rts also showed a reduction of nearly1,000,000 taels. The imports through Hongkong arelargely of European origin and amounted in 1898 to97,314,017 taels, against 90,125,887 taels in 1897. EvenIf all the imports into China from Hongkong andMacao are of European origin, combining them withthose from… … ^tunixtit ^ntxitM. ing increased ability to purchase luxuries, may betaken as a sign of prosperity. Customs Commissioner Huges, of Kiukiang, speakingof the progress of the kerosene oil trade, says : TheAmerican oil still maintains itssupremacy, and judgingby our figures of the last two years, seems…
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