: printed '$2.078' (clearly; evidently a misprint for $0.078 given the column), kept as printed.", "Prose on the same page gives Changchun-Kirin and Ssupingkai-Taonan Railway rates in running text; not tabulated, skipped." ], "id": "p0500_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 499", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n499/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0501", "images": [ "p0501" ], "printed_pages": [ "478" ], "chapter": "Mukden Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Peking-Mukden Railway Metric-Ton Rates]", "caption_extra": "Yuan. [Introduced in prose: 'The following tables give metric-ton rates'; Peking-Mukden Railway per context. Following prose: charges given in silver Yuan dollars, approx. $0.50 U.S. currency.]", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": "Freight Rates per Metric Ton (Minimum Charge 1 Ton)", "columns": [ "Kilometers", "Classes — 1 (Yuan)", "Classes — 2 (Yuan)", "Classes — 3 (Yuan)", "Classes — 4 (Yuan)", "Classes — 5 (Yuan)", "Classes — 6 (Yuan)" ], "rows": [ [ "1 to 20", "$1.380", "$1.170", "$0.960", "$0.750", "$0.540", "$0.440" ], [ "40", "2.760", "2.340", "1.920", "1.500", "1.080", ".880" ], [ "60", "4.140", "3.510", "2.880", "2.250", "1.620", "1.320" ], [ "80", "5.520", "4.680", "3.840", "3.000", "2.160", "1.760" ], [ "100", "6.900", "5.850", "4.800", "3.750", "2.700", "2.200" ], [ "200", "13.455", "11.408", "9.360", "7.313", "5.265", "4.290" ], [ "300", "19.665", "16.673", "13.680", "10.688", "7.695", "6.270" ], [ "400", "25.177", "21.350", "17.484", "13.667", "9.850", "8.033" ], [ "500", "30.629", "25.972", "21.270", "16.621", "11.972", "9.758" ], [ "708", "40.448", "34.298", "28.149", "22.000", "15.851", "12.922" ] ] }, { "label": "Carload Rate per Metric Ton", "columns": [ "Kilometers", "Classes — 1 (Yuan)", "Classes — 2 (Yuan)", "Classes — 3 (Yuan)", "Classes — 4 (Yuan)", "Classes — 5 (Yuan)", "Classes — 6 (Yuan)" ], "rows": [ [ "1 to 20", "$0.920", "$0.780", "$0.640", "$0.500", "$0.360", "$0.220" ], [ "40", "1.840", "1.560", "1.280", "1.000", ".720", ".440" ], [ "60", "2.760", "2.340", "1.920", "1.500", "1.080", ".660" ], [ "80", "3.680", "3.120", "2.560", "2.000", "1.440", ".880" ], [ "100", "4.600", "3.900", "3.200", "2.500", "1.800", "1.100" ], [ "200", "8.782", "7.445", "6.108", "4.771", "3.435", "2.098" ], [ "300", "12.800", "10.855", "8.906", "6.957", "5.009", "3.060" ], [ "400", "16.598", "14.077", "11.547", "9.018", "6.499", "3.980" ], [ "500", "20.322", "17.230", "14.136", "11.047", "7.955", "4.863" ], [ "708", "26.997", "22.898", "18.779", "14.680", "10.561", "6.461" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Two printed tables with their own titles, kept as two parts of one file; the second has no column headings printed and shares the first's (Kilometers; Classes 1-6).", "Rows: 10 per part as printed.", "No printed totals." ], "id": "p0501_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 500", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n500/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0503", "images": [ "p0503" ], "printed_pages": [ "480" ], "chapter": "Mukden Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Number of Telephone Subscribers at the Various Places]", "caption_extra": "", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Cities", "Chinese service", "Japanese service" ], "rows": [ [ "Mukden", "1,375", "1,693" ], [ "Tiehling", "220", "305" ], [ "Kaiyuan", "138", "434" ], [ "Changtu", "50", "(1)" ], [ "Ssupingkai", "201", "255" ], [ "Kungchuling", "60", "226" ], [ "Fenchiatun", "30", "121" ], [ "Changchun", "200", "1,308" ], [ "Newchwang", "(2) 1,200", "..." ], [ "Fushun", "140", "276" ], [ "Fenghwangcheng", "43", "(1)" ], [ "Kirin", "480", "(1)" ], [ "Wafangtien", "58", "80" ], [ "Kaiping", "85", "(1)" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "1 No service.", "2 Sino-Japanese service." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 14 (printed side by side in two halves of 7, merged into one list).", "No printed total.", "Footnote markers written as '(1)', '(2)'. Newchwang Chinese service printed with superscript 2 before 1,200; its Japanese-service cell is a dotted rule, written '...'.", "Kungchuling, Chinese service: a small raised dot/stray mark follows '60' in the print; transcribed as 60.", "Introduced in prose: 'The number of subscribers at the various places is shown below' (telephone section)." ], "id": "p0503_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 502", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n502/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0503", "images": [ "p0503" ], "printed_pages": [ "480" ], "chapter": "Mukden Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Vessels Entered and Cleared at the Maritime Customs at Newchwang, 1923]", "caption_extra": "", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Nationality", "Number", "Tonnage" ], "rows": [ [ "American", "4", "20,200" ], [ "British", "312", "394,092" ], [ "Danish", "2", "6,850" ], [ "Dutch", "4", "9,096" ], [ "French", "6", "18,572" ], [ "Japanese", "324", "259,488" ], [ "Norwegian", "30", "26,500" ], [ "Russian", "12", "16,516" ], [ "Chinese", "794", "526,146" ], [ "Total", "1,488", "1,277,460" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 9 + Total (printed side by side in two halves, merged).", "Total check: Number sums to 1488 (printed 1,488) — reconciles; Tonnage sums to 1,277,460 (printed 1,277,460) — reconciles.", "Introduced in prose: 'The following statistics give the number of vessels entered and cleared at the Maritime Customs at Newchwang during 1923'." ], "id": "p0503_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 502", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n502/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0506", "images": [ "p0506" ], "printed_pages": [ "483" ], "chapter": "Mukden Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Value of the Total Foreign Trade of Manchuria, by Ports, 1913, 1922, 1923, and 1924]", "caption_extra": "U. S. currency. [From the introducing prose: according to the annual report of the consulate general at Mukden for 1924.]", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Ports", "1913 (U. S. currency)", "1922 (U. S. currency)", "1923 (U. S. currency)", "1924 (U. S. currency)" ], "rows": [ [ "Aigun", "$1,100,291", "$1,089,186", "$168,155", "$37,580" ], [ "Harbin district", "30,099,069", "41,343,502", "35,473,086", "44,323,840" ], [ "Hunchun", "616,968", "1,209,789", "1,261,355", "1,275,089" ], [ "Lungchingtsun", "617,225", "2,754,140", "4,136,427", "3,764,190" ], [ "Antung", "7,281,143", "44,508,983", "56,566,603", "45,540,211" ], [ "Dairen", "42,889,608", "132,064,711", "150,070,164", "164,255,831" ], [ "Newchwang", "13,819,825", "11,350,027", "13,044,662", "12,030,562" ], [ "Total", "96,424,129", "234,320,338", "260,720,452", "271,227,303" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 7 + Total as printed.", "Total check 1913: parts sum to 96,424,129; printed 96,424,129 — reconciles.", "Total check 1922: parts sum to 234,320,338; printed 234,320,338 — reconciles.", "Total check 1923: parts sum to 260,720,452; printed 260,720,452 — reconciles.", "Total check 1924: parts sum to 271,227,303; printed 271,227,303 — reconciles." ], "id": "p0506_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 505", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n505/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0506", "images": [ "p0506" ], "printed_pages": [ "483" ], "chapter": "Mukden Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Manchuria's Foreign Trade: Imports and Exports, 1913, 1922, 1923, 1924]", "caption_extra": "U. S. currency. [From the introducing prose: the advance in value of Manchuria's foreign trade, showing imports and exports separately (more detailed figures for the trade of 1924 are not yet available).]", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Years", "Imports (U. S. currency)", "Exports (U. S. currency)" ], "rows": [ [ "1913", "$47,069,915", "$49,354,214" ], [ "1922", "99,363,743", "134,956,595" ], [ "1923", "$99,383,487", "$161,336,965" ], [ "1924", "102,423,386", "168,803,917" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 4 (printed side by side in two halves of 2, merged).", "No printed total.", "'$' printed on the first row of each half (1913 and 1923), kept as printed." ], "id": "p0506_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 505", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n505/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0507", "images": [ "p0507" ], "printed_pages": [ "484" ], "chapter": "Mukden Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Principal Exports of the Mukden Consular District, 1904, 1913, and 1923]", "caption_extra": "[Value in haikwan taels; exchange value of tael: 1904, $0.698 United States currency; 1913, $0.7295; 1923, $0.8231]", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Products", "Unit", "1904", "1913", "1923" ], "rows": [ [ "Bean cake", "piculs", "1,986,172", "13,243,222", "25,770,523" ], [ "Bean cake", "value", "3,726,485", "28,702,280", "61,378,656" ], [ "Beans", "piculs", "1,827,369", "3,944,833", "14,563,338" ], [ "Beans", "value", "4,461,044", "10,844,960", "44,949,243" ], [ "Bristles", "piculs", "208", "3,296", "5,516" ], [ "Bristles", "value", "11,885", "273,075", "418,674" ], [ "Coal", "piculs", "...", "[?]", "2,638,316" ], [ "Coal", "value", "...", "6,530,590", "17,498,371" ], [ "Horsehair", "piculs", "128", "2,242", "3,886" ], [ "Horsehair", "value", "...", "64,899", "140,823" ], [ "Iron, pig", "piculs", "...", "...", "1,475,743" ], [ "Iron, pig", "value", "...", "...", "2,945,193" ], [ "Oil, bean", "piculs", "74,104", "695,108", "1,952,844" ], [ "Oil, bean", "value", "582,459", "5,186,768", "15,795,932" ], [ "Oils, vegetable", "piculs", "...", "15,295", "31,725" ], [ "Oils, vegetable", "value", "...", "127,240", "269,206" ], [ "Seeds, hemp, sesame, etc", "piculs", "20,160", "437,526", "997,571" ], [ "Seeds, hemp, sesame, etc", "value", "155,839", "1,427,427", "4,839,684" ], [ "Silk, raw, and silk products", "piculs", "12,806", "199,514", "118,755" ], [ "Silk, raw, and silk products", "value", "2,008,310", "5,994,150", "19,673,042" ], [ "Skins, furs, and hides", "piculs", "...", "...", "..." ], [ "Skins, furs, and hides", "value", "36,714", "350,201", "619,230" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Title supplied by the transcriber; the table follows prose stating that the 1904 figures are for Newchwang only (Dairen and Antung not then developed as commercial ports).", "Each product is printed with two lines bracketed as 'piculs' and 'value'; written as two rows with the same product name, the unit in the 'Unit' column.", "Rows: 22 as printed (11 products x 2). '...' = printed dotted rule.", "Row 'Coal — piculs', col '1913': printed '1,451,17' followed by a damaged final digit (3 or 8, looks like a broken 8); no printed total to settle it, so written [?].", "No totals printed." ], "id": "p0507_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 506", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n506/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0507", "images": [ "p0507" ], "printed_pages": [ "484" ], "chapter": "Mukden Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Estimated Percentages of the Three Principal Exports Going to the Destinations Indicated, 1923]", "caption_extra": "Per cent", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Articles", "Japan", "Great Britain", "Hongkong", "Germany", "Dutch East Indies", "United States" ], "rows": [ [ "Bean cake", "81.00", "0.05", "...", "...", "...", "0.5" ], [ "Bean oil", ".31", "30.30", "0.7", "4.40", "...", "18.3" ], [ "Beans", "58.00", "2.80", "2.0", "66", "9.2", ".07" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Title from the preceding sentence: 'The following table shows, for 1923, the estimated percentages of the three principal exports going to the destinations indicated'.", "Rows: 3 as printed. 'Per cent' printed at the head of each column. '...' = printed dotted rule. Decimal points printed with a space after them (e.g. '81. 00'), written without the space.", "Row 'Beans', col 'Germany': printed '66' (no decimal point), kept as printed; with it the Beans row sums to 138.07 per cent, so it may be a misprint (e.g. for 6.6) — not corrected.", "No totals printed; row sums are not 100 (Bean cake 81.55, Bean oil 54.01) — the table gives only listed destinations." ], "id": "p0507_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 506", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n506/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0508", "images": [ "p0508" ], "printed_pages": [ "485" ], "chapter": "Mukden Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Declared Exports from the Mukden District to the United States, 1922 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "[Context, added by the transcriber: the preceding sentence reads '... the following \"declared export\" figures show the products appearing on invoices certified in the Mukden district for shipment to the United States during 1922 and 1923'.] Value in U. S. currency.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Articles", "Unit", "1922 — Quantity", "1922 — Value (U. S. currency)", "1923 — Quantity", "1923 — Value (U. S. currency)" ], "rows": [ [ "Furs, undressed:", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Fox", "pieces", "7,538", "$28,749", "4,626", "$55,465" ], [ "Kid", "do", "16,378", "7,070", "...", "..." ], [ "Lynx", "do", "...", "...", "105", "1,919" ], [ "Marmot", "do", "1,668", "416", "8,748", "7,054" ], [ "Rabbit", "do", "115", "27", "3,982", "1,334" ], [ "Raccoon", "do", "1,284", "6,809", "238", "1,490" ], [ "Sable", "do", "403", "29,928", "669", "53,918" ], [ "Sheep (dry)", "do", "...", "...", "1,200", "997" ], [ "Squirrel", "do", "181,418", "198,439", "20,400", "23,638" ], [ "Weasel (kolinsky)", "do", "146,047", "299,300", "82,023", "204,299" ], [ "Wolf", "do", "315", "2,212", "335", "2,099" ], [ "Furs, dressed:", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Dog mats", "do", "112,185", "173,375", "85,731", "211,294" ], [ "Moufflon (goat)", "do", "65,352", "105,474", "129,782", "257,402" ], [ "Sable", "do", "...", "...", "19", "360" ], [ "Wool and hair:", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Goat hair", "pounds", "...", "...", "5,897", "4,733" ], [ "Horsehair", "do", "169,671", "119,772", "197,720", "158,419" ], [ "Bristles", "do", "525,120", "754,376", "366,813", "525,423" ], [ "Miscellaneous", "", "...", "445", "...", "657" ], [ "Total", "", "...", "1,726,392", "...", "1,510,501" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 22 as printed (incl. 3 sub-heading rows and Total). '...' = printed dotted rule. Unit column printed after the leaders ('pieces', 'do', 'pounds'). 'U. S. currency' printed at the head of both Value columns.", "Total check 1922 value: parts sum to 1,726,392 vs printed 1,726,392 — reconciles.", "Total check 1923 value: parts sum to 1,510,501 vs printed 1,510,501 — reconciles." ], "id": "p0508_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 507", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n507/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0509", "images": [ "p0509", "p0510" ], "printed_pages": [ "486", "487" ], "chapter": "Mukden Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Principal Imports from Foreign Countries, Mukden Consular District, 1904, 1913, and 1923]", "caption_extra": "[Values in haikwan taels] (p. 487 repeats the headnote as '[Value in haikwan taels]'). [Context, added by the transcriber: the preceding sentence reads 'The table following shows the principal imports from foreign countries—the figures for 1904 applying to Newchwang only, while those for 1913 and 1923 include Dairen, Antung, and Newchwang.']", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Products", "Unit", "1904", "1913", "1923" ], "rows": [ [ "Bags, all kinds", "pieces", "2,997,700", "12,215,465", "23,629,142" ], [ "Bags, all kinds", "value", "288,871", "1,484,582", "4,259,567" ], [ "Cotton piece goods:", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Shirtings, gray, plain", "pieces", "150,742", "363,958", "848,278" ], [ "Shirtings, gray, plain", "value", "453,246", "1,132,855", "5,588,230" ], [ "Sheetings, gray, plain", "pieces", "1,148,884", "2,262,763", "221,139" ], [ "Sheetings, gray, plain", "value", "3,969,326", "5,655,275", "1,245,625" ], [ "Shirtings, white, plain", "pieces", "77,790", "345,555", "293,461" ], [ "Shirtings, white, plain", "value", "306,031", "1,469,738", "2,036,924" ], [ "Shirtings, white, figured", "pieces", "60", "3,488", "11,613" ], [ "Shirtings, white, figured", "value", "330", "16,987", "96,764" ], [ "Drills", "pieces", "454,711", "458,702", "180,895" ], [ "Drills", "value", "1,743,334", "1,749,522", "1,020,974" ], [ "Jeans", "pieces", "139,480", "496,800", "1,094,320" ], [ "Jeans", "value", "391,773", "1,496,667", "5,215,410" ], [ "T cloths", "pieces", "4,125", "38,244", "49,556" ], [ "T cloths", "value", "6,110", "69,559", "197,663" ], [ "Cambrics, lawns, and muslins, white, dyed, and printed", "pieces", "2,182", "29,517", "74,765" ], [ "Cambrics, lawns, and muslins, white, dyed, and printed", "value", "1,930", "33,563", "169,129" ], [ "Lenos and balzarines, white, dyed, and printed", "pieces", "...", "751", "1,166" ], [ "Lenos and balzarines, white, dyed, and printed", "value", "...", "1,313", "7,930" ], [ "Plain cotton prints and chintzes", "pieces", "7,881", "6,172", "83,269" ], [ "Plain cotton prints and chintzes", "value", "28,030", "19,078", "769,192" ], [ "Fancy muslins", "pieces", "...", "...", "3,163" ], [ "Fancy muslins", "value", "...", "...", "1,017" ], [ "Art muslins and cretonnes, unenumerated", "pieces", "...", "...", "250,840" ], [ "Art muslins and cretonnes, unenumerated", "value", "...", "...", "50,427" ], [ "Printed drills, furnitures, and twills", "pieces", "555", "1,441", "1,671" ], [ "Printed drills, furnitures, and twills", "value", "1,082", "2,782", "11,954" ], [ "Printed crêpe", "pieces", "...", "...", "640" ], [ "Printed crêpe", "value", "...", "...", "3,621" ], [ "Printed sateens, reps, etc", "pieces", "...", "528", "2,697" ], [ "Printed sateens, reps, etc", "value", "...", "1,728", "24,249" ], [ "Turkey red cottons and dyed T cloths", "pieces", "6,649", "30,422", "170,157" ], [ "Turkey red cottons and dyed T cloths", "value", "15,774", "66,832", "633,763" ], [ "Dyed cottons, plain, fast black, colored, and figured—Italians, venetians, poplins, lastings, and crêpe", "pieces", "106,805", "194,579", "973,338" ], [ "Dyed cottons, plain, fast black, colored, and figured—Italians, venetians, poplins, lastings, and crêpe", "value", "547,651", "1,044,631", "6,261,445" ], [ "Shirtings, dyed, plain", "pieces", "3,752", "6,808", "44,817" ], [ "Shirtings, dyed, plain", "value", "14,445", "27,643", "168,570" ], [ "Shirtings, Hongkong-dyed, plain, and shirtings, dyed, figured, brocaded, and spotted", "pieces", "2,042", "480", "..." ], [ "Shirtings, Hongkong-dyed, plain, and shirtings, dyed, figured, brocaded, and spotted", "value", "8,018", "1,373", "..." ], [ "Flannelettes", "pieces", "45,848", "54,102", "87,807" ], [ "Flannelettes", "value", "168,830", "181,726", "565,435" ], [ "Fancy woven cottons", "yards", "11,184", "321,709", "..." ], [ "Fancy woven cottons", "value", "1,358", "26,664", "..." ], [ "Japanese cotton cloth", "yards", "...", "9,158,554", "40,790,714" ], [ "Japanese cotton cloth", "value", "...", "525,197", "3,410,781" ], [ "Velvets and velveteens", "yards", "209,171", "571,813", "720,731" ], [ "Velvets and velveteens", "value", "58,868", "164,157", "416,884" ], [ "Crimps and crêpons", "yards", "...", "...", "97,525" ], [ "Crimps and crêpons", "value", "...", "...", "31,422" ], [ "Japanese cotton crêpe", "yards", "...", "...", "313,775" ], [ "Japanese cotton crêpe", "value", "...", "...", "38,112" ], [ "Cotton blankets", "pieces", "202,435", "460,637", "113,167" ], [ "Cotton blankets", "value", "117,622", "207,133", "112,240" ], [ "Cotton handkerchiefs", "dozens", "33,184", "96,621", "119,934" ], [ "Cotton handkerchiefs", "value", "14,825", "25,850", "69,757" ], [ "Cotton towels", "dozens", "172,750", "394,546", "46,679" ], [ "Cotton towels", "value", "73,809", "168,991", "51,781" ], [ "Cotton goods, unenumerated", "yards", "...", "58,428,716", "1,848,612" ], [ "Cotton goods, unenumerated", "value", "10,649", "3,025,399", "343,801" ], [ "Do", "piculs", "...", "...", "1,088" ], [ "Do", "value", "...", "...", "61,173" ], [ "Cotton yarn", "piculs", "156,320", "133,302", "115,635" ], [ "Cotton yarn", "value", "3,946,074", "3,465,544", "5,581,380" ], [ "Cotton yarn, gassed, dyed, or mercerized", "piculs", "...", "...", "10,499" ], [ "Cotton yarn, gassed, dyed, or mercerized", "value", "...", "...", "703,752" ], [ "Cotton thread, balls and spools", "piculs", "25,444", "103,741", "243,385" ], [ "Cotton thread, balls and spools", "value", "66,000", "266,830", "376,727" ], [ "Dyes, paints, and colors", "value", "144,597", "1,388,775", "2,732,226" ], [ "Electrical material and fittings", "do", "...", "333,342", "1,923,975" ], [ "Flour, wheat", "piculs", "77,969", "768,055", "1,212,662" ], [ "Flour, wheat", "value", "292,380", "3,018,616", "5,763,113" ], [ "Iron and steel manufactures", "tons", "2,845", "34,290", "87,498" ], [ "Iron and steel manufactures", "value", "430,465", "1,821,976", "6,725,542" ], [ "Kerosene and lubricating oil", "gallons", "4,762,640", "18,190,220", "16,033,281" ], [ "Kerosene and lubricating oil", "value", "937,542", "2,388,419", "5,490,472" ], [ "Locomotives and tenders", "value", "...", "64,984", "658,818" ], [ "Machinery and tools", "do", "5,952", "647,301", "4,028,966" ], [ "Medicines and chemical products", "do", "...", "467,376", "1,216,307" ], [ "Paper and cardboard", "do", "...", "675,575", "2,330,658" ], [ "Railway materials not otherwise classified", "value", "...", "...", "1,250,597" ], [ "Railway cars", "do", "...", "116,698", "432,677" ], [ "Sugar", "piculs", "233,469", "365,739", "511,298" ], [ "Sugar", "value", "1,093,232", "1,852,731", "4,019,962" ], [ "Tobacco, cigars, and cigarettes", "value", "497,225", "1,198,210", "7,035,354" ], [ "Vehicles:", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Automobiles", "do", "...", "9,851", "133,478" ], [ "Motor cycles", "do", "...", "...", "6,276" ], [ "Bicycles, velocipedes, etc", "do", "...", "46,152", "126,299" ], [ "Traction and road engines", "do", "...", "...", "10,098" ], [ "Other vehicles", "do", "...", "106,511", "102,996" ], [ "Woolen goods, blankets and rugs, broadcloth, suitings, flannel, etc", "value", "205,379", "386,797", "1,856,171" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 81 on p. 486 (p0509) and 12 on p. 487 (p0510), 93 in all, incl. sub-heading rows 'Cotton piece goods:' and 'Vehicles:'. Items printed with a bracketed pair of lines (quantity unit / value) are written as two rows with the same product name; the second row's Unit is 'value'.", "'Unit' = the unit printed after the leaders ('pieces', 'yards', 'value', 'do', etc.). '...' = printed dotted rule.", "Line-break hyphens removed in 'figured' and 'flannel'; 'crêpe/crêpons' printed with circumflex.", "Row 'Dyes, paints, and colors', col '1923': third digit '2' slightly damaged in print, read as 2,732,226.", "Row 'Kerosene and lubricating oil — value', col '1913': second '8' in '388' imperfectly printed, read 2,388,419.", "No totals printed in the table (the following prose gives total imports, not used)." ], "id": "p0509_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 508", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n508/mode/1up" }, { "label": "scan leaf 509", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n509/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0511", "images": [ "p0511" ], "printed_pages": [ "488" ], "chapter": "Mukden Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Leading Banks in the Mukden Consular District That Handle Foreign Exchange and Bills]", "caption_extra": "[Context, added by the transcriber: printed under the headings 'Money, Banking, and Credit — Banks', after the sentence 'Following is a list of the leading banks in the Mukden consular district that handle foreign exchange and bills:'.]", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Name of bank", "Nationality", "Capital", "Head office", "Branches" ], "rows": [ [ "Yokohama Specie Bank", "Japanese", "100,000,000 yen", "Yokohama", "Mukden, Newchwang, Changchun, Kaiyuan." ], [ "Bank of China", "Chinese", "$60,000,000 silver", "Peking", "Mukden, Changchun, Kirin, Newchwang, Taonan, Tunghuag, Liaoyuan, Kungchuling, Kaiyuan." ], [ "Bank of Chosen", "Japanese", "80,000,000 yen", "Seoul", "Mukden, Newchwang, Changchun, Liaoyang, Lungchingtsun, Kirin, Tiehling, Chengchiatun Ssupingkai, Fuchiatun." ], [ "Russo-Asiatic Bank", "...", "35,000,000 rubles", "Paris", "Newchwang, Changchun." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 4 as printed. '...' = printed dotted rule (Russo-Asiatic Bank, Nationality).", "Line-break hyphens removed in Branches (Changchun, Tunghuag, Kungchuling, Lungchingtsun, Chengchiatun, Fuchiatun).", "Bank of China branches: 'Tunghuag' as printed (probably for Tunghua); Bank of Chosen branches: 'Chengchiatun Ssupingkai' printed without a comma — both kept as printed.", "No totals." ], "id": "p0511_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 510", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n510/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0514", "images": [ "p0514" ], "printed_pages": [ "491" ], "chapter": "Mukden Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "Living Costs", "caption_extra": "The following statement indicates ordinary living costs in this consular district: [Figures in United States currency]", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "", "Hotel board and room per month", "Boarding houses (\"pensions\")", "House rent", "Estimated necessary living expenses" ], "rows": [ [ "Single man", "$138", "$88", "$75", "$100 to $250" ], [ "Single woman", "138", "88", "75", "100 to 250" ], [ "Married couple", "226", "160", "85", "250 to 350" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Title is the section heading 'LIVING COSTS' printed above the introductory sentence.", "Rows: 3 as printed. Row-label column has no printed heading. No totals." ], "id": "p0514_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 513", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n513/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0519", "images": [ "p0519" ], "printed_pages": [ "496" ], "chapter": "Shanghai Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Vegetable-Oil Exports Through the Port of Shanghai, 1923]", "caption_extra": "Vegetable-oil exports through the port of Shanghai during the year 1923 were as follows: (Piculs)", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Oil", "Piculs" ], "rows": [ [ "Bean oil", "1,237" ], [ "Camphor oil", "1,135" ], [ "Castor oil", "372" ], [ "Cottonseed oil", "14,820" ], [ "Groundnut oil", "232,934" ], [ "Linseed oil", "2,659" ], [ "Rapeseed oil", "6" ], [ "Sesamum-seed oil", "211" ], [ "Total", "253,374" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Printed in two side-by-side columns; written as one list.", "Rows: 9 as printed (8 oils + Total).", "Total check: sum of 8 items = 253,374; reconciles with printed total." ], "id": "p0519_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 518", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n518/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0522", "images": [ "p0522" ], "printed_pages": [ "499" ], "chapter": "Shanghai Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "Local Steamship Passenger Fares", "caption_extra": "", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Shanghai to—", "One way (Mex.)", "Round trip (Mex.)" ], "rows": [ [ "Amoy", "$65", "$95" ], [ "Antung", "50", "75" ], [ "Canton", "85", "130" ], [ "Chungking", "230", "345" ], [ "Chefoo", "55", "85" ], [ "Changsha", "80", "120" ], [ "Chinwangtao", "60", "90" ], [ "Chinkiang", "16", "24" ], [ "Dairen", "50", "80" ], [ "Foochow", "30", "48" ], [ "Hankow", "50", "75" ], [ "Ichang", "135", "200" ], [ "Kiukiang", "$45", "$65" ], [ "Nanking", "18", "28" ], [ "Newchwang", "65", "100" ], [ "Ningpo", "7", "10" ], [ "Swatow", "65", "95" ], [ "Shasi", "90", "140" ], [ "Tientsin", "90", "140" ], [ "Tsingtao", "35", "56" ], [ "Wuhu", "25", "35" ], [ "Wanhsien", "240", "365" ], [ "Wenchow", "40", "70" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Printed in two side-by-side halves (12 + 11 rows); written as one list. Rows: 23 as printed.", "Column headings 'One way' / 'Round trip' with 'Mex.' printed at the head of each figure column.", "Row 'Ningpo', One way: a small speck sits low-left of the '7' (not in decimal-point position); read as '7'.", "No totals printed." ], "id": "p0522_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 521", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n521/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0522", "images": [ "p0522" ], "printed_pages": [ "499" ], "chapter": "Shanghai Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "Local Steamship Freight Rates—General Cargo", "caption_extra": "[Per ton of 40 cubic feet, or 2,000 pounds]", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Shanghai to—", "Shanghai taels" ], "rows": [ [ "Chinkiang", "2.20" ], [ "Nanking", "3.00" ], [ "Kiukiang", "3.85" ], [ "Wuhu", "3.00" ], [ "Changsha", "7.65" ], [ "Hankow", "3.85" ], [ "Ichang", "12.10" ], [ "Shasi", "12.10" ], [ "Wanhsien", "¹42.10" ], [ "Chungking", "¹52.10" ], [ "Tsingtao", "3.85" ], [ "Chefoo", "3.85" ], [ "Weihaiwei", "3.50" ], [ "Tientsin — summer", "4.40" ], [ "Tientsin — winter", "6.60" ], [ "Newchwang — summer", "4.00" ], [ "Newchwang — winter", "6.00" ], [ "Dairen — summer", "4.00" ], [ "Dairen — winter", "6.00" ], [ "Antung", "5.50" ], [ "Ningpo", "3.30" ], [ "Swatow", "5.00" ], [ "Amoy", "5.00" ], [ "Hongkong", "5.50" ], [ "Canton", "6.60" ], [ "Singapore", "7.00" ], [ "Manila", "5.00" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Normal." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Printed in three side-by-side sections (10 + 10 + 7 rows); written as one list. Rows: 27 as printed.", "Tientsin, New chwang (printed 'New chwang' over two lines) and Dairen each have braced summer/winter rows; written as 'Place — summer/winter'. Row label 'Newchwang' joined.", "Footnote mark ¹ printed before the Wanhsien and Chungking figures; kept in the cell.", "No totals printed." ], "id": "p0522_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 521", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n521/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0522", "images": [ "p0522" ], "printed_pages": [ "499" ], "chapter": "Shanghai Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Railway Mileage in the Shanghai Consular District]", "caption_extra": "Shanghai is deficient in railway transportation facilities, there being a total of only 421 miles of railway in the consular district, as follows: (Miles)", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Railway", "Miles" ], "rows": [ [ "Shanghai-Nanking Railway", "193" ], [ "Shanghai-Hangchow-Ningpo Railway:", "" ], [ "Shanghai-Zahkou", "159" ], [ "Ningpo-Paikuan", "48" ], [ "Shanghai-Woosung", "11" ], [ "Shanghai-Belt Line", "10" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 6 as printed (incl. sub-heading 'Shanghai-Hangchow-Ningpo Railway:'; the four lines below it are indented under it).", "No total printed in the list; the figures sum to 421, matching the 421 miles stated in the lead-in sentence." ], "id": "p0522_3", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 521", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n521/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0523", "images": [ "p0523" ], "printed_pages": [ "500" ], "chapter": "Shanghai Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Passenger Tariffs of Railways from Shanghai]", "caption_extra": "Passenger tariffs of these railways are shown below.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Shanghai to—", "First class (Mex.)", "Second class (Mex.)", "Third class (Mex.)" ], "rows": [ [ "Soochow", "$3,00", "$1.50", "$0.75" ], [ "Nanking", "9.00", "4.50", "2.25" ], [ "Hangchow", "4.90", "2.95", "1.75" ], [ "Ningpo-Paikuan", "2.05", "1.25", ".75" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 4 as printed.", "Row 'Soochow', First class: printed '$3, 00' with a comma (evidently for a decimal point); kept as printed.", "'Mex.' printed at the head of each figure column. No totals printed." ], "id": "p0523_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 522", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n522/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0524", "images": [ "p0524" ], "printed_pages": [ "501" ], "chapter": "Shanghai Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Average Costs of Transport per Ton-Mile in the Shanghai District]", "caption_extra": "[Context, added by the transcriber: the section heading 'Average Costs of Transport' and the lead-in 'The following table indicates the costs of transport in the Shanghai district per ton-mile:' are printed at the foot of p. 500 (image p0523); the table itself is on p. 501.] (U. S. currency)", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Methods of transport", "Long haul (U. S. currency)", "Short haul (U. S. currency)" ], "rows": [ [ "Canal boats", "$0.0073", "$0.0293" ], [ "Carry coolies", ".44", "1.21" ], [ "Wheelbarrows", ".1687", ".1687" ], [ "Hand carts", ".0773", ".0773" ], [ "Trucks alone", "...", "$0.20" ], [ "Trucks and trailers", "$0.0788", ".1010" ], [ "Steam wagons", ".0422", ".0564" ], [ "Rail transport ¹", ".0057", ".0197" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ In arriving at the average cost per ton-mile for long and short hauls the freight tariffs of the Shanghai-Nanking and Shanghai-Hangchow-Ningpo Railways have been treated as follows: First, the six classifications have been averaged for a 30-metric-ton carload for a distance of 350 kilometers for a long haul and 20 kilometers for a short haul. These average costs per 30-ton carload have been reduced to the cost per metric-ton kilometer. Then, considering a metric ton to be 2,204.6 English pounds and a kilometer to be 0.621 mile, these average costs have been converted to costs per English ton-miles in \"Mexican\" currency, which have in turn been converted to United States currency at the rate of $0.5365." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Printed in two side-by-side halves (4 + 4 rows); written as one list. Rows: 8 as printed.", "Row 'Trucks alone', Long haul: dotted rule printed (written '...').", "No totals printed." ], "id": "p0524_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 523", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n523/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0524", "images": [ "p0524" ], "printed_pages": [ "501" ], "chapter": "Shanghai Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Telegraph Rates in the Shanghai Consular District]", "caption_extra": "In the Shanghai consular district there are stated to be 69 telegraph offices with approximately 2,136 miles of overland wires. Rates are as follows: (Mex.)", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Messages", "Mex." ], "rows": [ [ "Intraprovincial messages, per word:", "" ], [ "Chinese", "$0.06" ], [ "English", ".09" ], [ "Interprovincial messages, per word:", "" ], [ "Chinese", ".12" ], [ "English", ".18" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 6 as printed (2 sub-headings + 4 rates).", "No totals printed." ], "id": "p0524_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 523", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n523/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0525", "images": [ "p0525" ], "printed_pages": [ "502" ], "chapter": "Shanghai Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "Ocean Steamship Passenger Fares", "caption_extra": "(U. S. currency)", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Shanghai to—", "First class (U. S. currency)", "Second class (U. S. currency)" ], "rows": [ [ "Aden", "$243.00", "$180.00" ], [ "Brindisi", "324.00", "..." ], [ "Bombay", "207.00", "117.00" ], [ "Brisbane", "257.00", "166.00" ], [ "Cape Town", "450.00", "..." ], [ "Colombo", "189.00", "..." ], [ "Durban", "396.00", "..." ], [ "Gibraltar", "405.00", "..." ], [ "Hongkong", "36.00", "..." ], [ "Honolulu", "243.00", "..." ], [ "Kobe", "49.00", "..." ], [ "London", "477.00", "..." ], [ "Malacca", "99.00", "..." ], [ "Manila", "73.00", "..." ], [ "Marseille", "441.00", "..." ], [ "Melbourne", "279.00", "..." ], [ "Noji", "27.00", "..." ], [ "Nagasaki", "$22.50", "$13.50" ], [ "New York", "621.00", "..." ], [ "Port Darwin", "253.00", "..." ], [ "Portland", "346.00", "..." ], [ "Port Said", "465.00", "..." ], [ "Penang", "99.00", "..." ], [ "Saigon", "77.00", "..." ], [ "San Francisco", "346.00", "176.00" ], [ "Seattle", "346.00", "176.00" ], [ "Singapore", "130.00", "..." ], [ "Sydney", "274.00", "..." ], [ "Tacoma", "346.00", "176.00" ], [ "Tangier", "427.00", "..." ], [ "Vancouver", "346.00", "176.00" ], [ "Victoria", "346.00", "176.00" ], [ "Vladivostok", "54.00", "..." ], [ "Yokohama", "45.00", "22.50" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Printed in two side-by-side halves (17 + 17 rows); written as one list. Rows: 34 as printed.", "Dotted rules in the Second class column written '...'.", "No totals printed." ], "id": "p0525_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 524", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n524/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0525", "images": [ "p0525" ], "printed_pages": [ "502" ], "chapter": "Shanghai Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "Ocean Steamship Freight Rates: General Cargo", "caption_extra": "[Per ton of 40 cubic feet, or 2,000 pounds]", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Shanghai to—", "U. S. currency" ], "rows": [ [ "New York via Panama", "$16" ], [ "New York via Suez", "15" ], [ "San Francisco", "15" ], [ "Seattle", "15" ], [ "Los Angees", "15" ], [ "Vancouver", "$15" ], [ "Portland", "15" ], [ "London", "16" ], [ "Marseille", "15" ], [ "Rotterdam", "15" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Printed in two side-by-side halves (5 + 5 rows); written as one list. Rows: 10 as printed.", "'Los Angees' as printed (misprint for Los Angeles); kept.", "No totals printed." ], "id": "p0525_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 524", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n524/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0528", "images": [ "p0528" ], "printed_pages": [ "505" ], "chapter": "Shanghai Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Harbor Frontage at Shanghai by Classes]", "caption_extra": "(Feet) [Context, added by the transcriber: no title is printed above the table on p. 505; any heading or lead-in would be at the foot of p. 504 (image p0527), which this mission was told not to open.]", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Classes", "Shanghai (Feet)", "Pootung (Feet)", "Total (Feet)" ], "rows": [ [ "Frontage served by pontoons", "9,270", "6,500", "15,770" ], [ "Pile wharves", "4,810", "11,805", "16,615" ], [ "Bunding without pontoons or wharves", "24,510", "22,633", "47,143" ], [ "Natural bank", "13,720", "13,305", "27,025" ], [ "Creeks", "800", "940", "1,740" ], [ "Total", "53,110", "55,183", "108,293" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 6 as printed (5 classes + Total).", "Total checks: Shanghai column sums to 53,110, Pootung to 55,183, Total column to 108,293 — all reconcile; each row Shanghai + Pootung = Total reconciles for all 6 rows." ], "id": "p0528_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 527", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n527/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0529", "images": [ "p0529" ], "printed_pages": [ "506" ], "chapter": "Shanghai Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Wharfage and Storage Charges: Scale of Prices]", "caption_extra": "Under the heading \"Wharfage and Storage Charges\": \"The various companies owning and operating wharves and “go-downs” in Shanghai publish tariffs which are on about the same scale of prices, as follows:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Item" ], "rows": [ [ "Vessels carrying Chinese and/or Japanese cargo, 0.42 tael per foot ($0.35, United States currency)." ], [ "Vessels under 300 feet, carrying coal only, 90 taels ($74, United States currency)." ], [ "Vessels over 300 feet, carrying coal only, 0.42 tael per foot ($0.35)." ], [ "Oversea steamers other than the above, 0.90 tael per foot ($0.74)." ], [ "Lorchas (semiforeign native vessels), 60 taels ($49)." