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Notes on the River Yang-tse-Kiang. 
Copper, ... 
Rhubarb, 
Chuan-pe-ma (a drug), 
Hung-qua (safflower), 
...per catty, 240 Cash. 
...per picul, 8.0.0 Taels. 
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75.0. 0 
32.0. 0 
3 ? 
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Coal and limestone are brought in considerable quantities along 
the great Eastern road, and across the river by a ferry to the Tai- 
ping gate ; this is carried up the hills by a flight of stone steps six 
feet wide ; the road for some miles inland, is paved. 
IMPORTS. 
Tea (best quality) from Honnan, 
Do. (No. 2), 
Do. (inferior) grown in Sz’chuan, 
...per picul, 50.0.0 
„ 16.0.0 
3.3.4 
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Freight from Ichang to Chung-king is less than from Chung-king 
to Ichang. 
Foreign goods are now brought from Canton via the Tung-ting lake ; 
before Suchow in Kiangsu was taken by the rebels, the route was from 
that town via the Tang-tse. 
The following is a list of foreign cloth goods imported from Can- 
ton ; the figures prefixed to the colours signify the proportion in 
which each is in demand, 1,000 being the maximum ; the Chinese 
names are in brackets. 
1,000 Scarlet, 
150 Dark-blue, 
150 Light-blue, 
100 Black, 
80 Green, 
50 Foreign-blue, 
(Piki) Long Ells. 
per piece, 1 1. 0.0 Taels. 
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9.8.0 
8.8.0 
8.0.0 
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10.5.0 
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10.0.0 
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(Yu-mau) Dutch Caml 
100 Dark-blue, ... 
80 Sky-blue, 
10 Black, 
10 Scarlet, 
10 Foreign-blue, ... 
5 Green, 
5 Pale-yellow, 
30.0. 0 
28.0. 0 
19.0. 0 
27.0. 0 
25.0. 0 
22 . 0 . 0 
25.0.0 
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