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THE  CHINESE  EMPIRE

Total  Trade

1859
1864
1874
1884
1894
1904
1906

Inward.
Tls.
32,429,232
58,064,248
89,636,343
86,612,326
150,282,278
324,876,826
342,959,615

Outward.
Tls.
35,613,148
54,923,258
101,253,001
98,869,413
158,867,473
339,771,524
332,217,048

Total.
Tls.
68,042,380
112,987,506
190,889,344
185,481,739
309,149,751
664,648,350
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In  the  original  exports  from  Shanghai  in  1904,  silk  and
its  products  figured  for  Tls.33,411,000,  raw  cotton  f 01
Tls.16,000,000,  cotton  cloth  from  steam  factories  Tls.747,000,
and  from  hand-looms  Tls.5,920,000,  factory-spun  cotton
yarn  Tls.4,150,000,  and  rice  Tls.5,100,000.

Chekiang
Chekiang,  with  an  area  of  36,700  square  miles  and  a
population  estimated  at  12,000,000,  the  northern  end  of
the  ancient  Kingdom  of  Yueh,  which  extended  along  the
coast  from  Canton  to  Shanghai,  is  divided  by  the  Tsientang
River,  emptying  into  the  sea  between  Hangchow  an
Shaohing,  into  a  large  southern  section,  generally  moun'
tainous,  but  with  some  considerable  plains  in  its  northern
part,  and  a  smaller  northern  section,  almost  entirely  plain»
deposited  by  the  Yangtze.  The  plains  of  the  northern
section  and  of  the  northern  part  of  the  southern  section
are  protected  from  incursions  of  the  sea  by  well-built  sea
walls,  starting  from  Hangchow  and  skirting  both  sides  0
the  estuary  of  the  Tsientang,  with  a  total  length  of  abont
250  miles.  The  Hangchow  or  Tsientang  bore  or  eger,
seen  at  its  best  opposite  Haining,  is  among  the  wonders
oi  the  world,  presenting  the  sight  of  a  solid  and  almost
perpendicular  wall  of  water,  12  to  15  feet  high,  rushing
into  the  estuary  and  up  the  river  at  a  speed  of  12  to  l5
miles  an  hour.  The  plain  country,  especially  north  of  the