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 5 as printed (list set in small type within the prose; one item per line, kept verbatim as single Item column). No totals." ], "id": "p0529_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 528", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n528/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0532", "images": [ "p0532" ], "printed_pages": [ "509" ], "chapter": "Shanghai Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Principal Articles Imported and Exported at Shanghai, 1924]", "caption_extra": "Value column headed \"United States currency\". No title printed on p. 509 above the table; the lead-in, if any, is on the preceding page (p0531), which this mission was told not to open.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Articles", "Unit", "Quantity", "Value (United States currency)" ], "rows": [ [ "IMPORTS", "", "", "" ], [ "Coal", "tons", "777,595", "$6,670,041" ], [ "Cotton textiles", "", "...", "77,039,772" ], [ "Cotton, raw", "pounds", "135,662,842", "33,346,318" ], [ "Cotton yarn", "do", "10,006,165", "4,671,569" ], [ "Cigarettes", "", "...", "17,759,993" ], [ "Dyes, aniline", "", "...", "5,553,338" ], [ "Electrical materials and fittings", "", "...", "3,258,021" ], [ "Flour, wheat", "pounds", "203,600,820", "5,271,064" ], [ "Gasoline (benzine)", "American gallons", "4,016,994", "1,881,625" ], [ "Haberdashery", "", "...", "1,398,731" ], [ "Indigo, various forms", "pounds", "53,110,586", "16,251,975" ], [ "Kerosene, all kinds", "American gallons", "44,727,241", "8,268,291" ], [ "Leather articles, all kinds", "", "...", "2,844,714" ], [ "Machinery, all kinds", "", "...", "8,052,630" ], [ "Medicine, all kinds", "", "...", "2,577,390" ], [ "Metals and minerals", "", "...", "23,144,367" ], [ "Motor cars", "number", "1,067", "1,625,505" ], [ "Paper, all kinds", "pounds", "178,587,342", "9,898,573" ], [ "Miscellaneous piece goods", "", "...", "5,431,327" ], [ "Postal parcels, n. o. c", "", "...", "2,512,107" ], [ "Rice and paddy", "pounds", "4,137,499", "113,701" ], [ "Sugar, all kinds", "do", "488,553,831", "22,763,704" ], [ "Tobacco leaf", "do", "80,031,587", "18,053,582" ], [ "Wheat", "do", "625,035,969", "12,966,622" ], [ "Wool and cotton unions", "", "...", "5,731,780" ], [ "Wool and woolen goods", "", "...", "10,283,550" ], [ "Lumber", "", "...", "8,442,537" ], [ "EXPORTS", "", "", "" ], [ "Antimony, all kinds", "pounds", "17,943,513", "$1,000,767" ], [ "Carpets, large", "number", "92,083", "2,438,047" ], [ "Cigarettes", "", "...", "72,649,188" ], [ "Cotton, raw", "pounds", "124,189,478", "29,748,520" ], [ "Cotton yarn", "do", "271,770,707", "85,126,456" ], [ "Egg albumen, dried", "pounds", "6,736,582", "4,898,271" ], [ "Eggs, fresh", "thousands", "247,534", "2,112,208" ], [ "Flour (wheat)", "pounds", "781,228,111", "19,336,686" ], [ "Hides, cow", "do", "15,666,482", "2,952,637" ], [ "Nankeens", "do", "13,508,755", "5,521,369" ], [ "Oil, wood", "do", "100,183,748", "12,595,507" ], [ "Peanuts (kernels)", "do", "148,866,374", "5,766,837" ], [ "Rice", "do", "584,898,538", "12,328,887" ], [ "Sheetings", "pieces", "4,148,755", "20,328,502" ], [ "Skins, goat, untanned", "pieces", "3,895,853", "2,610,410" ], [ "Seed, sesame", "pounds", "85,973,701", "3,611,745" ], [ "Silk piece goods", "do", "2,143,464", "14,275,544" ], [ "Silk pongees", "do", "1,298,342", "3,673,765" ], [ "Silk, raw:", "", "", "" ], [ "Silk, raw: Waste", "do", "10,681,329", "3,502,110" ], [ "Silk, raw: White", "do", "5,179,372", "29,949,111" ], [ "Silk, raw: Wild", "do", "1,319,403", "3,744,680" ], [ "Silk, raw: Yellow", "do", "2,497,375", "9,298,269" ], [ "Tea:", "", "", "" ], [ "Tea: Black", "do", "28,508,071", "4,910,518" ], [ "Tea: Green", "do", "34,439,121", "6,651,076" ], [ "Tobacco", "do", "31,021,976", "3,144,055" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Layout: imports (left) and exports (right) printed side by side; written as one list with IMPORTS / EXPORTS sub-heading rows.", "Unit is the unit printed after the article name (\"do\" = ditto, kept as printed); \"\" where none printed.", "Quantity cells written \"...\" are printed dotted rules (no quantity given).", "Indented sub-items under \"Silk, raw:\" and \"Tea:\" prefixed with the heading.", "Rows: imports 27 items, exports 25 items + 2 sub-heading lines as printed. No totals printed.", "Exports 'Rice', Quantity: last group '538' — first digit has broken type (top stroke faint); read as 5 from the visible lower bowl.", "Imports 'Lumber', Quantity: dotted rule with a stray mark at its end; written \"...\"." ], "id": "p0532_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 531", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n531/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0533", "images": [ "p0533" ], "printed_pages": [ "510" ], "chapter": "Shanghai Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Banks in Shanghai Handling Foreign Exchange]", "caption_extra": "Under \"Money, Banking, and Credit — Banks\": \"The following list of banks includes the chief institutions in Shanghai which handle foreign exchange:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Bank" ], "rows": [ [ "American Express Co. Inc." ], [ "American-Oriental Banking Corporation." ], [ "International Banking Corporation." ], [ "Equitable Eastern Banking Corporation." ], [ "International Banking Corporation." ], [ "Bank of Taiwan." ], [ "Banque Belge pour l'Étranger." ], [ "Banque de l'Indo-Chine." ], [ "Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China." ], [ "Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation." ], [ "Mercantile Bank of India." ], [ "Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappiji." ], [ "Russo-Asiatic Bank." ], [ "Sumitomo Bank." ], [ "Yokohama Specie Bank." ], [ "Bank of China." ], [ "Commercial Bank of China." ], [ "Nederlandsch Indische Handelsbank." ], [ "Banque Franco-Chinoise." ], [ "Bank of Chosen." ], [ "Russo-Asiatic Bank." ], [ "Deutsch-Asiatische Bank." ], [ "Mitsubishi Bank." ], [ "Mitsui Bank." ], [ "P. & O. Banking Corporation." ], [ "Shanghai Commercial and Savings Bank." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 26 as printed.", "'International Banking Corporation.' and 'Russo-Asiatic Bank.' each printed twice in the list; kept as printed.", "'Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappiji' spelled thus as printed." ], "id": "p0533_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 532", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n532/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0533", "images": [ "p0533" ], "printed_pages": [ "510" ], "chapter": "Shanghai Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Silver Content of the Various Taels in the Shanghai Consular District]", "caption_extra": "Under \"Currency — Tael\": \"The following list gives the silver content of the various taels in this consular district:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Item" ], "rows": [ [ "Shanghai tael, 545.25 grains." ], [ "Ningpo tael, 523.6 grains." ], [ "Wenchow tael, 561.7 grains." ], [ "Soochow tael, in value 2 per cent less than Shanghai tael." ], [ "Hangchow treasury tael, in value 1.86 per cent under Shanghai tael." ], [ "Hangchow market tael, in value 0.28 per cent less than Shanghae tael." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 6 as printed; kept verbatim as single Item column.", "'Shanghae' in the last line as printed." ], "id": "p0533_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 532", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n532/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0536", "images": [ "p0536" ], "printed_pages": [ "513" ], "chapter": "Shanghai Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Important Advertising Mediums in the Shanghai District]", "caption_extra": "Under \"Advertising Methods and Facilities\": \"The more important advertising mediums in the district are:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Class", "Publication", "Nationality", "Circulation" ], "rows": [ [ "Newspapers", "Sin Wan Pao", "Chinese", "125,000" ], [ "Newspapers", "China Press", "American", "4,500" ], [ "Newspapers", "Shanghai Times", "British", "3,000" ], [ "Newspapers", "Evening News", "nationality uncertain", "4,000" ], [ "Newspapers", "North China Daily News", "British", "4,000" ], [ "Weekly", "Weekly Review of the Far East", "American", "" ], [ "Weekly", "North China Herald", "British", "" ], [ "Monthly", "Far Eastern Review", "", "" ], [ "Monthly", "Asiatic Motor", "", "" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Printed as three run-in small-type paragraphs (Newspapers: / Weekly: / Monthly:); split into one row per publication. \"\" = no nationality/circulation printed.", "Rows: 9 publications as printed. No totals." ], "id": "p0536_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 535", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n535/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0543", "images": [ "p0543" ], "printed_pages": [ "520" ], "chapter": "Shanghai Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Land Transactions: Area in Mow and Cost in Taels, 1918–1923]", "caption_extra": "No title printed on p. 520 above the table; the lead-in, if any, is at the foot of the preceding page (p0542), which this mission was told not to open.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "", "1918", "1919", "1920", "1921", "1922", "1923" ], "rows": [ [ "Area in mow", "17,187", "75,578", "28,941", "87,653", "179,590", "130,857" ], [ "Cost in taels", "168,945", "188,830", "142,478", "157,189", "804,616", "905,393" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 2 as printed. No totals.", "Title supplied from the survey's description; what the area/cost figures refer to is stated on the preceding page, not read." ], "id": "p0543_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 542", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n542/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0543", "images": [ "p0543" ], "printed_pages": [ "520" ], "chapter": "Shanghai Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Building Activity in the International Settlement, 1919–1923]", "caption_extra": "\"The following figures represent building activity in the international settlement during the last 5 years.\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Class", "1919", "1920", "1921", "1922", "1923" ], "rows": [ [ "Chinese", "2,336", "2,470", "4,064", "4,267", "5,634" ], [ "Foreign business buildings", "50", "27", "66", "48", "208" ], [ "Foreign residences", "51", "83", "235", "128", "162" ], [ "Godowns", "52", "84", "55", "28", "38" ], [ "Stables and garages", "52", "44", "61", "73", "59" ], [ "Work sheds", "94", "101", "113", "108", "76" ], [ "Mills and factories", "28", "51", "41", "25", "14" ], [ "Miscellaneous", "468", "683", "709", "773", "1,081" ], [ "Total", "3,131", "3,543", "5,344", "5,450", "7,272" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 8 classes + Total as printed.", "Total check — 1919: parts sum 3,131 vs printed 3,131 (reconciles)", "Total check — 1920: parts sum 3,543 vs printed 3,543 (reconciles)", "Total check — 1921: parts sum 5,344 vs printed 5,344 (reconciles)", "Total check — 1922: parts sum 5,450 vs printed 5,450 (reconciles)", "Total check — 1923: parts sum 7,272 vs printed 7,272 (reconciles)" ], "id": "p0543_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 542", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n542/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0544", "images": [ "p0544" ], "printed_pages": [ "521" ], "chapter": "Shanghai Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Daily Wages Paid by Contractors in Shanghai, 1912–1924]", "caption_extra": "\"Labor costs have increased in Shanghai as elsewhere, as the following table of daily wages paid by contractors in the city indicates (workmen getting these wages also receive food from their employers):\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "", "1912 — Cash", "1920 — Cash", "1921 — Cents¹", "1922 — Cents¹", "1923 — Cents¹", "1924 — Cents¹" ], "rows": [ [ "Carpenters", "200", "400", "30", "40", "40", "40" ], [ "Masons", "160", "360", "26", "26", "26", "26" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Cents are in big money, 100 cents equaling a dollar." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 2 as printed. No totals.", "Units (Cash / Cents¹) printed in italics under each year heading, merged into column names." ], "id": "p0544_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 543", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n543/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0547", "images": [ "p0547" ], "printed_pages": [ "524" ], "chapter": "Tientsin Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Coal Reserves, Geological Survey of China, 1921]", "caption_extra": "The estimates below, by the Geological Survey of China, 1921, represent the most reliable statistics available on the coal reserve. [Set-off list in small type, transcribed as a table.]", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Province", "Anthracite (tons)", "Bituminous (tons)" ], "rows": [ [ "Chihli Province, including the metropolitan district", "762,000,000", "1,608,000,000" ], [ "Shansi", "2,370,000,000", "3,469,000,000" ], [ "Honan", "1,385,000,000", "360,000,000" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 3 as printed. Set-off list (not in the survey); printed as lines 'Province: Anthracite, N tons; bituminous, N tons.' Chihli anthracite figure is broken across lines as '762, / 000,000'.", "No total printed." ], "id": "p0547_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 546", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n546/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0547", "images": [ "p0547", "p0548" ], "printed_pages": [ "524", "525" ], "chapter": "Tientsin Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Coal Production, 1922, by Provinces and Mines]", "caption_extra": "The following table of production in 1922 gives the most reliable data available on output:", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Provinces and mines", "Quality of coal", "Production, 1922 (Tons)" ], "rows": [ [ "Chihli:", "", "" ], [ "Kailan Mining Administration ¹", "Bituminous", "3,710,274" ], [ "Licheng Mining Administration", "do", "187,996" ], [ "Chinghsin Mining Administration", "do", "482,701" ], [ "Chengfeng Co", "do", "² 35,000" ], [ "Liukiang Co", "Anthracite", "159,320" ], [ "Chimingshan Mine", "Semibituminous", "18,689" ], [ "Chihli—Continued.", "", "" ], [ "Mentowkow small mines ³", "Anthracite", "² 150,000" ], [ "Toli Chowkowtien small mine ³", "do", "576,174" ], [ "Yenli Co", "Bituminous", "37,235" ], [ "Chungho Co", "do", "51,909" ], [ "Honan:", "", "" ], [ "Peking Syndicate ¹", "Anthracite", "² 650,000" ], [ "Chungyuan Co", "do", "² 400,000" ], [ "Liuhokou Co", "Bituminous", "² 260,000" ], [ "Shansi:", "", "" ], [ "Paochin Co", "Anthracite", "223,386" ], [ "Tatung Mines ³", "Bituminous", "² 150,000" ], [ "Total anthracite", "", "2,158,880" ], [ "Total bituminous", "", "4,933,804" ], [ "Combined total", "", "7,092,684" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Controlled entirely or partially by foreign capital.", "² Estimated.", "³ Railway transport." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 22 as printed (7 on p. 524 incl. 'Chihli:' heading, 15 on p. 525 incl. headings and totals); the 'Chihli—Continued.' heading row on p. 525 kept as printed.", "Footnote marks kept in cells: ¹ after mine names, ² (Estimated) before figures, ³ after mine names. Unit row 'Tons' under the Production heading moved into the column heading.", "Total check: anthracite rows (Liukiang, Mentowkow, Toli Chowkowtien, Peking Syndicate, Chungyuan, Paochin) sum to 2,158,880 vs printed 2,158,880 — reconciles.", "Bituminous + semibituminous rows sum to 4,933,804 vs printed 'Total bituminous' 4,933,804 — reconciles.", "Combined: 2,158,880 + 4,933,804 = 7,092,684 vs printed 7,092,684 — reconciles." ], "id": "p0547_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 546", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n546/mode/1up" }, { "label": "scan leaf 547", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n547/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0548", "images": [ "p0548" ], "printed_pages": [ "525" ], "chapter": "Tientsin Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Iron Ore Resources of Chihli Province]", "caption_extra": "The statistics given below, from a special report of the Geological Survey of China, June, 1921, represent the resources of such known deposits of iron ore in Chihli Province as have already been studied, and can not be taken to be the total existing reserve.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "District", "Ore (Tons)", "Iron contained (Tons)" ], "rows": [ [ "Langkuan", "49,200,000", "26,600,000" ], [ "Hauanhua", "20,000,000", "9,600,000" ], [ "Husilai", "4,000,000", "2,400,000" ], [ "Chinghsing", "5,000,000", "2,500,000" ], [ "Lanhsien", "11,129,000", "3,339,000" ], [ "Linyu", "350,000", "170,000" ], [ "Chaoyang", "300,000", "150,000" ], [ "Yihsien and other districts", "1,500,000", "675,000" ], [ "Total", "91,479,000", "45,434,000" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Not in the survey; found on p0548 (inside this mission's range) while finishing the coal table.", "Side-by-side layout (District/Ore/Iron contained printed twice) joined into one list. Rows: 9 as printed incl. Total.", "Ore sum 91,479,000 vs printed 91,479,000 — reconciles; iron sum 45,434,000 vs printed 45,434,000 — reconciles." ], "id": "p0548_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 547", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n547/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0553", "images": [ "p0553" ], "printed_pages": [ "530" ], "chapter": "Tientsin Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Railway Lines in Operation in the District]", "caption_extra": "Following are the railway lines in operation in the district:", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Railway / line", "Miles" ], "rows": [ [ "Pekin-Hankow Railway (head office, Peking):", "" ], [ "Main line", "755" ], [ "Branches, total", "61" ], [ "Tientsin-Pukow Railway (head office, Tientsin):", "" ], [ "Main line", "627" ], [ "Branches", "60" ], [ "Peking-Mukden Railway (head office, Tientsin):", "" ], [ "Main line", "526" ], [ "Branches", "173" ], [ "Peking-Suiyuan Railway (head office, Peking):", "" ], [ "Main line", "468" ], [ "Branches", "16½" ], [ "Cheng-Tai (Shansi) Railway (head office, Shihchiachuang, Chihli):", "" ], [ "Main line", "151" ], [ "Tao-Ching Railway (Taokow-Chinghau) (head office, Chiaotso, Honan):", "" ], [ "Main line", "93" ], [ "Branches", "18" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 17 as printed (6 railway heading rows, 11 mileage rows).", "'Pekin-Hankow' spelt so as printed (the fare list below prints 'Peking-Hankow').", "No total printed." ], "id": "p0553_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 552", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n552/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0553", "images": [ "p0553" ], "printed_pages": [ "530" ], "chapter": "Tientsin Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Passenger Rates per English Mile, First Class]", "caption_extra": "The following passenger rates per English mile, based on the published fare tables for the total distance on each line, show first-class fares only. Second-class fares are two-thirds of the first-class fare, and third-class fares are one-third of the first-class fare. Additional charges are made for express trains and, on occasion, as famine relief surcharges. Fares are stated in Chinese currency.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Railway", "Per English mile" ], "rows": [ [ "Peking-Hankow Railway", "$0.0619" ], [ "Tientsin-Pukow Railway", ".0652" ], [ "Peking-Mukden Railway", ".0601" ], [ "Peking-Suiyuan Railway", ".0747" ], [ "Cheng-Tai Railway", ".0770" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 5 as printed. No total." ], "id": "p0553_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 552", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n552/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0554", "images": [ "p0554" ], "printed_pages": [ "531" ], "chapter": "Tientsin Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Freight Rates per Metric Ton in Carload Lots, by Line and Distance]", "caption_extra": "[Rates in Chinese currency] — Three rates are established for all lines, one on a basis of 50 kilos (110.2 pounds avoirdupois), one on the basis of a metric ton (2,204.62 pounds), and one on metric ton for carload lots. This table is based on the rate per metric ton in carload lots; the rate for metric tons not in carload lots can be ascertained by the percentage scale which is appended to the table.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Line and distances", "Class 1", "Class 2", "Class 3", "Class 4" ], "rows": [ [ "Peking-Hankow line:", "", "", "", "" ], [ "100 miles", "$15.42", "$9.64", "$8.02", "$5.93" ], [ "200 miles", "26.82", "16.76", "13.96", "10.32" ], [ "500 miles", "52.18", "32.60", "27.17", "20.10" ], [ "Tientsin-Pukow line:", "", "", "", "" ], [ "100 miles", "6.13", "5.111", "3.919", "2.556" ], [ "200 miles", "11.301", "9.418", "7.22", "4.71" ], [ "500 miles", "20.631", "17.193", "13.181", "8.60" ], [ "Peking-Mukden line:", "", "", "", "" ], [ "100 miles", "7.22", "6.12", "5.02", "3.92" ], [ "200 miles", "13.70", "11.62", "9.53", "7.45" ], [ "500 miles", "29.62", "25.12", "20.61", "16.10" ], [ "Peking-Suiyuan line:", "", "", "", "" ], [ "100 miles", "11.0257", "9.451", "8.191", "6.614" ], [ "200 miles", "21.562", "18.482", "16.018", "12.936" ], [ "500 miles", "41.358", "[?]", "30.726", "24.813" ], [ "Cheng-Tai line:", "", "", "", "" ], [ "100 miles", "17.71", "12.397", "9.713", "9.975" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "NOTE.—The \"ton rate\" (metric ton) for shipments not in carload lots varies, but may be stated as approximately as follows: Peking-Hankow line, ton rate 33⅓ per cent higher than rate for carload lots; Tientsin-Pukow line, ton rate 50 per cent higher than rate for carload lots; Peking-Mukden line, ton rate 50 per cent higher than rate for carload lots; Peking-Suiyuan line, ton rate 60 per cent higher than rate for carload lots; Cheng-Tai line, ton rate varies from 18 to 22 per cent higher than the ton rate per carload lot, according to the class of goods." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 18 as printed (5 line headings, 13 distance rows). No totals.", "Row 'Peking-Suiyuan line — 500 miles', col 'Class 2': first digit damaged, ambiguous between 3 and 8 at 300% (reads '[3 or 8]5.452'); no printed total to settle it, so '[?]'.", "Row 'Tientsin-Pukow line — 200 miles': the label's first digit is broken type (looks like '?00'); written '200 miles' following the series 100/200/500 printed under every other line." ], "id": "p0554_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 553", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n553/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0554", "images": [ "p0554" ], "printed_pages": [ "531" ], "chapter": "Tientsin Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Goods Classification of Important Imports and Exports]", "caption_extra": "Freight traffic on the Chinese Government railways is divided into six classifications, of which classes 5 and 6 pertain to such freight as coal, cement, bricks, and tiles. Class 1 covers high-value goods, such as silks, satins, velvets, furs, precious stones, jewelry, ornaments, perfumes, plated ware, etc. The following table is intended to show the goods classification on important items of imports and exports:", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": "Important imports", "columns": [ "Important imports", "Class" ], "rows": [ [ "Cigarettes", "2" ], [ "Cotton piece goods", "3" ], [ "Dyes", "2" ], [ "Electrical materials", "2" ], [ "Flour", "4" ], [ "Iron and steel products", "3-4" ], [ "Leather", "4" ], [ "Machinery", "2" ], [ "Medicines", "2" ], [ "Oils:", "" ], [ "Kerosene", "2" ], [ "Lubricating", "3" ], [ "Paper", "2" ], [ "Timber", "4" ], [ "Woolen piece goods", "2" ] ] }, { "label": "Important exports", "columns": [ "Important exports", "Class" ], "rows": [ [ "Bristles", "3" ], [ "Carpets", "3" ], [ "Cotton, raw", "4" ], [ "Egg albumen", "4" ], [ "Feathers", "3" ], [ "Furs", "1" ], [ "Hair:", "" ], [ "Animal", "4" ], [ "Human", "2" ], [ "Hides, dry", "4" ], [ "Skins, goat", "3" ], [ "Straw braid", "4" ], [ "Walnuts and groundnuts", "4" ], [ "Wool:", "" ], [ "Pressed", "2" ], [ "Unpressed", "3" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Printed side by side (imports left, exports right); written as two parts. Rows: 15 imports (incl. 'Oils:' heading), 16 exports (incl. 'Hair:' and 'Wool:' headings). Iron and steel products class printed '3–4' (en dash), written '3-4'." ], "id": "p0554_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 553", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n553/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0556", "images": [ "p0556" ], "printed_pages": [ "533" ], "chapter": "Tientsin Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Cost of Transport: Average Ton Rate per Mile by Method]", "caption_extra": "It is practically impossible to make definite compilations of the transportation cost per ton-mile by the several methods of transportation in the district, as so many elements enter into consideration of the rates prevailing. The following table, however, is an attempt to strike a fair average ton rate per mile under each method:", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Medium", "Average load", "Average mileage per day", "Average cost per ton-mile (Chinese currency)" ], "rows": [ [ "Railways", "(¹)", "(¹)", "(¹)" ], [ "Junks", "40 to 100 tons", "25-35", "$0.0275-$0.0425" ], [ "Carts", "1 ton", "25-30", ".12" ], [ "Pack mules", "250 to 300 pounds", "25", ".298" ], [ "Wheelbarrows", "700 pounds", "20", ".151" ], [ "Coolie carriers", "180 pounds", "20", ".3125" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ See freight table under \"Railways.\"" ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 6 as printed. No totals. Ranges printed with en dashes, written with '-'." ], "id": "p0556_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 555", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n555/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0556", "images": [ "p0556" ], "printed_pages": [ "533" ], "chapter": "Tientsin Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Telephone Service]", "caption_extra": "Telephones at Tientsin, Peking, and larger centers are operated on the common battery system. The following table gives data concerning the telephone service:", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Location", "Operated by—", "Number of subscribers" ], "rows": [ [ "Tientsin", "Chinese Government", "7,410" ], [ "Peking", "do", "8,221" ], [ "Tangku", "do", "64" ], [ "Paotingfu", "do", "350" ], [ "Tangshan", "Kailan Mining Administration", "220" ], [ "Tamingfu, Tsingfeng, Nanlo, and Kaichow", "Private Chinese company", "50" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "NOTE.—There are no automatic telephones; all are manual." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 6 as printed. No total printed.", "Lead-in text prints 'Telepnones' (misprint); caption given as 'Telephones'." ], "id": "p0556_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 555", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n555/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0557", "images": [ "p0557" ], "printed_pages": [ "534" ], "chapter": "Tientsin Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Vessels Entered and Cleared at Tientsin (Including Taku Bar), 1923, by Flag]", "caption_extra": "The following table shows the number, nationality, and tonnage of vessels entered and cleared at Tientsin (including Taku Bar) during 1923:", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Flag", "Number", "Tons" ], "rows": [ [ "American", "93", "390,396" ], [ "British", "759", "1,220,741" ], [ "Dutch", "10", "37,034" ], [ "French", "17", "59,257" ], [ "German", "48", "207,844" ], [ "Japanese", "1,118", "1,202,565" ], [ "Norwegian", "10", "21,568" ], [ "Chinese", "845", "714,427" ], [ "Total", "2,900", "3,853,832" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Side-by-side layout (Flag/Number/Tons printed twice) joined into one list. Rows: 9 as printed incl. Total.", "Number sum 2,900 vs printed 2,900 — reconciles; Tons sum 3,853,832 vs printed 3,853,832 — reconciles." ], "id": "p0557_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 556", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n556/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0558", "images": [ "p0558" ], "printed_pages": [ "535" ], "chapter": "Tientsin Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Principal Electric-Light Plants]", "caption_extra": "The following list includes the principal electric-light plants:", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Location", "Nationality", "Kilowatt lighting load", "Rates", "Character and nationality of equipment" ], "rows": [ [ "CHIHLI PROVINCE", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Tientsin", "British", "2,000", "20 cents per kilowatt-hour.", "2 100-kilowatt generators; 1 2,000-kilovolt-ampere turbine, alternating current, 5,000 volts, 50 cycles, 3 phase; 220/440 volt direct current and 220/380 alternating current; British equipment." ], [ "", "Belgian", "9,000", "25 cents", "Belgian and Swiss equipment; also supplies tramways; alternating current, 5,000 volts, 50 cycles, 3 phase; 220 volts for lights." ], [ "", "French", "4,000", "15 to 28 cents", "French equipment; 220 volts, 50 cycles, 3 phase, alternating current." ], [ "Peking", "British", "200", "50 cents per month per light.", "Supplies Legation Quarter; British and German equipment; 220 volts, direct current." ], [ "", "Chinese", "2,900", "24 cents per unit", "3 phase, 50 cycles, 3,000 volts, alternating current, 220 volts for lights." ], [ "Paotingfu", "do", "475", "...", "Alternating current, 2,300 volts, 50 cycles, 3 phase." ], [ "Chentow", "do", "2,000", "...", "American; 2,300 volts; 60 cycles; 3 phase, alternating current; light voltage 220." ], [ "SHANSI PROVINCE", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Taiyuanfu", "do", "300", "$1 per month, 16 candlepower.", "300-kilowatt turbo-generator; 3 phase, 60 cycles; 2,300 volts; American." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 10 as printed (2 province headings, 8 plant rows). Location cell empty in the original for the second and third Tientsin plants and the second Peking plant.", "Rates for Paotingfu and Chentow printed as a dotted rule, written '...'.", "Line-break hyphens removed in text cells. No totals." ], "id": "p0558_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 557", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n557/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0560", "images": [ "p0560" ], "printed_pages": [ "537" ], "chapter": "Tientsin Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Trade of the Ports of Tientsin and Chinwangtao, 1903, 1913, 1923, and 1924]", "caption_extra": "Introduced in the text: 'Following is a summary (with figures converted to United States currency) of the trade of the ports of Tientsin and Chinwangtao during the years 1903, 1913, 1923, and 1924:' Unit: U. S. currency.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Ports, and character of trade", "1903", "1913", "1923", "1924" ], "rows": [ [ "Tientsin:", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Exports", "$8,489,253", "$28,226,411", "$71,603,564", "$71,771,928" ], [ "Imports—", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Foreign goods", "23,976,846", "51,756,269", "84,237,156", "83,640,967" ], [ "Chinese goods", "12,765,408", "18,052,376", "40,863,941", "49,303,410" ], [ "Total imports", "36,742,254", "69,808,645", "125,101,097", "132,944,377" ], [ "Total exports and imports", "45,231,507", "98,035,056", "196,704,661", "204,716,305" ], [ "Chinwangtao:", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Exports", "1,521,070", "3,121,264", "12,497,078", "8,586,868" ], [ "Imports—", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Foreign goods", "3,241,388", "3,529,464", "2,614,469", "3,042,907" ], [ "Chinese goods", "429,047", "1,249,032", "1,735,639", "2,677,783" ], [ "Total imports", "3,670,435", "4,778,496", "4,350,108", "5,720,690" ], [ "Total exports and imports", "5,191,505", "7,899,760", "16,847,186", "14,307,558" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 14 as printed (incl. 4 sub-heading rows).", "Column headings: each year column carries the sub-heading 'U. S. currency' printed above the first figure.", "Tientsin: 1903: foreign+Chinese=36742254 vs total imports 36742254 (reconciles); exports+total imports=45231507 vs 45231507 (reconciles).", "Chinwangtao: 1903: foreign+Chinese=3670435 vs total imports 3670435 (reconciles); exports+total imports=5191505 vs 5191505 (reconciles).", "Tientsin: 1913: foreign+Chinese=69808645 vs total imports 69808645 (reconciles); exports+total imports=98035056 vs 98035056 (reconciles).", "Chinwangtao: 1913: foreign+Chinese=4778496 vs total imports 4778496 (reconciles); exports+total imports=7899760 vs 7899760 (reconciles).", "Tientsin: 1923: foreign+Chinese=125101097 vs total imports 125101097 (reconciles); exports+total imports=196704661 vs 196704661 (reconciles).", "Chinwangtao: 1923: foreign+Chinese=4350108 vs total imports 4350108 (reconciles); exports+total imports=16847186 vs 16847186 (reconciles).", "Tientsin: 1924: foreign+Chinese=132944377 vs total imports 132944377 (reconciles); exports+total imports=204716305 vs 204716305 (reconciles).", "Chinwangtao: 1924: foreign+Chinese=5720690 vs total imports 5720690 (reconciles); exports+total imports=14307558 vs 14307558 (reconciles)." ], "id": "p0560_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 559", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n559/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0561", "images": [ "p0561" ], "printed_pages": [ "538" ], "chapter": "Tientsin Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Details of Imports at the Port of Tientsin, 1903, 1913, 1923, and 1924]", "caption_extra": "[Quantities are in thousands of units given; values in thousands of United States dollars] — headnote printed above the table. Introduced in the text (p. 537, under 'IMPORTS'): 'The table following gives details of the imports at the port of Tientsin:'", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Articles", "Unit", "1903 — Quantity", "1903 — Value", "1913 — Quantity", "1913 — Value", "1923 — Quantity", "1923 — Value", "1924 — Quantity", "1924 — Value" ], "rows": [ [ "Textiles:", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Cotton manufactures", "", "...", "12,230", "...", "26,021", "...", "20,200", "...", "17,820" ], [ "Woolen and woolen goods", "", "...", "182", "...", "214", "...", "1,706", "...", "1,471" ], [ "Miscellaneous piece goods, canvas, cotton duck, and Hessian cloth", "yards", "185", "12", "1,261", "166", "...", "210", "...", "300" ], [ "Metals and minerals:", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Iron and steel, all kinds", "pounds", "20,276", "446", "69,921", "1,373", "92,390", "3,029", "144,943", "4,788" ], [ "Copper products, slabs, sheets, tubes, wire, etc", "pounds", "1,028", "142", "1,802", "301", "2,812", "498", "6,795", "1,010" ], [ "Bags, cotton, gunny, hemp, straw, and grass, new and old", "", "...", "14", "...", "159", "...", "301", "...", "273" ], [ "Belting, machine", "", "...", "...", "...", "11", "...", "94", "...", "84" ], [ "Bicho do mar, black", "pounds", "345", "115", "366", "78", "489", "243", "593", "293" ], [ "Building materials", "", "...", "53", "...", "33", "...", "145", "...", "269" ], [ "Butter", "pounds", "...", "24", "256", "63", "243", "106", "315", "109" ], [ "Buttons, brass and fancy", "gross", "241", "121", "167", "55", "201", "46", "424", "38" ], [ "Candles", "", "...", "28", "...", "54", "...", "65", "...", "1" ], [ "Candle-making materials", "", "...", "...", "...", "4", "", "112", "...", "18" ], [ "Cereals:", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Rice", "pounds", "275", "6", "41,184", "970", "141,339", "5,221", "59,186", "2,076" ], [ "Wheat", "do.", "...", "...", "3", "...", "47,290", "1,099", "13,000", "316" ], [ "Chemical products", "", "...", "17", "...", "32", "...", "142", "...", "124" ], [ "Chinaware", "", "...", "24", "...", "35", "...", "138", "...", "176" ], [ "Cigarettes", "thousands", "...", "327", "1,072", "1,539", "1,239", "3,065", "932", "2,666" ], [ "Cigars", "do.", "...", "27", "6", "50", "4", "108", "3", "92" ], [ "Clocks and watches", "", "...", "80", "...", "83", "...", "140", "...", "222" ], [ "Clothing", "", "...", "69", "...", "41", "...", "113", "...", "64" ], [ "Confectionery", "", "...", "6", "...", "19", "...", "28", "...", "32" ], [ "Cotton, raw", "pounds", "...", "...", "1", "...", "6,111", "1,448", "299", "76" ], [ "Dyes, colors, and paints:", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Aniline", "", "...", "200", "...", "869", "...", "1,308", "...", "1,348" ], [ "All other", "", "...", "180", "...", "926", "...", "2,274", "...", "3,193" ], [ "Electrical materials", "", "...", "80", "...", "211", "...", "695", "...", "713" ], [ "Enameled ware", "", "...", "11", "...", "114", "...", "134", "...", "261" ], [ "Flour, wheat", "pounds", "1,925", "39", "18,565", "385", "192,715", "5,559", "179,843", "4,911" ], [ "Glass and glassware", "", "...", "155", "...", "186", "...", "453", "...", "5,667" ], [ "Haberdashery and millinery", "", "...", "36", "...", "347", "...", "684", "...", "555" ], [ "Hardware", "", "...", "47", "...", "146", "...", "430", "...", "272" ], [ "Hats and caps", "number", "...", "...", "307", "66", "392", "137", "310", "133" ], [ "India-rubber tires", "", "...", "...", "...", "...", "...", "36", "...", "88" ], [ "India-rubber manufactures, other", "", "...", "2", "...", "...", "...", "123", "...", "254" ], [ "Leather, all kinds", "", "...", "38", "...", "556", "...", "514", "...", "59" ], [ "Machinery, miscellaneous", "", "...", "256", "...", "349", "...", "2,209", "...", "2,064" ], [ "Matches", "", "...", "448", "...", "458", "...", "4", "...", "7" ], [ "Match-making material", "pounds", "...", "...", "5,271", "141", "16,097", "527", "15,671", "790" ], [ "Medicines", "", "...", "69", "...", "200", "...", "314", "...", "484" ], [ "Milk, condensed, in tins", "pounds", "...", "21", "...", "80", "1,049", "170", "775", "146" ], [ "Needles", "thousands", "659", "124", "775", "113", "916", "256", "1,634", "415" ], [ "Petroleum products:", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Engine oil", "American gallons", "...", "8", "256", "70", "1,276", "368", "1,151", "395" ], [ "Gasoline", "do.", "...", "...", "61", "9", "1,004", "455", "659", "259" ], [ "Kerosene—", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "American", "do.", "2,294", "366", "12,210", "1,001", "27,337", "6,013", "29,198", "6,091" ], [ "Russian", "do.", "6,436", "821", "...", "...", "...", "...", "...", "..." ], [ "Sumatra", "do.", "1,119", "141", "15,190", "1,667", "357", "79", "1,041", "487" ], [ "Paper and stationery", "", "...", "235", "...", "906", "...", "2,327", "...", "2,409" ], [ "Perfumery", "", "...", "10", "...", "23", "...", "127", "...", "208" ], [ "Photographic material", "", "...", "35", "...", "52", "...", "110", "...", "139" ], [ "Railway materials", "", "...", "2,004", "...", "1,789", "...", "1,491", "...", "1,517" ], [ "Seaweed", "pounds", "5,593", "68", "8,067", "120", "11,711", "324", "8,632", "260" ], [ "Silk, artificial", "", "...", "...", "...", "751", "...", "496", "...", "446" ], [ "Soap", "", "...", "70", "...", "192", "...", "319", "...", "355" ], [ "Soda", "pounds", "2,539", "40", "13,894", "180", "24,113", "421", "26,613", "468" ], [ "Sugar, all kinds", "", "...", "1,133", "...", "3,158", "...", "4,726", "...", "6,285" ], [ "Timber, all kinds", "", "...", "525", "...", "1,250", "...", "665", "...", "1,020" ], [ "Toilet requisites", "", "...", "19", "...", "165", "...", "170", "...", "95" ], [ "Tobacco, leaf", "", "...", "...", "...", "5", "...", "584", "...", "1,107" ], [ "Vehicles:", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Bicycles and parts", "", "...", "12", "...", "25", "...", "212", "...", "475" ], [ "Motor cars and parts", "", "...", "...", "...", "71", "...", "530", "...", "702" ], [ "Tramway materials", "", "...", "...", "...", "120", "...", "779", "...", "326" ], [ "Wines, beers, whiskies", "", "...", "259", "...", "348", "", "562", "...", "533" ], [ "Wireless apparatus", "", "...", "...", "...", "...", "...", "95", "...", "30" ], [ "All other articles", "", "...", "2,602", "...", "3,407", "...", "9,300", "...", "6,356" ], [ "Net total imports", "", "...", "23,977", "...", "51,757", "...", "84,237", "...", "83,641" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 72 as printed (incl. 6 sub-heading rows and the net-total row).", "Unit column: the unit printed after the leader dots of the article name ('do.' = ditto, as printed); blank where none is printed.", "Cells printed as a dotted rule are written '...'