The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-29
TREATY PORTS ~ CHINA.
American Residents Increasing With the
Growth % American

The most important OF the treaty port, ~
China is Shanghai, the present population of
which is ipo. WO, which Is not only the largest
Of the treaty orte, bat the oldest as we'll. la}-
ing been opened A. such to the buslue-s ui
other countries in MAY, lsI3. under IL" tr,uly
Of Marking. nude the year previous Canton,
the second in respect of the time Of opening
has a population of 2,OOO.0O. and Ticuis,n.
n treaty port since 1851, under the Perkiu con-
vention Of 1890, has a population of aiO.rp
Hankow has n population OF SO,0p HangcNal
OF $4,000 aud Hong-Kong. which In general No.
Cep,ance IL regarded rs n treaty port, Though
actually Is an integral part of the British M
pirc and has been such for more than half a
century. has a population Of SOON
There are several other treaty ports. but thrsn
are the chief ones, and the surprising feature
of the matter is the extent "a which Chinese
residpntsi In these cities outnumher the f~liroueau
residents who control tho In Hong
Kong here are only $500 Caucasian inhahi'nni.
of whom. exclusive Of the military, police and
naval establishments, one-half are Portuguese
and onc-third English. Next In numbers follow
natives of Germanv. the | ni'"d States, France.
Spain. Italy and Turkey. the remainder beng
di divided among about ten nauonalites.
In the treaty ports of China collectively.
! IIong-Kong not included. with aChincse rotr.
la,ion in excess Of $4,000. there are orI'
70 600 EIlropean residents according TO tho lr'
census. They are divided n follows. Eugl sd
4oo0: Americans, l.564, Japanese. l.l08 puril.
Vlesp, 975: Germans. $50. French, GgS, SCaudua-
vians. 5s7. Spaniards, SO" Russians, lie, |ltal'ars
10. Hollanders. II, and Belgians, ~. Tho
English, American and Japanese residents nro
increasing year hy wear a. IN" volume Of ioI'lg D.
commerce cNpauds. whereas the French, l'ali
nod Spanish population lS falling on.
II Is noteworthy thai there las been v Ith'n
the last two years a "ouSid' rahl IncrrH~" n
in the number of An" rl'Cn Resident, of II.
treaty PORTS consequent Grou the great ,"-
larpenrut of American rurm"Irr win ClInH
the imports OF AIn'rlran goods INTO which arc
now 10 III" average amount "i 80 l"b"JIa 'rar
exclusive of thu~' tnt'rHg 'llIH 10y way a.
Hong Kong. During ~" carly wears of 'I"
last decade exports ~ HonG-konR were lnr."'
than tho~n 10 thina direct. bat tu" thu,-r uuri-
have been steadily gamma. ~ on Hone II =
and in the ilsCal year lSJ" the shipment ir ga
the I nitcd States Ia ports OF China were Goubl.
the amount Of shlrmcnts to Hong hong h"ng
for China :4 iN3, 40 and to Hong-kuug
1872 52j.
Tive tinted States il '2JOc'.rO with exports
from China and Hong Kong of s:2.Wn.WO
Under n" official destination Of treaty Forts
they are the doors thrCugh which foreign con-
mc'Ce enters and Mt which citizens Of foreign
nations may PERSONALLY 'rIaeo IN trade viii
the people Of China. They are not located ~
Cluslvolv ON the Soacoast. and moro than one
half Of the cities which are open to toreilu CONE
mrrcc under treaty regulations are located 100
the interior, some Of them hundreds Of mIlna
from the coast. only thirteen Of the 'wouir-
eight cities claSsed a. treaty ports are upon M"
coast and. while most Of tn" remainder are To-
Gated upon navigable streams. some aro NOT
even accessible by waterways or land trans
TOrtatiOu systems other than carriages or carts