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provinces, though the question is complicated by its land-locked 

 position, by its poor internal roads, and by the small purchasing 

 power of the population, a result of neglected mineral develop- 

 ment and, in recent years, of anti-opium legislation ; this deprived 

 the peasantry of ready money which was at one time used in the 

 purchase of imported articles. 



The Teng-yiieh trade returns issued by the British Consul and 

 based on figures supplied by the Customs House, show the following 

 values over the 10 years 1904-1913 : — 



















1 



Import. 



Export. 



Total. 





£ 



£ 



£ 



1904 



251,249 



48.542 



299.791 



1905 

















222,033 



30,428 



258,461 



1900 

















185,643 



44,424 



230,067 



1907 

















205,010 



75,874 



281.4S4 



1908 

















109.713 



05,730 



235.419 



1909 

















142.324 



59,010 



201.934 



1910 

















194.737 



74,970 



209.713 



1911 

















100,733 



00.021 



220,754 



1912 

















278,488 



104,070 



382,504 



1913 . . 









302,772 



110.302 



473,074 



According to the " Report on the Trans- frontier Trade of Burma 

 for 1916-17, the trade with Western China is practically the trade 

 of Yunnan with Burma between the main centres of Teng-yiieh 

 and Bhamo. The figures of the trade in merchandise between 

 Burma and Western China taken from these reports over the period 

 1905-1913 are as follows : — 



1905-00 

 1900-07 

 1907-08 

 1908-09 

 1909-10 

 1910-11 

 1911-12 

 1912-13 

 1913-14 



114,999 

 114,054 

 113,019 

 112,377 

 107,474 

 122,003 

 120,809 

 149,040 

 192.092 



Export. 



Total. 



£ 



£ 



220,075 



335,074 



242,088 



350,142 



273,457 



380,476 



272,097 



385,074 



203,308 



370,842 



302,779 



424,842 



239,074 



300,543 



421,550 



570,590 



402,722 



595,414 



