APPENDIX III
RETURN OF PRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF EXPORT TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES FROM THE OPEN PORTS OF KOREA DURING THE YEARS 1901-1902.
| Articles | 1902 | 1901 | Average, Five Years, 1898-1902 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | |||
| £ | £ | £ | ||||
| Barley | Lbs. | 359,600 | 395 | 100,133 | 111 | 1165 |
| Beans, all kinds | ” | 107,887,600 | 186,293 | 114,273,600 | 194,115 | 185,839 |
| Bêche-de-mer | ” | 312,666 | 6517 | 447,466 | 6820 | 7199 |
| Cattle and live-stock | Head | 6552 | 19,383 | 13,611 | 17,288 | 11,514[4] |
| Copper | Lbs. | 264,400 | 4041 | 300,533 | 6448 | —[5] |
| Fish, dried, salt and manure | ” | 4,909,600 | 8418 | 7,645,066 | 14,814 | 11,782 |
| Ginseng, red | ” | 85,201 | 122,304 | 24,575 | 25,670 | 77,386[6] |
| ” white | ” | 3333 | 213 | 16 | 121 | 109 |
| Gold ore | — | — | 5409 | — | 7205 | —[5] |
| Hides | Lbs. | 3,981,600 | 70,815 | 3,500,400 | 66,396 | 53,652 |
| Millet | ” | 213,333 | 309 | 439,866 | 437 | 1539 |
| Nutgalls | ” | 67,866 | 875 | 99,866 | 1308 | 1866 |
| Paper | ” | 173,066 | 3164 | 133,200 | 2575 | 3161 |
| Rice | ” | 126,401,066 | 359,804 | 184,566,266 | 427,459 | 314,081 |
| Seaweed | ” | 2,596,666 | 9354 | 3,027,600 | 9118 | 8744 |
| Skins of all kinds | Pieces | 29,660 | 2239 | 21,077 | 1392 | 2039 |
| Tallow | Lbs. | 421,466 | 3015 | 306,266 | 2185 | 1055 |
| Whaleflesh and blubber | — | — | 4737 | — | 22,858 | 11,410 |
| Wheat | Lbs. | 11,751,333 | 18,022 | 2,787,866 | 3682 | 9523 |
| Other exports | — | — | 20,727 | — | 26,822 | 44,641 |
| Total | — | — | 846,034 | — | 836,824 | 746,705 |
APPENDIX IV
RETURN OF PRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF IMPORTS TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES DURING THE YEARS 1901-1902.
| Articles | 1902 | 1901 | Average, Five Years, 1898-1902 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | |||
| £ | £ | £ | ||||
| Cotton goods— | ||||||
| Shirtings, grey and white— | ||||||
| British | Pieces | 389,730 | 172,515 | 402,156 | 176,892 | 159,763 |
| Japanese | ” | 18,926 | 3934 | 19,236 | 3933 | 2328 |
| T-cloths | ” | 18,771 | 4169 | 29,798 | 6782 | 4400 |
| Drills— | ||||||
| British and American | ” | 20,045 | 9274 | 34,970 | 16,250 | 9546 |
| Japanese | ” | 2032 | 1036 | 919 | 188 | 298 |
| Turkey-red cloths | ||||||
| British | ” | 6357 | 1873 | 6815 | 1928 | 1934 |
| Japanese | ” | 9763 | 1539 | 10,274 | 1904 | 1726 |
| Lawns and muslins | ” | 100,513 | 10,133 | 95,460 | 9750 | 12,915 |
| Lenos | ” | 33,602 | 8797 | 38,897 | 10,296 | 9062 |
| Sheetings— | ||||||
| British and American | ” | 134,282 | 57,342 | 189,554 | 80,177 | 60,164 |
| Japanese | ” | 173,907 | 72,098 | 171,235 | 72,303 | 52,961 |
| Cotton reps | ” | 21,094 | 9461 | 28,412 | 14,598 | 7707 |
| Japanese piece-goods | ” | 658,462 | 65,407 | 909,811 | 88,069 | 75,405 |
| Piece-goods, non-Japanese | ” | 39,356 | 3054 | 39,699 | 3517 | 8600 |
| Yarn— | ||||||
| British and Indian | Lbs. | 111,333 | 3923 | 120,933 | 4193 | 5641 |
