Appendix C Return of Principal Articles of Export (net) to Foreign Countries for the Years 1896-95

Articles. Chemulpo. Fusan. Wön-san.

1896. 1895. 1896. 1895. 1896. 1895.

Beans £48,485 £45,679 £65,731 £22,337 £24,132 £32,049

Fish (dried manure) . . . . 4,296 639 4,394 312

Cowhides 8,789 14,036 11,077 37,225 4,424 6,152

Ginseng 29,739 575 . . . . . . . .

Paper 2,326 1,785 1,806 2,236 24 9

Rice 92,444 62,390 178,852 17,646 549 . .

Seaweed 55 40 6,705 3,809 . . . .

Sundries 12,713 8,992 13,633 9,361 2,101 3,590

Total £194,551 £133,497 £282,100 £93,253 £35,624 £42,112

Total exports from Korea 1896. 1895.

Currency. Sterling. Currency. Sterling.

$4,728,700 £512,275 $2,481,808 £268,862

Return of Principal Articles of Foreign Import (net: i.e. excluding Re-exports) to Open Ports of Korea during the Years 1896-95.

Articles. Chemulpo. Fusan. Wön-san.

1896. 1895. 1896. 1895. 1896. 1895.

Cotton goods--Shirtings £103,196 £172,549 £51,920 £54,911 £21,982 £55,190

Lawns and muslins 6,956 11,554 10,670 8,183 1,072 2,066

Sheetings--

Japanese 12,508 7,199 ... ... 40 1,330

English and American 6,736 8,594 ... ... 23 4,500

Japanese piece-goods 14,015 20,129 24,944 19,432 30,867 38,608

Yarn--

Japanese 27,271 26,098 11,018 3,886 1,590 3,483

English and Indian 5,634 4,876 222 ... 1,871 4,364

Other cottons 14,394 29,065 6,363 4,836 8,732 15,125

Total £190,710 £280,064 £105,137 £91,238 £66,177 £124,666

Woolens 3,266 4,933 578 884 182 333

Metals 7,172 8,620 15,253 10,342 7,690 6,217

Sundries--

Dyes 4,818 10,794 2,363 3,084 777 1,667

Grass-cloths 22,358 13,641 3,546 1,402 2,241 3,154

Matches 4,798 3,575 4,571 3,348 2,018 1,680

Kerosene oil--

American 20,035 9,819 9,560 7,479 6,463 3,990

Russian 9,312 457 4,513 478 69 1

Provisions 5,717 3,859 2,358 2,024 381 ...

Saké 3,018 9,639 2,972 2,818 1,203 1,176

Silk piece-goods 28,943 65,057 8,167 5,606 4,058 12,848

Other articles 89,417 111,902 50,828 38,859 26,241 30,884

Total £188,416 £228,743 £88,878 £65,098 £43,451 £55,400

Grand total £382,203 £522,360 £209,846 £167,562 £117,500 £186,616

Less excess of re-exports over imports in some articles 1,088 596 ... ... ... 126

Net total £381,115 £521,764 £209,846 £167,562 £117,500 £186,490

Total for Korea 1896. 1895.

Currency. Sterling. Currency. Sterling.

$6,539,630 £708,461 $8,084,465 £875,816

Return of all Shipping Vessels Entered at the Open Ports of Korea during the Year 1896.

Nationality. Chemulpo. Fusan. Wön-san. Korea.

Sailing. Steam. Sailing. Steam. Sailing. Steam. Total.

No. of Vessels Tons. No. of Vessels Tons. No. of Vessels Tons. No. of Vessels Tons. No. of Vessels Tons. No. of Vessels Tons. No. of Vessels Tons.

American 2 158 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 158

British ... ... 3 3,381 ... ... 5 5,635 ... ... 5 5,635 13 14,651

Chinese 56 557 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 56 557

German ... ... 1 808 ... ... 5 4,732 ... ... 4 3,612 10 9,152

Japanese 307 10,278 154 118,145 537 17,035 292 210,645 41 3,227 58 65,654 1,389 424,984

Norwegian ... ... 2 1,082 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 1,082

Russian ... ... 2 2,202 ... ... 13 10,381 ... ... 10 10,234 25 22,817

Korean 111 3,572 51 10,375 9 500 16 5,900 8 572 28 4,840 223 25,759

Total 476 14,565 213 135,993 546 17,535 331 237,293 49 3,799 105 89,975 1,720 499,160

" for 1895 531 14,449 242 108,021 497 14,300 272 180,784 61 5,029 93 83,547 1,696 406,130