.", "Row 'Candle-making materials', col '1923 — Quantity': no dotted rule printed (empty in the original).", "Row 'Wines, beers, whiskies', col '1923 — Quantity': no dotted rule printed, only stray specks (written as empty).", "Row 'Sumatra', col '1913 — Quantity': a stray dot is printed before '15,190'; ignored.", "1903 values: sum of items = 23,977 vs printed net total 23,977 (reconciles).", "1913 values: sum of items = 51,757 vs printed net total 51,757 (reconciles).", "1923 values: sum of items = 84,237 vs printed net total 84,237 (reconciles).", "1924 values: sum of items = 83,641 vs printed net total 83,641 (reconciles)." ], "id": "p0561_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 560", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n560/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0563", "images": [ "p0563", "p0564" ], "printed_pages": [ "540", "541" ], "chapter": "Tientsin Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Detailed Statement of Exports from Tientsin, 1903, 1913, 1923, and 1924]", "caption_extra": "[Quantities are in thousands of units given; values in thousands of United States dollars] — headnote printed above the table (repeated on p. 541). Introduced in the text under 'EXPORTS': 'A detailed statement of exports from Tientsin during the years 1903, 1913, 1923, and 1924 is given below:'", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Articles", "Unit", "1903 — Quantity", "1903 — Value", "1913 — Quantity", "1913 — Value", "1923 — Quantity", "1923 — Value", "1924 — Quantity", "1924 — Value" ], "rows": [ [ "Cotton goods, all kinds", "", "...", "...", "...", "172", "...", "428", "...", "80" ], [ "Metals and minerals: Brass, iron, metal dross, etc", "", "...", "...", "...", "68", "...", "82", "...", "78" ], [ "Almonds", "pounds", "1,147", "106", "4,459", "487", "(1)", "(1)", "(1)", "(1)" ], [ "Animals, living: Cattle", "number", "...", "...", "2", "79", "15", "595", "39", "1,058" ], [ "Beans, total", "pounds", "...", "...", "35,310", "465", "96,353", "2,201", "70,716", "1,640" ], [ "Bones, refuse", "do.", "9,044", "26", "42,626", "237", "47,475", "615", "36,437", "519" ], [ "Bran", "do.", "...", "...", "19", 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p. 541: 13 rows incl. 1 sub-heading row and the total). The column headings and the headnote are repeated on p. 541.", "Unit column: the unit printed after the leader dots of the article name ('do.' = ditto, as printed); blank where none is printed.", "Cells printed as a dotted rule are written '...'. '(1)' is the footnote reference printed in the Almonds row (1923 and 1924, both columns).", "Row 'Curiosities', col '1923 — Value': printed '343.' with a stray point; written '343'.", "Worn type, read on enlarged crops: 'Castor' 1923 Value '59' (9 broken); 'Groundnut' (oil) 1923 Value '340' (0 broken); 'Mustard' 1923 Value '179' (9 broken); 'Rape' 1924 Quantity '874' (4 broken); 'Samshu' 1923 Value '426' (6 faint).", "Row 'Wool: Camels'', col '1903 — Value': a stray dot is printed above '122'; ignored.", "1903 values: sum of items = 8,489 vs printed total 8,489 (reconciles).", "1913 values: sum of items = 28,226 vs printed total 28,226 (reconciles).", "1923 values: sum of items = 71,604 vs printed total 71,604 (reconciles).", "1924 values: sum of items = 71,772 vs printed total 71,772 (reconciles)." ], "id": "p0563_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 562", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n562/mode/1up" }, { "label": "scan leaf 563", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n563/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0568", "images": [ "p0568" ], "printed_pages": [ "545" ], "chapter": "Tientsin Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Principal Newspapers of Tientsin and Peking]", "caption_extra": "Introduced in the text under 'ADVERTISING': 'There are approximately 300 newspapers published in the consular district—10 in English, 2 in French, and the remainder in Chinese. Most of these papers are published in Tientsin and Peking. The following is a list of the principal ones:'", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Name", "Publication", "Language", "Ownership (nationality)", "Established", "Estimated circulation" ], "rows": [ [ "TIENTSIN", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "North China Star", "Daily", "English", "American", "1918", "3,000" ], [ "Peking and Tientsin Times", "do.", "do.", "British", "1894", "1,600" ], [ "North China Daily Mail", "do.", "do.", "do.", "...", "300" ], [ "China Advertiser", "Weekly", "do.", "Japanese", "...", "200" ], [ "Echo de Tientsin", "Daily", "French", "French", "...", "300" ], [ "China Illustrated Review", "Weekly edition of Peking and Tientsin Times.", "English", "British", "...", "600" ], [ "T'ai Wu Shih Pao", "Daily", "Chinese", "Chinese", "1917", "9,600" ], [ "I Shih Pao", "do.", "do.", "do.", "1915", "37,000" ], [ "Ta Chung Hua Shang Pao", "do.", "do.", "do.", "1920", "10,000" ], [ "Ho Pei Erh Pao", "do.", "do.", "do.", "1919", "7,900" ], [ "PEKING", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "North China Standard", "do.", "English", "Japanese", "...", "..." ], [ "Journal de Peking", "do.", "French", "French", "...", "..." ], [ "Far Eastern Times", "do.", "English and Chinese", "Chinese", "1923", "4,500" ], [ "Peking Leader", "do.", "English", "do.", "1918", "..." ], [ "Peking Daily News", "do.", "do.", "do.", "1908", "..." ], [ "Shun T'ien Shih Pao", "do.", "Chinese", "do.", "...", "..." ], [ "I Shih Pao", "do.", "do.", "do.", "1916", "..." ], [ "Ching Pao", "do.", "do.", "do.", "1918", "..." ], [ "Ch'en Pao", "do.", "do.", "do.", "1918", "..." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 20 as printed (18 newspapers and the place sub-headings TIENTSIN, PEKING).", "'do.' (ditto) written as printed; cells printed as a dotted rule are '...'.", "Rows 'T'ai Wu Shih Pao' and 'Ho Pei Erh Pao', circulation: the thousands separator prints like a point ('9. 600', '7.900'); written with a comma as in the other rows.", "No total printed." ], "id": "p0568_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 567", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n567/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0569", "images": [ "p0569" ], "printed_pages": [ "546" ], "chapter": "Tientsin Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Principal Hotels at Peking and Tientsin]", "caption_extra": "Introduced in the text under 'TRAVEL FACILITIES': 'The following table shows the principal hotels at Peking and Tientsin, with rates, cable addresses, etc.:'", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Name of hotel", "Nationality of ownership", "Cable address", "Rates, including meals (1) — Single, room with bath", "Rates, including meals (1) — Single, room without bath", "Rates, including meals (1) — Two persons, room with bath", "Rates, including meals (1) — Single, per month", "Rates, including meals (1) — Two persons, per month" ], "rows": [ [ "PEKING", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Grand Hotel de Pekin (2)", "French", "Pekinotel", "$10-$15", "...", "$18-$25", "$175-$300", "$300-$500" ], [ "Grand Hotel des Wagon Lits. (2)", "British", "Wagonlits", "9", "$8", "18", "150- 175", "300- 350" ], [ "Ambassador Hotel (3)", "Chinese", "Ambassador", "8", "6-7", "13", "120- 140", "220" ], [ "TIENTSIN", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Astor House (2)", "British", "Astor", "(4) 10", "(4) 8", "(4) 18", "200", "(4) 250" ], [ "Court Hotel (2)", "do.", "Court", "12", "10", "18-19", "200- 250", "300- 350" ], [ "Imperial Hotel (2)", "do.", "Hotelimp", "9", "7-8", "16", "140- 160", "300" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "1 Chinese currency, Yuan dollars.", "2 American plan.", "3 American or European plan.", "4 Minimum rate." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 8 as printed (6 hotels and the place sub-headings PEKING, TIENTSIN).", "Footnote reference figures written as '(n)'; ranges written as printed (en dashes as '-'). 'do.' = ditto as printed; the dotted rule in Grand Hotel de Pekin / Single, room without bath is '...'.", "No total printed." ], "id": "p0569_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 568", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n568/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0572", "images": [ "p0572" ], "printed_pages": [ "549" ], "chapter": "Tientsin Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Living Costs: Ordinary Living Expenses in Tientsin or Peking]", "caption_extra": "Under the heading \"Living Costs\": \"The following table indicates ordinary living expenses in Tientsin or Pekin:\" Prose after the table: \"Prices are in local Chinese currency (Yuan dollars).\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "[Class]", "Hotel board and room, per month", "Rents, small house or apartment, per month", "Estimated necessary living expenses per month" ], "rows": [ [ "Single man", "$175-$300", "¹ $120", "$350" ], [ "Single woman", "175- 300", "120", "350" ], [ "Married couple", "300- 500", "120", "¹ 500" ], [ "Married couple and 2 children", "350- 600", "² 175- 250", "750" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Minimum.", "² For 6 to 8 rooms." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 4 as printed. No totals.", "Footnote markers kept before the figures, as printed." ], "id": "p0572_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 571", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n571/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0575", "images": [ "p0575" ], "printed_pages": [ "552" ], "chapter": "Amoy Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Resident Foreigners in the Amoy Consular District, 1924]", "caption_extra": "Under \"Population\": \"Resident foreigners in the district in 1924, according to officials statistics, were as follows:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Nationality", "Number" ], "rows": [ [ "Americans, including 91 Philippine Chinese", "233" ], [ "British", "243" ], [ "Danish", "10" ], [ "Dutch", "101" ], [ "French", "38" ], [ "Japanese and Formosans", "6,298" ], [ "Russians", "2" ], [ "Total", "6,925" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 7 + Total as printed.", "Total check: parts sum to 6,925 = printed 6,925 (reconciles).", "Figures printed with a thin space after the comma (\"6, 298\"); written without it." ], "id": "p0575_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 574", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n574/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0576", "images": [ "p0576" ], "printed_pages": [ "553" ], "chapter": "Amoy Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Most Important Cities of the Amoy District]", "caption_extra": "Introduced at the foot of p. 552 under \"Cities\": \"The most important cities of the district are shown in the following table:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Cities", "Estimated population", "Europeans", "Americans", "American firms and organizations" ], "rows": [ [ "Amoy ¹", "260,000", "...", "...", "2, with branches or representatives. 15, represented by foreign and Chinese firms." ], [ "Kulangsu ¹", "40,000", "300", "87", "2 religious missions." ], [ "Changchow", "75,000", "5", "4", "1 religious mission." ], [ "Chuanchow", "75,000", "4", "...", "" ], [ "Shihma", "40,000", "3", "...", "Do." ], [ "Tungan", "40,000", "6", "5", "Do." ], [ "Anhai", "25,000", "...", "...", "" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Treaty port and foreign concession." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 7 as printed. No totals.", "'...' = printed dotted rule (nil).", "Amoy's firms entry is printed on two lines (second line with no city label beside it); joined into the Amoy cell.", "Chuanchow and Anhai: firms column empty in the original; 'Do.' (Shihma, Tungan) as printed." ], "id": "p0576_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 575", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n575/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0578", "images": [ "p0578" ], "printed_pages": [ "555" ], "chapter": "Amoy Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Important Manufacturing Industries of Amoy]", "caption_extra": "", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Name", "Capacity", "Approximate number of employees", "Approximate capital in industry ¹", "Estimated output", "Disposition of production" ], "rows": [ [ "Amoy Tinning Co.", "15,000 tins daily", "120", "$166,000", "2,500,000 tins per year.", "Local consumption and export to Amoy Chinese in Straits Settlements, Philippines, and East Indies." ], [ "China Canning Co.", "10,000 tins daily", "99", "10,000", "1,900,000 tins per year.", "Local consumption and export to Amoy Chinese in Straits Settlements, Philippines, and East Indies." ], [ "Liok Hong", "...", "30", "50,000", "20 tons per day", "Local consumption." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Gold dollars." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 3 as printed. No totals.", "The table's title/introduction is presumably at the foot of p. 554 (image p0577), which this mission was told not to open; title supplied in brackets from the survey description.", "A brace groups the first two rows against one 'Disposition of production' entry; repeated in both rows.", "Liok Hong 'Capacity': printed dotted rule, written '...'." ], "id": "p0578_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 577", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n577/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0583", "images": [ "p0583" ], "printed_pages": [ "560" ], "chapter": "Amoy Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Foreign Trade of Amoy by Countries, 1913 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Country", "Gross imports of foreign goods — 1913", "Gross imports of foreign goods — 1923", "Exports (including re-exports of native goods) — 1913", "Exports (including re-exports of native goods) — 1923", "Total trade — 1913", "Total trade — 1923" ], "rows": [ [ "British India", "$365,468", "$361,133", "$103,795", "$96,991", "$469,263", "$1,458,124" ], [ "Dutch East Indies", "243,392", "1,361,526", "411,156", "705,532", "654,548", "1,067,058" ], [ "France", "590", "92", "10", "...", "600", "92" ], [ "French Indo-China", "11,087", "19,875", "959", "1,662", "12,046", "21,537" ], [ "Great Britain", "30,034", "7,237", "618", "...", "30,652", "7,237" ], [ "Hongkong", "5,729,380", "6,031,723", "238,701", "271,885", "5,968,081", "6,303,608" ], [ "Japan (including Formosa)", "492,455", "931,785", "191,841", "233,687", "684,296", "1,165,472" ], [ "Philippines", "28,515", "124,342", "95,612", "243,577", "124,127", "367,919" ], [ "Singapore, Straits Settlements", "599,715", "484,399", "795,711", "1,384,228", "1,395,426", "1,868,627" ], [ "United States and Hawaii", "455,055", "603,316", "5,075", "...", "460,130", "603,316" ], [ "Other countries", "2,124", "25,540", "3,298", "3,415", "5,422", "28,955" ], [ "Total", "7,957,815", "9,950,968", "1,846,776", "2,940,977", "9,804,591", "12,891,945" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "Note.—Above figures are in United States currency, converted from haikwan taels (the official customs unit) at the following values: 1913, $0.729; 1923, $0.8231." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 11 + Total as printed.", "The table's title/introduction is presumably on p. 559 (image p0582), not opened per the mission prompt; title supplied in brackets from the survey description.", "Column totals: all six columns add up to the printed Total (reconcile).", "Row checks (imports + exports = total trade): all rows reconcile for 1913; for 1923 all reconcile except British India (361,133 + 96,991 = 458,124 vs printed $1,458,124) and Dutch East Indies (1,361,526 + 705,532 = 2,067,058 vs printed 1,067,058). Kept as printed; the printed Total trade 1923 column total (12,891,945) is consistent with the printed cells.", "'...' = printed dotted rule (nil): Exports 1923 for France, Great Britain, United States and Hawaii." ], "id": "p0583_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 582", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n582/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0583", "images": [ "p0583" ], "printed_pages": [ "560" ], "chapter": "Amoy Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Principal Articles Exported from Amoy, 1913 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "Under \"Exports\": \"The following table shows the principal articles exported from Amoy during 1913 and 1923:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Articles", "Unit", "1913 — Quantity", "1913 — Value", "1923 — Quantity", "1923 — Value" ], "rows": [ [ "Bags", "number", "408,636", "$13,513", "404,544", "$33,435" ], [ "Bamboo and bamboo ware", "", "...", "33,926", "...", "28,705" ], [ "Beans", "bushels", "300", "275", "910", "4,780" ], [ "Cordage", "tons", "14", "5,360", "98", "21,500" ], [ "Fish and fishery products", "do", "284", "26,447", "140", "34,360" ], [ "Fruits", "do", "2,744", "148,258", "[?]", "69,825" ], [ "Joss sticks", "", "...", "14,937", "...", "15,135" ], [ "Umbrellas (paper)", "number", "...", "...", "20,360", "4,500" ], [ "Mats", "do", "16,200", "682", "1,420", "320" ], [ "Medicines", "", "...", "16,853", "...", "45,610" ], [ "Paper", "tons", "2,403", "515,661", "2,090", "782,767" ], [ "Plants and shrubs", "", "...", "739", "...", "40,618" ], [ "Tobacco", "tons", "2,209", "469,241", "1,150", "591,108" ], [ "Samshu (medicated)", "do", "215", "14,838", "636", "144,000" ], [ "Soy", "do", "...", "...", "172", "26,650" ], [ "Stones, marbles, granites, etc", "", "...", "...", "...", "25,495" ], [ "Tea", "tons", "446", "120,463", "497", "270,542" ], [ "Turnips, dried and salted", "do", "...", "...", "18", "664" ], [ "Vegetables", "do", "2,385", "87,050", "410", "15,944" ], [ "Vermicelli and macaroni", "do", "1,565", "85,683", "1,356", "212,446" ], [ "All other", "", "...", "961,051", "...", "1,619,845" ], [ "Total", "", "...", "2,514,977", "...", "3,988,249" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "Note.—Above figures are in United States currency, converted from haikwan taels (the official customs unit) at the following values: 1913, $0.729; 1923, $0.8231." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 21 + Total as printed.", "Units printed after the article name (number, bushels, tons, do.) put in a separate 'Unit' column; '' where none printed.", "'...' = printed dotted rule (nil).", "Total checks: 1913 Value parts sum to 2,514,977 = printed (reconciles); 1923 Value parts sum to 3,988,249 = printed (reconciles). Quantity columns have no printed total (dotted rule).", "Row 'Fruits', col '1923 — Quantity': printed '?20' — first digit damaged (reads like 9 with a stray stroke, possibly 5); left [?].", "Row 'Tea', col '1913 — Value': last digit has a printing blemish over it but reads 3 ('120,463'), read directly before the total check.", "Row 'Mats', col '1923 — Value': '320', first digit faint but legible." ], "id": "p0583_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 582", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n582/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0584", "images": [ "p0584" ], "printed_pages": [ "561" ], "chapter": "Amoy Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Principal Items Imported from Foreign Countries into Amoy, 1913 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "Under \"Imports\": \"... Principal items imported from foreign countries for 1913 and 1923 were as follows:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Articles", "Unit", "1913 — Quantity", "1913 — Value", "1923 — Quantity", "1923 — Value" ], "rows": [ [ "Cotton goods", "", "...", "$1,316,102", "...", "$1,107,550" ], [ "Woolen goods", "", "...", "58,018", "...", "158,330" ], [ "Woolen and cotton goods", "", "...", "9,886", "...", "91,492" ], [ "Iron and steel manufactures", "", "...", "48,610", "...", "63,897" ], [ "Quicksilver", "tons", "11", "12,844", "15", "18,350" ], [ "Tin slabs", "do", "319", "160,282", "164", "89,950" ], [ "Tin plates", "do", "376", "28,099", "408", "72,800" ], [ "Rice and paddy", "do", "26,665", "942,251", "42,649", "2,008,427" ], [ "Cigarettes", "thousands", "27,156", "52,079", "13,565", "63,856" ], [ "Clothing, hats, boots, etc", "", "...", "76,325", "...", "195,360" ], [ "Coal", "tons", "12,562", "62,617", "13,175", "57,152" ], [ "Dyes and dyestuffs", "", "...", "140,442", "...", "171,960" ], [ "Electrical materials and fittings", "", "...", "27,083", "...", "28,085" ], [ "Enameled ware", "", "...", "14,301", "...", "25,295" ], [ "Fish and fishery products", "tons", "6,175", "614,376", "3,885", "670,166" ], [ "Flour", "barrels", "173,818", "670,424", "190,700", "1,061,164" ], [ "Ginseng", "pounds", "22,600", "92,361", "23,057", "118,270" ], [ "Hosiery", "dozen pairs", "15,941", "9,825", "68,985", "38,935" ], [ "Matches", "gross", "899,360", "182,442", "519,459", "192,218" ], [ "Milk, condensed", "dozen tins", "29,367", "37,944", "35,452", "76,892" ], [ "Oil:", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Kerosene", "gallons", "4,997,584", "625,478", "2,218,453", "373,013" ], [ "Lubricating", "do", "28,699", "5,994", "40,965", "7,740" ], [ "Sugar, white", "tons", "9,785", "637,742", "7,478", "646,519" ], [ "Umbrellas, foreign", "number", "33,258", "14,827", "61,838", "31,821" ], [ "All other", "", "...", "2,016,235", "...", "3,727,697" ], [ "Total", "", "...", "7,856,587", "...", "11,096,939" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "Note.—Above figures are in United States currency, converted from haikwan taels (the official customs unit) at the following values: 1913, $0.729; 1923, $0.8231." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 25 items (plus sub-heading 'Oil:') + Total as printed.", "Units printed after the article name put in a separate 'Unit' column; '' where none printed.", "'...' = printed dotted rule (nil).", "Total checks: 1913 Value parts sum to 7,856,587 = printed (reconciles). 1923 Value parts sum to 11,096,939.", "Row 'Total', col '1923 — Value': tens digit is a blemished glyph (looks like a 3 and an 8 overprinted), ambiguous 3-vs-8 after a 6x crop. All 25 parts in the column were read with confidence; the parts sum (11,096,939) fits only the reading 3, so 3 is used under the BRIEF's 3-vs-8 rule (applied to the total cell itself). At first sight the figure looks like '11,096,989'.", "Quantity columns have no printed total (dotted rule)." ], "id": "p0584_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 583", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n583/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0584", "images": [ "p0584", "p0585" ], "printed_pages": [ "561", "562" ], "chapter": "Amoy Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Principal Foreign Goods Imported into Amoy: Country of Origin and Place of Purchase]", "caption_extra": "\"The following is a list of the principal foreign goods imported into Amoy, showing country of origin and place of purchase:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Articles", "Country of origin", "Place of actual purchase" ], "rows": [ [ "Cotton goods", "England and Japan", "Hongkong and Japan." ], [ "Cotton blankets", "do", "Hongkong and Kobe." ], [ "Cotton thread", "do", "Do." ], [ "Cotton yarn", "India and Japan", "Hongkong and Japan." ], [ "Handkerchiefs", "England", "Hongkong and Singapore." ], [ "Woolen goods", "England and Australia", "Hongkong." ], [ "Woolen blankets", "England and Japan", "Hongkong and Kobe." ], [ "Woolen and cotton goods", "do", "Hongkong and Japan." ], [ "Iron and steel manufactures", "Great Britain, Japan and United States.", "Hongkong and Kobe." ], [ "Quicksilver", "Great Britain", "Shanghai and Hongkong." ], [ "Tin slabs", "Singapore and Yunnanfu", "Hongkong." ], [ "Tin plates", "United States and Great Britain", "Do." ], [ "Rice and paddy", "Indo-China, Siam, and India", "Hongkong, Saigon, and Singapore." ], [ "Cigarettes", "Shanghai and Great Britain", "Shanghai." ], [ "Clothing", "England, Japan, and United States.", "Hongkong." ], [ "Hats", "Italy, Japan, England, and United States.", "Hongkong, Kobe, and Manila." ], [ "Boots", "United States and Philippines", "United States and Manila." ], [ "Coal", "Japan", "Japan." ], [ "Aniline dye", "Germany", "Hongkong." ], [ "Electrical materials and fittings", "United States, England, and Japan.", "Amoy, Shanghai, and Hongkong." ], [ "Enameled ware", "United States", "Manila, New York, and Seattle." ], [ "Fish and fishery products", "Japan and United States", "Kobe, Seattle, and Hongkong." ], [ "Flour", "United States", "United States and Hongkong." ], [ "Ginseng", "United States and Japan", "Hongkong." ], [ "Hosiery", "Japan, United States, and Great Britain.", "Kobe and Hongkong." ], [ "Matches", "Japan", "Kobe." ], [ "Milk, condensed", "United States and Switzerland", "Hongkong." ], [ "Oil, kerosene", "United States and East Indies", "United States and Java." ], [ "Oil, lubricating", "United States", "Hongkong." ], [ "Sugar, white", "Java and Hongkong", "Direct and through Hongkong." ], [ "Umbrellas", "Japan, France, and Hongkong", "Kobe and Hongkong." ], [ "Sulphate of ammonia", "England and United States", "Hongkong." ], [ "Machinery", "Great Britain", "Do." ], [ "Paints", "do", "Do." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 20 on p. 561 + 14 on p. 562 = 34 as printed. No totals.", "Continued on p. 562 (image p0585) with the headings repeated; the repeated heading there is misprinted 'Country or origin' (written under the p. 561 heading 'Country of origin').", "'do' / 'Do.' kept as printed (ditto).", "Small print blemishes ignored: a hyphen-like mark in 'Hongkong and-Kobe' (Cotton blankets), a colon-like mark after 'States' (Iron and steel manufactures), after 'Hongkong' (Ginseng) and 'Britain' (Hosiery); read as the normal punctuation of the column." ], "id": "p0584_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 583", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n583/mode/1up" }, { "label": "scan leaf 584", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n584/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0589", "images": [ "p0589" ], "printed_pages": [ "566" ], "chapter": "Antung Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Leading Cities of the Antung Consular District]", "caption_extra": "", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "City", "Population, estimated", "Europeans", "Americans", "American business firms" ], "rows": [ [ "Antung", "¹ 140,000", "49", "5", "2" ], [ "Linkiang", "25,000", "...", "...", "..." ], [ "Fenghwangcheng", "12,000", "3", "...", "..." ], [ "Changpaifu", "12,000", "...", "...", "..." ], [ "Takushan", "10,000", "4", "...", "..." ], [ "Suiyuen", "10,000", "6", "2", "..." ], [ "Chwangho", "8,000", "...", "...", "..." ], [ "Kwantien", "8,000", "2", "...", "..." ], [ "Tatungkow", "3,000", "...", "...", "..." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Includes 10,500 Japanese and Koreans." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 9 as printed. No total printed.", "Empty cells are printed dotted rules, written '...'." ], "id": "p0589_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 588", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n588/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0590", "images": [ "p0590" ], "printed_pages": [ "567" ], "chapter": "Antung Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Principal Agricultural Products in the Order of Their Importance]", "caption_extra": "", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Products", "Planting season", "Harvesting season", "Average production per acre", "Estimated annual production", "Disposition" ], "rows": [ [ "", "", "", "Bushels", "Bushels", "" ], [ "Beans ¹", "Early May", "Middle of September.", "49", "8,000,000", "90 per cent brought to Antung for crushing and export." ], [ "Millet", "do", "do", "37", "5,000,000", "4,000,000 bushels exported annually." ], [ "Corn", "End of April", "End of September", "61", "12,000,000", "500,000 bushels exported annually, balance consumed locally." ], [ "Kaoliang or sorghum.", "Early May", "do", "42", "10,000,000", "250,000 bushels exported annually, balance consumed locally." ], [ "Rice", "Middle of May", "do", "56", "680,200", "Consumed locally." ], [ "", "", "", "Pounds", "", "" ], [ "Tobacco", "Middle of April", "August-September", "² 600", "...", "Do." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ For details of the bean-crushing industry see under \"Manufacturing and industrial development.\"", "² On farms of South Manchuria Ry." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 6 products as printed; the unit lines 'Bushels' and 'Pounds' printed above the figures are kept as sub-heading rows.", "No total printed.", "Tobacco 'Estimated annual production' is a printed dotted rule." ], "id": "p0590_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 589", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n589/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0592", "images": [ "p0592", "p0593" ], "printed_pages": [ "569", "570" ], "chapter": "Antung Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Principal Manufacturing Industries of the Antung Consular District]", "caption_extra": "The following are the principal manufacturing industries of this consular district, showing the equipment, number of employees, capital, estimated output, and disposition of product:", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Industry", "Entry" ], "rows": [ [ "Tussah-silk reeling", "Thirty-seven steam filatures with 22,000 reels; 10,550 employees; approximate capital, $800,000; estimated output, 17,291 boxes, of 133 pounds (in 1923); 90 per cent exported to Japan and 10 per cent to Shanghai." ], [ "Tussah-silk reeling [hand filatures]", "There are also 30 hand filatures with 2,400 reels; 1,550 employees; approximate capital, $32,000; estimated output, 2,638 boxes, of 133 pounds." ], [ "Bean milling", "Twenty-five mills with hydraulic presses; 1,100 employees; approximate capital, $1,500,000; estimated output, 5,000,000 pieces of bean cake, 34,000,000 pounds of oil; exported to Chosen, Japan, and Swatow." ], [ "Sawmilling", "Twenty-two power mills; 800 employees; approximate capital, $3,290,000; estimated output per day, when operating at full capacity, 600,000 square feet; exported to Chosen and Japan, part of output consumed locally." ], [ "Sawmilling [equipment]", "The total equipment of these 22 mills is as follows: Circular saws, 89; band saws, 22; gang saws, 53; automatic saw sharpeners, 11; circular box-making saws, 82." ], [ "Yarn making (waste tussah gassed yarn)", "One mill; 1,900 employees; approximate capital, $1,115,000; estimated output, 400,000 pounds of yarn annually; exported to Japan and Europe." ], [ "Match material", "One mill; 793 employees; approximate capital, $800,000; estimated output per day, 5,000 shipping cases, 5,000,000 match boxes, 200 bags of match sticks; exported to Tientsin." ], [ "Paper pulp", "One mill; operation suspended since 1922; approximate capital, $2,000,000; estimated output, 15,000 tons per year; originally intended for Japanese market." ], [ "Blasting and sporting powder", "One mill; approximate capital, $1,000,000; for Manchurian mines and sportsmen." ], [ "Pongee weaving", "One mill of 30 looms; 60 employees; product exported." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Run-in paragraph list (italic industry name followed by a dash and the particulars), transcribed verbatim, one row per paragraph: 10 rows (8 industries; the hand-filature and sawmill-equipment paragraphs are kept as their own rows, with bracketed labels added by the transcriber).", "The following prose paragraph on ownership ('The tussah-reeling, bean-milling ...') is not included.", "No totals printed." ], "id": "p0592_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 591", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n591/mode/1up" }, { "label": "scan leaf 592", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n592/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0593", "images": [ "p0593" ], "printed_pages": [ "570" ], "chapter": "Antung Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Labor Conditions in the Four Leading Industries of the District]", "caption_extra": "", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Industries", "Wages (monthly) — Male", "Wages (monthly) — Female", "Board and lodging", "Hours of work", "Efficiency of labor" ], "rows": [ [ "Silk reeling", "$4.50", "...", "Food and lodging furnished.", "9", "Mediocre." ], [ "Bean milling", "5.50", "...", "do", "12", "Good." ], [ "Sawmilling", "10.00", "...", "None", "9", "Do." ], [ "Rice cleaning", "...", "$9.00", "do", "9", "Mediocre." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 4 as printed. No total printed.", "The prose following the table begins: 'The figures in the table are the approximate equivalents, in United States currency, of the different currencies paid for wages.' (not part of the table)." ], "id": "p0593_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 592", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n592/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0594", "images": [ "p0594" ], "printed_pages": [ "571" ], "chapter": "Antung Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Shipping of the Port of Antung in 1923]", "caption_extra": "", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Nationality", "Ocean steamers — Number", "Ocean steamers — Tonnage", "Sailing vessels — Number", "Sailing vessels — Tonnage" ], "rows": [ [ "British", "124", "146,456", "...", "..." ], [ "Japanese", "298", "225,618", "374", "10,096" ], [ "Chinese", "214", "149,746", "...", "..." ], [ "Total", "636", "521,820", "374", "10,096" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 3 nationalities + Total as printed.", "Japanese ocean steamers Number '298': first two digits faintly/brokenly printed but legible on enlargement.", "Total check: Ocean steamers Number 124+298+214 = 636, reconciles; Tonnage 146,456+225,618+149,746 = 521,820, reconciles; Sailing vessels single entry 374 / 10,096 equals total." ], "id": "p0594_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 593", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n593/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0598", "images": [ "p0598" ], "printed_pages": [ "575" ], "chapter": "Antung Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Principal Articles Imported into Antung in 1913 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Imports", "Unit", "1913", "1923" ], "rows": [ [ "Cotton goods:", "", "", "" ], [ "Shirtings, gray", "pieces", "24,506", "421,200" ], [ "Sheetings, gray", "do", "1,308,876", "149,136" ], [ "Shirtings, white, plain, and figures", "do", "39,422", "111,831" ], [ "Drills", "do", "71,771", "117,331" ], [ "Jeans", "do", "46,662", "549,346" ], [ "Cambrics, lawns, muslins, white, dyed, and printed", "do", "2,515", "7,930" ], [ "Chintzes and plain cotton prints", "do", "1,307", "78,363" ], [ "T cloths, gray", "do", "2,909", "29,871" ], [ "Printed T cloths", "do", "20", "2,265" ], [ "Turkey-red cottons and T cloths", "do", "5,330", "85,255" ], [ "Dyed cottons:", "", "", "" ], [ "Shirtings and sheetings", "do", "...", "25,157" ], [ "Drills", "do", "...", "156,394" ], [ "Jeans", "do", "...", "248,592" ], [ "Cotton italians, venetians, lastings, and poplins", "do", "11,882", "53,488" ], [ "Cotton flannel", "do", "10,235", "25,723" ], [ "Fancy woven cloth", "yards", "285,164", "..." ], [ "Cottons, yarn dyed", "do", "...", "28,843,346" ], [ "Japanese cotton cloth", "do", "316,869", "..." ], [ "Velvets, velveteen", "do", "33,426", "115,245" ], [ "Yarn, cotton", "pounds", "826,400", "10,084,858" ], [ "Thread, cotton, spools", "gross", "6,490", "57,636" ], [ "Chinese sheetings", "pieces", "4,242", "159,278" ], [ "Chinese drills", "do", "360", "10,056" ], [ "Chinese yarn", "pounds", "62,400", "200,037" ], [ "Iron bars, nails, pigs, wire, sheets, etc", "tons", "1,152", "4,890" ], [ "Galvanized iron", "pounds", "285,733", "1,483,216" ], [ "Bags, gunny, cotton, etc", "pieces", "486,834", "2,459,298" ], [ "Cement", "pounds", "3,344,000", "6,750,728" ], [ "Cigarettes", "thousands", "42,918", "82,254" ], [ "Dyes, etc.: Artificial indigo", "pounds", "171,333", "264,404" ], [ "Fish, dried, fresh, etc", "do", "2,578,000", "6,353,011" ], [ "Flour", "do", "22,753,333", "14,045,864" ], [ "Glass", "boxes", "1,738", "6,030" ], [ "Hides", "pounds", "650,133", "2,417,956" ], [ "Milk, canned", "dozen", "3,803", "3,823" ], [ "Oil, engine", "gallons", "11,410", "105,576" ], [ "Oil, kerosene:", "", "", "" ], [ "American", "do", "673,680", "722,330" ], [ "Sumatra", "do", "471,315", "184,000" ], [ "Paper", "pounds", "702,666", "1,441,454" ], [ "Rice", "do", "7,836,266", "69,286" ], [ "Soap, toilet", "dozen", "44,666", "116,281" ], [ "Soda", "pounds", "1,774,400", "1,875,167" ], [ "Sugar", "do", "3,890,932", "10,640,000" ], [ "Wines: Sake", "do", "911,333", "2,808,278" ], [ "Tobacco", "do", "...", "3,622,521" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 48 as printed (45 articles + 3 sub-heading rows: 'Cotton goods:', 'Dyed cottons:', 'Oil, kerosene:'). Indented items under the sub-headings are written without their parent heading.", "Unit column as printed after the leader dots ('do' = ditto). Empty figure cells are printed dotted rules, written '...'