EXPORT OF TEA AND SILK FROM CHINA,
Showing the State of the Trade before, during, and after the Occupation of the producing Districts by the Ti-pings.
[From the following Figures the Effect of their Presence upon Commerce may be judged.]
Total Exports during the Five Years immediately preceding the Outbreak of the Ti-ping Revolution.
| Date of Export. | Tea. | Raw Silk. | |
| Pounds. | Bales. | ||
| Year | 1845-1846 | 57,580,000 | 18,600 |
| " | 1846-1847 | 53,360,000 | 19,000 |
| " | 1847-1848 | 47,690,000 | 21,377 |
| " | 1848-1849 | 47,240,000 | 17,228 |
| " | 1849-1850 | 53,960,000 | 16,134 |
Remarks. These returns are quoted by Col. Sykes, M.P., in his pamphlet on "The Progress of Trade with China, 1833-1860," and are copied from the Friend of China, which journal, then established at Canton, published a tabular form, showing the total exports (exclusive of Ningpo) from all Treaty Ports, 1843 to 1858.
Total Exports during the First Three Years of the Revolution, while the Ti-pings were steadily progressing northward.
| Date of Export. | Tea. | Raw Silk. | |
| Pounds. | Bales. | ||
| Year | 1850-1851 | 64,020,000 | 22,143 |
| " | 1851-1852 | 65,130,000 | 23,040 |
| " | 1852-1853 | 72,900,000 | 25,571 |
Remarks. It will be seen that the progress of the rebellion did not interfere with trade, which continued steadily increasing.