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Appendix II — Return of All Shipping Entered at the Open Ports of Korea During the Year 1902

FlagChemulpoFusanWon-san
SailingSteamSailingSteamSailingSteam
Number of VesselsTonsNumber of VesselsTonsNumber of VesselsTonsNumber of VesselsTonsNumber of VesselsTonsNumber of VesselsTons
British——37198——14800————
Korean167403118734,877123087732,63351909422,057
Chinese73406—————————
French————11744——————
German——11379————————
Italian——————12791————
Japanese20512,945299186,05094328,447685326,858778238189106,755
Norwegian——————125——125
Russian——4258,332——2112,55542944122,752
United States6162115————————
Total45117,544533287,85195630,499786379,662868722325151,589
″ 190157118,839465220,05376530,147686312,029656333259112,583
Average, five years, 1898-190259619,968415206,99672627,086569287,725636085243121,791
FlagChin-am-poMok-poKun-san3
SailingSteamSailingSteamSailingSteam
Number of VesselsTonsNumber of VesselsTonsNumber of VesselsTonsNumber of VesselsTonsNumber of VesselsTonsNumber of VesselsTons
British————————————
Korean412689720026,89891549220,6943566610113,478
Chinese2643113——14——18——
French————————————
German————————————
Italian————————————
Japanese12653495231,263623672281144,422338186622,297
Norwegian————————————
Russian————————————
United States53140831465————————
Total85516,76728358,626723830373165,11669149216735,775
″ 190187018,42420335,826754572320133,494111273114136,163
Average, five years, 1898-190271614,67819536,7931004655278121,014————
FlagMa-sam-po3Songchin3Total for Korea
SailingSteamSailingSteamSailingSteam
Number of VesselsTonsNumber of VesselsTonsNumber of VesselsTonsNumber of VesselsTonsNumber of VesselsTonsNumber of VesselsTons
British——————————411,998
Korean1312847——9214,29864112,277845165,782
Chinese————————3393531——
French————————11744——
German——————————11379
Italian——————————12791
Japanese6179620528,902985812730,646151661,1231904877,193
Norwegian——————————250
Russian——————975834294113101,222
United States————————59157032480
Total6282720729,749985822852,527256080,53929021,160,895
″ 190172103316920,223429419632,565253382,3732439902,936
Average, five years, 1898-1902————————233175,3522053833,334

Note.—Japanese shipping (steamers of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Osaka Shosen Kaisha and the Hori Company) easily occupies the first place. The Korean share in the trade is increasing, and Russian steamers show a larger tonnage in Korean ports than before.

APPENDIX III
RETURN OF PRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF EXPORT TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES FROM THE OPEN PORTS OF KOREA DURING THE YEARS 1901-1902.

Articles19021901Average,
Five Years,
1898-1902
QuantityValueQuantityValue
£££
BarleyLbs.359,600395100,1331111165
Beans, all kinds″107,887,600186,293114,273,600194,115185,839
Bêche-de-mer″312,6666517447,46668207199
Cattle and live-stockHead655219,38313,61117,28811,5144
CopperLbs.264,4004041300,5336448—5
Fish, dried, salt and manure″4,909,60084187,645,06614,81411,782
Ginseng, red″85,201122,30424,57525,67077,3866
″ white″333321316121109
Gold ore——5409—7205—5
HidesLbs.3,981,60070,8153,500,40066,39653,652
Millet″213,333309439,8664371539
Nutgalls″67,86687599,86613081866
Paper″173,0663164133,20025753161
Rice″126,401,066359,804184,566,266427,459314,081
Seaweed″2,596,66693543,027,60091188744
Skins of all kindsPieces29,660223921,07713922039
TallowLbs.421,4663015306,26621851055
Whaleflesh and blubber——4737—22,85811,410
WheatLbs.11,751,33318,0222,787,86636829523
Other exports——20,727—26,82244,641
Total——846,034—836,824746,705

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