322  THE  CHINESE  EMPIRE
and  the  passenger  traffic  is  already  considerable.  The
development  of  goods  traffic  is  a  subject  for  future  investigation. ­
  At  Tientsin,  not  including  steamer  cargoes  coming
from  and  going  to  Tangku  and  Chinwangtao,  the  trade  with
the  interior  carried  by  railway  in  1905  was  valued  at
Tls.51,500,000  ;  in  the  same  year  the  Tientsin  trade  by
the  Grand  Canal  was  valued  at  Tls.21,000,000,  and  that
between  Tientsin  and  Paoting  by  the  (Chihli)  West  River
at  Tls.23,500,000.  The  line  from  Tsingtau  to  Tsinan  in
Shantung  carried  303,000  tons  of  merchandise  and  795,°°°
passengers  during  1905.  At  Hankow,  in  the  same  year,  a
sum  was  collected  for  likin  on  goods  carried  by  rail,  which,
capitalised,  represents  a  value  of  Tls.6,000,000  for  merchandise ­
  carried  over  a  road  which  was  not  a  trade  route  in
the  past.  These  are  indications  that  even  of  stagnating
China  it  may  be  said  e  pur  si  muove.