Chapter XLI: Appendix: C

RETURN of Principal Articles of Export (net) to Foreign Countries for the Years 1896-95

--------------------+-----------------+----------------+--------------- | Chemulpo. | Fusan. | Wön-san. Articles. +--------+--------+--------+-------+-------+------- | 1896. | 1895. | 1896. | 1895. | 1896. | 1895. --------------------+--------+--------+--------+-------+-------+------- Beans |£48,485 |£45,679 |£65,731 |£22,337|£24,132|£32,049 Fish (dried manure) | .. | .. | 4,296 | 639 | 4,394 | 312 Cowhides | 8,789 | 14,036 | 11,077 |37,225 | 4,424 | 6,152 Ginseng | 29,739 | 575 | .. | .. | .. | .. Paper | 2,326 | 1,785 | 1,806 | 2,236 | 24 | 9 Rice | 92,444 | 62,390 |178,852 |17,646 | 549 | .. Seaweed | 55 | 40 | 6,705 | 3,809 | .. | .. Sundries | 12,713 | 8,992 | 13,633 | 9,361 | 2,101 | 3,590 +--------+--------+--------+-------+-------+------- Total |£194,551|£133,497|£282,100|£93,253|£35,624|£42,112 --------------------+--------+--------+--------+-------+-------+-------

------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+
| 1896. | 1895. |
+----------+---------+----------+---------+
|Currency. |Sterling.|Currency. |Sterling.|
+----------+---------+----------+---------+
Total exports from Korea|$4,728,700| £512,275|$2,481,808| £268,862|
------------------------+----------+---------+----------+---------+

RETURN of Principal Articles of Foreign Import (net: _i.e._ excluding Re-exports) to Open Ports of Korea during the Years 1896-95.

------------------+-----------------+-----------------+----------------
| Chemulpo. | Fusan. | Wön-san.
Articles. +--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+-------
| 1896. | 1895. | 1896. | 1895. | 1896. | 1895.
------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+-------
Cotton goods-- | | | | | |
Shirtings |£103,196|£172,549|£51,920 |£54,911 |£21,982 |£55,190
Lawns and | | | | | |
muslins | 6,956 | 11,554 | 10,670 | 8,183 | 1,072 | 2,066
Sheetings-- | | | | | |
Japanese | 12,508 | 7,199 | ... | ... | 40 | 1,330
English and | | | | | |
American | 6,736 | 8,594 | ... | ... | 23 | 4,500
Japanese piece- | | | | | |
goods | 14,015 | 20,129 | 24,944 | 19,432 | 30,867 | 38,608
Yarn-- | | | | | |
Japanese | 27,271 | 26,098 | 11,018 | 3,886 | 1,590 | 3,483
English and | | | | | |
Indian | 5,634 | 4,876 | 222 | ... | 1,871 | 4,364
Other cottons | 14,394 | 29,065 | 6,363 | 4,836 | 8,732 | 15,125
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------
Total |£190,710|£280,064|£105,137|£91,238 |£66,177 |£124,666
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------
Woolens | 3,266 | 4,933 | 578 | 884 | 182 | 333
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------
Metals | 7,172 | 8,620 | 15,253 | 10,342 | 7,690 | 6,217
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------
Sundries-- | | | | | |
Dyes | 4,818 | 10,794 | 2,363 | 3,084 | 777 | 1,667
Grass-cloths | 22,358 | 13,641 | 3,546 | 1,402 | 2,241 | 3,154
Matches | 4,798 | 3,575 | 4,571 | 3,348 | 2,018 | 1,680
Kerosene oil-- | | | | | |
American | 20,035 | 9,819 | 9,560 | 7,479 | 6,463 | 3,990
Russian | 9,312 | 457 | 4,513 | 478 | 69 | 1
Provisions | 5,717 | 3,859 | 2,358 | 2,024 | 381 | ...
Saké | 3,018 | 9,639 | 2,972 | 2,818 | 1,203 | 1,176
Silk piece-goods| 28,943 | 65,057 | 8,167 | 5,606 | 4,058 | 12,848
Other articles | 89,417 |111,902 | 50,828 | 38,859 | 26,241 | 30,884
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------
Total |£188,416|£228,743|£88,878 |£65,098 |£43,451 |£55,400
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------
Grand total |£382,203|£522,360|£209,846|£167,562|£117,500|£186,616
Less excess of | | | | | |
re-exports | | | | | |
over imports | | | | | |
in some | | | | | |
articles | 1,088 | 596 | ... | ... | ... | 126
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------
Net total |£381,115|£521,764|£209,846|£167,562|£117,500|£186,490
------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------

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1896. 1895.
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Currency. Sterling. Currency. Sterling.
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Total for Korea $6,539,630[67] £708,461 $8,084,465[67] £875,816
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RETURN of all Shipping Vessels Entered at the Open Ports of Korea during the Year 1896.

KEY:
1 No. of Vessels
2 Tons

------------+--------------------------+--------------------------+
| Chemulpo. | Fusan. |
+------------+-------------+------------+-------------+
Nationality.| Sailing. | Steam. | Sailing. | Steam. |
+-----+------+-----+-------+-----+------+-----+-------+
| | | | | | | | |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
------------+-----+------+-----+-------+-----+------+-----+-------+
American | 2 | 158| | | | | | |
British | | | 3 | 3,381| | | 5 | 5,635|
Chinese | 56 | 557| | | | | | |
German | | | 1 | 808| | | 5 | 4,732|
Japanese | 307 |10,278| 154 |118,145| 537 |17,035| 292 |210,645|
Norwegian | | | 2 | 1,082| | | | |
Russian | | | 2 | 2,202| | | 13 | 10,381|
Korean | 111 | 3,572| 51 | 10,375| 9 | 500| 16 | 5,900|
+-----+------+-----+-------+-----+------+-----+-------+
Total | 476 |14,565| 213 |135,993| 546 |17,535| 331 |237,293|
“ for 1895| 531 |14,449| 242 |108,021| 497 |14,300| 272 |180,784|
------------+-----+------+-----+-------+-----+------+-----+-------+

------------+------------------------+---------------
| Wön-san. | Korea.
+-----------+------------+---------------
Nationality.| Sailing. | Steam. | Total.
+-----+-----+-----+------+------+--------
| | | | | |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2
------------+-----+-----+-----+------+------+--------
American | | | | | 2| 158
British | | | 5 | 5,635| 13| 14,651
Chinese | | | | | 56| 557
German | | | 4 | 3,612| 10| 9,152
Japanese | 41 |3,227| 58 |65,654| 1,389| 424,984
Norwegian | | | | | 2| 1,082
Russian | | | 10 |10,234| 25| 22,817
Korean | 8 | 572| 28 | 4,840| 223| 25,759
+-----+-----+-----+------+------+---------
Total | 49 |3,799| 105 |89,975| 1,720| 499,160
“ for 1895| 61 |5,029| 93 |83,547| 1,696| 406,130
------------+-----+-----+-----+------+------+---------

FOOTNOTES:

[67] 1 dollar = 2s. 2d.