.", "No totals printed.", "'Oil, engine' 1923 '105,576': last digit slightly damaged in the scan, read as 6 on enlargement." ], "id": "p0598_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 597", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n597/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0599", "images": [ "p0599" ], "printed_pages": [ "576" ], "chapter": "Antung Consular District", "table_no": null, "continued": false, "footnotes": [], "title": "[Imports into Antung in 1923 by Origin]", "caption_extra": "The imports into Antung in 1923 originated as follows:", "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Origin", "Value" ], "rows": [ [ "From Japan and Chosen", "$22,074,060" ], [ "From foreign countries (via Chinese ports)", "2,386,993" ], [ "From Chinese ports (Chinese products)", "4,527,634" ], [ "Total", "28,988,687" ] ] } ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 3 + total as printed.", "Total reconciles: 22,074,060 + 2,386,993 + 4,527,634 = 28,988,687." ], "id": "p0599_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 598", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n598/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0599", "images": [ "p0599" ], "printed_pages": [ "576" ], "chapter": "Antung Consular District", "table_no": null, "continued": false, "footnotes": [], "title": "[Imports of American Goods into Antung in 1923 via Shanghai, Dairen, and Kobe]", "caption_extra": "Imports of American goods in 1923 via Shanghai, Dairen, and, to a lesser degree, Kobe, are known or estimated to have been as follows:", "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Article", "Unit", "Quantity", "Value" ], "rows": [ [ "Wheat flour", "barrels", "71,663", "$477,078" ], [ "Cigarettes", "thousands", "100,550", "400,000" ], [ "Kerosene", "gallons", "722,330", "222,452" ], [ "Engine oil", "do", "105,576", "44,658" ], [ "Condensed milk", "dozen cans", "3,823", "5,312" ], [ "Iron and steel products", "tons", "2,130", "132,000" ], [ "Candles", "boxes", "420", "11,000" ], [ "Clocks, watches, eyeglasses", "", "...", "10,000" ], [ "Electrical goods", "", "...", "15,000" ], [ "Hardware and tools (mostly saws, wood screws, and files)", "", "...", "30,000" ], [ "Leather, enameled calf and kid", "pounds", "86,716", "44,200" ], [ "Leather, sole", "do", "81,662", "20,000" ], [ "Sewing machines", "", "...", "34,450" ], [ "Photographic materials", "", "...", "11,000" ], [ "Total", "", "...", "1,457,150" ] ] } ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 14 + total as printed.", "Unit column split out from the dotted leader after the article name; 'do' (ditto) kept as printed.", "Quantity cells printed as a dashed rule are written '...'.", "Total reconciles: values sum to 1,457,150.", "Kerosene quantity 722,330 and Engine oil 105,576: a small blemish touches the last digits but they are legible." ], "id": "p0599_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 598", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n598/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0602", "images": [ "p0602" ], "printed_pages": [ "579" ], "chapter": "Antung Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Living Costs in Antung]", "caption_extra": "LIVING COSTS. The amounts shown in the following table are the minimum required to maintain respectability and good standing in the community. The estimated living expenses given represent the average cost of keeping up a domestic establishment.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "", "Hotel, board and room per month (Yen)", "Board (including servants' wages)", "Rent (not including heat and light)", "Living expenses" ], "rows": [ [ "Single man", "200 to 250", "$60", "$30", "$110" ], [ "Single woman", "200 to 250", "45", "30", "95" ], [ "Married couple", "300 to 375", "90", "50", "165" ], [ "Married couple with two children", "...", "115", "60", "200" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 4 as printed; no total.", "'Yen' is printed in italics above the first figure of the Hotel column; the other columns are in $.", "Hotel cell for 'Married couple with two children' is a dashed rule, written '...'." ], "id": "p0602_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 601", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n601/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0604", "images": [ "p0604" ], "printed_pages": [ "581" ], "chapter": "Changsha Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Important Cities of the Changsha Consular District]", "caption_extra": "CITIES. In the following table is given the estimated population of the important cities in this consular district:", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "City", "Population, estimated", "Europeans", "Americans", "American business firms" ], "rows": [ [ "HUNAN", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Changsha ¹", "535,800", "140", "140", "2" ], [ "Changteh", "300,000", "15", "10", "None." ], [ "Siangtan", "300,000", "5", "31", "None." ], [ "Yochow ¹", "4,500", "10", "35", "None." ], [ "KWEICHOW", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Kweiyang", "100,000", "...", "...", "None." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Treaty port." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 5 cities under 2 province sub-headings as printed; no total.", "Kweiyang Europeans and Americans are dashed rules, written '...'.", "Yochow, Europeans: second digit is broken type (an open oval without tail), read as 0 under enlargement." ], "id": "p0604_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 603", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n603/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0610", "images": [ "p0610" ], "printed_pages": [ "587" ], "chapter": "Changsha Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Exports of Minerals from Hunan, 1923]", "caption_extra": "The following table contains the exports of minerals from Hunan for the calendar year 1923. Quantity in piculs; value in Haikwan taels.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Items", "1923 — Quantity (Piculs)", "1923 — Value (Haikwan taels)" ], "rows": [ [ "Antimony:", "", "" ], [ "Regulus", "193,962", "1,250,778" ], [ "Crude", "47,027", "221,606" ], [ "Ore", "32,849", "152,575" ], [ "Arsenic", "5,480", "49,649" ], [ "Coal", "¹ 80,744", "484,464" ], [ "Coke", "¹ 160,590", "2,354,249" ], [ "Lead:", "", "" ], [ "Smelted", "49", "529" ], [ "Ore", "84,509", "284,211" ], [ "Manganese ore", "318,713", "128,629" ], [ "Quicksilver", "385", "50,436" ], [ "Tin, in slabs", "2,447", "138,647" ], [ "Tungsten ore", "4,878", "48,155" ], [ "Zinc:", "", "" ], [ "Spelter", "10,607", "97,584" ], [ "Ore", "979,473", "658,812" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Tons.", "NOTE.—One picul equals 133⅓ pounds avoirdupois, and the value of the haikwan tael in 1923 was 80 cents, United States currency." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Printed side by side in two halves with the same columns; merged into one list (left half first). Rows: 17 lines (14 items + 3 group headings) as printed; no total.", "Coal and Coke quantities carry footnote mark ¹ (tons), kept in the cell." ], "id": "p0610_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 609", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n609/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0614", "images": [ "p0614" ], "printed_pages": [ "591" ], "chapter": "Changsha Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Value of Exports and Imports of the Changsha District, 1913 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "EXPORT AND IMPORT TRADE. The value, in haikwan taels, of the exports and imports of this district for the years 1913 and 1923 are shown in the following table:", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Port", "Exports — 1913 (Haikwan taels)", "Exports — 1923 (Haikwan taels)", "Imports — 1913 (Haikwan taels)", "Imports — 1923 (Haikwan taels)", "Exports and imports — 1913 (Haikwan taels)", "Exports and imports — 1923 (Haikwan taels)" ], "rows": [ [ "Changsha", "8,719,525", "15,729,983", "12,778,157", "10,909,204", "21,497,682", "26,639,187" ], [ "Yochow", "3,635,050", "15,498,678", "2,133,257", "4,525,133", "5,768,307", "20,023,811" ], [ "Total", "12,354,575", "31,228,661", "14,911,414", "15,434,337", "27,265,989", "46,662,998" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "NOTE.—The value of the haikwan tael in 1913 was 73 cents (United States currency); in 1923 it was 80 cents." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 2 ports + total as printed.", "All columns in Haikwan taels (printed under each heading).", "Col 1 total: parts sum 12,354,575, printed 12,354,575 — reconciles.", "Col 2 total: parts sum 31,228,661, printed 31,228,661 — reconciles.", "Col 3 total: parts sum 14,911,414, printed 14,911,414 — reconciles.", "Col 4 total: parts sum 15,434,337, printed 15,434,337 — reconciles.", "Col 5 total: parts sum 27,265,989, printed 27,265,989 — reconciles.", "Col 6 total: parts sum 46,662,998, printed 46,662,998 — reconciles.", "Row Changsha 1913: exports+imports 21,497,682 vs printed 21,497,682 — reconciles.", "Row Changsha 1923: exports+imports 26,639,187 vs printed 26,639,187 — reconciles.", "Row Yochow 1913: exports+imports 5,768,307 vs printed 5,768,307 — reconciles.", "Row Yochow 1923: exports+imports 20,023,811 vs printed 20,023,811 — reconciles.", "Row Total 1913: exports+imports 27,265,989 vs printed 27,265,989 — reconciles.", "Row Total 1923: exports+imports 46,662,998 vs printed 46,662,998 — reconciles." ], "id": "p0614_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 613", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n613/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0615", "images": [ "p0615" ], "printed_pages": [ "592" ], "chapter": "Changsha Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Principal Exports through the Port of Changsha, 1913 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "In the following table are given the quantity and value of the principal exports through the port of Changsha for the years 1913 and 1923. Quantity in piculs; value in Haikwan taels.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Items", "1913 — Quantity (Piculs)", "1913 — Value (Haikwan taels)", "1923 — Quantity (Piculs)", "1923 — Value (Haikwan taels)" ], "rows": [ [ "Hides and skins", "9,467", "209,214", "800", "12,800" ], [ "Feathers", "940", "10,643", "657", "10,243" ], [ "Bamboo shoots", "1,946", "59,655", "3,341", "73,045" ], [ "Cereals:", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Rice", "314,712", "711,248", "685,744", "1,960,463" ], [ "Wheat", "14,330", "40,123", "8,835", "19,878" ], [ "Fruit, dried", "125", "1,412", "1,057", "17,842" ], [ "Chinese wood oil", "...", "...", "14,123", "216,505" ], [ "Tea oil", "268", "2,973", "3,030", "34,330" ], [ "Tea, black", "20", "567", "31,220", "999,040" ], [ "Camphor", "81", "4,007", "79", "5,093" ], [ "Tobacco, leaf", "1,138", "16,153", "10,015", "120,180" ], [ "Carpets", "...", "...", "...", "4,922" ], [ "Cordage", "46", "520", "406", "4,361" ], [ "Cotton", "...", "...", "50", "183" ], [ "Grass cloth", "1,408", "243,377", "798", "220,722" ], [ "Hair, human", "2,316", "148,688", "1,508", "63,331" ], [ "Hemp", "28,370", "255,045", "22,704", "423,656" ], [ "Paper:", "", "", "", "" ], [ "First quality", "252", "7,797", "713", "10,452" ], [ "Second quality", "40,117", "319,332", "30,937", "319,884" ], [ "Joss", "2,359", "15,936", "2,916", "19,675" ], [ "Coal", "¹ 257,924", "1,612,025", "¹ 80,744", "484,464" ], [ "Coke", "¹ 137,306", "1,194,525", "¹ 160,590", "2,354,249" ], [ "Antimony:", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Regulus", "151,536", "637,080", "193,962", "1,250,778" ], [ "Crude", "...", "...", "47,027", "221,606" ], [ "Refuse", "105,756", "35,589", "...", "..." ], [ "Ore", "70,039", "137,374", "32,849", "152,575" ], [ "Iron, pig", "4,200", "15,330", "3,495", "11,673" ], [ "Lead", "...", "...", "9,978", "60,453" ], [ "Lead ore", "59,590", "177,350", "84,509", "284,211" ], [ "Manganese ore", "...", "...", "318,713", "128,629" ], [ "Tin in slabs", "2,970", "99,934", "2,447", "138,647" ], [ "Tungsten ore", "...", "...", "4,878", "48,155" ], [ "Zinc ore", "163,850", "146,295", "979,473", "658,812" ], [ "Zinc spelter", "200", "2,426", "10,607", "97,584" ], [ "Brass ware", "1,534", "21,132", "469", "17,705" ], [ "Arsenic", "3,793", "50,869", "5,480", "49,649" ], [ "Fireworks", "62,052", "768,199", "96,297", "1,604,308" ], [ "Medicines", "...", "28,525", "...", "34,075" ], [ "Realgar", "1,142", "2,034", "56", "588" ], [ "Bristles", "880", "42,812", "835", "124,306" ], [ "Umbrellas, paper", "² 73,780", "9,931", "² 132,126", "23,782" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Tons.", "² Pieces.", "NOTE.—One picul equals 133⅓ pounds avoirdupois. The value of the haikwan tael in 1913 was 73 cents; in 1923, 80 cents." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 44 lines (41 items + 3 group headings: Cereals, Paper, Antimony) as printed; no total.", "Cells printed as a dashed rule are written '...'.", "Footnote marks ¹ (tons) and ² (pieces) kept in the quantity cells.", "Tea oil, 1923 Value: last digit is broken type (oval open on the right, no inner stroke), read as 0 under enlargement.", "Printed 'Tin in slabs' (no comma) here, unlike 'Tin, in slabs' on p. 587." ], "id": "p0615_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 614", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n614/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0616", "images": [ "p0616" ], "printed_pages": [ "593" ], "chapter": "Changsha Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "Principal Exports Through the Port of Yochow, 1913 and 1923", "caption_extra": "In the following table are given the quantity and value of the principal exports through the port of Yochow for the years 1913 and 1923: (Quantity in piculs; value in Haikwan taels)", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Items", "1913 — Quantity (Piculs)", "1913 — Value (Haikwan taels)", "1923 — Quantity (Piculs)", "1923 — Value (Haikwan taels)" ], "rows": [ [ "Hides and skins", "8,493", "322,753", "7,571", "220,251" ], [ "Tallow, animal", "223", "2,560", "618", "9,468" ], [ "Wax, yellow", "117", "4,666", "76", "3,086" ], [ "Feathers", "347", "4,080", "370", "6,112" ], [ "Bamboo shoots", "...", "...", "275", "9,367" ], [ "Rice", "849,968", "1,929,384", "...", "..." ], [ "Chinese wood oil", "36,813", "329,108", "463,914", "1,861,355" ], [ "Seeds:", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Lily", "5,745", "71,123", "7,238", "238,130" ], [ "Rape", "...", "...", "862", "2,326" ], [ "Sesame", "8,447", "55,919", "13", "84" ], [ "Tallow, vegetable", "5,657", "62,793", "7,899", "89,812" ], [ "Tea:", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Black", "2", "45", "6,253", "141,318" ], [ "Green", "4", "65", "110", "1,417" ], [ "Leaf", "1,287", "13,082", "819", "5,311" ], [ "Camphor", "5", "247", "160", "7,896" ], [ "Nutgalls", "7,280", "153,026", "24,264", "457,619" ], [ "Coir", "...", "...", "2,265", "13,068" ], [ "Ramie", "4,057", "58,380", "48,051", "665,506" ], [ "Cotton", "1,377", "25,764", "28,464", "962,937" ], [ "Paper, second quality", "384", "1,396", "37", "295" ], [ "Medicines", "...", "6,620", "...", "62,056" ], [ "Soda", "...", "...", "1,315", "10,069" ], [ "Varnish", "2,675", "67,785", "5,072", "262,730" ], [ "Bristles", "301", "8,086", "87", "3,962" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "NOTE.—One picul equals 133⅓ pounds avoirdupois. The value of the haikwan tael in 1913 was 73 cents; in 1923 it was 80 cents." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 26 as printed (24 items + 2 sub-heading rows 'Seeds:' and 'Tea:').", "Printed dotted rules (nil) written '...'.", "No total printed; nothing to reconcile.", "Title is a description from the introductory sentence; no printed title.", "A printed blot sits on the dotted rule in the 1913 Quantity column at 'Rape'; not a figure." ], "id": "p0616_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 615", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n615/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0617", "images": [ "p0617", "p0618" ], "printed_pages": [ "594", "595" ], "chapter": "Changsha Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "Principal Imports Through the Port of Changsha, 1913 and 1923", "caption_extra": "In the following table is shown the quantity and value of the principal imports through the port of Changsha in the years 1913 and 1923: (Value in Haikwan taels)", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Items", "Unit", "1913 — Quantity", "1913 — Value (Haikwan taels)", "1923 — Quantity", "1923 — Value (Haikwan taels)" ], "rows": [ [ "Fish and fishery products", "piculs", "4,049", "89,524", "3,234", "104,691" ], [ "Leather", "do", "458", "42,052", "1,679", "81,262" ], [ "Machine belting", "", "...", "2,121", "...", "6,570" ], [ "Milk, condensed", "piculs", "...", "9,908", "912", "23,200" ], [ "Flour", "do", "471", "1,854", "1,788", "8,205" ], [ "Fruits, dried", "do", "1,644", "29,581", "7,251", "112,714" ], [ "Pepper, white and black", "do", "3,788", "71,643", "4,445", "74,176" ], [ "Sugar", "do", "183,875", "987,919", "104,721", "1,015,814" ], [ "Agar-agar", "do", "40,928", "103,356", "29,883", "128,499" ], [ "Cigarettes", "thousands", "30,009", "65,144", "13,412", "84,080" ], [ "India-rubber products", "", "...", "2,146", "...", "17,657" ], [ "Cotton piece goods:", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Shirtings", "pieces", "510,394", "1,960,161", "116,972", "1,398,811" ], [ "Sheetings", "do", "44,060", "114,811", "17,980", "108,144" ], [ "Printed cottons", "do", "57,590", "116,329", "21,638", "118,313" ], [ "Dyed cottons", "do", "185,073", "815,743", "97,190", "807,053" ], [ "Drills", "do", "55,346", "209,949", "50", "336" ], [ "Flannel", "do", "45,987", "153,400", "4,328", "23,261" ], [ "Unenumerated", "", "...", "606,859", "...", "228,560" ], [ "Cotton yarn", "piculs", "60,106", "1,502,549", "7,119", "395,710" ], [ "Woolen and cotton mixtures", "", "...", "156,497", "...", "53,370" ], [ "Woolen goods", "", "...", "246,059", "...", "44,718" ], [ "Bags of all kinds", "pieces", "1,081,193", "156,189", "...", "67,097" ], [ "Clothing", "", "...", "55,049", "...", "35,307" ], [ "Books", "", "...", "13,761", "...", "5,278" ], [ "Furniture", "", "...", "5,327", "...", "15,820" ], [ "Paper", "", "...", "135,467", "...", "124,223" ], [ "Sandalwood", "piculs", "9,003", "87,964", "6,515", "60,852" ], [ "Stationery", "", "...", "46,361", "...", "20,852" ], [ "Crucibles", "", "...", "17,592", "...", "28,277" ], [ "Gasoline and petrol", "gallons", "5,051", "1,333", "8,719", "6,028" ], [ "Lamps and lamp ware", "", "...", "68,591", "...", "50,872" ], [ "Looking-glass and mirrors", "", "...", "12,360", "...", "28,804" ], [ "Oil:", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Kerosene", "gallons", "8,228,958", "992,649", "9,512,870", "2,892,716" ], [ "Lubricating", "do", "59,091", "17,928", "98,698", "43,663" ], [ "Glass (window) and glassware", "", "...", "66,111", "...", "72,861" ], [ "Copper, bars, ingots, slabs", "piculs", "25,630", "777,680", "169", "5,505" ], [ "Lead, pigs and bars", "do", "6,888", "48,974", "3,716", "32,992" ], [ "Iron and mild steel, old and new", "do", "89,263", "319,070", "15,698", "86,956" ], [ "Tin in slabs", "do", "195", "8,465", "344", "21,186" ], [ "Tinned plates", "do", "13,091", "87,847", "21,888", "195,616" ], [ "Bedsteads", "pieces", "633", "5,567", "326", "5,759" ], [ "Clocks and watches", "do", "21,335", "27,922", "9,201", "22,789" ], [ "Needles", "thousands", "187,130", "37,426", "76,450", "22,830" ], [ "Electrical materials and fittings", "", "...", "44,468", "...", "55,131" ], [ "Machinery", "", "...", "306,117", "...", "176,037" ], [ "Machines, sewing, etc", "", "...", "33,350", "...", "22,977" ], [ "Telegraph and telephone materials", "", "...", "44,421", "...", "4,527" ], [ "Dyes:", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Aniline", "", "...", "148,028", "...", "625,810" ], [ "Indigo, artificial", "piculs", "17,034", "478,840", "8,514", "442,217" ], [ "Medicines", "", "...", "88,330", "...", "67,270" ], [ "Paints and paint oil", "piculs", "355", "3,735", "497", "51;683" ], [ "Perfumery and cosmetics", "", "...", "12,600", "...", "49,818" ], [ "Soaps and materials for making", "", "...", "46,597", "...", "23,226" ], [ "Soda", "", "7,973", "16,593", "4,822", "12,822" ], [ "Buttons", "gross", "17,061", "6,727", "35,442", "12,279" ], [ "Candles", "piculs", "286", "3,203", "926", "17,730" ], [ "Instruments, muscial and scientific", "", "...", "28,496", "...", "16,067" ], [ "Photographic materials", "", "...", "7,923", "...", "10,328" ], [ "Postal parcels", "", "...", "63,431", "...", "57,677" ], [ "Printing and lithographic materials", "", "...", "36,217", "...", "19,347" ], [ "Toys and games", "", "...", "5,408", "...", "12,123" ], [ "Umbrellas", "pieces", "176,668", "74,615", "115,690", "67,552" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 66 as printed (63 items + 3 sub-heading rows 'Cotton piece goods:', 'Oil:', 'Dyes:'); 30 rows on p. 594 (Fish and fishery products … Stationery), 36 on p. 595 (Crucibles … Umbrellas).", "The unit of quantity is printed after the item name in the stub ('piculs', 'do', 'gallons', 'pieces', 'gross', 'thousands'); split out into the 'Unit' column as printed ('do' = ditto).", "Printed dotted rules (nil) written '...'.", "No total printed; nothing to reconcile.", "Title is a description from the introductory sentence; no printed title. The headings are repeated on p. 595 without a 'continued' line.", "Row 'Paints and paint oil', 1923 Value: printed '51;683' (semicolon for comma) — kept as printed.", "'Instruments, muscial and scientific': misprint 'muscial' kept as printed." ], "id": "p0617_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 616", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n616/mode/1up" }, { "label": "scan leaf 617", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n617/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0618", "images": [ "p0618", "p0619" ], "printed_pages": [ "595", "596" ], "chapter": "Changsha Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "Principal Imports Through the Port of Yochow, 1913 and 1923", "caption_extra": "In the following table are shown the quantity and value of the principal imports through the port of Yochow for the years 1913 and 1923: (Value in Haikwan taels)", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Items", "Unit", "1913 — Quantity", "1913 — Value (Haikwan taels)", "1923 — Quantity", "1923 — Value (Haikwan taels)" ], "rows": [ [ "Leather", "piculs", "...", "...", "447", "21,082" ], [ "Milk, condensed", "dozens", "1,075", "1,642", "2,985", "6,512" ], [ "Flour", "piculs", "...", "...", "228", "1,138" ], [ "Sugar", "do", "7,269", "39,808", "86,273", "805,508" ], [ "Pepper", "do", "40", "806", "1,788", "25,437" ], [ "Cigarettes", "thousands", "2,360", "5,068", "2,965", "27,049" ], [ "India-rubber products", "", "...", "...", "...", "1,231" ], [ "Cotton piece goods:", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Shirtings", "pieces", "112,801", "922,143", "114,486", "1,376,636" ], [ "Sheetings", "do", "1,070", "114,811", "17,980", "108,144" ], [ "Printed", "do", "3,739", "22,313", "12,890", "71,709" ], [ "Dyed", "do", "38,781", "180,619", "76,590", "658,985" ], [ "Drills", "do", "10,148", "39,050", "49", "291" ], [ "Unenumerated", "", "...", "94,527", "...", "169,723" ], [ "Cotton yarn", "piculs", "37,433", "941,046", "682", "40,255" ], [ "Cotton and woolen mixtures", "", "...", "18,866", "...", "28,199" ], [ "Woolen goods", "", "...", "16,600", "...", "32,284" ], [ "Bags of all kinds", "pieces", "260,900", "37,436", "21,266", "1,949" ], [ "Clothing", "", "...", "6,465", "...", "5,951" ], [ "Paper", "", "...", "3,788", "...", "15,643" ], [ "Sandalwood", "piculs", "27", "264", "642", "8,298" ], [ "Stationery", "", "...", "1,438", "...", "3,123" ], [ "Glass windows", "boxes", "127", "446", "2,087", "9,437" ], [ "Lamps and lamp ware", "", "...", "4,185", "...", "10,779" ], [ "Oil:", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Kerosene", "gallons", "902,510", "148,104", "2,495,245", "787,735" ], [ "Lubricating", "do", "103", "28", "1,703", "788" ], [ "Lead, pigs and bars", "piculs", "7", "50", "589", "5,144" ], [ "Iron and mild steel (all kinds)", "do", "1,159", "5,391", "3,262", "20,975" ], [ "Steel", "", "6", "30", "1,075", "5,982" ], [ "Clocks and watches", "pieces", "850", "1,100", "723", "2,150" ], [ "Enamelware", "", "...", "1,919", "...", "9,577" ], [ "Needles", "thousands", "5,120", "1,024", "40,274", "12,438" ], [ "Electrical materials and fittings", "", "...", "93", "...", "12,394" ], [ "Machines, sewing, etc", "", "...", "6,006", "...", "4,353" ], [ "Dyes:", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Aniline", "", "...", "7,011", "...", "40,286" ], [ "Indigo, artificial", "piculs", "3,360", "478,840", "3,936", "220,995" ], [ "Medicines", "", "...", "2,630", "...", "10,776" ], [ "Paint and paint oils", "piculs", "4", "32", "74", "1,256" ], [ "Perfumes and cosmetics", "", "...", "95", "...", "11,276" ], [ "Soaps and materials for making", "", "...", "2,115", "...", "6,766" ], [ "Soda", "piculs", "1,339", "3,006", "899", "2,977" ], [ "Buttons", "gross", "600", "216", "3,362", "1,287" ], [ "Candies", "piculs", "18", "202", "313", "5,591" ], [ "Photographic materials", "", "...", "144", "...", "3,099" ], [ "Postal parcels", "", "...", "262", "...", "125" ], [ "Stores, household", "", "...", "10,665", "...", "17,549" ], [ "Umbrellas", "pieces", "9,240", "3,825", "19,376", "10,680" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 50 as printed (47 items + 3 sub-heading rows 'Cotton piece goods:', 'Oil:', 'Dyes:'); 25 rows on p. 595 (Leather … Lamps and lamp ware), 25 on p. 596 (Oil: … Umbrellas).", "The unit of quantity is printed after the item name in the stub; split out into the 'Unit' column as printed ('do' = ditto).", "Printed dotted rules (nil) written '...'.", "No total printed; nothing to reconcile.", "Title is a description from the introductory sentence; no printed title. Headings repeated on p. 596 without a 'continued' line.", "Row 'Indigo, artificial', 1913 Value '478,840' is the same figure as in the Changsha imports table (p. 595); transcribed as printed on each page." ], "id": "p0618_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 617", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n617/mode/1up" }, { "label": "scan leaf 618", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n618/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0625", "images": [ "p0625" ], "printed_pages": [ "602" ], "chapter": "Chefoo Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "Agricultural Products Exported Through the Port of Chefoo, 1921–1923", "caption_extra": "Trade in agricultural products. The following stable [sic] shows the agricultural products exported through the port of Chefoo for these years:", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Products", "Unit", "1921", "1922", "1923" ], "rows": [ [ "Bean cake", "short tons", "10,580", "8,057", "6,582" ], [ "Beans and peas", "pounds", "365,467", "187,864", "51,066" ], [ "Eggs, fresh", "dozen", "854,949", "405,185", "139,024" ], [ "Fruits:", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Fresl. pears", "pounds", "292,133", "702,800", "600,933" ], [ "Unclassified", "tons", "7,723", "7,124", "5,501" ], [ "Peanuts:", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Unshelled", "do", "6,880", "3,789", "5,107" ], [ "Shelled", "do", "5,303", "5,678", "5,497" ], [ "Licorice", "do", "787", "465", "510" ], [ "Mats, rush and straw", "do", "9,188", "5,962", "5,737" ], [ "Oil:", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Bean", "pounds", "435,733", "671,733", "818,400" ], [ "Peanut", "tons", "759", "800", "1,070" ], [ "Sesamum seed", "pounds", "46,800", "48,800", "22,000" ], [ "Seed:", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Apricots", "do", "279,733", "242,400", "234,133" ], [ "Melon", "do", "571,200", "208,933", "280,133" ], [ "Straw-braid", "do", "237,733", "210,533", "242,933" ], [ "Vegetables", "tons", "2,633", "1,936", "1,728" ], [ "Wines and spirits (made in Chefoo)", "dozen bottles", "19,064", "9,002", "9,833" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 23 as printed (19 items + 4 sub-heading rows 'Fruits:', 'Peanuts:', 'Oil:', 'Seed:').", "The unit is printed after the product name in the stub; split out into the 'Unit' column as printed ('do' = ditto).", "No total printed; nothing to reconcile.", "Title is a description from the introductory sentence (under the heading 'Trade in agricultural products'); no printed title.", "'Fresl. pears' is printed so (misprint for 'Fresh'); kept as printed. 'stable' in the introductory sentence is printed so (for 'table').", "Chapter taken as 'Chefoo Consular District' from the mission survey; the running head on this page reads 'Commercial Handbook of China'." ], "id": "p0625_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 624", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n624/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0631", "images": [ "p0631" ], "printed_pages": [ "608" ], "chapter": "Chefoo Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Average Transportation Charges in the Chefoo District]", "caption_extra": "There is little uniformity in the transportation charges in the Chefoo district, but it is believed that the following figures give the average costs:", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Type of carrier", "Average load", "Mileage per day", "Charge (United States currency)" ], "rows": [ [ "Motor car (Chefoo to Weihsien only)", "Any load", "200", "$0.45 per 13.3 pounds.¹" ], [ "Mule", "320 pounds", "30", "1.00 per day." ], [ "Donkey", "160 pounds", "30", "0.75 per day." ], [ "Wheelbarrow", "667 pounds", "15", ".50 per day." ], [ "Coolie carrier", "107 pounds", "30", ".75 per day." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ There is no reduction in tariff for long distance or quantity of hauling." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 5 as printed.", "No total printed; nothing to reconcile.", "No printed title; bracketed description from the introductory sentence.", "Chapter taken as 'Chefoo Consular District' from the mission survey; the running head on this page reads 'Commercial Handbook of China'." ], "id": "p0631_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 630", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n630/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0632", "images": [ "p0632" ], "printed_pages": [ "609" ], "chapter": "Chefoo Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Telephones: Official Statistics for July, 1924]", "caption_extra": "Introduced in the text: \"Official statistics for July, 1924, are as follows:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Item", "Figure" ], "rows": [ [ "Number of centrals", "1" ], [ "Number of telephones", "782" ], [ "Miles of wire (all local)", "63" ], [ "Telephone conversations per day", "13,200" ], [ "Investment in plant (Mex. currency)", "$134,000" ], [ "Gross monthly revenue (Mex.)", "$3,000" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 6 as printed. No totals.", "Leader list set in the prose under the heading 'Telephones'; title supplied in brackets." ], "id": "p0632_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 631", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n631/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0634", "images": [ "p0634" ], "printed_pages": [ "611" ], "chapter": "Chefoo Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Total Imports and Exports, Foreign and Chinese, Through the Maritime Customs at Chefoo, 1913 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "Introduced in the text: \"The table below gives the total imports and exports, foreign and Chinese, through the Maritime Customs at Chefoo during the years indicated:\" Values in $ as printed (first figure of each column carries the $ sign).", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Items", "1913", "1923" ], "rows": [ [ "Imports of foreign goods:", "", "" ], [ "From foreign countries and Hongkong", "$3,804,685", "$4,329,038" ], [ "From Chinese ports", "3,747,283", "4,668,336" ], [ "Total foreign imports", "7,551,968", "8,997,374" ], [ "Reexports of foreign goods:", "", "" ], [ "To foreign countries and Hongkong", "301,570", "1,205,874" ], [ "To Chinese ports", "749,728", "2,078,562" ], [ "Total foreign reexports", "1,051,298", "3,284,436" ], [ "Net total foreign imports", "6,500,670", "5,712,938" ], [ "Imports of Chinese products", "7,607,467", "14,504,244" ], [ "Reexports of Chinese products:", "", "" ], [ "To foreign countries", "761,323", "1,484,716" ], [ "To Chinese ports", "603,306", "1,492,949" ], [ "Total native reexports", "1,364,629", "2,977,665" ], [ "Net total native imports", "6,242,838", "11,526,579" ], [ "Exports of Chinese products of local origin:", "", "" ], [ "To foreign countries and Hongkong", "2,666,421", "5,839,096" ], [ "To Chinese ports", "7,688,164", "12,540,705" ], [ "Total exports of local origin", "10,354,585", "18,379,801" ], [ "Gross value of the trade of the port", "25,514,020", "41,881,419" ], [ "Net value of the trade of the port", "23,098,093", "35,619,318" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 21 as printed (incl. 4 sub-heading rows).", "All totals reconcile in both columns: Total foreign imports, Total foreign reexports, Net total foreign imports (= total imports − total reexports), Total native reexports, Net total native imports, Total exports of local origin; Gross value = Total foreign imports + Imports of Chinese products + Total exports of local origin; Net value = Net total foreign imports + Net total native imports + Total exports of local origin." ], "id": "p0634_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 633", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n633/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0635", "images": [ "p0635" ], "printed_pages": [ "612" ], "chapter": "Chefoo Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Principal Native Products Exported Through the Port of Chefoo During 1913 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "Under the heading 'Exports from Chefoo'; introduced in the text: \"The following table shows the principal native products exported through the port of Chefoo during 1913 and 1923:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Articles", "Unit", "1913 — Quantity", "1913 — Value in United States currency", "1923 — Quantity", "1923 — Value in United States currency" ], "rows": [ [ "Animals, live", "head", "5,794", "$4,947", "1", "$22" ], [ "Bags (all kinds)", "number", "183,618", "13,978", "55,310", "21,835" ], [ "Bean cake", "tons", "19,611", "488,823", "6,582", "213,259" ], [ "Beans", "do", "123", "4,456", "25", "878" ], [ "Bones", "do", "163", "2,265", "300", "4,728" ], [ "Chinaware, earthenware, and pottery", "do", "22", "3,607", "...", "3,724" ], [ "Cereals", "do", "44", "1,896", "...", "82" ], [ "Clothing, Chinese, boots and shoes", "", "...", "115,030", "...", "145,460" ], [ "Dates", "tons", "...", "...", "435", "28,426" ], [ "Eggs, fresh and preserved", "dozen", "515,121", "39,775", "139,020", "16,814" ], [ "Fruits, dried and preserved", "tons", "1,400", "81,346", "...", "..." ], [ "Fruits, fresh", "do", "...", "36,979", "...", "5,003" ], [ "Fish and fishery products", "do", "4,655", "315,168", "4,610", "614,180" ], [ "Ginseng", "pounds", "...", "...", "...", "..." ], [ "Groundnuts (peanuts)", "tons", "11,460", "655,404", "10,604", "714,950" ], [ "Hair nets", "", "...", "...", "...", "2,323,978" ], [ "Joss sticks", "pounds", "28,000", "3,118", "...", "3,752" ], [ "Lace, embroideries, etc", "", "...", "...", "...", "533,220" ], [ "Licorice", "tons", "922", "93,619", "510", "47,760" ], [ "Mats", "number", "112,697", "7,343", "86,030", "14,177" ], [ "Medicines", "", "...", "71,739", "...", "114,648" ], [ "Nankeens", "pieces", "884", "30,512", "¹ 61,466", "20,948" ], [ "Oil:", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Bean", "tons", "482", "50,136", "409", "54,504" ], [ "Peanut", "do", "14", "2,242", "1,069", "157,912" ], [ "Vegetable and other", "do", "96", "14,905", "...", "..." ], [ "Paper, all kinds", "do", "51", "9,299", "...", "17,798" ], [ "Salt", "do", "...", "...", "...", "304,210" ], [ "Seeds, all kinds", "do", "758", "81,607", "257", "37,992" ], [ "Silk, raw (all kinds)", "do", "829", "2,791,303", "...", "4,862,306" ], [ "Silk waste", "do", "87", "727,878", "505", "441,532" ], [ "Silk piece goods", "pounds", "6,000", "24,140", "...", "44,070" ], [ "Silk pongees", "tons", "427", "2,137,467", "663", "5,748,005" ], [ "Straw braid", "do", "...", "...", "121", "171,292" ], [ "Vegetables (all kinds)", "do", "1,024", "21,153", "1,226", "44,375" ], [ "Vermicelli and macaroni", "do", "16,259", "2,141,640", "8,802", "1,066,924" ], [ "Postal parcels not otherwise classified", "", "...", "15,776", "...", "37,012" ], [ "Sundries, unenumerated", "", "...", "...", "...", "121,308" ], [ "All other articles", "", "...", "357,034", "...", "442,717" ], [ "Total", "", "...", "10,354,585", "...", "18,379,801" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Pounds." