The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-15
.CUSTOHS COLLECTED IN CHINA.
what Russia Has accomplished Tn
der Ter New Srhcduic.


The State Department has jest received
from Mr. Sgui-rcs. Secretary OF the Amor
can Legation al p, king a copy II "a re-
port hy the United StsJ,s Cou--l nj Nieu-
chWans on the trade Of mat place Tor the
quarter ended june 90. 1871. The figures.
Mr.. Squi,rs notes are interesting. as Il
it the first time that native customs have
been collected by the Imperial Maritime
Customs. Unfortunately. there is no data
showing the amount collected under ma
tive control.
a note from the officer in charge to the
inspector general Of customs reads
The imperial Russian provisional civil
administration having opened a custom
house 10 collect uncer foreign supervis-
ion, dues and Iikin on junk CargOes, l
transmit the statistics of that trade from
the LIST Of April 90 the 31th of June. 1871.
"OE all CargDes arriving or leaving by
sea-gOing junks. dues and duties We're
collected at treaty-tarin rates-lilin at
the rate Of f1ur-ffths Of / per cent sd
valorem on imports and One-half q ! per
cent ad valorem on exports. except on
certain staples which were reduced last
May TO the rate formerly assessed by the
native customs. Boats trading UP river
paid tonnage dues. but no duties were lev
led on other c:trgOCs-"
The dues, duties, and lfkin collected dur
ing the quarter amounted TO S3iS76. Of
which import duty covered S2l,2i6, and ex-
port duty S229H
in transmitting the above the United
States Consul notes that the new tariff
rates established by the Russians were
said to be about eight times the previous
Chinese tax, but on petition Of the Chi
nese merchants the rates were reduced.
eNperimentaIly. until August l. The tariff
on indian corn is 215 cents per 153 ID
pounds. on grains. Ou7 cent: on bean
cake. I434 cents. ON fine china ware, ~
cents per bundle. on coarse china. 43 %
cents; on black tea. 6f5 cents per l33 l-3
pounds. etc. lie continues
In addition TO the above. and to the
regular treaty duties. tax Of SlI9 per
annum IS placed on each junk navigating
the river. and tonnage dues Of otJl43f
cents per ton on each junk going up the
river. each trip. There is also a tOnna &c
tax on each ocean junk somewhat higher
than the above.
junks is being established. aIEi already
the number OF river craft recorded is
above 1900
In the regular customs report for the
quarter ended June 80. 1891, which practi-
caHy represents the trade for the first
I half year Gas the amount for the first
quarter IS very Insignificant on account
I Of the river being frozen). there Is very
little Of special interest except to note
that both the imports and exports fall
[ considerably below those Of the CORE
spending period for the two preceding
years. the American piece-gOods trade
being only a little over One-half Of what
IL was in 1899 and about the same as for
the corresponding period q last year
The importation Of American flour in
creased as follows From $40 for the sec
ond quarter in 1855 TO Sf.330 IN 1899. and
TO SI6l,SS7 in 1907 and Is reduced again 10
SI8.Sf7 for this last quarter
The large increase for 1870 was due 70
the closing OF trade in the interior and
the scarcity OF native -four. and does not
indicate a natural Increase in the trade.
The amount Of American kerosene i'm
ported during the quarter was $1,000 gal
Ions. the largest quantity ever imported
during a cores spending period This is no
doubt due 10 the small amount imported
last year and the consequent light stock
B on hand.
"All reports from the interior are most
favorable regarding conditions = climate
for this years products. and crops never
/ looked better or promised greater yield
than =