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THE  CHINESE  EMPIRE

Cotton  Manufactures  in  1867  were  valued  at  Tls  .14,617,268,
being  21  per  cent,  of  the  total,  and  in  1905  at
Tls.181,452,953,  being  40  pér  cent  of  the  total  ;  the  imports ­
  of  1905  were  above  the  normal,  but  the  increase  was
maintained  in  1906.  Of  plain  fabrics  (grey  and  white  shirtings, ­
  sheetings,  drills,  jeans,  and  T-cloths)  the  import  in
1867  was  3,738,965  pieces,  about  118,875,000  square  yards,
of  which  130,000  pieces  came  from  the  United  States  and
the  rest  mainly  from  England  ;  the  value  of  these  plain
fabrics  was  Tls.10,537,427,  which  was  72  per  cent,  of  all
cotton  imports.  Of  these  same  plain  fabrics  the  importation
in  1905  was  28,702,693  pieces,  about  1,167,600,000  square
yards,  of  which  the  country  of  origin  was  as  follows  :—

English
American
J  apanese
Indian
All  others
Total

Pieces.
14,393,846
12,693,793
789,290
651,011
174,753
28,702,693

Sq.  Yards.
589.200.000
519.770.000
30.530.000
22.330.000
5,770,000
1,167,600,000

Value,  Tls.
43,480,144
42,977T75
2,079,313
1,461,369
486,884
90,484,885

This  value  was  48  per  cent,  of  the  value  of  all  cotton  products
imported  in  1905.  Fine  cotton  fabrics  were  imported  in
1867  to  the  extent  of  781,359  pieces,  about  15,860,000
square  yards,  composed  more  than  half  of  figured  (white
and  dyed)  shirting  and  chintzes,  almost  entirely  of  English
weaving  ;  the  value  was  Tls.2,464,075,  being  17  per  cent,
of  all  cotton  imports.  In  1905  fine  cotton  imports  were
10,821,885  pieces,  about  220,195,000  square  yards,  which
may  be  divided  approximately  between  the  countries  of
origin  as  follows  :—

English
American
J  apanese
All  others

Pieces.
7,634,054
54U977
1,813,480
832,374
10,821,885

Sq.  Yards.
186.304.000
16.253.000
11.368.000
6,271,000
220.195.000

Value,  Tls.
23T35,583
2,006,35°
1,446,054
921,432

Total

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