解码:“清光绪四年至九年芜湖关贸易情形论略”

Decoding the “Overview of Trade in Wuhu Customs House during the Period from the Fourth to the Ninth Year of Guangxu Reign”

"清光绪四年至九年芜湖关贸易情形论略",真实地反映了芜湖海关(洋关)建关初期进出口贸易状况,涉及的内容颇为丰富,作为一个时期文字与数字的记载,作为近代安徽对外交往的重要窗口,对研究海关近代史以及安徽对外贸易、农业、工业、商业、医药、水利、金融、航运、市场、人文等方面均有一定益处。本文试图对其中进出口贸易货值、税种税额、鸦片进口、稻米出口、中药出口、宣纸工艺等进行解读,体现"落墨在旧史,着意在当下"。

The Overview of Trade in Wuhu Customs House during the Period from the Fourth to the Ninth Year of Guangxu Reign, which reflects the real situation of import and export in the early pe-riod since the inception of Wuhu Customs House, covers a variety of issues. As a historical record of words and figures as well as the foreign exchange of the Anhui Province in the modem times, it is of sig-nificance for the research in the modern history of customs and in the foreign trade, agriculture, indus-try ,commerce, medicine, irrigation,finance, shipping, market and culture of the Anhui Prov-ince. This article looks into the trade value, types of duties, duty amounts,import of opium and export of rice, Chinese medical herbs and rice paper during that period, so as to u shed light on today by refer-ring to historyn .