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 40 as printed (incl. sub-heading 'Oil:' and Total).", "Unit column = the unit printed at the end of the article's leader line ('do' = ditto, as printed); '' where none printed.", "Nankeens 1923 quantity carries footnote mark ¹ (Pounds).", "Total check, 1923 value: items sum to 18,379,801 = printed Total; reconciles.", "Total check, 1913 value: items sum to 10,344,585; printed Total 10,354,585 (printed exceeds sum by 10,000). Column re-read in an enlarged crop; figures kept as printed." ], "id": "p0635_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 634", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n634/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0636", "images": [ "p0636", "p0637" ], "printed_pages": [ "613", "614" ], "chapter": "Chefoo Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Imports Through Chefoo, From Foreign Countries and Through Hongkong and Chinese Ports, 1913 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "Under the heading 'Imports through Chefoo'; introduced in the text: \"The following table shows the quantity and value of imports through Chefoo, from foreign countries and through Hongkong and Chinese ports, 1913 and 1923:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Articles", "Unit", "1913 — Quantity", "1913 — Value in United States currency", "1923 — Quantity", "1923 — Value in United States currency" ], "rows": [ [ "Bags (all kinds)", "number", "...", "$12,208", "...", "$30,856" ], [ 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venetians", "number", "79,853", "268,590", "43,347", "334,771" ], [ "Flannelettes, dyed and printed", "do", "10,358", "24,983", "5,692", "34,582" ], [ "Japanese cloth and crêpe", "yards", "653,945", "9,548", "11,680", "817" ], [ "Jeans", "pieces", "68,872", "173,280", "22,730", "104,735" ], [ "Sheeting, gray, plain", "do", "255,121", "710,215", "3,573", "17,581" ], [ "Shirting, gray, plain", "do", "35,480", "75,390", "44,663", "205,602" ], [ "Shirting and sheeting dyed, plain and figured", "do", "942", "3,076", "170", "909" ], [ "Shirting, white", "do", "95,870", "292,889", "51,253", "326,682" ], [ "Thread (balls)", "pounds", "14,933", "6,894", "20,133", "26,326" ], [ "Velvets and velveteen", "yards", "82,190", "18,069", "37,712", "17,945" ], [ "Yarns", "tons", "3,595", "928,807", "203", "142,726" ], [ "Fish and fishery products", "do", "135", "19,798", "270", "70,003" ], [ "Flour", "barrels", "73,032", "297,808", "106,126", "739,182" ], [ "Glass, window", "boxes", "4,317", "11,061", "4,956", "20,494" ], [ "Iron and mild steel, new:", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Bars", "tons", "537", "20,204", "191", "8,992" ], [ "Nail rods", "do", "348", "12,332", "...", "..." ], [ "Nails and rivets", "do", "457", "26,284", "491", "44,300" ], [ "Iron and mild steel, old", "tons", "5,064", "114,389", "6,109", "172,604" ], [ "Leather", "pounds", "124,400", "32,361", "226,033", "59,329" ], [ "Looking glasses and mirrors", "", "...", "9,620", "...", "10,420" ], [ "Oil:", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Kerosene", "gallons", "51,450", "17,823", "1,076,615", "245,102" ], [ "Lubricating and vegetable", "do", "12,185", "6,370", "36,427", "18,239" ], [ "Paper (including cardboard)", "tons", "...", "95,885", "...", "83,408" ], [ "Pepper, black and white", "do", "77", "16,699", "103", "15,492" ], [ "Soda", "tons", "1,101", "28,529", "1,346", "28,934" ], [ "Soap, laundry and toilet", "", "...", "26,434", "...", "19,023" ], [ "Sugar, including sugar candy", "tons", "8,724", "515,111", "9,587", "928,054" ], [ "Woolen and cotton mixtures", "", "...", "7,948", "...", "12,370" ], [ "Woolen goods:", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Blankets and rugs", "pounds", "44,568", "10,766", "4,313", "1,708" ], [ "Lastings", "pieces", "620", "5,535", "20", "315" ], [ "Long ells", "do", "83", "3,599", "120", "1,026" ], [ "Yarn and cords", "pounds", "187", "13,766", "108", "13,070" ], [ "All other", "", "...", "6,369", "...", "9,770" ], [ "Postal parcels not otherwise classified", "", "...", "28,494", "...", "26,131" ], [ "All other", "", "...", "3,010,475", "...", "4,607,541" ], [ "Total", "", "...", "7,551,968", "...", "8,997,374" ] ] }, { "label": "Summary", "columns": [ "Articles", "Unit", "1913 — Quantity", "1913 — Value in United States currency", "1923 — Quantity", "1923 — Value in United States currency" ], "rows": [ [ "Imports from foreign countries and Hongkong", "", "...", "3,804,685", "...", "4,329,038" ], [ "Imports from Chinese ports", "", "...", "3,747,283", "...", "4,668,336" ], [ "Total imports", "", "...", "7,551,968", "...", "8,997,374" ], [ "Reexports to foreign countries and Hongkong", "", "...", "301,570", "...", "1,205,874" ], [ "Reexports to Chinese ports", "", "...", "749,728", "...", "2,078,562" ], [ "Total net imports", "", "...", "6,500,670", "...", "5,712,938" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 11 on p. 613 + 44 on p. 614 (incl. sub-heading rows and Total) = 55 in the main part; 6 rows in the Summary.", "Unit column = unit printed at the end of the leader line ('do' = ditto); '' where none printed. The column headings are repeated at the top of p. 614.", "Summary part: Quantity columns are printed dotted rules ('...').", "Total check: item values sum to 7,551,968 (1913) and 8,997,374 (1923) = printed Totals; reconcile.", "Summary: Total imports = sum of the two import lines, and Total net imports = Total imports − the two reexport lines, in both years; reconcile." ], "id": "p0636_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 635", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n635/mode/1up" }, { "label": "scan leaf 636", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n636/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0638", "images": [ "p0638", "p0639" ], "printed_pages": [ "615", "616" ], "chapter": "Chefoo Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Principal Net Imports Through Lungkow From Foreign Countries and Chinese Ports, 1916 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "Under the heading 'Imports through Lungkow'; introduced in the text: \"The following table shows the principal net imports through Lungkow from foreign countries and Chinese ports for the years 1916 and 1923. As has been noted before, Lungkow was not opened to foreign trade until late in 1915.\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Articles", "Unit", "1916 — Quantity", "1916 — Value in United States currency", "1923 — Quantity", "1923 — Value in United States currency" ], "rows": [ [ "Candles (all kinds)", "pounds", "...", "...", "14,933", "$1,280" ], [ "Cereals: Rice and paddy", "tons", "...", "...", "25", "1,524" ], [ "Chinaware, coarse and fine", "", "...", "...", "...", "4,774" ], [ "Cigarettes", "thousands", "3,967", "$12,619", "6,850", "12,229" ], [ "Clocks and watches", "number", "...", "...", "828", "2,160" ], [ "Clothing, hats, etc", "", "...", "3,457", "...", "6,754" ], [ "Cotton yarn", "pounds", "927,866", "137,143", "209,600", "59,468" ], [ "Cottons, dyed, plain, and colored:", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Italians", "pieces", "...", "...", "205", "1,160" ], [ "Venetians", "do", "...", "...", "134", "1,026" ], [ "Lastings", "do", "...", "...", "759", "4,726" ], [ "Cottons, dyed, figured: Poplins", "do", "...", "...", "195", "1,764" ], [ "Cotton prints, plain", "do", "...", "...", "6,948", "25,728" ], [ "Cotton, Turkey red and dyed T cloths", "do", "2,435", "4,443", "2,686", "11,116" ], [ "Cotton jeans", "do", "2,850", "6,464", "855", "3,553" ], [ "Dyes, colors, and paints:", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Aniline", "", "...", "...", "...", "8,032" ], [ "Indigo, artificial", "tons", "...", "...", "64", "32,213" ], [ "Unclassed", "pounds", "...", "...", "13,200", "1,311" ], [ "Paints and paint oil", "tons", "...", "...", "17", "2,536" ], [ "Electrical material and fittings", "", "...", "...", "...", "1,150" ], [ "Enameled ware", "", "...", "...", "...", "3,390" ], [ "Fish and fishery products", "tons", "37", "2,255", "33", "2,042" ], [ "Flour", "do", "...", "...", "629", "30,736" ], [ "Fruits, fresh", "do", "72", "3,179", "29", "1,587" ], [ "Flannelettes, plain, dyed, and printed", "pieces", "510", "1,486", "415", "2,597" ], [ "Hides and skins, undressed", "pounds", "...", "...", "19,866", "1,248" ], [ "Iron and mild steel, new:", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Bars", "tons", "...", "...", "58", "2,312" ], [ "Nails and rivets", "do", "...", "...", "45", "3,781" ], [ "Unenumerated", "do", "...", "...", "70", "3,716" ], [ "Iron and mild steel, old", "do", "...", "...", "401", "10,493" ], [ "Iron, galvanized sheets", "do", "...", "...", "93", "9,034" ], [ "Japanese cotton cloth", "yards", "538,824", "23,256", "...", "..." ], [ "Lamps and lampware", "", "...", "...", "...", "2,788" ], [ "Looking glasses and mirrors", "", "...", "1,978", "...", "3,806" ], [ "Machinery, propelling (boilers and turbines)", "", "...", "1,580", "...", "9,600" ], [ "Mats (all kinds)", "pieces", "...", "...", "29,362", "1,238" ], [ "Matches", "gross", "92,750", "21,249", "15,467", "2,596" ], [ "Oil:", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Kerosene", "American gallons", "68,645", "8,846", "366,645", "93,307" ], [ "Lubricating", "gallons", "...", "...", "10,275", "4,282" ], [ "Paper, including cardboard", "tons", "15", "1,380", "62", "7,360" ], [ "Perfumery and cosmetics", "", "...", "...", "...", "3,453" ], [ "Soda", "tons", "...", "...", "339", "10,280" ], [ "Spirits of wine", "gallons", "...", "...", "16,303", "7,369" ], [ "Shirting:", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Gray, plain", "pieces", "1,321", "3,799", "2,005", "8,564" ], [ "White, plain", "do", "...", "...", "1,503", "7,596" ], [ "Sundries, unenumerated", "", "...", "...", "...", "10,792" ], [ "Seaweed and agar-agar", "pounds", "...", "...", "195,733", "4,590" ], [ "Sheeting, gray, plain", "pieces", "20,412", "54,205", "233", "946" ], [ "Soap", "", "...", "1,581", "...", "2,784" ], [ "Sugar:", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Brown", "tons", "122", "$7,471", "354", "$29,719" ], [ "White", "do", "336", "27,852", "613", "59,824" ], [ "Refined", "do", "90", "10,743", "547", "57,103" ], [ "Candy", "pounds", "35,466", "1,891", "102,533", "6,463" ], [ "Toys and games", "", "...", "...", "...", "1,697" ], [ "Vehicles, motor cars", "", "...", "...", "...", "3,865" ], [ "Wax, paraffin", "", "...", "...", "...", "1,010" ], [ "All other articles", "", "...", "35,133", "...", "33,485" ], [ "Total", "", "...", "372,010", "...", "627,957" ] ] }, { "label": "Summary", "columns": [ "Articles", "Unit", "1916 — Quantity", "1916 — Value in United States currency", "1923 — Quantity", "1923 — Value in United States currency" ], "rows": [ [ "Imported from foreign countries and Hongkong", "", "...", "...", "...", "17,800" ], [ "Imported from Chinese ports", "", "...", "372,010", "...", "610,157" ], [ "Total foreign imports", "", "...", "372,010", "...", "627,957" ], [ "Reexported to Chinese ports", "", "...", "...", "...", "2,020" ], [ "Net total foreign imports", "", "...", "372,010", "...", "625,937" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 53 on p. 615 + 10 on p. 616 (incl. sub-heading rows and Total) = 63 in the main part; 5 rows in the Summary.", "Unit column = unit printed at the end of the leader line ('do' = ditto); '' where none printed. Column headings repeated at the top of p. 616.", "Dotted rules in the cells are written '...'; the Summary's Quantity columns are all dotted rules.", "Total check: item values sum to 372,010 (1916) and 627,957 (1923) = printed Totals; reconcile.", "Summary: 17,800 + 610,157 = 627,957 (Total foreign imports); 627,957 − 2,020 = 625,937 (Net total foreign imports); 1916 column 372,010 throughout; all reconcile." ], "id": "p0638_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 637", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n637/mode/1up" }, { "label": "scan leaf 638", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n638/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0640", "images": [ "p0640" ], "printed_pages": [ "617" ], "chapter": "Chefoo Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Newspapers Published in Chefoo]", "caption_extra": "Introduced in the text: \"The following table adequately portrays the limited circulation and cheapness of advertising in the newspapers published in Chefoo, both Chinese and foreign:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Name", "Date established", "Estimated circulation", "Advertising rate per word¹ per day (United States currency)" ], "rows": [ [ "Ai Kuo Pao", "1919", "2,300", "$0.0025" ], [ "Sin Pao", "1922", "600", ".005" ], [ "Chung Shing Pao", "1913", "3,300", ".005" ], [ "Chiao Tung Pao", "1915", "2,600", ".005" ], [ "Chefoo Jin Pao", "1912", "5,900", ".006" ], [ "Chefoo Shang Pao", "1914", "3,400", ".006" ], [ "Ta Min Pao", "1921", "800", ".0035" ], [ "Chefoo Daily News", "1924", "180", "¹1.50" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Chefoo Daily News, $1.50 per column inch.", "NOTE.—All the papers listed above are published daily; all are Chinese-owned and published in the Chinese language, excepting the Chefoo Daily News, which is British-owned and is published in English." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 8 as printed.", "No total printed.", "Footnote marker ¹ before 1.50 in the Chefoo Daily News row kept as printed." ], "id": "p0640_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 639", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n639/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0655", "images": [ "p0655" ], "printed_pages": [ "632" ], "chapter": "Chungking Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Gross and Net Value of Foreign Goods Passing Through the Maritime Customs at Chungking, 1903, 1913, and 1923]", "caption_extra": "Introduced in the text: \"The following table gives the gross and net value of foreign goods passing through the Maritime Customs at Chungking during the years 1903, 1913, and 1923:\" (Haikwan taels)", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Item", "1903 — Haikwan taels", "1913 — Haikwan taels", "1923 — Haikwan taels" ], "rows": [ [ "Imported from foreign countries and Honkgong", "...", "778,435", "671,398" ], [ "Imported from Chinese ports", "18,073,921", "10,433,656", "7,430,052" ], [ "Total foreign imports", "18,073,921", "11,212,091", "8,101,450" ], [ "Reexported to Chinese ports (chiefly to Ichang and Wanhsien)", "582", "3,631", "44,542" ], [ "Net total foreign imports", "18,073,339", "11,208,460", "8,056,908" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 5 as printed.", "'Honkgong' kept as printed (sic).", "1903 'Imported from foreign countries' is a printed dotted rule, written '...'.", "Total checks: Total foreign imports = sum of the two import rows in 1903, 1913, 1923 — all reconcile. Net = Total − Reexported in all three years — all reconcile." ], "id": "p0655_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 654", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n654/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0656", "images": [ "p0656" ], "printed_pages": [ "633" ], "chapter": "Chungking Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Principal Exports from Chungking, 1903 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "Introduced in the text (p. 632): \"The principal exports from Chungking during the years 1903 and 1923 are given in the following table (in which all figures represent thousands, both for quantity and for value):\" Value in Haikwan taels.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Commodities (unit)", "1903 — Quantity", "1903 — Value (Haikwan taels)", "1923 — Quantity", "1923 — Value (Haikwan taels)" ], "rows": [ [ "Bamboo shoots (piculs)", "...", "...", "9", "107" ], [ "Bones", "...", "7", "...", "11" ], [ "Books, printed", "...", "5", "...", "37" ], [ "Bristles (piculs)", "11", "320", "13", "1,129" ], [ "Cordage, all kinds (do)", "...", "...", "5", "42" ], [ "Feathers (do)", "3", "14", "5", "[?]" ], [ "Fiber, coir (do)", "3", "8", "9", "77" ], [ "Fungus (do)", "3", "116", "7", "466" ], [ "Glue", "...", "2", "...", "32" ], [ "Grass cloth (piculs)", "...", "...", "11", "3,568" ], [ "Hair, human (do)", "...", "3", "...", "14" ], [ "Hides, cow and buffalo (do)", "19", "431", "12", "248" ], [ "Intestines", "...", "...", "...", "245" ], [ "Lead:", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Pig (piculs)", "5", "30", "...", "..." ], [ "White (do)", "...", "3", "2", "35" ], [ "Leather (do)", "1", "47", "1", "124" ], [ "Lily flowers, dried (do)", "...", "...", "8", "115" ], [ "Mats (not including matting) (pieces)", "...", "...", "439", "170" ], [ "Medicines", "...", "75", "...", "1,861" ], [ "Musk", "...", "750", "17", "351" ], [ "Nutgalls (piculs)", "11", "193", "25", "236" ], [ "Oil, wood", "...", "1", "...", "432" ], [ "Opium (piculs)", "6", "2,374", "...", "..." ], [ "Paper (do)", "...", "...", "...", "16" ], [ "Peel, orange (do)", "3", "12", "7", "30" ], [ "Rhubarb (do)", "11", "116", "8", "146" ], [ "Silk cocoons, refuse (do)", "14", "337", "15", "390" ], [ "Silk piece goods (do)", "...", "18", "...", "54" ], [ "Silk, pongee (do)", "...", "45", "...", "..." ], [ "Silk, raw, total (do)", "8", "1,441", "14", "9,101" ], [ "Filature (do)", "...", "...", "6", "2,783" ], [ "Waste (do)", "...", "...", "5", "4,738" ], [ "Skins, goat, untanned (pieces)", "639", "316", "1,434", "2,563" ], [ "Sugar, brown (piculs)", "8", "28", "32", "208" ], [ "Tallow, animal (do)", "6", "59", "3", "39" ], [ "Tallow, vegetable (do)", "1", "6", "...", "..." ], [ "Tin, Yunan (do)", "1", "33", "...", "..." ], [ "Tobacco, leaf and stalk (do)", "...", "...", "36", "774" ], [ "Turmeric (do)", "25", "69", "36", "202" ], [ "Varnish (do)", "...", "...", "1", "86" ], [ "Vegetables, all kinds (do)", "...", "...", "8", "35" ], [ "Wax, white (do)", "6", "280", "7", "1,059" ], [ "Wool (do)", "25", "258", "...", "..." ], [ "All other", "...", "879", "...", "515" ], [ "Total", "...", "8,276", "...", "24,577" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 46 as printed (incl. sub-heading 'Lead:' and Total).", "Quantity unit printed after the commodity name (piculs / do / pieces) is given in parentheses in the first column; rows without a printed unit have none.", "'Tin, Yunan' as printed.", "Row 'Feathers', col '1923 — Value': second digit overprinted/smudged (5 followed by 0 or 9) — unreadable, '[?]'.", "Rows 'Fungus' 1923 value (466) and 'Grass cloth' 1923 value (3,568): last digit slightly doubled in the scan but read with reasonable confidence.", "Total check 1903 value: sum of items = 8,276, reconciles with printed total (Silk sub-rows Filature/Waste empty).", "Total check 1923 value: items excluding the Filature and Waste sub-rows sum to 24,518 plus the unreadable Feathers cell; printed total 24,577 would require Feathers = 59. Not used to fill the cell (rule 3); left '[?]'.", "Silk, raw, total 1923 (9,101) is not equal to Filature + Waste (2,783 + 4,738 = 7,521); kept as printed (other raw silk presumably not itemised)." ], "id": "p0656_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 655", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n655/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0657", "images": [ "p0657", "p0658" ], "printed_pages": [ "634", "635" ], "chapter": "Chungking Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Principal Articles of Import at Chungking, 1903 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "[Quantity in thousands of units; value in thousands of Haikwan taels] — Introduced in the text: \"The following table shows the principal articles of import at Chungking for the years 1903 and 1923:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Commodities (unit)", "1903 — Quantity", "1903 — Value (Haikwan taels)", "1923 — Quantity", "1923 — Value (Haikwan taels)" ], "rows": [ [ "FOREIGN GOODS", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Bêche de mer (piculs)", "1", "51", "1", "64" ], [ "Buttons (gross)", "109", "37", "...", "..." ], [ "Chinaware", "...", "...", "...", "10" ], [ "Cigarettes (number)", "...", "...", "9,599", "70" ], [ "Clocks and watches (do)", "9", "11", "3", "9" ], [ "Cotton manufactures, total", "...", "16,771", "...", "2,685" ], [ "Piece goods", "...", "2,587", "...", "2,627" ], [ "Yarn (piculs)", "391", "14,184", "1", "58" ], [ "Drugs and chemicals", "...", "70", "...", "168" ], [ "Dyes, total", "...", "...", "...", "441" ], [ "Aniline", "...", "116", "...", "315" ], [ "Indigo, artificial (piculs)", "...", "...", "2", "113" ], [ "Fans, palm-leaf (number)", "1,707", "12", "591", "19" ], [ "Fish and fish products (piculs)", "...", "3", "3", "104" ], [ "Furniture and materials", "...", "...", "...", "46" ], [ "Ginseng (piculs)", "...", "102", "...", "120" ], [ "Glass and glassware", "...", "8", "...", "17" ], [ "Lamps and lamp ware", "...", "9", "...", "73" ], [ "Metals and minerals:", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Copper (piculs)", "...", "...", "12", "431" ], [ "Iron and steel, total", "...", "101", "...", "324" ], [ "Bars (piculs)", "...", "...", "60", "87" ], [ "Hardware, stoves, etc", "...", "60", "...", "36" ], [ "Nails (piculs)", "...", "...", "2", "11" ], [ "Needles (number)", "230,995", "41", "...", "..." ], [ "Tinned plates (piculs)", "...", "...", "8", "64" ], [ "Wire, galvanized (do)", "...", "...", "9", "126" ], [ "Quicksilver", "...", "...", "...", "18" ], [ "Tin (piculs)", "...", "...", "1", "51" ], [ "White metal", "...", "...", "...", "20" ], [ "Machinery", "...", "...", "...", "38" ], [ "Oil, mineral:", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Fuel (tons)", "...", "...", "1", "17" ], [ "Gasoline (gallons)", "...", "...", "16", "11" ], [ "Kerosene (do)", "62", "8", "5,809", "1,737" ], [ "Paper", "...", "3", "...", "55" ], [ "Perfumery", "...", "41", "...", "39" ], [ "Seaweed and agar-agar (piculs)", "13", "30", "17", "50" ], [ "Silk goods, artificial (yards)", "...", "...", "36", "15" ], [ "Soap, toilet", "...", "8", "...", "30" ], [ "Spices (piculs)", "4", "95", "6", "246" ], [ "Woolen goods and mixtures", "...", "192", "...", "404" ], [ "Umbrellas (number)", "37", "43", "48", "28" ], [ "All other", "...", "363", "...", "717" ], [ "Total", "...", "18,074", "...", "8,057" ], [ "CHINESE GOODS", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Books, printed (piculs)", "1", "39", "1", "44" ], [ "Brass ware", "...", "8", "1", "33" ], [ "Buttons", "...", "11", "...", "..." ], [ "Candles (piculs)", "...", "...", "3", "57" ], [ "Cardamoms", "...", "...", "...", "13" ], [ "Cassia", "3", "17", "1", "12" ], [ "China roots (piculs)", "6", "46", "3", "54" ], [ "Chinaware (excluding pottery)", "...", "5", "14", "543" ], [ "Cigarettes (piculs)", "...", "...", "2", "185" ], [ "Clothing", "...", "...", "...", "83" ], [ "Cotton, raw", "2", "45", "7", "251" ], [ "Cotton manufactures, total", "...", "2,077", "...", "24,784" ], [ "Cotton goods, all kinds", "...", "1", "...", "365" ], [ "Cotton yarn (piculs)", "...", "2,076", "...", "24,128" ], [ "Cuttle-fish (do)", "1", "18", "1", "38" ], [ "Fans (number)", "1,299", "99", "3,425", "49" ], [ "Furniture", "...", "...", "...", "68" ], [ "Glass and glassware", "...", "28", "...", "13" ], [ "Machinery", "...", "...", "...", "80" ], [ "Medicines", "163", "...", "...", "297" ], [ "Opium lamps, etc (number)", "12", "26", "...", "..." ], [ "Pipes, tobacco (do)", "11", "7", "...", "..." ], [ "Pontoons and bridges", "...", "...", "...", "40" ], [ "Quicksilver", "...", "4", "...", "18" ], [ "Seeds (number)", "1", "10", "1", "26" ], [ "Silk piece goods", "...", "181", "...", "167" ], [ "Soap", "...", "...", "...", "72" ], [ "All other", "...", "251", "...", "1,332" ], [ "Total", "...", "2,871", "...", "28,259" ], [ "Total imports, Chinese and foreign", "...", "20,946", "...", "36,316" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: p0657 (p. 634) 41 rows incl. headings 'FOREIGN GOODS', 'Metals and minerals:', 'Oil, mineral:'; p0658 (p. 635) 6 foreign rows (Soap, toilet … Total) + 32 rows Chinese goods incl. heading, Total and grand total. 79 rows in all.", "Quantity unit printed after the commodity name (piculs / do / gross / number / tons / gallons / yards) given in parentheses in the first column.", "Indented sub-items (Piece goods, Yarn; Aniline, Indigo; Bars … Wire, galvanized; Cotton goods, Cotton yarn) are written as plain rows; indentation not marked.", "Clocks and watches 1923 value: a stray mark like a comma before the 9 in the scan; read '9'.", "Dyes, total 1903 value is a broken dash rule, written '...'; Aniline 1903 value printed 116.", "Chinese goods 'Medicines': 163 is printed in the 1903 Quantity column with the 1903 Value column dotted; kept as printed (possibly misplaced value).", "Chinese goods 'Glass and glassware' 1903 value read '28' (enlarged; 8 fairly clear).", "Sub-total checks: Foreign Cotton manufactures total = Piece goods + Yarn in 1903 (16,771) and 1923 (2,685) — reconcile. Foreign Iron and steel total: 1903 60+41 = 101, 1923 87+36+11+64+126 = 324 — reconcile. Foreign Dyes total 1923: Aniline 315 + Indigo 113 = 428 vs printed 441 — does NOT reconcile. Chinese Cotton manufactures total 1903: 1 + 2,076 = 2,077 — reconciles; 1923: 365 + 24,128 = 24,493 vs printed 24,784 — does NOT reconcile.", "Total checks (main items, sub-items excluded): Foreign goods 1903 value items sum 17,958 vs printed 18,074 — does NOT reconcile (difference 116, equal to the Aniline figure, i.e. the Dyes total line appears empty in 1903 while Aniline carries 116); Foreign 1923 sum 8,057 — reconciles. Chinese goods 1903 sum 2,872 vs printed 2,871 — does NOT reconcile (difference 1; Medicines 163 printed in the quantity column not counted); Chinese 1923 sum 28,259 — reconciles.", "Grand total 'Total imports, Chinese and foreign': 1903 18,074 + 2,871 = 20,945 vs printed 20,946 — off by 1; 1923 8,057 + 28,259 = 36,316 — reconciles.", "Values in thousands of Haikwan taels per the headnote." ], "id": "p0657_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 656", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n656/mode/1up" }, { "label": "scan leaf 657", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n657/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0659", "images": [ "p0659" ], "printed_pages": [ "636" ], "chapter": "Chungking Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Principal Imports and Exports at Wanhsien, 1923]", "caption_extra": "Introduced in the text: \"In 1923 the principal imports and exports at Wanhsien were as follows:\" Value in Haikwan taels.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Items (unit)", "Quantity", "Value (Haikwan taels)" ], "rows": [ [ "IMPORTS", "", "" ], [ "Chinese cotton goods (piculs)", "56,760", "3,338,055" ], [ "Kerosene:", "", "" ], [ "American (American gallons)", "789,796", "231,490" ], [ "Sumatra (do)", "10,000", "" ], [ "EXPORTS", "", "" ], [ "Hides, buffalo and cow (piculs)", "8,884", "174,743" ], [ "Nutgalls (do)", "6,667", "73,733" ], [ "Oil, wood (do)", "244,175", "5,518,355" ], [ "Skins, goat (pieces)", "288,950", "353,934" ], [ "Sugar, brown (piculs)", "8,249", "58,737" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 11 as printed (incl. headings IMPORTS, Kerosene:, EXPORTS).", "The value 231,490 is printed once against a brace covering both Kerosene rows (American and Sumatra); written in the American row, Sumatra value left empty.", "No total printed." ], "id": "p0659_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 658", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n658/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0667", "images": [ "p0667" ], "printed_pages": [ "644" ], "chapter": "Dairen Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Vessels Entered and Cleared at Dairen, by Nationality, 1922 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "Lead-in: \"The following table gives the number of vessels and the amount of tonnage entered and cleared at this port during the past two years.\" (Section: Shipping and Warehousing Facilities — Port Accommodations.)", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Nationality", "1922 — Number of vessels", "1922 — Tonnage", "1923 — Number of vessels", "1923 — Tonnage" ], "rows": [ [ "American", "88", "359,728", "59", "373,466" ], [ "British", "307", "854,707", "162", "726,988" ], [ "Chinese", "1,282", "938,291", "903", "930,352" ], [ "Dutch", "60", "260,216", "32", "216,016" ], [ "German", "6", "37,191", "31", "204,716" ], [ "Japanese", "3,260", "5,598,940", "1,958", "4,853,000" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 6 as printed.", "No total printed; no total check possible.", "Running head on p. 644 is 'Commercial Handbook of China'; chapter taken from the facing page's running head 'Dairen Consular District'." ], "id": "p0667_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 666", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n666/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0668", "images": [ "p0668" ], "printed_pages": [ "645" ], "chapter": "Dairen Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Cargo-Shifting Equipment of the Port of Dairen]", "caption_extra": "Lead-in: \"The following shows the cargo-shifting equipment of the port, which gives a shifting capacity of about 20,000 tons per 10-hour day.\" (Section: Cargo-Handling Facilities.)", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Item", "Number" ], "rows": [ [ "Total length of shifting sidings (miles)", "37" ], [ "Locomotive engines", "14" ], [ "Goods cars (33 tons each)", "250" ], [ "Motor trucks (4 tons each)", "6" ], [ "Electric trucks (2 tons each)", "12" ], [ "Tractors", "2" ], [ "Trailers (2 tons each)", "18" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 7 as printed.", "No total printed.", "Column headings not printed; supplied by the transcriber." ], "id": "p0668_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 667", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n667/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0671", "images": [ "p0671" ], "printed_pages": [ "648" ], "chapter": "Dairen Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Total Trade of the Port of Dairen, 1913, 1923, and 1924]", "caption_extra": "Lead-in: \"The following shows the total trade of the port for 1913, 1923, and 1924:\" Values in Haikwan taels (printed under each year heading). (Section: Export and Import Trade.)", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Items", "1913 (Haikwan taels)", "1923 (Haikwan taels)", "1924 (Haikwan taels)" ], "rows": [ [ "IMPORTS", "", "", "" ], [ "Foreign goods:", "", "", "" ], [ "From foreign countries and Hongkong", "28,740,282", "68,416,348", "81,173,840" ], [ "From Chinese ports", "3,795,674", "10,486,262", "18,193,965" ], [ "Chinese goods", "4,514,589", "17,085,983", "..." ], [ "Total", "37,050,545", "95,988,593", "99,367,805" ], [ "EXPORTS", "", "", "" ], [ "To foreign countries and Hongkong", "29,749,041", "111,451,223", "141,304,757" ], [ "To Chinese ports", "9,298,702", "33,954,991", "..." ], [ "Total", "39,047,743", "145,406,214", "141,304,757" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 10 (including 3 heading rows) as printed.", "Imports totals reconcile in all three years (37,050,545; 95,988,593; 99,367,805).", "Exports totals reconcile in all three years (39,047,743; 145,406,214; 141,304,757).", "1924 'Chinese goods' and 1924 'To Chinese ports' are printed as dotted rules (written '...').", "1923 'To Chinese ports' (33,954,991) and 1923 exports Total (145,406,214): one digit in each is ink-blotted (the 9 after the second comma; the 6 before the last comma) but read as printed from the enlarged crop, not from the total." ], "id": "p0671_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 670", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n670/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0672", "images": [ "p0672" ], "printed_pages": [ "649" ], "chapter": "Dairen Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Leading Articles of Export from Dairen, 1913, 1923, and 1924]", "caption_extra": "Section heading: EXPORTS. Lead-in: \"The following shows the leading articles of export and the value of this trade in 1913, 1923, and 1924:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Exports", "1913 — Quantity", "1913 — Value in haikwan taels", "1923 — Quantity", "1923 — Value in haikwan taels", "1924 — Quantity", "1924 — Value in haikwan taels" ], "rows": [ [ "Bean cake, piculs", "8,459,484", "16,749,778", "19,258,741", "42,369,230", "20,444,804", "44,978,568" ], [ "Bean meal, do", "...", "...", "451,461", "316,022", "469,763", "331,107" ], [ "Beans, do", "2,478,243", "6,189,023", "12,284,378", "36,670,959", "13,206,897", "39,347,805" ], [ "Bran, do", "70,645", "76,304", "995,007", "1,691,512", "460,686", "902,724" ], [ "Cement, do", "262,877", "262,877", "89,564", "89,714", "525,064", "525,079" ], [ "Cereals:", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Kaoliang, do", "399,232", "598,849", "3,730,748", "9,326,870", "1,345,743", "4,037,229" ], [ "Maize, do", "127,848", "233,962", "1,945,073", "3,980,146", "532,861", "1,332,132" ], [ "Millet, do", "724,139", "1,853,793", "285,591", "713,977", "169,488", "508,464" ], [ "Cigarettes, do", "659", "47,579", "29,363", "2,059,470", "28,416", "1,990,060" ], [ "Coal, tons", "1,003,054", "4,092,460", "2,178,234", "13,052,366", "2,462,153", "14,768,762" ], [ "Oil, bean, piculs", "580,712", "4,169,512", "1,876,230", "15,010,960", "1,506,399", "13,557,591" ], [ "Pig iron, do", "...", "...", "1,338,476", "2,676,952", "1,477,748", "2,955,496" ], [ "Salt, do", "714,102", "142,820", "2,873,240", "1,264,225", "2,729,750", "1,201,090" ], [ "Seed:", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Hemp, do", "252,329", "481,274", "237,309", "783,119", "487,233", "1,474,578" ], [ "Perilla, do", "76,196", "248,399", "174,651", "817,367", "202,722", "1,148,583" ], [ "Sesame, do", "33,547", "240,196", "297,962", "1,787,772", "193,687", "1,355,809" ], [ "Silk:", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Raw, wild, not filature, piculs", "8,298", "1,725,984", "3,230", "1,304,920", "1,368", "377,568" ], [ "Raw, wild, filature, do", "...", "...", "4,866", "3,216,426", "2,553", "1,243,311" ], [ "Silk cocoons, wild, do", "44,045", "454,524", "34,765", "1,001,231", "18,529", "333,522" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "Note.—The haikwan tael in 1913 was equivalent to $0.742, United States; in 1923, to $0.8231; and in 1924, to $0.81." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 23 (including 3 sub-heading rows) as printed.", "No totals printed; no total check possible.", "Units ('piculs', 'do', 'tons') printed after the dotted leader of each row label; kept in the label after a comma. 'do' = ditto as printed.", "Bean meal, Pig iron and Raw wild filature silk: 1913 quantity and value printed as dotted rules (written '...').", "Row 'Perilla', 1913 value '248,399': the first digit of the last group is faintly printed (open on the left); read as 3 from an enlarged crop." ], "id": "p0672_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 671", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n671/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0672", "images": [ "p0672", "p0673" ], "printed_pages": [ "649", "650" ], "chapter": "Dairen Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Leading Articles of Import into Dairen, 1913, 1923, and 1924]", "caption_extra": "Section heading: IMPORTS. Lead-in: \"The table below shows the leading articles of import and the value in haikwan taels in 1913, 1923, and 1924:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Imports", "1913 — Quantity", "1913 — Value in haikwan taels", "1923 — Quantity", "1923 — Value in haikwan taels", "1924 — Quantity", "1924 — Value in haikwan taels" ], "rows": [ [ "Bags, gunny, new, pieces", "6,735,876", "1,003,645", "13,442,918", "2,680,810", "16,256,565", "3,691,033" ], [ "Cement, piculs", "268,742", "231,656", "541,495", "738,728", "142,364", "155,435" ], [ "Cereals: Rice and paddy, piculs", "229,886", "1,149,430", "156,324", "893,607", "85,244", "523,318" ], [ "Cigarettes, thousands", "195,638", "388,241", "1,776,816", "5,307,569", "1,048,522", "3,072,400" ], [ "Cotton goods:", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Sheeting, gray, plain, over 11 pounds, Japanese, pieces", "540,919", "1,898,627", "64,060", "347,505", "22,607", "89,314" ], [ "Shirting, gray, plain, over 11 pounds, pieces", "48,830", "152,838", "233,316", "1,433,502", "171,087", "1,071,937" ], [ "Jeans, Japanese, do", "47,180", "154,161", "209,237", "916,472", "106,731", "488,029" ], [ "Dyed cottons, twills, do", "...", "...", "92,580", "611,308", "40,917", "270,886" ], [ "Japanese cotton cloth: Imitation native cotton cloth, gray and dyed, pieces", "55,016,397", "2,750,820", "314,373", "540,273", "303,861", "514,148" ], [ "Cotton yarn, gray, Japanese, pieces", "40,698", "1,014,600", "35,205", "1,681,233", "13,369", "709,510" ], [ "Electrical materials: Cables, wire, and cord", "...", "(¹)", "...", "660,269", "...", "2,225,277" ], [ "Flour, wheat, piculs", "527,676", "2,005,169", "864,654", "4,057,269", "1,949,222", "8,881,319" ], [ "Gasoline, benzine, naphtha, etc., gallons", "(¹)", "(¹)", "911,872", "782,849", "993,998", "547,396" ], [ "Machinery and parts", "...", "[?]", "...", "2,823,975", "...", "5,450,730" ], [ "Metals and minerals: Iron and mild steel, new:", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Bar, piculs", "77,815", "238,894", "222,288", "892,148", "422,639", "1,428,084" ], [ "Rails, do", "7,700", "23,100", "215,579", "898,429", "556,325", "1,766,680" ], [ "Iron, galvanized sheets, do", "42,258", "262,517", "56,405", "517,371", "82,815", "707,231" ], [ "Oils:", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Kerosene, American, American gallons", "5,894,360", "665,063", "6,476,696", "2,101,200", "9,920,652", "3,239,835" ], [ "Lubricating, mineral, gallons", "453,832", "124,894", "1,666,690", "886,849", "1,527,030", "678,237" ], [ "Sugar, refined, piculs", "49,647", "276,049", "124,131", "1,140,658", "122,701", "1,029,364" ], [ "Tobacco leaf, do", "14,476", "447,454", "19,868", "796,666", "27,596", "976,766" ], [ "Wax, paraffin, do", "...", "...", "53,389", "520,096", "57,424", "711,245" ], [ "Wines, beer, spirits, etc.: Sake in bulk, piculs", "38,190", "310,868", "26,050", "664,105", "26,464", "544,188" ], [ "Woolen goods: Coating and suiting, yards", "(¹)", "(¹)", "351,254", "826,733", "330,371", "725,446" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Unavailable. (printed at the foot of the table on both p. 649 and p. 650)" ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 15 on p. 649 (incl. 1 sub-heading row) + 12 on p. 650 (incl. 2 sub-heading rows) = 27 as printed. Column headings repeated on p. 650 (1924 value heading misprinted 'Value iu haikwan taels').", "No totals printed; no total check possible.", "Units printed after the dotted leader of each row label; kept in the label after a comma. 'do' = ditto as printed. Electrical materials and Machinery and parts have no unit printed.", "Dotted rules (written '...'): Dyed cottons 1913 qty/value; Electrical materials qty 1913, 1923, 1924; Machinery and parts qty 1913, 1923, 1924; Wax, paraffin 1913 qty/value.", "'(¹)' = footnote reference 'Unavailable', kept as printed.", "Row 'Machinery and parts', col '1913 — Value in haikwan taels': printed 517,5?3 — the fifth digit is ink-smudged (3 or 8); no total to settle it; written '[?]'