───────────────┬────────────┬────────────┬────────────┬──────────── │ 1895. │ 1896. │ 1897. │ 1898. ───────────────┼────────────┼────────────┼────────────┼──────────── Raw silk and │ │ │ │ cocoons │ £4,800,000│ £2,880,000│ £5,560,000│ £4,200,000 Silk ‘ravel’ │ 290,000│ 280,000│ 300,000│ 270,000 Tea │ 820,000│ 640,000│ 780,000│ 820,000 Rice │ 720,000│ 790,000│ 610,000│ 590,000 Camphor │ 150,000│ 110,000│ 130,000│ 120,000 Cuttle-fish │ 100,000│ 110,000│ 140,000│ ? Coal │ 760,000│ 890,000│ 1,150,000│ 1,520,000 Copper │ 520,000│ 550,000│ 580,000│ 730,000 Tissues and │ │ │ │ silk │ │ │ │ handkerchiefs│ 1,530,000│ 1,200,000│ 1,320,000│ 1,600,000 Sewing cotton │ 100,000│ 400,000│ 1,350,000│ 2,010,000 Spun cotton │ 240,000│ 230,000│ 260,000│ 260,000 Matches │ 470,000│ 500,000│ 560,000│ 630,000 Mats and straw │ │ │ │ goods │ 480,000│ 530,000│ 640,000│ 630,000 Fans and │ │ │ │ screens │ 80,000│ 100,000│ 120,000│ ? Pottery │ 200,000│ 200,000│ 180,000│ 200,000 ───────────────┴────────────┴────────────┴────────────┴──────────── Altogether the chief manufactured articles exported in the year 1895 were valued at £4,000,000; three years later they rose in value to £6,300,000.