| Japanese | ” | 4,154,533 | 98,933 | 5,028,800 | 119,781 | 105,454 |
| Chinese | ” | — | 4 | 12 | ||
| Other cottons | — | — | 23,282 | 33,235 | 42,003 | |
| Total | 546,772 | 643,808 | 559,919 | |||
| Woollen goods | 7846 | 16,618 | 8235 | |||
| Miscellaneous piece-goods | 1701 | 1645 | 1148 | |||
| Metals | 59,266 | 74,156 | 54,218 | |||
| Sundries— | ||||||
| Arms, accoutrements, and ammunition | 9556 | 38,606 | 17,979 | |||
| Bags and ropes for packing | 31,408 | 28,464 | 25,011 | |||
| Clothing and haberdashery | 21,918 | 17,916 | 14,260 | |||
| Cotton— | ||||||
| Raw | Lbs. | 239,066 | 3806 | 447,866 | 7883 | 5244 |
| Wadding | ” | 652,606 | 12,340 | 688,533 | 14,650 | 14,596 |
| Dyes | ” | 259,333 | 8361 | 327,466 | 13,791 | 8814 |
| Flour | ” | 1,937,066 | 7433 | 1,899,066 | 7860 | 6724 |
| Grain and pulse | ” | 3,998,266 | 9337 | 3,110,133 | 6348 | 14,495 |
| Grass-cloth | 57,310 | 53,979 | 46,823 | |||
| Machinery | 14,608 | 12,546 | 8816 | |||
| Matches | Gross | 576,629 | 18,110 | 562,338 | 17,747 | 15,991 |
| Mining supplies | 46,659 | 39,267 | 28,859 | |||
| Kerosene oil— | ||||||
| American | Gallons | 3,461,980 | 77,988 | 2,463,631 | 62,833 | 55,691[7] |
| Japanese | ” | 760 | 17 | 19,260 | 530 | 1873 |
| Paper | Lbs. | 878,666 | 7654 | 901,733 | 8033 | 6475 |
| Provisions | 19,154 | — | 19,359 | 15,695 | ||
| Railway plant and material | 46,112 | — | 27,963 | 33,816 | ||
| Rice | Lbs. | 11,447,466 | 40,675 | 10,963,200 | 40,924 | 24,348[8] |
| Saké and samshu | 15,924 | — | 14,228 | 13,247 | ||
| Salt | Lbs. | 17,491,733 | 7998 | 28,845,200 | 13,879 | 13,031 |
| Silk piece-goods | 86,444 | — | 125,381 | 81,911 | ||
| Sugar | Lbs. | 2,501,600 | 15,039 | 1,992,933 | 12,588 | 10,984 |
| Tobacco, cigars, and cigarettes | 20,273 | — | 17,425 | 14,576 | ||
| Other sundries | 188,642 | — | 161,838 | 135,910 | ||
| Total | 766,766 | — | 764,038 | 615,169 | ||
| Grand total | 1,382,351 | — | 1,500,265 | 1,238,689 | ||
APPENDIX V
COAST TRADE BETWEEN TREATY PORTS IN NATIVE PRODUCE (NET)
| Port | 1902 | 1901 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imports | Exports | Imports | Exports | |
| Yen | Yen | Yen | Yen | |
| Chemulpo | 2,517,819 | 91,443 | 1,991,757 | 98,364 |
| Fusan | 443,235 | 587,513 | 455,256 | 445,963 |
| Won-san | 514,936 | 573,025 | 306,909 | 626,965 |
| Chin-am-po | 83,805 | 803,828 | 34,662 | 708,561 |
| Mok-po | 105,577 | 817,359 | 104,926 | 456,632 |
| Kun-san | 73,691 | 527,187 | 57,122 | 472,850 |
| Ma-sam-po | 10,896 | 191,547 | 15,173 | 110,968 |
| Syöng-chin | 94,997 | 84,892 | 78,439 | 74,829 |
| Total | 3,844,956 | 3,676,794 | 3,044,244 | 2,995,132 |
| ” coast trade[9] | 7,521,750 | 6,039,376 | ||
APPENDIX VI
CUSTOMS REVENUE
| Year | Amount | Exchange | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Currency | Sterling | |||
| Yen | £ | s. | d. | |
| 1902 | 1,204,776 | 122,783 | 2 | 0½ |
| 1901 | 1,325,414 | 135,303 | 2 | 0½ |
| 1900 | 1,097,095 | 109,710 | 2 | 0 |
| 1899 | 902,955 | 90,296 | 2 | 0 |
| 1898 | 1,000,451 | 101,087 | 2 | 0¼ |
| Average, five years | — | 111,836 | — | |