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Newchang:
Net foreign imports 19,324,000 17,734,810
Net Chinese imports 32,296,443 24,859,306
Net exports 26,967,606 28,581,209
Tientsin:
Net foreign imports 105,841,839 128,492,918
Net Chinese imports 76,103,282 76,849,196
Net exports 95,629,632 119,997,109
Hankow:
Net foreign imports 66,646,665 34,228,671
Net Chinese imports 5°>777,155 39>54I,o11
Net Exports 167,686,376 127,190,262
Nanking:
Net foreign imports 15,245,701 4,723,231
Net Chinese imports 7,654,701 2,214,165
Net exports 22,063,222 5,119,439
Shanghai:
Net foreign imports 389,416,904 294,107,879
Net Chinese imports 115,342,459 115,879,039
Net exports 469,527,912 458,991,566
Amoy:
Net foreign imports 18,286,571 20,269,881
Net Chinese imports 13,875,792 15,708,194
Net exports 5485,948 5,530,948
Swatow:
Net foreign imports 27,206,571 31,656,092
Net Chinese imports 37,935,909 36,464,636
Net exports 20,930,244 19,665,918
Canton:
Net foreign imports
Net Chinese imports
Net exports . . .
79,687,153 43,656,900
73,735,886 51,564,003
108,182,665 77,261,509
Shanghai is also a centre for a considerable re-export trade to foreign countries,
Hong-Kong, and to Chinese ports, chiefly those to the North and to the Yang-tze river
ports.
Situated on the easternmost central point of the Chinese seaboard, Shanghai has
undoubtedly a very favourable geographical position which is a large factor in her im¬
portance as a city and port. Shanghai has been stated to be literally at the world’s cross¬
roads. Behind the city lies the wealth of the great Yang-tze basin, comprising an area
of some 750,000 miles, or half of China proper, and natural highways by land and water
reach her from the borders of Tibet and the regions of Central Asia. By sea, there is a
direct run across the Pacific to Canada, the United States, Mexico and South America,
and a southward run to Australia and New Zealand, while there is a south-eastward run