.", "Row 'Bags, gunny, new', 1924 value '3,691,033': stray mark under the final 3; read as 3.", "Row 'Flour, wheat', 1924 quantity '1,949,222': the fifth digit has an ink scribble over it; read as 2 from an enlarged crop.", "Row 'Gasoline, benzine…', 1923 quantity '911,872': the 7 is ink-blotted; read as 7 from an enlarged crop." ], "id": "p0672_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 671", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n671/mode/1up" }, { "label": "scan leaf 672", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n672/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0678", "images": [ "p0678" ], "printed_pages": [ "655" ], "chapter": "Foochow Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Most Important Cities of the Foochow Consular District]", "caption_extra": "Section: Population — Cities. Lead-in: \"The most important cities of the district are shown in the following table:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Cities", "Estimated population", "Europeans and Americans", "Americans", "Firms — Foreign", "Firms — American" ], "rows": [ [ "Foochow ¹", "700,000", "400", "250", "25", "10" ], [ "Santuao ¹", "40,000", "10", "...", "2", "1" ], [ "Hinghwa", "60,000", "50", "36", "...", "..." ], [ "Kienning", "45,000", "5", "2", "...", "..." ], [ "Yenping", "35,000", "39", "39", "...", "..." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Treaty ports where foreigners may reside for the purposes of trade." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 5 as printed.", "No totals printed.", "Dotted rules written '...'.", "Yenping: 'Europeans and Americans' and 'Americans' both printed 39, as printed." ], "id": "p0678_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 677", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n677/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0680", "images": [ "p0680" ], "printed_pages": [ "657" ], "chapter": "Foochow Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Other Products]", "caption_extra": "Printed under the heading \"Other Products\": \"The leading ones of this lesser group, with the estimated annual production of each, are shown in the table below:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Products", "Unit", "Average production per acre", "Estimated annual production", "Disposition" ], "rows": [ [ "Bamboo shoots", "pounds", "...", "20,000,000", "Local consumption and export." ], [ "Sweet potatoes", "bushels", "440", "8,000,000", "Local consumption." ], [ "Wheat", "do", "30", "7,568,000", "Do." ], [ "Sugar cane", "pounds", "1,300", "1,500,000", "Do." ], [ "Peanuts", "busheis", "30", "2,500,000", "Do." ], [ "Tea oil", "pounds", "...", "25,000,000", "Local consumption and export." ], [ "Wood oil", "do", "...", "1,000,000", "Do." ], [ "Peanut oil", "do", "...", "2,000,000", "Do." ], [ "Mushrooms", "do", "...", "1,100,000", "Do." ], [ "Camphor", "do", "...", "200,000", "Export." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 10 as printed. No total printed.", "The unit is printed after the leader dots in the Products column; given its own column here.", "Peanuts unit printed 'busheis' (probably a broken 'l'), kept as printed.", "Dotted rules in 'Average production per acre' written '...'.", "Figures printed with thin spaces after the commas; written without the spaces." ], "id": "p0680_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 679", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n679/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0681", "images": [ "p0681" ], "printed_pages": [ "658" ], "chapter": "Foochow Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Native and Modern Industries of the Foochow District]", "caption_extra": "Under 'MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT': 'Summarized, the industries mentioned stand about as follows:'", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Industries", "Capacity", "Approximate number of employees", "Approximate capital invested (Mex.)", "Estimated output, 1923", "Disposition of output" ], "rows": [ [ "Paper making", "120,000 tons", "60,000", "$1,800,000", "59,000 tons", "85 per cent exported." ], [ "Sawmilling", "8,700,000 logs", "800", "870,000", "36,000 square feet of lumber; 1,500,000 boxes.", "All exported." ], [ "Paper umbrella manufacture.", "3,000,000 pieces", "2,000", "150,000", "2,000,000 pieces", "75 per cent exported." ], [ "Tin-foil manufacture", "450 tons", "1,200", "240,000", "210 tons", "70 per cent exported." ], [ "Matches", "80,000 gross", "30", "120,000", "40,000 gross", "Local." ], [ "Weaving mills", "1,000,000 pieces", "2,000", "200,000", "500,000 pieces", "Consumed locally." ], [ "Knitting mills", "80,000 dozen pairs of socks.", "250", "80,000", "50,000 dozen pairs of socks.", "Local." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 7 as printed. No total printed.", "Figures printed with spaced thousands separators (e.g. '60, 000') normalised to '60,000'." ], "id": "p0681_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 680", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n680/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0682", "images": [ "p0682" ], "printed_pages": [ "659" ], "chapter": "Foochow Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Means of Transportation]", "caption_extra": "Printed under \"Transportation and Communication — Waterways\". The text following the table (p. 660) says: \"The above figures are a rough estimate only and are to be discounted by additional consideration of the factor of serious risk involved, which has not been included because it is indeterminable.\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Means of transportation", "Unit", "Average load per unit", "Average mileage per day", "Average cost per ton-mile (United States)", "Maximum haul (miles)", "Per cent of traffic carried" ], "rows": [ [ "Steamers, junks, and launches", "tons", "250", "70", "$0.04", "140", "20" ], [ "River boats, sail or hand propelled", "do", "20", "25", ".05", "200", "40" ], [ "Human carriers", "pounds", "100", "20", ".80", "75", "40" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 3 as printed. No total printed; per cent of traffic carried sums to 100.", "The unit is printed after the leader dots in the first column; given its own column here.", "Figures printed with thin spaces ('$0. 04', '. 05'); written without the spaces." ], "id": "p0682_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 681", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n681/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0685", "images": [ "p0685" ], "printed_pages": [ "662" ], "chapter": "Foochow Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Trade of Foochow, 1913, 1923, and 1924]", "caption_extra": "Printed under \"Export and Import Trade\": \"In the following table the trade of Foochow is shown for 1913, 1923, and 1924, in terms of United States gold:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Items", "1913", "1923", "1924" ], "rows": [ [ "Exports", "$7,066,443", "$19,268,649", "$16,088,629" ], [ "Gross imports", "13,480,775", "15,928,474", "16,239,844" ], [ "Gross value of trade", "20,547,218", "35,197,123", "32,328,473" ], [ "Reexports", "3,629,743", "3,712,807", "3,253,905" ], [ "Net value of trade", "16,917,475", "31,484,316", "29,074,568" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "Note.—In 1913 1 haikwan tael was equal to United States gold $0.729; in 1923, to $0.8231; in 1924, to $0.8097." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 5 as printed.", "Checks: Exports + Gross imports = Gross value of trade, and Gross value − Reexports = Net value of trade, reconcile in all three years.", "Figures printed with thin spaces after the commas; written without the spaces." ], "id": "p0685_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 684", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n684/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0686", "images": [ "p0686" ], "printed_pages": [ "663" ], "chapter": "Foochow Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Principal Exports from Foochow, 1913, 1923, and 1924]", "caption_extra": "Lead-in: \"The principal exports from Foochow in 1913, 1923, and 1924 are shown below:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Commodities", "Unit", "1913 — Quantity", "1913 — Value in haikwan taels", "1923 — Quantity", "1923 — Value in haikwan taels", "1924 — Quantity", "1924 — Value in haikwan taels" ], "rows": [ [ "Bamboo shoots", "pounds", "12,527,866", "599,048", "8,882,533", "544,187", "17,495,066", "1,337,750" ], [ "Camphor", "do", "27,600", "14,700", "149,200", "148,883", "70,733", "49,066" ], [ "Litchis, dried", "do", "58,533", "12,404", "345,600", "70,502", "153,600", "35,066" ], [ "Mushrooms", "do", "387,066", "179,936", "496,933", "548,987", "605,600", "552,535" ], [ "Olives", "do", "5,649,733", "121,566", "3,932,800", "108,397", "7,013,200", "204,396" ], [ "Oranges, fresh", "do", "13,750,400", "210,005", "14,964,133", "161,296", "17,049,466", "183,216" ], [ "Paper", "do", "13,862,400", "1,360,307", "18,565,733", "2,057,071", "29,314,133", "3,340,565" ], [ "Tea:", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Black", "do", "16,828,133", "3,637,295", "6,046,933", "1,569,503", "5,906,666", "1,947,958" ], [ "Green", "do", "647,600", "91,650", "9,474,666", "1,326,392", "8,057,466", "1,273,620" ], [ "Brick", "do", "2,154,533", "195,856", "...", "...", "8,000", "778" ], [ "Dust", "do", "[?]", "53,713", "110,000", "4,826", "65,600", "1,840" ], [ "Timber:", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Boxes", "pieces", "894,758", "", "1,531,735", "(1)", "1,269,617", "198,910" ], [ "Planks", "square feet", "6,179,297", "2,023,935", "36,552,369", "2,127,863", "40,725,169", "2,327,032" ], [ "Poles", "pieces", "834,758", "", "3,616,571", "12,622,127", "9,551,258", "3,614,910" ], [ "Umbrellas, paper", "do", "759,256", "68,000", "1,355,379", "311,737", "1,382,005", "497,521" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "(1) Not obtainable.", "Note.—For the haikwan tael, equivalent values in United States currency are as follows: In 1913, $0.729; 1923, $0.823; 1924, $0.8097." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 17 as printed (15 commodities + 2 sub-heading rows 'Tea:' and 'Timber:'). No totals printed.", "Row 'Dust', col '1913 — Quantity': first digit damaged (top of the figure broken; looks like 9 but could be 7); rest reads '?38,666'. Written [?].", "1913 Value for Timber: a single figure 2,023,935 is printed against a brace covering Boxes, Planks and Poles; written in the Planks row (where it is printed), Boxes and Poles left empty.", "1923 Quantity for Boxes/Planks/Poles: a brace '{' is printed to the left of the three figures; each row has its own figure.", "Boxes 1923 value printed '(1)' = footnote 1, Not obtainable.", "Brick 1923: dotted rules in both columns, written '...'.", "Unit printed after the leader dots in the Commodities column; given its own column here.", "Figures printed with thin spaces after the commas; written without the spaces." ], "id": "p0686_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 685", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n685/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0687", "images": [ "p0687" ], "printed_pages": [ "664" ], "chapter": "Foochow Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Leading Articles Imported into Foochow, 1913, 1923, and 1924]", "caption_extra": "Lead-in at the foot of p. 663: \"The leading articles imported in 1913, 1923, and 1924 follow.\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Commodities", "Unit", "1913 — Quantity", "1913 — Value in haikwan taels", "1923 — Quantity", "1923 — Value in haikwan taels", "1924 — Quantity", "1924 — Value in haikwan taels" ], "rows": [ [ "FOREIGN GOODS", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Cotton piece goods:", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Cambrics, lawns, and muslins", "pieces", "26,786", "34,163", "8,610", "50,789", "16,066", "89,060" ], [ "Drills", "do", "17,751", "86,055", "2,448", "24,069", "2,780", "28,512" ], [ "Dyed cotton italians", "do", "21,245", "99,047", "22,058", "294,133", "17,885", "192,480" ], [ "Jeans", "do", "8,897", "28,336", "8,952", "58,738", "7,364", "51,487" ], [ "Shirtings", "do", "9,104", "37,805", "54,210", "341,584", "40,997", "300,500" ], [ "T cloths", "do", "74,252", "167,463", "21,859", "103,991", "34,075", "179,051" ], [ "Velvets and velveteens", "yards", "54,024", "14,110", "28,058", "9,950", "11,391", "5,296" ], [ "Cotton yarn", "pounds", "4,683,866", "906,517", "76,800", "30,216", "21,600", "7,384" ], [ "Cigarettes", "thousands", "5,160", "15,328", "7,436", "32,905", "9,536", "43,867" ], [ "Coal", "tons", "3,779", "21,162", "11,512", "111,750", "23,002", "208,071" ], [ "Flour", "barrels", "79,482", "490,716", "187,120", "1,335,733", "175,270", "1,240,520" ], [ "Leather", "pounds", "117,333", "35,193", "404,000", "137,422", "313,866", "109,818" ], [ "Matches", "gross", "357,858", "97,337", "25,183", "7,997", "4,168", "2,262" ], [ "Metals:", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Iron and mild steel", "tons", "1,550", "60,446", "1,370", "96,665", "1,301", "169,904" ], [ "Lead, in pigs", "do", "661", "70,617", "638", "88,320", "587", "90,528" ], [ "Tin, in slabs", "do", "261", "197,758", "257", "216,949", "160", "147,333" ], [ "Kerosene:", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "American", "American gallons", "", "", "3,138,017", "", "2,204,480", "564,170" ], [ "Borneo", "do", "3,239,827", "511,348", "577,608", "1,134,139", "307,079", "64,645" ], [ "Sumatra", "do", "", "", "4,412", "", "479,281", "82,159" ], [ "Sugar", "tons", "2,316", "218,923", "3,997", "799,157", "7,380", "1,051,400" ], [ "CHINESE GOODS", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Beans", "bushels", "262,682", "(1)", "403,442", "(1)", "446,909", "665,620" ], [ "Coal", "tons", "(1)", "(1)", "30,236", "(1)", "12,038", "105,212" ], [ "Cotton piece goods:", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Drills", "pieces", "...", "...", "46,156", "(1)", "45,580", "285,450" ], [ "Nankeens", "pounds", "385,200", "...", "1,398,133", "(1)", "1,559,333", "233,257" ], [ "Sheetings", "pieces", "...", "...", "24,320", "(1)", "24,836", "144,864" ], [ "Cotton yarn", "pounds", "1,348,933", "(1)", "4,445,200", "(1)", "...", "..." ], [ "Flour", "barrels", "133,684", "(1)", "79,925", "(1)", "446,909", "777,126" ], [ "Matches", "gross", "...", "...", "209,187", "(1)", "254,667", "95,378" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "(1) Not available." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 34 as printed (25 commodity rows + 9 heading/sub-heading rows). No totals printed.", "No title is printed on p. 664; the bracketed title is from the lead-in on p. 663.", "Kerosene 1913 (quantity 3,239,827 and value 511,348) and 1923 value (1,134,139) are single figures printed against braces covering American, Borneo and Sumatra; written in the middle (Borneo) row, the other two rows left empty. 1923 and 1924 quantities and 1924 values are given per row (with braces '{' printed beside the quantities).", "The Kerosene label is printed 'American ...... American gallons' over two lines; written as row 'American', unit 'American gallons'.", "'(1)' = footnote 1, Not available. Dotted rules written '...'.", "Chinese goods Flour 1924 quantity printed 446,909, the same figure as Beans 1924; kept as printed.", "A stray mark is printed before Lead, in pigs 1913 quantity '661'.", "Unit printed after the leader dots in the Commodities column; given its own column here. Figures printed with thin spaces after the commas; written without the spaces." ], "id": "p0687_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 686", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n686/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0687", "images": [ "p0687" ], "printed_pages": [ "664" ], "chapter": "Foochow Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Estimated Percentages of the Import Trade of the Foochow District by Points of Origin]", "caption_extra": "Lead-in: \"The following table of estimated percentages illustrates the distribution of the import trade of the Foochow district, as to points of origin:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Articles", "From other Chinese ports (per cent)", "From Japan (per cent)", "From Great Britain (per cent)", "From Hongkong (per cent)", "From United States (per cent)" ], "rows": [ [ "Beans", "99.92", "0.01", "...", "0.07", "..." ], [ "Cigarettes", "97.40", "...", "0.15", "2.45", "..." ], [ "Coal", "62.15", "37.81", "...", ".04", "..." ], [ "Cotton piece goods:", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Shirtings", "60.37", "...", "...", "39.63", "..." ], [ "Drills", "93.66", "...", "...", "6.34", "..." ], [ "Jeans", "98.75", "...", "...", "1.25", "..." ], [ "T cloths", "2.32", "...", "...", "97.68", "..." ], [ "Cambrics, lawns, and muslins", "54.63", "...", "...", "45.37", "..." ], [ "Dyed cotton, italians", "12.38", "...", "...", "87.62", "..." ], [ "Velvets and velveteens", "82.95", "...", "...", "17.05", "..." ], [ "Sheetings", "100.00", "...", "...", "...", "..." ], [ "Nankeens", "100.00", "...", "...", "...", "..." ], [ "Cotton yarn", "98.95", "...", "...", "1.05", "..." ], [ "Flour", "43.33", "...", "...", "7.73", "48.94" ], [ "Iron and mild steel", "68.06", ".01", "...", "31.73", "..." ], [ "Kerosene", "10.77", "...", "10.23", "15.24", "63.76" ], [ "Lead, pig", "54.52", "...", "...", "45.48", "..." ], [ "Leather", "15.89", ".02", "...", "84.09", "..." ], [ "Matches", "99.24", ".55", "...", ".21", "..." ], [ "Sugar", "6.21", ".20", "...", "[?]", "..." ], [ "Tin, slabs or pig", ".02", "...", "...", "99.98", "..." ], [ "Fish, dried and salt", "27.79", "19.73", "...", "35.38", "17.10" ], [ "Machinery", "33.64", "3.47", "...", "60.04", "2.79" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 24 as printed (23 articles + sub-heading 'Cotton piece goods:'). 'Per cent' is printed at the head of each figure column.", "Dotted rules written '...'.", "Row 'Sugar', col 'From Hongkong': first digit blotted (6 and 9 apparently overprinted), rest reads '?3.59'; written [?].", "No totals printed. Each article's row was summed: all rows that could be checked come to 100.00 except Iron and mild steel sums to 99.8; Machinery sums to 99.94.", "Figures printed with thin spaces after the decimal point ('99. 92'); written without the spaces." ], "id": "p0687_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 686", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n686/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0692", "images": [ "p0692" ], "printed_pages": [ "669" ], "chapter": "Harbin Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Leading Cities of the Harbin District]", "caption_extra": "Printed under \"Population — Cities\": \"The leading cities of the district are shown in the following table:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Cities", "Population (estimated)", "Europeans", "Americans", "American business firms" ], "rows": [ [ "Harbin (1)", "150,000", "100,000", "100", "32" ], [ "Fuchiatien", "200,000", "...", "...", "..." ], [ "Tsitsihar", "40,000", "...", "...", "..." ], [ "Hailar (1)", "15,000", "3,000", "...", "..." ], [ "Taheiho (1)", "40,000", "1,500", "4", "..." ], [ "Manchouli (1)", "30,000", "20,000", "...", "..." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "(1) Treaty port where foreigners may reside for trade purposes." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 6 as printed. No total printed.", "Dotted rules written '...'. '(1)' = footnote mark 1.", "Harbin population: the last two zeros are faintly printed but legible as '150,000'." ], "id": "p0692_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 691", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n691/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0700", "images": [ "p0700" ], "printed_pages": [ "677" ], "chapter": "Harbin Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Leading Exports of the Harbin District, Averages 1911–1913 and 1921–1923]", "caption_extra": "Under 'EXPORT AND IMPORT TRADE' / 'EXPORTS': 'The leading exports of the Harbin district are shown in the following table:'. Units printed under the column heads: Quantity in Piculs; Value in Haikwan taels.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Articles", "Average, 1911–1913 — Quantity (Piculs)", "Average, 1911–1913 — Value (Haikwan taels)", "Average, 1921–1923 — Quantity (Piculs)", "Average, 1921–1923 — Value (Haikwan taels)" ], "rows": [ [ "Beans", "5,287,860", "10,728,463", "5,239,028", "13,164,115" ], [ "Bean cake", "239,577", "280,147", "2,730,486", "5,763,577" ], [ "Bean oil", "41,788", "348,424", "211,112", "1,990,091" ], [ "Skins (furs)", "590,759", "105,363", "1,891,599", "937,629" ], [ "Wheat", "1,695,980", "4,073,711", "1,748,646", "4,084,379" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "NOTE.—The average value of the haikwan tael, expressed in terms of United States currency, is as follows: 1911, $0.65; 1912, $0.74; 1913, $0.73; 1921, $0.76; 1922, $0.83; 1923, $0.80." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 5 as printed. No total printed.", "Row 'Wheat', 1921–1923 Quantity: the comma after the leading 1 is blotted in the scan; digits read clearly as 1,748,646.", "Spaced thousands separators normalised." ], "id": "p0700_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 699", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n699/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0711", "images": [ "p0711" ], "printed_pages": [ "688" ], "chapter": "Kalgan Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Estimated Area and Population of the Kalgan Consular District, by Regions]", "caption_extra": "", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Regions", "Estimated area in square miles", "Estimated population", "Estimated population per square mile" ], "rows": [ [ "Mongolia", "1,370,000", "2,500,000", "2" ], [ "Chihli Province north of the Great Wall", "60,000", "7,142,185", "119" ], [ "Shansi Province north of the Great Wall", "30,000", "2,257,961", "75" ], [ "Total for district", "1,460,000", "11,900,146", "8" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 3 regions + total, as printed.", "No printed title; lead-in on p. 687 (p0710): 'The following table gives the estimated area and population for this district'.", "Area total: 1,370,000+60,000+30,000 = 1,460,000, reconciles.", "Population total: 2,500,000+7,142,185+2,257,961 = 11,900,146, reconciles." ], "id": "p0711_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 710", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n710/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0711", "images": [ "p0711" ], "printed_pages": [ "688" ], "chapter": "Kalgan Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Important Cities in the Kalgan Consular District]", "caption_extra": "", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Cities", "Estimated population", "Europeans", "Americans", "American firms" ], "rows": [ [ "Kalgan", "75,000", "125", "15", "8" ], [ "Tatungfu", "50,000", "7", "1", "..." ], [ "Kweihwating", "65,000", "8", "2", "..." ], [ "Urga", "60,000", "2,000", "...", "3" ], [ "Chaoyangfu", "35,000", "(1)", "...", "..." ], [ "Chengtehfu", "80,000", "(1)", "...", "..." ], [ "Chihfeng", "40,000", "(1)", "...", "..." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "1 Not known." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 7 as printed.", "No printed title; lead-in: 'The following table summarizes the more salient facts relating to important cities in this district'.", "Dotted rules (nil) written '...'. No totals printed." ], "id": "p0711_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 710", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n710/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0712", "images": [ "p0712" ], "printed_pages": [ "689" ], "chapter": "Kalgan Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Principal Crops of the Kalgan Consular District]", "caption_extra": "", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Products", "Planting season", "Harvesting season", "Estimated production per acre (Bushels)", "Estimated annual production (Bushels)", "Percentage consumed locally" ], "rows": [ [ "Wheat", "April-May", "August-September", "15", "36,608,783", "50" ], [ "Beans", "do", "do", "12", "10,459,652", "30" ], [ "Linseed", "do", "do", "15", "5,229,826", "20" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 3 as printed.", "No printed title; lead-in: 'The table below summarizes data relative to the more important crops raised in the district'.", "Unit 'Bushels' printed in italics at the head of the two production columns.", "'do' (ditto) kept as printed. No totals printed." ], "id": "p0712_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 711", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n711/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0712", "images": [ "p0712" ], "printed_pages": [ "689" ], "chapter": "Kalgan Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Estimate of Livestock in Mongolia]", "caption_extra": "", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Livestock", "Number" ], "rows": [ [ "Horses", "1,840,000" ], [ "Camels", "365,000" ], [ "Horned cattle", "1,725,000" ], [ "Sheep and goats", "11,500,000" ], [ "Total", "15,430,000" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 4 + total, as printed (a list set into the prose under LIVESTOCK; no column headings printed, headings supplied by the transcriber).", "Lead-in: 'No systematic attempt to secure statistics of Mongolia's wealth in livestock has ever been attempted; but the estimate below may be considered a fair approximation'.", "Total: 1,840,000+365,000+1,725,000+11,500,000 = 15,430,000, reconciles." ], "id": "p0712_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 711", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n711/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0716", "images": [ "p0716" ], "printed_pages": [ "693" ], "chapter": "Kalgan Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Approximate Annual Production and Reserves of the Four Leading Minerals, Kalgan Consular District]", "caption_extra": "", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Minerals and metals", "Unit", "Approximate annual production", "Approximate reserves" ], "rows": [ [ "Coal", "metric tons", "203,000", "2,400,000,000" ], [ "Iron", "do", "(1)", "38,750,000" ], [ "Gold", "ounces", "50,000", "(1)" ], [ "Silver", "do", "17,000", "(1)" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "1 Not known." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 4 as printed.", "No printed title; lead-in: 'The figures below summarize the approximate annual production of the four leading minerals found in the consular district'.", "Unit is printed after the dotted leader in the stub; split into a 'Unit' column by the transcriber. 'do' (ditto) kept as printed. No totals printed." ], "id": "p0716_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 715", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n715/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0717", "images": [ "p0717" ], "printed_pages": [ "694" ], "chapter": "Kalgan Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Summary of Data Relative to Industries in the Kalgan District]", "caption_extra": "Manufacturing. The following is a summary of data relative to industries in the Kalgan district:", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Industries", "Capacity", "Approximate number of employees", "Approximate capital ¹", "Estimated output", "Disposition" ], "rows": [ [ "Mint", "500,000 coins per day.", "500", "$375,000", "350,000 coins per day.", "Chahar." ], [ "Flour mills", "2,500 bags per day", "100", "410,000", "50,000 bags per annum.", "Local and Peking." ], [ "Dairy farming", "...", "50", "100,000", "...", "Peking and Tientsin." ], [ "Soda refineries", "...", "90", "60,000", "1,450,000 pounds per annum.", "Local and Tientsin." ], [ "Leather", "...", "28", "20,000", "10,670 pieces per annum.", "Local." ], [ "Motor-car bodies", "...", "60", "20,000", "35 bodies per annum.", "Do." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ All given in terms of Mexican currency excepting the first item, which is United States dollars." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 6 as printed. No total printed.", "Capital printed with a space after the comma ('$375, 000'); written '$375,000'.", "Dotted rules in Capacity (4 rows) and Estimated output (Dairy farming) written '...'." ], "id": "p0717_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 716", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n716/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0719", "images": [ "p0719" ], "printed_pages": [ "696" ], "chapter": "Kalgan Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Methods of Transportation in the Kalgan Consular District]", "caption_extra": "", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Mediums", "Average load", "Average mileage per day", "Average cost (U. S. currency) per ton-mile (1)" ], "rows": [ [ "Railways", "400 tons", "175", "$0.05" ], [ "Automobiles", "2,000 pounds", "140", ".40" ], [ "Camels", "260 pounds", "20", ".10" ], [ "Boats", "35,000 pounds", "30", ".05" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "1 It should be noted that the figures 5 cents per ton-mile on the railway represents the average on second class freight. Cereals by the Peking-Suiyuan Railway are carried at the rate of $0.03 a ton-mile." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 4 as printed.", "No printed title; lead-in: 'The following table summarizes methods of transportation in the district'.", "No totals printed." ], "id": "p0719_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 718", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n718/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0722", "images": [ "p0722" ], "printed_pages": [ "699" ], "chapter": "Kalgan Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Telephones in the Kalgan Consular District]", "caption_extra": "", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Location", "Operating company", "Number of subscribers", "Type", "Equipment" ], "rows": [ [ "Kalgan", "Kalgan Telephone Co", "450", "Manual", "Japanese. American." ], [ "Kweihwa", "Kweihua Telephone Co", "300", "do", "Do." ], [ "Tatung", "Tatung Telephone Co", "250", "do", "Do." ], [ "Urga", "Mongolian Government", "300", "do", "Do." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 4 as printed.", "No printed title; lead-in under TELEPHONES: 'The following table summarizes data relative to telephones in this district'.", "Kalgan 'Equipment' printed on two lines, 'Japanese.' / 'American.'; kept in one cell. Spellings 'Kweihwa' (location) and 'Kweihua' (company) as printed. No totals printed." ], "id": "p0722_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 721", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n721/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0724", "images": [ "p0724" ], "printed_pages": [ "701" ], "chapter": "Kalgan Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Exports of the Most Important Commodities through Kalgan, 1923]", "caption_extra": "Value in Mexican currency.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Article", "Unit", "Quantity", "Value (Mexican currency)" ], "rows": [ [ "Animal scraps for glue", "chin", "5,421,118", "271,055" ], [ "Camel wool", "do", "1,459,855", "109,489" ], [ "Goatskins", "pieces", "19,589,811", "26,446,244" ], [ "Lambskins", "do", "422,358", "169,943" ], [ "Linseed", "chin", "3,408,580", "136,343" ], [ "Live horses", "head", "26,405", "1,056,200" ], [ "Live sheep", "do", "352,038", "2,112,228" ], [ "Marmot skins", "pieces", "2,356,663", "2,191,706" ], [ "Rape", "chin", "6,297,620", "251,904" ], [ "Sheep wool", "do", "18,662,523", "802,488" ], [ "Squirrel skins", "pieces", "1,512,122", "2,041,364" ], [ "Total", "", "...", "35,588,964" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 11 articles + total, as printed (the lead-in speaks of '10 most important commodities', but 11 rows are printed).", "No printed title; lead-in under EXPORTS: 'Figures below represent exports of the 10 most important commodities through Kalgan for 1923'. Year 1923 added to the title from the lead-in.", "Unit printed after the dotted leader in the stub; split into a 'Unit' column by the transcriber. Total quantity cell is a dotted rule ('...').", "Value total: sum of the 11 values = 35,588,964, reconciles." ], "id": "p0724_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 723", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n723/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0724", "images": [ "p0724" ], "printed_pages": [ "701" ], "chapter": "Kalgan Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Estimated Percentage of Exports to Other Points in China and to Foreign Countries, Kalgan Consular District]", "caption_extra": "", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Article", "Percentage to China", "Percentage to foreign countries" ], "rows": [ [ "Camel wool", "60", "40" ], [ "Goat and lamb skins", "53", "47" ], [ "Linseed", "20", "80" ], [ "Marmot skins", "65", "35" ], [ "Rapeseed", "34", "66" ], [ "Sheep wool", "40", "60" ], [ "Squirrel skins", "53", "47" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 7 as printed.", "No printed title; lead-in: 'It is not possible to state accurately what percentage of the products originating in this district is exported to other points in China and what proportion to foreign countries; but the following is a rough estimate'.", "Each row's two percentages sum to 100 (checked; not used to read any digit). No totals printed." ], "id": "p0724_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 723", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n723/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0725", "images": [ "p0725" ], "printed_pages": [ "702" ], "chapter": "Kalgan Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Imports of Foreign Goods, 1923]", "caption_extra": "Under the heading \"IMPORTS\": \"The list below is for 1923:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Articles", "Unit", "Quantity", "Value (Mexican currency)" ], "rows": [ [ "Automobiles", "number", "5", "$12,500" ], [ "Automobile tires", "do", "200", "12,000" ], [ "Blue indigo", "chin", "495,600", "148,680" ], [ "Cloth", "bolts", "594,418", "8,024,643" ], [ "Flour", "chin", "2,988,580", "209,200" ], [ "Gunny bags", "pieces", "268,647", "80,594" ], [ "Hardware", "chin", "76,400", "(1)" ], [ "Hemp", "do", "987,660", "296,298" ], [ "Kerosene", "chin", "1,935,600", "$232,272" ], [ "Matting", "pieces", "140,790", "98,553" ], [ "Sugar", "chin", "2,943,930", "441,589" ], [ "Tea", "do", "14,006,476", "9,804,533" ], [ "Wooden bowls", "pieces", "432,046", "216,023" ], [ "Total", "", "...", "19,576,885" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "1 Not known.", "NOTE.—1 chin equals 1⅓ pounds; 1 bolt equals about 12 yards." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 13 articles + Total; printed side by side in two halves (Automobiles–Hemp left, Kerosene–Wooden bowls right), joined here.", "Unit column split from the dotted leader after the article name (\"do\" = ditto, as printed).", "Total Quantity cell is a dotted rule, written \"...\".", "Value total check: sum of 12 printed values (Hardware not known) = 19,576,885; printed 19,576,885 — reconciles." ], "id": "p0725_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 724", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n724/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0725", "images": [ "p0725" ], "printed_pages": [ "702" ], "chapter": "Kalgan Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Estimated Import Capacity of Mongolia Compared with Imports in 1923]", "caption_extra": "Lead-in: \"... compare the actual figures for 1923 with the estimated import capacity of Mongolia, as estimated by a Russian economist.\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Articles", "Unit", "Estimated capacity", "Imported in 1923" ], "rows": [ [ "Cloth", "yards", "14,700,000", "7,133,016" ], [ "Flour", "pounds", "612,000,000", "3,984,773" ], [ "Sugar", "do", "460,000", "3,984,773" ], [ "Tea", "do", "30,400,000", "18,675,301" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 4 as printed; no total.", "Flour and Sugar both print 3,984,773 in 'Imported in 1923' — transcribed as printed." ], "id": "p0725_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 724", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n724/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0729", "images": [ "p0729" ], "printed_pages": [ "706" ], "chapter": "Nanking Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Population of the Principal Cities]", "caption_extra": "Under \"CITIES\": \"The population of the principal cities in the district is given in the following table:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "City and Province", "Population (estimated)", "Europeans", "Americans", "American business firms" ], "rows": [ [ "Nanking, Kiangsu 1", "400,000", "97", "419", "5" ], [ "Chinkiang, Kiangsu 1", "102,500", "...", "74", "3" ], [ "Wuhu, Anhwei 1", "126,800", "28", "78", "2" ], [ "Pengpu, Anhwei 1", "70,000", "3", "2", "2" ], [ "Nantungchow, Kiangsu", "150,000", "5", "17", "..." ], [ "Yangchow, Kiangsu", "250,000", "7", "35", "..." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "1 Treaty port or voluntarily opened commercial port in which foreigners may reside for trade purposes." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 6 as printed; no total.", "Footnote mark 1 kept in the city cell as \" 1\".", "Dotted rules written \"...\"." ], "id": "p0729_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 728", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n728/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0730", "images": [ "p0730" ], "printed_pages": [ "707" ], "chapter": "Nanking Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Principal Agricultural Products]", "caption_extra": "Under \"AGRICULTURE\": \"The principal agricultural products of the district, in the order of their importance, are shown in the following table:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Products", "Planting season", "Harvesting season", "Average production per acre", "Estimated annual production (Tons)" ], "rows": [ [ "Rice", "April to May 15", "September to Oct. 15", "1 ton", "8,197,167" ], [ "Wheat (2 crops)", "October and June", "June and September", "12 bushels", "1 66,663,876" ], [ "Cotton", "April", "August, September, and October.", "14,500 pounds", "166,667" ], [ "Beans and peas (2 crops)", "March and June", "October and June", "14.11 bushels", "620,000" ], [ "Peanuts", "May to June 15", "October", "...", "..." ], [ "Sesamum", "April", "August and September", "800 pounds", "12,000" ], [ "Kaoliang", "do", "September", "5,600 pounds", "600,000" ], [ "Corn", "do", "June", "900 pounds", "240,000" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "Bushels." