INTERNAL  TRADE  3ï$
Cotton  hand-woven  cloth  was  shipped  by  steamer  in
1905  to  the  extent  of  229,609  piculs,  equivalent  to  about
100,000,000  square  yards,  of  which  189,649  piculs  originated
in  Shanghai.  This  went  pretty  much  to  every  place  where
there  are  Chinese,  the  largest  proportion  to  Manchuria,  but
32,116  piculs  to  the  Chinese  colonies  in  foreign  parts.  In
igoqNewchwang  imported  in  addition  82,667  piculs  by  junk.
Ground-nuts  were  shipped  to  the  extent  of  183,601  piculs
from  Tientsin,  109,042  piculs  from  Chefoo,  79,726  piculs
from  Hankow,  and  489,353  piculs  from  Chinkiang,  with
total  shipments  of  978,519  piculs  ;  of  this  quantity  24,600
piculs  went  to  foreign  countries,and  912,555  piculs  to  Canton.
Hemp,  Jute,  and  Ramie  shipments  amounted  to  365,988
piculs,  of  which  153,005  piculs  came  from  Hankow  and
113,634  piculs  from  Kiukiang  ;  134,002  piculs  went  to  Japan
and  128,441  piculs  to  other  foreign  countries,  leaving
103,545  piculs  for  home  consumption.
Medicines  of  the  Chinese  pharmacopoeia  were  shipped
to  a  value  of  Tls.1,082,247  from  Chungking,  Tls.1,050,853
from  Hankow  (much  of  it  the  product  of  Szechwan,  coming
by  junk),  with  a  total  of  Tls.4,854,835,  which  was  distributed ­
  to  every  part  of  China,  Tls.1,875,825  going  to
Hongkong  for  the  Chinese  there  and  in  other  parts  of  the
outside  world.
Musk  comes  chiefly  from  Tibet  via  Chungking,  but
6,400  ounces  reached  its  market  in  1905  through  Tientsin,
in  a  total  supply  of  60,885  ounces.  Of  this,  29,717  ounces
went  to  foreign  countries,  leaving  an  equal  quantity  for
the  delectation  of  Chinese  nostrils.
Oil  expressed  from  beans,  ground-nuts,  and  the  seeds  of
the  Camellia  oleifera  and  the  Aleurites  cordata,  provides  the
Chinese  housekeeper  with  fat  for  cooking  and  for  illumination.
Shipments  in  1905  amounted  to  1,030,701  piculs,  of  which
33,373  piculs  (116,498  piculs  in  1903)  came  from  Newchwang,
168,333  piculs  from  Kiaochow,  419,444  piculs  from  Hankow,
171,310  piculs  from  Chinkiang,  and  148,915  piculs  from
Shanghai.  It  was  imported  into  every  port  where  it  is  not
produced.