CHINA. 



136 



ht tanner* w recruited from 



K'0|. a >.. I 



tutfjr Jo 



ue** army. nul UN! 

 .iicial goveniifn 



f Hllttil lli'li |- 



IV km and $5 



incss, Mongolia, an<> 



-MI), i...-!. MI weapons and 



i visions of w h i r h are commanded 



and p>< . ha 



: K'lh of .V;-. .*real- 



ipline. 

 : nneec. war j.lai 



have been obtain. .1 M . far beyond the 

 1rnioii of the stu- ' war. 



baitJe hi|". formerly belonging 



lO tin- IK r 



i .du an. I \\ 

 : wiihJa|*an. Th- iui\itl forces are 



I* the 



-. built in 



: cruuwr* to be built at Stettin. 'II 



IS of ai i -at. 6 



1 1888 and 1800.2 arn 



Ighai wjii;i<lr< n <"\.-\~' 



run boats, 6 floating bir 



rU. A - being 



and : 



^^^s* 1 frigate. 

 1 trnn- 



It in 



mil 1 trpedo boat. '1 



1 .IT Hjmulroiis number 80 

 t- Koona flaw. 



are 

 .1 great vn- 



il mill tl 



iilli-t. i-i-rn. barley, ami 

 fn'U n- un'Wii in ih- 



in th- -M-uth. w In r- nvgw 



tcadiitrici 



from 

 :IIIL'. nn 



li- -1 in S 



008 taefe, The value of tc* n ported in 1886 was 

 81440JH83 taeU : of raw silk and silk goods. 50,6*?.- 



raw bmid, -.41'; 



jffalo hides. 







The lot f tm a. 



aavtagoVi fr.iii I HI m 



The amount, in hatktn 

 ith on 180ft was a* fol 







II 



A. CO|I|MT 111 inct. which have 

 - .r'^. .1 in Vuiinnn. have bean developeil 

 -lapanene metal lui^iitta. 



ADI) ,-M- . >4 ..2H taeK Ink IDC the 



i in t 1 ' rhinn. Aihli: nlue 



ii i; from that of the im- 

 Mr %-altie of the 

 .ml that of tl- 

 160.006.75.1 taeln. T 



I'piuin. of ih,- total \ .-;. . f SH.lMjBOOtaala; 

 i manufArtutv*, M.074.1V| laeN : mw o tt.n. 

 T .'3.240 taeU : metaK 

 400 taels ; coal. 8.M.275 t *eU : krn 

 M7 taeb ; aeawted and fishery product*. 5. 135.- 



Prom the sum of the imports are to be < 

 BjMOJSfttacb .' , . n.. l.\n,^ th- t- <: i,t 



The Imports from 

 .-n. \nlurd at 8J806JB8 taeb, and rii- 



".694 taeb. are incnidail hi 

 the figures for Jatn. 



>n 1806 reached the total of 

 888.600.0(MlhaikHai: 



-rlin^\n! .VO.OOO. apaJnM i.'. 



(NMMNtf) IH.-N in Mii|rts.esp<rt.- h\n 



000 n. 



creased Ui and amounted to 



i lit- trad.- of al. 

 '.11 < (T UN 0.000 fa. 



1 hi- d !. trade with < 

 while trad.- with .laj an <i-reaed by o 

 tael*. 



ea, mhih increj 

 than 

 showed a further Urge decline, owing not .- 



rmosa, b tnand 



thn i L-l.' ui < hina. The tra: 



porta- 



!bestfaigs and cotton flan- 



-tees prevailing in the Tnited 



iinng the summer. American cot- 



iimale of 



n. -rt' and Manchuria. Indian > am im- 



port* have risen from 818,000 picub in 1880 to 



.fnese yarns rasa 

 r 101X000 picnls. 



arkablr increase in the imports of 

 a a 



:irk tea. due tO 



rmosa shipments and to 

 ronghont Chteft, The ex- 



f-.rt of brii k and tablet ia showed an 



black tea to India 



like* I>M> increa*ed. a* thev have Meadilv dot 

 ten year*. There wa* a decline f 22JMM) picub in 

 attributable t.. large pr 



rlain change* in fa-hii n. and 

 to an intermission of the American demand during 

 the presidential campaign. 



The foreign merchant * who established thenv 

 seta* in the treaty port* are being gradually 

 crowded out bv the Chinese, and hil- the import 

 trade ha* contihuou*ly increased the native traders 

 are monopolizing in an increasing degree the ad- 