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 8 as printed; no total.", "'Tons' is printed in italics at the head of the 'Estimated annual production' column; moved into the column heading.", "Wheat production carries superscript 1 (\"1 66,663,876\"); the footnote line under the table reads only \"Bushels.\" — no reference numeral is visible before it in the scan.", "\"do\" = ditto, as printed. Dotted rules (Peanuts) written \"...\"." ], "id": "p0730_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 729", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n729/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0732", "images": [ "p0732" ], "printed_pages": [ "709" ], "chapter": "Nanking Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Annual Production, Extent of Resources, and Export of Iron and Coal in 1924]", "caption_extra": "Under \"MINERALS AND MINING\": \"In the following table is shown the annual production, extent of resources, and export of iron and coal in 1924.\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Minerals", "Nature of ore", "Annual production (Tons)", "Extent of resources (Tons)", "Exports in 1924 (Tons)" ], "rows": [ [ "Iron", "Good", "400,000", "1 85,000,000", "521,634" ], [ "Coal", "Anthracite", "20,000", "70,000,000", "..." ], [ "Coal", "Bituminous", "300,000", "225,000,000", "55,561" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "1 Ore." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 3 as printed; no total.", "'Coal' is printed once, bracketed against Anthracite and Bituminous; repeated in both rows here.", "'Tons' printed in italics at the head of each figure column; moved into the column headings.", "Dotted rule (Anthracite exports) written \"...\"." ], "id": "p0732_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 731", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n731/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0735", "images": [ "p0735" ], "printed_pages": [ "712" ], "chapter": "Nanking Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Passenger Fares and Distances on Yangtze River Steamers from Nanking]", "caption_extra": "Under \"WATERWAYS\": \"Passenger fares, in Chinese currency, on the Yangtze River steamers, from Nanking to the principal ports on the Yangtze River, are shown in the following table:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Nanking to—", "Fare", "Distance (Miles)" ], "rows": [ [ "Shanghai", "$18", "215" ], [ "Hankow", "35", "370" ], [ "Chinkiang", "$9", "65" ], [ "Wuhu", "9", "50" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 4; printed side by side in two halves (Shanghai, Hankow | Chinkiang, Wuhu), joined here.", "'Miles' printed in italics at the head of each Distance column; moved into the column heading." ], "id": "p0735_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 734", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n734/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0737", "images": [ "p0737" ], "printed_pages": [ "714" ], "chapter": "Nanking Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Summary of the Methods of Transportation]", "caption_extra": "\"The following table gives a summary of the methods of transportation:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Medium", "Average load", "Average mileage per day", "Average cost per ton-mile", "Maximum haul (Miles)" ], "rows": [ [ "Railways", "35 tons", "350", "$0.023", "233" ], [ "Steamboats", "2,000 tons", "300", ".013", "450" ], [ "Junks", "50 tons", "10", ".015", "450" ], [ "Carts", "2,666 pounds", "20", ".12", "200" ], [ "Pack animals", "200 pounds", "30", ".33", "200" ], [ "Wheelbarrows", "266 pounds", "20", ".30", "100" ], [ "Coolie carriers", "133 pounds", "30", ".40", "100" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 7 as printed; no total.", "'Miles' printed in italics at the head of the Maximum haul column; moved into the column heading.", "Print is faint in the figure columns; all cells read from 3x enlarged crops." ], "id": "p0737_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 736", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n736/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0739", "images": [ "p0739" ], "printed_pages": [ "716" ], "chapter": "Nanking Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Vessels Entered and Cleared Through the Maritime Customs at Nanking, by Flag, 1924]", "caption_extra": "", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Flag", "Ocean steamers — Number", "Ocean steamers — Tons", "River steamers — Number", "River steamers — Tons", "Other vessels — Number", "Other vessels — Tons", "Total — Number", "Total — Tons" ], "rows": [ [ "American", "10", "47,124", "82", "27,742", "...", "...", "92", "74,866" ], [ "British", "112", "185,518", "2,286", "4,200,486", "120", "8,218", "2,518", "4,394,222" ], [ "Chinese", "22", "26,072", "1,626", "2,888,642", "518", "41,478", "2,166", "2,956,192" ], [ "French", "14", "62,736", "2", "990", "...", "...", "16", "63,726" ], [ "Italian", "...", "...", "...", "...", "182", "13,072", "182", "13,072" ], [ "Japanese", "38", "55,658", "1,150", "2,134,582", "456", "36,650", "1,644", "2,226,890" ], [ "Norwegian", "22", "26,458", "6", "5,914", "...", "...", "28", "32,372" ], [ "Swedish", "2", "4,280", "...", "...", "...", "...", "2", "4,280" ], [ "Total", "220", "407,846", "5,152", "9,258,356", "1,276", "99,418", "6,648", "9,765,620" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 8 flags + Total, as printed. No title printed; title supplied from the lead-in sentence: 'In the following table is shown the number and tonnage of vessels entered and cleared through the Maritime Customs at Nanking during 1924:'", "Dashed rules in empty cells written '...'. Thin spaces after commas in figures closed up.", "col 'Ocean steamers — Number': sum 220 vs printed 220 -> reconciles", "col 'Ocean steamers — Tons': sum 407,846 vs printed 407,846 -> reconciles", "col 'River steamers — Number': sum 5,152 vs printed 5,152 -> reconciles", "col 'River steamers — Tons': sum 9,258,356 vs printed 9,258,356 -> reconciles", "col 'Other vessels — Number': sum 1,276 vs printed 1,276 -> reconciles", "col 'Other vessels — Tons': sum 99,418 vs printed 99,418 -> reconciles", "col 'Total — Number': sum 6,648 vs printed 6,648 -> reconciles", "col 'Total — Tons': sum 9,765,620 vs printed 9,765,620 -> reconciles", "Row check: Ocean + River + Other = Total for Number and Tons in every row, reconciles." ], "id": "p0739_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 738", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n738/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0739", "images": [ "p0739" ], "printed_pages": [ "716" ], "chapter": "Nanking Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Vessels Entered and Cleared Through the Maritime Customs at Chinkiang, by Flag, 1924]", "caption_extra": "", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Flag", "Ocean steamers — Number", "Ocean steamers — Tons", "River steamers — Number", "River steamers — Tons", "Other vessels — Number", "Other vessels — Tons", "Total — Number", "Total — Tons" ], "rows": [ [ "American", "16", "62,870", "131", "37,909", "28", "542", "175", "101,321" ], [ "British", "18", "51,198", "2,044", "3,644,631", "73", "4,985", "2,135", "3,700,814" ], [ "Chinese", "194", "210,870", "1,622", "2,937,208", "527", "72,170", "2,343", "3,220,248" ], [ "French", "...", "...", "...", "...", "2", "4", "2", "4" ], [ "Italian", "...", "...", "...", "...", "25", "690", "25", "690" ], [ "Japanese", "62", "79,382", "1,142", "2,091,210", "30", "2,074", "1,234", "2,172,666" ], [ "Norwegian", "124", "122,626", "...", "...", "...", "...", "124", "122,626" ], [ "Total", "414", "526,946", "4,939", "8,710,958", "685", "80,465", "6,038", "9,318,369" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 7 flags + Total, as printed. No title printed; title supplied from the lead-in sentence: 'The following table shows the number and tonnage of vessels entered and cleared through the Maritime Customs at Chinkiang during 1924:'", "Dashed rules in empty cells written '...'. Thin spaces after commas in figures closed up.", "col 'Ocean steamers — Number': sum 414 vs printed 414 -> reconciles", "col 'Ocean steamers — Tons': sum 526,946 vs printed 526,946 -> reconciles", "col 'River steamers — Number': sum 4,939 vs printed 4,939 -> reconciles", "col 'River steamers — Tons': sum 8,710,958 vs printed 8,710,958 -> reconciles", "col 'Other vessels — Number': sum 685 vs printed 685 -> reconciles", "col 'Other vessels — Tons': sum 80,465 vs printed 80,465 -> reconciles", "col 'Total — Number': sum 6,038 vs printed 6,038 -> reconciles", "col 'Total — Tons': sum 9,318,369 vs printed 9,318,369 -> reconciles", "Row check: Ocean + River + Other = Total for Number and Tons in every row, reconciles." ], "id": "p0739_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 738", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n738/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0739", "images": [ "p0739" ], "printed_pages": [ "716" ], "chapter": "Nanking Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Vessels Entered and Cleared Through the Maritime Customs at Wuhu, by Flag, 1924]", "caption_extra": "", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Flag", "Ocean steamers — Number", "Ocean steamers — Tons", "River steamers — Number", "River steamers — Tons", "Other vessels — Number", "Other vessels — Tons", "Total — Number", "Total — Tons" ], "rows": [ [ "American", "8", "39,716", "52", "23,188", "11", "169", "71", "63,073" ], [ "British", "111", "148,715", "2,320", "4,117,134", "76", "12,544", "2,507", "4,278,393" ], [ "Chinese", "39", "42,266", "1,622", "2,911,886", "316", "48,614", "1,977", "3,002,766" ], [ "Japanese", "300", "530,179", "1,150", "2,262,798", "408", "100,112", "1,858", "2,893,089" ], [ "Norwegian", "60", "75,338", "...", "...", "...", "...", "60", "75,338" ], [ "Total", "518", "836,214", "5,144", "9,315,006", "811", "161,439", "6,473", "10,312,659" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 5 flags + Total, as printed. No title printed; title supplied from the lead-in sentence: 'The following table shows the number and tonnage of vessels entered and cleared through the Maritime Customs at Wuhu during 1924:'", "Dashed rules in empty cells written '...'. Thin spaces after commas in figures closed up.", "col 'Ocean steamers — Number': sum 518 vs printed 518 -> reconciles", "col 'Ocean steamers — Tons': sum 836,214 vs printed 836,214 -> reconciles", "col 'River steamers — Number': sum 5,144 vs printed 5,144 -> reconciles", "col 'River steamers — Tons': sum 9,315,006 vs printed 9,315,006 -> reconciles", "col 'Other vessels — Number': sum 811 vs printed 811 -> reconciles", "col 'Other vessels — Tons': sum 161,439 vs printed 161,439 -> reconciles", "col 'Total — Number': sum 6,473 vs printed 6,473 -> reconciles", "col 'Total — Tons': sum 10,312,659 vs printed 10,312,659 -> reconciles", "Row check: Ocean + River + Other = Total for Number and Tons in every row, reconciles." ], "id": "p0739_3", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 738", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n738/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0740", "images": [ "p0740" ], "printed_pages": [ "717" ], "chapter": "Nanking Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Electric-Light Plants: Capacity, Rates, and Equipment]", "caption_extra": "Under the headings PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES — ELECTRIC-LIGHT PLANTS. Lead-in: 'The principal electric-light plants in this district (all under Chinese ownership), with their capacity and rates are shown in the following table:'", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Location", "Capacity of plant (Kilowatts)", "Rates — Per kilowatt-hour", "Rates — Per 50-candlepower lamp per month", "Equipment" ], "rows": [ [ "Anking", "386", "$0.24", "$3.84", "British and German." ], [ "Chinkiang", "380", "...", "3.00", "British." ], [ "Liyang", "160", "...", "2.90", "Do." ], [ "Luho", "40", "...", "2.70", "German." ], [ "Nanking", "680", ".24", "2.70", "American, German, and British." ], [ "Hsiakwan", "1,000", ".24", "2.70", "American." ], [ "Nantungchow", "125", "...", "2.60", "Do." ], [ "Shiherhwei", "60", "...", "2.80", "" ], [ "Tatung", "75", ".20", "...", "Do." ], [ "Tsingikiang", "150", "...", "...", "" ], [ "Wuhu", "530", ".22", "2.80", "American and German." ], [ "Yangchow", "146", "...", "3.00", "French." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 12 as printed; no total.", "'Kilowatts' printed in italics at the head of the Capacity column; moved into the column heading.", "Dashed rules written '...'; Equipment cells for Shiherhwei and Tsingikiang are blank in the original (\"\").", "'Do.' (ditto) kept as printed." ], "id": "p0740_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 739", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n739/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0741", "images": [ "p0741" ], "printed_pages": [ "718" ], "chapter": "Nanking Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Values of Imports and Exports Through the Principal Ports, 1913, 1923, and 1924]", "caption_extra": "Under EXPORT AND IMPORT TRADE. Lead-in: 'The values (United States currency) of imports and exports through the principal ports in this district are shown in the following table:'", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Port", "Exports — 1913", "Exports — 1923", "Exports — 1924", "Imports — 1913", "Imports — 1923", "Imports — 1924" ], "rows": [ [ "Nanking", "$4,357,661", "$14,958,647", "$14,523,929", "$4,828,165", "$11,105,704", "$10,447,339" ], [ "Chinkiang", "6,780,322", "1,595,004", "4,665,738", "6,967.760", "9,999,791", "10,728,037" ], [ "Wuhu", "7,394,250", "9,408,385", "14,523,929", "5,578,222", "8,095,336", "7,768,578" ], [ "Total", "18,532,233", "25,962,036", "33,713,596", "17,374,147", "29,200,831", "28,943,954" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 3 ports + Total, as printed.", "Values in United States currency (per the lead-in).", "Chinkiang, Imports 1913: printed '6,967.760' with a period where a comma is expected; kept as printed, read as 6,967,760 for the total check.", "Wuhu, Exports 1924: printed 14,523,929, the same figure as Nanking in that column; kept as printed.", "col 'Exports — 1913': sum 18,532,233 vs printed 18,532,233 -> reconciles", "col 'Exports — 1923': sum 25,962,036 vs printed 25,962,036 -> reconciles", "col 'Exports — 1924': sum 33,713,596 vs printed 33,713,596 -> reconciles", "col 'Imports — 1913': sum 17,374,147 vs printed 17,374,147 -> reconciles", "col 'Imports — 1923': sum 29,200,831 vs printed 29,200,831 -> reconciles", "col 'Imports — 1924': sum 28,943,954 vs printed 28,943,954 -> reconciles" ], "id": "p0741_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 740", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n740/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0742", "images": [ "p0742" ], "printed_pages": [ "719" ], "chapter": "Nanking Consular District", "table_no": null, "continued": false, "footnotes": [], "title": "[Quantity and Value of Exports Through the Maritime Customs at Nanking, Wuhu, and Chinkiang, 1913, 1923, and 1924]", "caption_extra": "Under EXPORTS. Lead-in (begins on p. 718): 'The quantity and value (United States currency) of exports passing through the Chinese Maritime Customs at Nanking, Wuhu, and Chinkiang, excluding exports by rail, are shown in the following table:'", "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Articles", "Unit", "1913 — Quantity", "1913 — Value", "1923 — Quantity", "1923 — Value", "1924 — Quantity", "1924 — Value" ], "rows": [ [ "Beans", "tons", "29,764", "$702,418", "14,728", "$515,589", "31,914", "$1,411,028" ], [ "Cereals", "do.", "171,254", "5,378,075", "77,664", "3,283,443", "217,737", "10,794,449" ], [ "Eggs and egg products:", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Albumen, yolk and frozen", "tons", "996", "299,591", "12,524", "2,814,886", "6,530", "2,256,417" ], [ "Fresh and preserved", "thousands", "12,940", "", "110,514", "", "102,109", "948,446" ], [ "Seeds:", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Rape", "tons", "4,540", "2,244,996", "11,249", "487,811", "10,284", "564,346" ], [ "Sesame", "do.", "21,822", "", "192", "", "...", "..." ], [ "Silk and silk piece goods", "do.", "635", "2,075,095", "676", "4,379,103", "261½", "2,256,840" ] ] } ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 7 article rows + 2 sub-heading rows ('Eggs and egg products:', 'Seeds:'), as printed; no total.", "Units printed after the dot leaders of each article name moved to a 'Unit' column; 'do.' (ditto) kept as printed.", "Braces: 1913 and 1923 — a single Value is printed against a brace joining the two egg rows (1913: 299,591; 1923: 2,814,886) and against a brace joining Rape and Sesame (1913: 2,244,996; 1923: 487,811); each combined value is written on the first row of the pair and the second row's Value is \"\". 1924 egg values are printed separately for each row.", "1924 Rape/Sesame: a brace joins the two rows in the Quantity column with the single figure 10,284 on the Rape line; Sesame 1924 Quantity and Value are dashed rules ('...'). Value 564,346 printed on the Rape line.", "Silk 1924 Quantity printed '261½'.", "Dashed rules written '...'." ], "id": "p0742_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 741", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n741/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0742", "images": [ "p0742" ], "printed_pages": [ "719" ], "chapter": "Nanking Consular District", "table_no": null, "continued": false, "footnotes": [], "title": "[Quantity and Value of Principal Imports, 1913, 1923, and 1924]", "caption_extra": "Under IMPORTS. Lead-in: 'The quantity and value (United States currency) of the principal imports into this district are shown in the following table:'", "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Articles", "Unit", "1913 — Quantity", "1913 — Value", "1923 — Quantity", "1923 — Value", "1924 — Quantity", "1924 — Value" ], "rows": [ [ "Cigarettes", "thousands", "612,921", "$847,384", "1,359,402", "$2,323,124", "1,231,406", "$2,607,243" ], [ "Cotton", "pieces", "...", "5,012,439", "...", "5,467,404", "1,045,779", "5,986,715" ], [ "Metals and minerals", "tons", "...", "1,521,515", "...", "1,057,973", "52,833", "2,012,499" ], [ "Oil, kerosene", "American gallons", "16,964,360", "1,593,428", "30,022,858", "4,657,751", "26,573,557", "4,882,273" ], [ "Sugar", "tons", "52,673", "2,934,999", "47,678", "3,726,687", "54,326", "5,230,957" ] ] } ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 5 as printed; no total.", "Units printed after the dot leaders moved to a 'Unit' column.", "Dashed rules written '...'." ], "id": "p0742_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 741", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n741/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0745", "images": [ "p0745" ], "printed_pages": [ "722" ], "chapter": "Nanking Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Property Values and Rents in Nanking]", "caption_extra": "Under PROPERTY VALUES AND RENTS. Lead-in: 'Land in Nanking, with the exception of the suburb of Hsiakwan, is only slightly more expensive than in other cities of commercial importance, so that the following table will serve to give a fairly general idea of values in this district.'", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Location", "Unit", "Purchase price per unit", "Rent of office space", "Rent for warehouse space", "Rent for residence purposes" ], "rows": [ [ "Nanking:", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Hsiakwan suburb", "per 100 square feet", "$25", "$12", "$12", "$12" ], [ "Drum Tower section", "do.", "20", "8", "8", "10" ], [ "Futzemiao section", "do.", "15", "5", "10", "10" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 3 + sub-heading row 'Nanking:', as printed; no total.", "Unit printed after the dot leaders moved to a 'Unit' column; 'do.' kept as printed." ], "id": "p0745_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 744", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n744/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0747", "images": [ "p0747" ], "printed_pages": [ "724" ], "chapter": "Swatow Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Leading Cities of the District]", "caption_extra": "Under POPULATION — CITIES. Lead-in: 'The leading cities of the district are shown in the following table. There are eight American business firms in Swatow, but none in any of the other cities listed in the table.'", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Cities", "Population (estimated)", "Europeans", "Americans" ], "rows": [ [ "Swatow ¹", "100,000", "250", "55" ], [ "Chaochowfu", "300,000", "10", "13" ], [ "Chaoyang", "250,000", "3", "..." ], [ "Chenghai", "100,000", "...", "..." ], [ "Kityang", "60,000", "", "10" ], [ "Kaying", "60,000", "10", "9" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Swatow is the only port of the district open to foreign trade." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 6 as printed, set side by side (3 + 3) and joined into one list here.", "Europeans column, right half, as printed: Chenghai has a dashed rule, Kityang's cell is blank, '10' is on the Kaying line, and a lone '6' is printed on an extra line below Kaying with no city name against it (the figures seem to have slipped down a line). Transcribed as printed (Kityang \"\", Kaying \"10\"); the stray '6' is not placed in any row.", "Dashed rules written '...'. No total printed." ], "id": "p0747_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 746", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n746/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0750", "images": [ "p0750" ], "printed_pages": [ "727" ], "chapter": "Swatow Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Shipping Movements at Swatow, 1923]", "caption_extra": "Following is a table of the shipping movements at Swatow for 1923, exclusive of innumerable local boats:", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Classes and flags", "Entered and cleared — Vessels", "Entered and cleared — Tonnage" ], "rows": [ [ "Ocean steamers:", "", "" ], [ "American", "22", "88,486" ], [ "British", "2,460", "3,301,304" ], [ "Dutch", "61", "149,589" ], [ "French", "18", "24,432" ], [ "Japanese", "670", "760,986" ], [ "Norwegian", "78", "89,642" ], [ "Chinese", "222", "206,169" ], [ "Chilean", "2", "1,522" ], [ "Danish", "18", "31,050" ], [ "Russian", "6", "2,678" ], [ "German", "4", "4,580" ], [ "Portuguese", "2", "224" ], [ "Total", "3,563", "4,660,662" ], [ "Launches", "26,202", "360,735" ], [ "Junks", "107,976", "2,125,452" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 15 as printed (plus sub-heading row), printed side by side in two halves; right half headed 'Ocean steamers—Contd.' merged into one list.", "Figures printed with a space after the comma; written without it.", "Total (ocean steamers, 12 flags) reconciles: Vessels 3,563, Tonnage 4,660,662." ], "id": "p0750_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 749", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n749/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0751", "images": [ "p0751" ], "printed_pages": [ "728" ], "chapter": "Swatow Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Swatow's Foreign Trade, 1903, 1913 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "Lead-in: \"The following tables show Swatow's foreign trade for the years 1903, 1913, and 1923. Values are in United States dollars.\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Item", "1903", "1913", "1923" ], "rows": [ [ "Imports of foreign goods:", "", "", "" ], [ "From foreign countries", "$8,781,829", "$14,681,075", "$23,231,795" ], [ "From Chinese ports", "269,576", "361,521", "2,339,750" ], [ "Total foreign imports", "9,051,405", "15,042,596", "25,571,545" ], [ "Reexports of foreign goods:", "", "", "" ], [ "To foreign countries", "30,845", "132,110", "200,350" ], [ "To Chinese ports", "6,468", "89,751", "157,646" ], [ "Total reexports", "37,313", "221,861", "357,996" ], [ "Net total foreign imports", "9,014,092", "14,820,735", "25,213,549" ], [ "Imports of Chinese products", "11,755,201", "14,140,390", "25,666,748" ], [ "Reexports of Chinese products:", "", "", "" ], [ "To foreign countries", "334,138", "912,892", "1,645,282" ], [ "To Chinese ports", "32,116", "71,379", "60,903" ], [ "Total Chinese reexports", "366,254", "984,271", "1,706,185" ], [ "Net total Chinese imports", "11,388,947", "13,156,119", "23,960,563" ], [ "Exports of Chinese products of local origin:", "", "", "" ], [ "To foreign countries", "2,977,308", "5,133,002", "8,594,329" ], [ "To Chinese ports", "4,646,678", "4,376,927", "7,754,961" ], [ "Total exports of local origin", "7,623,986", "9,509,929", "16,349,290" ], [ "Gross value of the trade of the port", "28,430,592", "38,692,915", "67,587,583" ], [ "Net value of the trade of the port", "28,027,025", "37,486,783", "65,523,402" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "NOTE.—In 1903 the haikwan tael equaled $0.64 in United States currency; in 1913, $0.73; and in 1923, $0.80." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 21 as printed (incl. 4 sub-heading rows).", "Row 'Net total Chinese imports', col 1923: printed '23,-960,563' with a stray mark after the first comma; transcribed as 23,960,563.", "1903 Total foreign imports: reconciles.", "1903 Total reexports: reconciles.", "1903 Net total foreign imports (=total foreign imports - total reexports): reconciles.", "1903 Total Chinese reexports: reconciles.", "1903 Net total Chinese imports (=imports of Chinese products - total Chinese reexports): reconciles.", "1903 Total exports of local origin: reconciles.", "1903 Gross value (=total foreign imports + imports of Chinese products + total exports of local origin): reconciles.", "1903 Net value (=net total foreign imports + net total Chinese imports + total exports of local origin): reconciles.", "1913 Total foreign imports: reconciles.", "1913 Total reexports: reconciles.", "1913 Net total foreign imports (=total foreign imports - total reexports): reconciles.", "1913 Total Chinese reexports: reconciles.", "1913 Net total Chinese imports (=imports of Chinese products - total Chinese reexports): reconciles.", "1913 Total exports of local origin: reconciles.", "1913 Gross value (=total foreign imports + imports of Chinese products + total exports of local origin): reconciles.", "1913 Net value (=net total foreign imports + net total Chinese imports + total exports of local origin): reconciles.", "1923 Total foreign imports: reconciles.", "1923 Total reexports: reconciles.", "1923 Net total foreign imports (=total foreign imports - total reexports): reconciles.", "1923 Total Chinese reexports: reconciles.", "1923 Net total Chinese imports (=imports of Chinese products - total Chinese reexports): reconciles.", "1923 Total exports of local origin: reconciles.", "1923 Gross value (=total foreign imports + imports of Chinese products + total exports of local origin): reconciles.", "1923 Net value (=net total foreign imports + net total Chinese imports + total exports of local origin): reconciles." ], "id": "p0751_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 750", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n750/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0751", "images": [ "p0751", "p0752", "p0753" ], "printed_pages": [ "728", "729", "730" ], "chapter": "Swatow Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "Trade of Swatow by Articles", "caption_extra": "Values in United States dollars (per the lead-in to the preceding table on p. 728). Header on pp. 729-730: \"Trade of Swatow by Articles—Continued\".", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Principal articles", "Unit", "1903 — Quantity", "1903 — Value", "1913 — Quantity", "1913 — Value 1", "1923 — Quantity", "1923 — Value" ], "rows": [ [ "EXPORTS", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Bags of all kinds", "number", "2,398,597", "$61,370", "867,907", "$41,510", "1,963,089", "$133,658" ], [ "Bamboo and bamboo ware", "value", "...", "38,863", "...", "140,144", "...", "157,344" ], [ "Chinaware (not pottery and earthenware)", "tons", "1,876", "88,863", "4,541", "...", "9,541", "835,819" ], [ "Cloth:", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Native, fancy", "number", "...", "...", "...", "...", "156,660", "290,436" ], [ "Nankeens", "pounds", "1,218,400", "372,278", "337,200", "93,617", "1,853,466", "578,282" ], [ "Clothing, Chinese, and boots and shoes", "value", "...", "78,413", "...", "106,659", "...", "141,150" ], [ "Cuttl fish", "tons", "177", "28,996", "...", "...", "193", "155,011" ], [ "Drawnwork on grass cloth", "value", "...", "...", "...", "...", "...", "680,302" ], [ "Eggs, fresh and preserved", "number", "35,537,139", "166,520", "28,558,370", "172,565", "44,886,000", "359,677" ], [ "EXPORTS—continued", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Fishing nets", "pounds", "198,000", "$34,593", "...", "...", "516,533", "$171,789" ], [ "Flour, potato", "tons", "3,650", "82,938", "4,425", "...", "4,788", "201,078" ], [ "Fruits, dried and preserved", "tons", "318", "3,560", "4,755", "$293,180", "6,743", "651,346" ], [ "Garlic", "do", "2,896", "27,766", "2,957", "...", "6,010", "109,612" ], [ "Grass cloth", "pounds", "644,933", "343,610", "852,933", "668,269", "1,080,533", "787,529" ], [ "Iron pans", "tons", "884", "29,689", "1,221", "...", "1,528", "101,158" ], [ "Joss sticks", "do", "1,713", "104,147", "1,512", "99,340", "1,361", "122,794" ], [ "Laces", "value", "...", "...", "...", "...", "...", "261,198" ], [ "Oil, peanut", "tons", "578", 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"592,459", "7,985", "1,111,234" ], [ "Flour", "do", "4,101", "164,102", "16,566", "761,873", "16,531", "992,291" ], [ "Ginseng", "pounds", "43,300", "65,465", "17,275", "37,027", "20,955", "175,396" ], [ "Leather", "do", "155,333", "19,094", "446,933", "107,131", "770,666", "212,754" ], [ "Linen goods and mixtures", "yards", "607", "113", "12,090", "2,559", "213,008", "130,067" ], [ "Machinery and parts", "value", "...", "3,645", "...", "19,811", "...", "92,663" ], [ "Manures", "tons", "116", "2,220", "496", "12,117", "2,992", "202,629" ], [ "Medicines", "value", "...", "102,925", "...", "195,325", "...", "214,322" ], [ "Metals and minerals:", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Tin in slabs", "tons", "710", "338,319", "750", "371,000", "1,039", "835,088" ], [ "Tinned plates", "do", "589", "35,195", "809", "60,751", "2,688", "387,561" ], [ "Milk, condensed, in tins", "dozens", "10,132", "11,046", "27,921", "35,897", "2 254", "103,893" ], [ "Oil, kerosene", "gallons", "4,725,930", 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"129,867", "196,464" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "1 Values for imports of native goods (except medicines) in 1913 are not available. [p. 728; marker on the 1913 'Value' heading]", "2 Tons. [p. 730; marker on Milk, condensed, 1923 Quantity]" ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 121 as printed (18 heading/sub-heading rows): p. 728 11 rows, p. 729 67 rows, p. 730 43 rows, including the repeated 'EXPORTS—continued' / 'IMPORTS OF FOREIGN GOODS—continued' headings.", "The unit printed after the dotted leader of each article label is given in the 'Unit' column ('do' = ditto, as printed).", "Dotted rules in cells are written '...'. The whole 1913 Value column for imports of native goods is dotted except Medicines (see footnote 1).", "'Cuttl fish' is printed thus (misprint for 'Cuttlefish'); kept as printed.", "Paper, Joss and Other, 1913 Value: one figure 1,465,194 printed against a brace spanning both rows; written in the Joss row, Other row ''. A matching brace opens at the left of the 1923 Quantity column but 1923 figures are printed separately for each row.", "Beans (imports of native goods): 1903 White and Yellow bracketed together, one figure each for Quantity 48,865 and Value 1,320,008, written in the White row (Yellow ''); 1913 Quantity 48,320 bracketed for all four (Black, Green, White, Yellow), written in the Black row, the 1913 Value cell for the group is a single dotted rule (written in the Black row). Braces on the 1923 Quantity column only group the separate figures.", "Dyed cottons, plain, colored (p. 730): 1913 Quantity 43,897 and Value 132,832 bracketed for Italians, Venetians, Poplins and Lastings, written in the Italians row (others ''); 1923 figures printed separately.", "Milk, condensed, 1923 Quantity: printed with superscript footnote marker 2 ('2 254' = 254 tons, footnote '2 Tons.'); the footnote's own marker is blurred but taken as 2.", "Horns, deer, young, 1923 Quantity: a stray dot printed before 1,300; omitted.", "No totals printed; nothing to reconcile.", "Chapter taken from the running head 'Swatow Consular District' on p. 729." ], "id": "p0751_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 750", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n750/mode/1up" }, { "label": "scan leaf 751", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n751/mode/1up" }, { "label": "scan leaf 752", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n752/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0757", "images": [ "p0757" ], "printed_pages": [ "734" ], "chapter": "Tsinan Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Most Important Cities of the District]", "caption_extra": "Section heading: CITIES. Lead-in: \"The most important cities of the district are shown below. There are four American business firms in Tsinan, but none in any of the other cities listed.\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Cities", "Population (estimated)", "Europeans", "Americans" ], "rows": [ [ "Tsinan 1", "283,000", "160", "130" ], [ "Weihsien", "97,000", "...", "29" ], [ "Taianfu", "90,000", "12", "45" ], [ "Tsining", "73,000", "6", "28" ], [ "Tehchow", "55,000", "2", "19" ], [ "Chowtsun", "42,500", "23", "..." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "1 Treaty port where foreigners may reside for trade purposes." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 6 as printed.", "Footnote marker 1 after 'Tsinan' kept in the label.", "No totals printed.", "Chapter from the district covered (running head on odd pages, 'Tsinan Consular District' per survey)." ], "id": "p0757_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 756", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n756/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0758", "images": [ "p0758" ], "printed_pages": [ "735" ], "chapter": "Tsinan Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Agricultural Products of the District]", "caption_extra": "Section heading: AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK (Shantung).", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Agricultural products (in order of importance)", "Unit", "Planting season", "Harvesting season", "Average production per acre", "Estimated annual production" ], "rows": [ [ "Wheat", "bushels", "September", "May", "16", "47,000,000" ], [ "Cotton", "pounds", "May", "September", "480", "135,000,000" ], [ "Millet", "bushels", "do", "do", "36", "34,000,000" ], [ "Kaoliang", "do", "do", "do", "34", "30,000,000" ], [ "Peanuts", "pounds", "do", "do", "1,600", "560,000,000" ], [ "Tobacco", "do", "do", "do", "1,200", "40,000,000" ], [ "Beans", "bushels", "June", "October", "16", "10,000,000" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "NOTE.—Weights of the various bushels are as follows: Wheat, 60 pounds; millet, 48 pounds; kaoliang, 48 pounds; beans, 60 pounds." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 7 as printed.", "Unit printed after the dotted leader of each product is in the 'Unit' column; 'do' (ditto) kept as printed in all columns.", "No totals printed.", "Chapter from the running head 'Tsinan Consular District' (p. 735)." ], "id": "p0758_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 757", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n757/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0760", "images": [ "p0760" ], "printed_pages": [ "737" ], "chapter": "Tsinan Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Resources and Production of Coal and Iron]", "caption_extra": "Section heading: MINERALS AND MINING. 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Head office for Chinglingchen is blank in the original.", "Superscript footnote markers kept as ¹ ² ³." ], "id": "p0761_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 760", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n760/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0765", "images": [ "p0765" ], "printed_pages": [ "742" ], "chapter": "Tsinan Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Leading Roads of the District]", "caption_extra": "Printed under the heading \"Roads\"; lead-in: \"The leading roads of the district are listed in the following table.\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Roads", "Mileage constructed for motor transportation", "Estimated number of motor cars in operation", "Passenger rates (Cents per mile)" ], "rows": [ [ "Weihsien-Chefoo", "227", "35", "4" ], [ "Yucheng-Hsiawa", "90", "4", "8" ], [ "Tsining-Tsaochow", "77", "5", "8" ], [ "Tehchow-Lintsing", "57", "2", "8" ], [ "Tsining-Shanhsien", "...", "3", "8" ], [ "Yucheng-Tungchang", "47", "10", "8" ], [ "Chowtsun-Tsingcheng", "37", "4", "8" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 7 as printed.", "No total printed.", "Mileage for Tsining-Shanhsien is a dotted rule, written '...'." ], "id": "p0765_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 764", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n764/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0767", "images": [ "p0767" ], "printed_pages": [ "744" ], "chapter": "Tsinan Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Summary of Transportation]", "caption_extra": "Heading \"Summary of Transportation\" and lead-in on the preceding page (p. 743): \"The following is a summary of the transportation by the methods in common use in this district:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Mediums", "Average load", "Average mileage per day", "Average cost per ton-mile", "Maximum haul (Miles)" ], "rows": [ [ "Railways", "15-30 ton cars", "250", "{ ¹ $0.06905 / ² .01963 }", "260" ], [ "Junks", "28 tons", "³ 10-50", ".025", "200" ], [ "Carts", "1 ton", "25", ".10", "100" ], [ "Pack animals", "400 pounds", "25", ".25", "50" ], [ "Wheelbarrows", "640 pounds", "20", ".17", "100" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Tientsin-Pukow Railway.", "² Kiaochow-Tsinan Railway, preferential rate to Tsingtao.", "³ The first figure refers to rate upstream, the second to rate downstream." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 5 as printed.", "No total printed.", "Railways: two cost figures printed in a brace ($0.06905 with note 1, .01963 with note 2), joined with ' / '; the brace also spans the 250 and 260 figures." ], "id": "p0767_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 766", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n766/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0768", "images": [ "p0768" ], "printed_pages": [ "745" ], "chapter": "Tsinan Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Electric-Light Plants in the District]", "caption_extra": "Printed under \"Public Works and Utilities — Electric-Light Plants\"; lead-in: \"The following are the electric-light plants located in the district. All are under Chinese ownership. The power load of the Tsinan plant is 200 kilowatts.\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Location", "Lighting load (Kilowatts)", "Rates (Cents)" ], "rows": [ [ "Tsinan", "900", "{ ¹ 35 / ² 4-15 }" ], [ "Tsining", "³ 170", "35" ], [ "Tenghsien", "³ 113", "35" ], [ "Poshan", "³ 100", "35" ], [ "Weihsien", "60", "35" ], [ "Chowtsun", "60", "35" ], [ "Fangtze", "60", "(⁴)" ], [ "Tungchang", "37½", "(⁴)" ], [ "Taian", "25-40", "(⁴)" ], [ "Tsaohsien", "25", "(⁴)" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Light. ² Power. ³ Kilovolt-amperes. ⁴ Flat rate." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 10 as printed (5 + 5 in two side-by-side halves, merged into one list).", "No total printed.", "Tsinan: two rates in a brace (35 with note 1, 4-15 with note 2), joined with ' / '." ], "id": "p0768_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 767", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n767/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0769", "images": [ "p0769" ], "printed_pages": [ "746" ], "chapter": "Tsinan Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Exports Declared at Tsinan for Shipment to the United States, 1922 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "Lead-in: \"The following table shows the exports declared at Tsinan for shipment to the United States during the calendar years 1922 and 1923. Values are in United States dollars.\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Articles", "Unit", "1922 — Quantity", "1922 — Value", "1923 — Quantity", "1923 — Value" ], "rows": [ [ "Soy beans", "pounds", "4,000", "$106", "...", "..." ], [ "Peanuts, shelled", "do", "10,000", "457", "24,000", "$1,446" ], [ "Embroideries", "", "...", "...", "...", "84" ], [ "Human hair", "pounds", "...", "...", "571", "444" ], [ "Carpets", "square yards", "3,676", "25,678", "7,610", "54,977" ], [ "Hair nets", "gross", "350,831", "935,309", "306,668", "617,725" ], [ "Works of art", "", "...", "68", "...", "..." ], [ "Household effects", "", "...", "1,146", "...", "117" ], [ "Total value", "", "...", "962,764", "...", "674,793" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 8 articles + Total value row, as printed.", "Unit printed after the article name in the stub; split into a separate 'Unit' column.", "1922 Value: parts sum to 962,764 = printed total; reconciles.", "1923 Value: parts sum to 674,793 = printed total; reconciles.", "Dotted rules in empty cells written '...'." ], "id": "p0769_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 768", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n768/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0774", "images": [ "p0774" ], "printed_pages": [ "751" ], "chapter": "Tsingtao Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Agricultural Products of the Kiachow Territory]", "caption_extra": "Printed under the heading \"Agriculture ¹\"; lead-in: \"The agricultural products of the Kiachow territory are as follows:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Products in order of importance", "Planting season", "Harvesting season", "Average production per acre (Piculs)", "Estimated annual production (Piculs)", "Disposition" ], "rows": [ [ "Sweet potatoes", "Apr. 20-30", "Oct. 20-30", "91", "771,480", "Consumed locally." ], [ "Peanuts", "May 1-10", "do", "39", "413,000", "Used as food and oil; surplus exported." ], [ "Wheat", "Sept. 25-Oct. 10", "June 15-30", "8", "27,722", "Consumed locally." ], [ "Millet", "Apr. 20-May 5", "Aug. 25-Sept. 5", "7", "23,651", "Do." ], [ "Soy beans", "June 20-30", "Sept. 20-Oct. 5", "10", "13,923", "Do." ], [ "Kaoliang", "Apr. 10-20", "Aug. 20-30", "6", "2,826", "Do." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ (to the heading \"Agriculture\", printed at the foot of the page) The writer is indebted to Mr. D. Y. Lin, Chief of the Bureau of Agriculture and Forestry, for the statistics and material in this chapter under the headings \"Agriculture\" and \"Forestry.\"" ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 6 as printed.", "No total printed.", "'Kiachow' spelled as printed in the lead-in (elsewhere 'Kiaochow')." ], "id": "p0774_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 773", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n773/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0776", "images": [ "p0776" ], "printed_pages": [ "753" ], "chapter": "Tsingtao Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Manufacturing and Industrial Development: Data on the Main Industries of the District]", "caption_extra": "Introduced at foot of p. 752: \"The following is a brief summary of data pertaining to some of the main industries of the district, so far as such data can be ascertained:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Industries", "Capacity", "Approximate number of employees", "Approximate capital¹ in industry", "Estimated output", "Disposition" ], "rows": [ [ "Cotton spinning", "20,000 bales per month.", "18,650", "$41,500,000", "18,200 bales per month.", "90 per cent consumed in Shantung households." ], [ "Salt production", "180,000 tons per annum.", "8,000", "10,000,000", "180,000 tons per annum.", "Chinese Government monopoly." ], [ "Peanut-oil extraction and refining, and peanut grading.", "3,500 tons of oil per month; peanut grading, 9,000 tons per month.", "3,300", "(²)", "28,000 tons of peanut oil per annum.", "Exported to America, Europe, and Japan." ], [ "Silk filature", "1,100 bales per annum.", "1,500", "2,500,000", "1,000 bales per annum.", "Exported to America and France through Japan and Shanghai." ], [ "Refrigerating plants", "184,000 cubic feet", "100", "2,600,000", "Variable", "Exported to Japan." ], [ "Match factories", "1,650 tons per month.", "770", "1,500,000", "Capacity", "Consumed in Shantung." ], [ "Brewery", "100,000 cases of beer per annum.", "160", "500,000", "do", "Consumed in Tientsin, Darien, and Tsingtao." ], [ "Slaughtering", "1,000 animals a day", "233", "400,000", "Variable", "Consumed in Japan and Tsingtao." ], [ "Ssufang railway shops.", "...", "1,400", "...", "...", "" ], [ "Egg sorting and packing", "800,000 cases per annum.", "600", "...", "Capacity", "Exported to Japan." ], [ "Manufacturing wooden soles for Japanese shoes.", "Products valued at $400,000 Yuan per month.", "600", "...", "Value ordinarily about $100,000 Yuan per month.", "Do." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Yuan dollars.", "² $1,000,000 Yuan in peanut-oil extraction; peanut grading unascertained." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 11 as printed.", "No totals printed.", "Row 'Cotton spinning', employees: second digit is blotted with ink but its closed upper loop reads as 8 ('18,650').", "Row 'Match factories', employees: a speck before '770' is taken as a blemish, not a decimal point.", "Dotted rules (nil) written '...'; Ssufang railway shops Disposition cell is blank in the original." ], "id": "p0776_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 775", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n775/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0779", "images": [ "p0779" ], "printed_pages": [ "756" ], "chapter": "Tsingtao Consular District", "table_no": null, "continued": false, "footnotes": [], "title": "[Goods Tax on Kiaochow-Tsinan Railway Shipments: Leading Commodities and Rate of Taxation]", "caption_extra": "Lead-in: \"The following are the leading commodities coming under each group and the rate of taxation:\" (Per cent of freight charges)", "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Commodity", "Per cent of freight charges" ], "rows": [ [ "Lightly taxed goods:", "" ], [ "Coal", "1" ], [ "Poshan pottery", "1" ], [ "Stone and implements", "1" ], [ "Clay sand", "1" ], [ "Brick and tiles, native", "1" ], [ "Lime", "1" ], [ "Red clay and alum", "1" ], [ "Grain, inland transportation", "3" ], [ "Vegetables and melons", "3" ], [ "Hardware and ironmongery", "5" ], [ "Matting, reed", "5" ], [ "Bamboo ware and wooden posts", "6" ], [ "Poshan glassware", "6" ], [ "Cotton cloth, native", "8" ], [ "Timber", "10" ], [ "Goods not otherwise specified", "20" ], [ "Heavily taxed goods:", "" ], [ "Livestock", "40" ], [ "Leaf tobacco (kiln-dried)", "40" ], [ "Cotton, raw, for export", "40" ], [ "Eggs", "40" ], [ "Grains, for export", "40" ] ] } ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 23 (incl. 2 group headings), printed in two side-by-side columns, joined into one list; the right column's 'Lightly taxed goods—Continued.' heading dropped.", "No totals printed." ], "id": "p0779_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 778", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n778/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0779", "images": [ "p0779" ], "printed_pages": [ "756" ], "chapter": "Tsingtao Consular District", "table_no": null, "continued": false, "footnotes": [], "title": "[Tonnage of the Principal Commodities Hauled by the Kiaochow-Tsinan Railway in 1923]", "caption_extra": "Lead-in: \"The tonnage of the principal commodities hauled by the Kiaochow-Tsinan Railway in 1923 was:\" (Metric tons)", "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Commodity", "Metric tons" ], "rows": [ [ "Coal", "1,070,000" ], [ "Peanuts:", "" ], [ "Shelled", "6,075" ], [ "Unshelled", "60,663" ], [ "Coke", "48,010" ], [ "Wood of all kinds", "46,203" ], [ "Cotton yarn", "43,020" ], [ "Kaoliang", "40,776" ], [ "Petroleum", "39,489" ], [ "Cotton, raw", "39,381" ], [ "Beans", "33,205" ], [ "Bran (chaff or husks)", "29,611" ], [ "Hardware", "29,006" ], [ "Wheat", "27,987" ], [ "Lime", "22,981" ], [ "Cows", "16,512" ], [ "Eggs", "15,899" ], [ "Tobacco leaf and cigarettes", "15,357" ], [ "Peanut oil", "15,300" ], [ "Flour", "14,281" ], [ "Sugar", "13,534" ], [ "Earthenware or pottery", "13,524" ] ] } ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 22 (incl. heading 'Peanuts:'), printed in two side-by-side columns, joined into one list.", "No totals printed." ], "id": "p0779_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 778", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n778/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0779", "images": [ "p0779" ], "printed_pages": [ "756" ], "chapter": "Tsingtao Consular District", "table_no": null, "continued": false, "footnotes": [], "title": "[Roads of the Commercial Port of Kiaochow: Surfacing and Average Width]", "caption_extra": "Section ROADS. Lead-in: \"The character of surfacing and the average width of commercial port roads are shown in the following table:\"", "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Surface", "Length — Miles", "Average width — Feet" ], "rows": [ [ "Macadamized", "144.00", "33.66" ], [ "Stone, square cut", "1.34", "17.50" ], [ "Metaled asphalt", "16.33", "28.48" ], [ "Dirt", "28.00", "16.36" ], [ "Total length", "189.67", "..." ] ] } ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 5 incl. total.", "Total length 189.67 = 144.00+1.34+16.33+28.00: reconciles.", "Figures printed with a space after the decimal point ('144. 00'); written without it." ], "id": "p0779_3", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 778", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n778/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0785", "images": [ "p0785" ], "printed_pages": [ "762" ], "chapter": "Tsingtao Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Export and Import Trade of Tsingtao, 1903, 1913, and 1923]", "caption_extra": "Section EXPORT AND IMPORT TRADE. Lead-in: \"...the rapid development of Tsingtao as a maritime port in the brief space of 27 years and under the administration of three nations is apparent from the following figures:\" (United States currency)", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Items", "1903", "1913", "1923" ], "rows": [ [ "Total exports to foreign countries and to other Chinese ports", "$2,132,508", "$18,976,745", "$34,761,431" ], [ "Imports from foreign countries", "3,285,907", "11,468,621", "34,552,117" ], [ "Imports from other Chinese ports", "1,800,837", "7,964,548", "19,136,989" ], [ "Total exports and imports", "7,219,252", "38,409,914", "88,450,537" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "NOTE.—The above figures and those following refer only to the water trade of the port. They are in United States currency and were converted at the following equivalents for the haikwan tael: 1903, $0.64; 1913, $0.7415; 1923, $0.8231. In addition to the water-borne trade there is a large volume of trade over the Kiaochow-Tsinan Railway." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 4 incl. total.", "Totals: 1903 7,219,252, 1913 38,409,914, 1923 88,450,537 all reconcile with the three rows above.", "In the note the year '1913' and '$0.7415' are faintly printed but legible." ], "id": "p0785_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 784", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n784/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0786", "images": [ "p0786" ], "printed_pages": [ "763" ], "chapter": "Tsingtao Consular District", "table_no": null, "continued": false, "footnotes": [], "title": "[Exports: Values of the Principal Articles Exported from Tsingtao, 1903, 1913, and 1923]", "caption_extra": "Section EXPORTS. Lead-in: \"The values (in haikwan taels) of the principal articles exported from Tsingtao for the years 1903, 1913, and 1923 are as follows:\" (Taels)", "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Articles", "1903 — Taels", "1913 — Taels", "1923 — Taels" ], "rows": [ [ "Beef", "...", "767,145", "1,470,456" ], [ "Bran", "...", "4,172", "720,610" ], [ "Bristles", "43,616", "370,962", "344,807" ], [ "Clogs, wooden", "...", "...", "1,020,838" ], [ "Coal", "...", "828,909", "2,201,499" ], [ "Cotton yarn", "...", "...", "514,058" ], [ "Eggs, fresh", "...", "178,570", "3,003,271" ], [ "Oil:", "", "", "" ], [ "Bean", "384,484", "242,783", "43,197" ], [ "Peanut", "703,886", "1,812,543", "4,973,142" ], [ "Peanuts:", "", "", "" ], [ "In shell", "74 392", "...", "1,031,222" ], [ "Kernels", "...", "5,116,403", "9,038,900" ], [ "Salt", "...", "...", "288,251" ], [ "Silk, raw, yellow", "416,280", "1,690,770", "931,200" ], [ "Straw braid", "573,240", "4,184,714", "1,780,963" ], [ "Tobacco", "...", "5,755", "2,777,396" ] ] } ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 17 as printed (incl. sub-headings 'Oil:' and 'Peanuts:').", "No totals printed.", "Row 'In shell', 1903: printed '74 392' with a space and no comma; kept as printed." ], "id": "p0786_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 785", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n785/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0786", "images": [ "p0786" ], "printed_pages": [ "763" ], "chapter": "Tsingtao Consular District", "table_no": null, "continued": false, "footnotes": [], "title": "[Destinations of Tsingtao's Principal Exports During 1923, by Percentages]", "caption_extra": "Lead-in: \"The following figures show, by percentages, the destinations of Tsingtao's principal exports during 1923:\"", "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Articles", "To other Chinese ports", "To Great Britain", "To Japan", "To Hongkong", "To Germany", "To France", "To United States", "To other countries" ], "rows": [ [ "Beef", "2", "...", "98", "...", "...", "...", "...", "..." ], [ "Bran", "...", "...", "100", "...", "...", "...", "...", "..." ], [ "Bristles", "4", "62", "...", "...", "9", "...", "21", "4" ], [ "Clogs, wooden", "...", "...", "100", "...", "...", "...", "...", "..." ], [ "Coal", "64", "...", "33", "...", "...", "...", "...", "3" ], [ "Cotton yarn", "87", "...", "13", "...", "...", "...", "...", "..." ], [ "Eggs, fresh", "...", "...", "100", "...", "...", "...", "...", "..." ], [ "Oil:", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Bean", "87", "...", "...", "13", "...", "...", "...", "..." ], [ "Peanut", "51", "...", "...", "20", "...", "...", "29", "..." ], [ "Peanut kernels", "31", "1", "14", "...", "5", "13", "16", "20" ], [ "Peanuts in shell", "1", "21", "16", "...", "4", "26", "6", "26" ], [ "Salt", "...", "...", "100", "...", "...", "...", "...", "..." ], [ "Silk, raw, yellow", "80", "...", "20", "...", "...", "...", "...", "..." ], [ "Straw braid", "3", "2", "77", "1", "8", "3", "2", "4" ], [ "Tobacco leaf", "96", "...", "2", "2", "...", "...", "...", "..." ] ] } ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 16 as printed (incl. sub-heading 'Oil:').", "No totals printed; for information every row's percentages sum to 100 (checked with python3)." ], "id": "p0786_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 785", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n785/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0787", "images": [ "p0787" ], "printed_pages": [ "764" ], "chapter": "Tsingtao Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Imports: Values of the Principal Articles Imported into Tsingtao Through the Chinese Maritime Customs, 1903, 1913, and 1923]", "caption_extra": "Section IMPORTS. Lead-in: \"Below are given the values (in haikwan taels) of the principal articles imported into Tsingtao through the Chinese Maritime Customs in 1903, 1913, and 1923.\" (Taels)", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Articles", "1903 — Taels", "1913 — Taels", "1923 — Taels" ], "rows": [ [ "Cotton goods:", "", "", "" ], [ "Lastings, plain, colored", "32,574", "66,585", "962,492" ], [ "Prints, plain", "14,189", "332,510", "839,441" ], [ "Sheetings, gray, plain", "421,446", "1,205,542", "1,207,980" ], [ "T cloths", "40,868", "1,265,110", "272,611" ], [ "Yarn", "3,609,407", "7,115,761", "4,310,352" ], [ "Cotton, raw", "...", "...", "5,649,000" ], [ "Dyes:", "", "", "" ], [ "Aniline", "57,005", "306,173", "479,332" ], [ "Indigo", "156,055", "1,154,314", "1,360,569" ], [ "Electrical materials", "...", "39,833", "226,158" ], [ "Flour, wheat", "...", "291,733", "775,327" ], [ "Iron and mild steel:", "", "", "" ], [ "New", "649", "55,092", "122,143" ], [ "Old", "30,203", "266,691", "331,534" ], [ "Machinery, textile", "...", "1,140", "2,804,884" ], [ "Oil, kerosene", "205,868", "1,216,997", "2,961,214" ], [ "Rice", "...", "81,086", "1,083,113" ], [ "Sugar:", "", "", "" ], [ "Brown", "29,849", "655,932", "805,896" ], [ "Refined", "851", "474,879", "1,134,554" ], [ "Timber:", "", "", "" ], [ "Hardwood", "...", "10,094", "165,145" ], [ "Softwood", "...", "111,374", "432,424" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 24 as printed (incl. 5 sub-headings).", "No totals printed." ], "id": "p0787_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 786", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n786/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0788", "images": [ "p0788" ], "printed_pages": [ "765" ], "chapter": "Tsingtao Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Origin of Tsingtao's Principal Imports by Water During 1923, by Percentages]", "caption_extra": "Lead-in: \"The following figures show, by percentages, the origin of Tsingtao's principal imports by water during 1923:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Articles", "From other Chinese ports", "From Great Britain", "From Japan", "From Hongkong", "From Germany", "From United States", "From other countries" ], "rows": [ [ "Cotton goods:", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Lastings, plain, colored", "38", "...", "62", "...", "...", "...", "..." ], [ "Prints, plain", "38", "...", "61", "...", "...", "...", "1" ], [ "Sheetings, gray, plain", "14", "...", "86", "...", "...", "...", "..." ], [ "T cloths", "22", "...", "78", "...", "...", "...", "..." ], [ "Yarn", "3", "...", "97", "...", "...", "...", "..." ], [ "Cotton, raw", "2", "...", "97", "...", "...", "...", "1" ], [ "Dyes:", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Aniline", "61", "1", "1", "...", "17", "...", "20" ], [ "Indigo", "95", "5", "...", "...", "...", "...", "..." ], [ "Electrical materials", "24", "...", "69", "...", "4", "3", "..." ], [ "Flour, wheat", "...", "...", "52", "...", "...", "48", "..." ], [ "Iron and mild steel:", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "New", "44", "...", "13", "40", "...", "3", "..." ], [ "Old", "23", "...", "42", "35", "...", "...", "..." ], [ "Machinery, textile", "6", "9", "85", "...", "...", "...", "..." ], [ "Oil, kerosene", "3", "...", "5", "...", "...", "92", "..." ], [ "Rice", "...", "...", "32", "66", "...", "...", "2" ], [ "Sugar:", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Brown", "...", "...", "1", "99", "...", "...", "..." ], [ "Refined", "...", "...", "60", "39", "...", "...", "1" ], [ "Timber:", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ], [ "Hardwood", "...", "...", "100", "...", "...", "...", "..." ], [ "Softwood", "1", "...", "23", "...", "...", "76", "..." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "NOTE.—There are notable inaccuracies in the above percentages, for the reason that Japan, like Hongkong, acts as a screen, hiding to a considerable extent the true origin of imports and the destination of exports. For example, although Japan produces only a negligible quantity of cotton, that country is accredited as the source of 97 per cent of the water-borne imports of cotton into Tsingtao, amounting in value in 1923 to 5,469,000 haikwan taels. Nearly all the cotton imported by water into Tsingtao is produced in India, the United States, and China, Japan being merely a transshipment point." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 24 as printed (incl. 5 sub-headings).", "No totals printed; for information every row's percentages sum to 100 (checked with python3).", "Note: the note's 5,469,000 differs from 5,649,000 for 'Cotton, raw' 1923 in the imports table on p. 764 (and in the prose there); kept as printed." ], "id": "p0788_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 787", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n787/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0791", "images": [ "p0791" ], "printed_pages": [ "768" ], "chapter": "Tsingtao Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Advertising: Municipal Tax on Advertisements]", "caption_extra": "The following municipal tax is levied:", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Advertisement", "Per square foot per month" ], "rows": [ [ "Roadside advertisements", "$0.04" ], [ "Wall advertisements", ".02" ], [ "Roof advertisements", ".02" ], [ "Roof advertisements (with shelf and electrical wiring)", ".05" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "A reduction of 20 per cent is given in the rate of taxation for advertisements exhibited for longer periods than three months, and a reduction of 40 per cent for periods longer than six months." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 4 as printed. No total printed.", "Column heading for the row-label column is not printed; '[Advertisement]' supplied as 'Advertisement'." ], "id": "p0791_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 790", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n790/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0793", "images": [ "p0793" ], "printed_pages": [ "770" ], "chapter": "Tsingtao Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Property Values and Rents: Annual Rental of Leased Land in the City of Tsingtao]", "caption_extra": "Leased land in the city of Tsingtao is divided into five classes, the annual rental charged by the Government being as follows (per fang-pu, a unit equivalent to 25 square feet):", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Class", "Yuan" ], "rows": [ [ "First class", "$0.62" ], [ "Second class", ".542" ], [ "Third class", ".465" ], [ "Fourth class", ".387" ], [ "Fifth class", ".310" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 5 as printed. No total printed.", "Row-label column has no printed heading; 'Class' supplied.", "Lead-in sentence quoted from the prose just above the list (p. 770)." ], "id": "p0793_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 792", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n792/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0795", "images": [ "p0795" ], "printed_pages": [ "772" ], "chapter": "Yunnan Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Cities: Leading Cities of the District]", "caption_extra": "In the following table are shown the leading cities of the district:", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "City", "Population (estimated)", "Europeans (approximate)", "Americans", "American business firms" ], "rows": [ [ "Yunnanfu", "120,000", "150", "10", "1" ], [ "Kochiu", "75,000", "...", "3", "..." ], [ "Talifu", "26,000", "8", "1", "..." ], [ "Chaotung", "30,000", "10", "...", "..." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 4 as printed. No total printed.", "Dashed rules (nil) written as '...'." ], "id": "p0795_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 794", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n794/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0796", "images": [ "p0796" ], "printed_pages": [ "773" ], "chapter": "Yunnan Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Agriculture: Average Production of the Four Principal Products]", "caption_extra": "In the following table is shown the average production of the four principal products in the order of their importance:", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Product", "Planting season", "Harvesting season", "Average production per acre (Bushels)", "Estimated annual production (Short tons)", "Use or disposition of crop" ], "rows": [ [ "Rice", "Spring", "Autumn", "¹ 20", "1,000,000", "Food." ], [ "Beans (broad)", "Autumn", "Spring", "¹ 13 to 14", "² 400,000", "Food and feed for animals." ], [ "Corn", "Spring", "Autumn", "³ 14", "133,333", "Do" ], [ "Wheat", "Autumn", "Spring", "¹ 13 to 14", "106,666", "Food." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Bushels of 60 pounds each.", "² Includes all varieties.", "³ Bushels of 56 pounds each." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 4 as printed. No total printed.", "Units 'Bushels' and 'Short tons' are printed as sub-headings under their columns; moved into the column headings.", "Footnote reference marks kept in the cells as printed." ], "id": "p0796_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 795", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n795/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0800", "images": [ "p0800" ], "printed_pages": [ "777" ], "chapter": "Yunnan Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Public Utilities: Electric-Light Plants in the District]", "caption_extra": "The following table shows the location, capacity, rates, and character of equipment of the principal electric-light plants in the district. They are all Chinese owned.", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Location", "Kilowatt lighting load", "Kilowatt power load", "Rates¹ — Per kilowatt hour", "Character and nationality of equipment" ], "rows": [ [ "Yunnanfu", "500", "150", "$0.11", "Alternating current, 3 phase, 60 cycles; German." ], [ "Mengtsz", "88", "...", ".12", "Alternating current, 3 phase, 60 cycles; British." ], [ "Linanfu", "45", "...", ".11", "Alternating current, 3 phase, 60 cycles; American." ], [ "Amichow", "20", "...", ".11", "Alternating current, 3 phase, 60 cycles·British." ], [ "Hokow", "18.4", "...", "² .54", "Direct current, 2-wire system; American dynamo." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "¹ Rates are in United States currency.", "² Rate per lamp." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 5 as printed. No total printed.", "Dashed rules (nil) written as '...'.", "Row 'Amichow', equipment: printed with a raised dot (apparently a broken semicolon) between 'cycles' and 'British'; kept as '·'." ], "id": "p0800_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 799", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n799/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0801", "images": [ "p0801" ], "printed_pages": [ "778" ], "chapter": "Yunnan Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Foreign Trade of the Three Principal Ports in Yunnan, 1913 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "The value of the foreign trade of the three principal ports in Yunnan for 1913 and 1923 may be summarized as follows:", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Port", "Exports — 1913", "Exports — 1923", "Imports — 1913", "Imports — 1923", "Total — 1913", "Total — 1923" ], "rows": [ [ "Mengtsz", "$8,200,106", "$7,442,917", "$6,381,971", "$11,746,638", "$14,582,077", "$19,189,555" ], [ "Szemao", "29,165", "35,285", "137,003", "151,495", "166,168", "186,780" ], [ "Tengyueh", "541,135", "1,264,785", "1,779,732", "1,946,382", "2,320,867", "3,211,167" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "Note.—Values are converted to United States currency from haikwan taels at the rate of $0.741 in 1913 and $0.8231 in 1923." ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 3 as printed.", "Total check: for every port and year, Exports + Imports = Total exactly (6 of 6 reconcile)." ], "id": "p0801_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 800", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n800/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0801", "images": [ "p0801" ], "printed_pages": [ "778" ], "chapter": "Yunnan Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Exports: Quantity and Value of Exports Through the Port of Mengtsz, 1913 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "The quantity and value of exports through the port of Mengtsz for the years 1913 and 1923 are shown in the following table:", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Item", "Unit", "1913 — Quantity", "1913 — Value", "1923 — Quantity", "1923 — Value" ], "rows": [ [ "Bristles", "pounds", "28,000", "$6,605", "220,667", "$135,194" ], [ "Hides", "do", "1,136,133", "117,052", "789,067", "154,087" ], [ "Leather", "do", "15,067", "4,888", "146,933", "106,000" ], [ "Goat skins", "pieces", "2,800", "883", "293,180", "107,344" ], [ "Tin slabs", "short tons", "8,553", "7,769,312", "8,743", "6,397,878" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 5 as printed. No total printed.", "Unit printed after the leader dots in the Item column; split into a 'Unit' column ('do' = ditto, as printed)." ], "id": "p0801_2", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 800", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n800/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0802", "images": [ "p0802" ], "printed_pages": [ "779" ], "chapter": "Yunnan Consular District", "table_no": null, "title": "[Principal Imports through the Port of Mengtsz, 1913 and 1923]", "caption_extra": "Lead-in: \"The quantity and value of the principal imports through the port of Mengtsz for the years 1913 and 1923 are shown in the following table:\" (printed under the heading IMPORTS)", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Item", "Unit", "1913 — Quantity", "1913 — Value", "1923 — Quantity", "1923 — Value" ], "rows": [ [ "Cigarettes", "thousands", "55,366", "$60,094", "6,080", "$30,370" ], [ "Cigarettes", "pounds", "...", "...", "797,467", "406,620" ], [ "Cotton yarn", "pounds", "16,543,600", "3,025,433", "19,697,600", "6,283,624" ], [ "Dyed cottons", "pieces", "26,672", "263,373", "84,455", "554,027" ], [ "Kerosene", "gallons", "947,360", "206,314", "1,200,020", "411,389" ], [ "Tobacco, prepared", "pounds", "958,267", "[?]", "522,667", "148,914" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 6 as printed (Cigarettes printed with a brace over two units, thousands and pounds; split into two rows).", "Cigarettes (pounds), 1913 Quantity and Value: printed as a dotted rule (nil), written '...'.", "Row 'Tobacco, prepared', col '1913 — Value': printed '167,?87' with an ink blot on the fourth digit (3 or 8); no total to apply the 3-vs-8 rule, so left [?].", "No totals printed.", "Unit column added by the transcriber from the units printed after the leader dots." ], "id": "p0802_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 801", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n801/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0814", "images": [ "p0814" ], "printed_pages": [ "791" ], "chapter": "Appendix", "table_no": null, "title": "[Registration Fees for China Companies] (Section 17(b).—Registration Fees)", "caption_extra": "Printed under the heading \"Section 17(b).—Registration fees\": \"6. The registration fees for China companies shall be as follows and shall accompany each application, except that for property value, which will be payable before certificate is issued:\"", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": null, "columns": [ "Item", "Fee" ], "rows": [ [ "Certificate of registration (as provided in sec. 5)", "$100" ], [ "Certificate of property value (as provided in sec. 8) — maximum", "300" ], [ "Certificate of property value (as provided in sec. 8) — minimum", "25" ], [ "(Fee based on value of property and investigation necessary in each case.)", "" ], [ "Certificate of amendment of articles of incorporation or authority for dissolution (as provided in sec. 10)", "100" ] ] } ], "footnotes": [], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows: 5 (4 fee lines, the property-value fee braced into maximum/minimum, plus the parenthetical note line printed within the list).", "Property value maximum read as '300' from an enlarged crop (the first digit's top is faintly printed but has the curved hook of a 3, not the flat bar of a 5); the survey description had '500'.", "No totals printed. The surrounding numbered clauses (Sections 8, 10(c), 12(a)) are prose and were not transcribed." ], "id": "p0814_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 813", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n813/mode/1up" } ] }, { "image": "p0815", "images": [ "p0815", "p0816", "p0817" ], "printed_pages": [ "792", "793", "794" ], "chapter": "Appendix", "table_no": null, "title": "Chinese Weights and Measures", "caption_extra": "A run of short equivalence lists set into the prose section 'Chinese Weights and Measures'. Lead-ins as printed: 'The British treaty of 1858 stipulated the following equivalents of weights and measures for customs purposes:'; 'The Chinese Government enacted a law in 1914 establishing a system of weights and measures ... This law has not as yet been made effective. It prescribes the following units:'; 'Other measures in local use are:'; 'However, for purposes of foreign trade, the weights in common use are as follows:'; 'The measures of capacity in common use in China are:'; 'The units of length in common use are:'; 'The units of area in common use are:'; 'For ready conversion, the following equivalents are commonly recognized:' (followed by sub-headings WEIGHTS and LINEAR AND SURFACE MEASURES).", "continued": false, "parts": [ { "label": "British treaty of 1858: equivalents for customs purposes (p. 792)", "columns": [ "Unit", "Equivalent" ], "rows": [ [ "1 picul of 100 catties", "133⅓ pounds avoirdupois." ], [ "1 chang of 10 Chinese feet", "141 English inches." ], [ "1 chuh or Chinese foot", "14.1 English inches." ] ] }, { "label": "Units prescribed by the Chinese law of 1914 (p. 792)", "columns": [ "Unit", "Equivalent" ], "rows": [ [ "Length.—1 ch'ih", "32 meters=1.049867 feet." ], [ "Area.—1 mow or 6,000 square ch'ih", "0.06144 hectare=0.15182 acre." ], [ "Capacity.—1 sheng", "10.354688 liters=10.9416 liquid quarts." ], [ "Weight.—1 liang", "37.301 grams=1.31561 ounces avoirdupois." ] ] }, { "label": "Other measures in local use (p. 793)", "columns": [ "Unit", "Equivalent" ], "rows": [ [ "10 li (lee)", "1 fen (candereen)." ], [ "10 fen", "1 ch'ien." ], [ "10 ch'ien", "1 liang (tael or ounce)." ], [ "16 liang", "1 chin (catty)." ], [ "100 chin (gin)", "1 tan (picul)." ] ] }, { "label": "Weights in common use for purposes of foreign trade (p. 793)", "columns": [ "Unit", "Equivalent" ], "rows": [ [ "1 liang", "583.3 grains=1⅓ ounces avoirdupois=37.7839 grams." ], [ "16 liang", "1 chin (gin) or catty." ], [ "1 chin or catty", "1⅓ pounds or 604.53 grams." ], [ "100 chin or catties", "1 tan or picul." ], [ "1 tan or picul", "133⅓ pounds or 60.453 kilograms." ] ] }, { "label": "Measures of capacity in common use in China (p. 793)", "columns": [ "Unit", "Equivalent" ], "rows": [ [ "10 ko", "1 sheng." ], [ "10 sheng", "1 tou." ], [ "10 tou", "1 shih." ] ] }, { "label": "Units of length in common use (p. 793)", "columns": [ "Unit", "Equivalent" ], "rows": [ [ "10 fen", "1 t'sun or inch." ], [ "10 t'sun", "1 ch'ih or foot." ], [ "10 ch'ih", "1 chang." ], [ "180 chang", "1 li (lee)." ] ] }, { "label": "Units of area in common use (p. 793)", "columns": [ "Unit", "Equivalent" ], "rows": [ [ "10 ssu", "1 hao." ], [ "10 hao", "1 lee." ], [ "10 lee", "1 fen." ], [ "10 fen", "1 mow." ], [ "100 mow", "1 ch'ing." ], [ "25 square ch'ih", "1 pu or kung." ], [ "240 pu", "1 mow." ], [ "100 mow", "1 ch'ing." ] ] }, { "label": "Equivalents commonly recognized for ready conversion — Weights (p. 794)", "columns": [ "Unit", "Equivalent" ], "rows": [ [ "1 short ton", "15 piculs." ], [ "1 long ton", "16 piculs=80 catties." ], [ "1 central or hundredweight", "75 catties." ], [ "1 pound avoirdupois", "¾ catty or 12 taels." ], [ "4 ounces", "3 taels." ], [ "1 picul", "1.19047 hundredweight." ], [ "1 tael", "1⅓ ounces=37.783 grams." ], [ "1 catty", "1⅓ pounds=604.53 grams." ] ] }, { "label": "Equivalents commonly recognized for ready conversion — Linear and Surface Measures (p. 794)", "columns": [ "Unit", "Equivalent" ], "rows": [ [ "1 ch'ih", "14.1 inches." ], [ "1 chang", "141 inches or 11.75 feet." ], [ "1 li", "⅓ of a mile." ], [ "1 mow", "⅙ of an acre, or 7,260 square feet." ] ] } ], "footnotes": [ "For currency equivalents, see chapter on \"Currency, exchange, and banking.\"" ], "transcriber_notes": [ "Rows per part: 3, 4, 5, 5, 3, 4, 8, 8, 4 (44 lines) as printed.", "Each line split at its first '=' into Unit / Equivalent; the rest of the line kept verbatim, including the final period. Part labels are the transcriber's, from the printed lead-ins and sub-headings.", "Units of area are printed in two side-by-side columns (5 lines left, 3 right); written as one list, left column first.", "1914 law, Length: printed '1 ch'ih=32 meters' with no decimal point before 32 (kept as printed).", "1914 law lines: the decimal points in 1.049867, 37.301 and 1.31561 are printed as damaged, comma-like points; written as decimal points.", "'1 central or hundredweight' and '1 long ton=16 piculs=80 catties' kept as printed.", "No totals printed. Unreadable cells: none." ], "id": "p0815_1", "scans": [ { "label": "scan leaf 814", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n814/mode/1up" }, { "label": "scan leaf 815", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n815/mode/1up" }, { "label": "scan leaf 816", "url": "https://archive.org/details/chinacommerciali00arno/page/n816/mode/1up" } ] } ]