On Oct. 13, the 32(superscript nd) year of Emperor KuangHsu's reign in the Ching Dynasty, which was also the 39(superscript th) year of the Meiji Restoration (1906), a document "Affairs and Relations of Each Country-Assorted Compilations" was published in Japan. The first volume concerns Tian Jin and China, and includes a report written by HOLIUCH KIYOO which contains an account entitled "Coastal 'Junk' Trade" in the 37(superscript th) & 38(superscript th) years of Meiji (1904-1905). At the time TianJin served as a major maritime commercial junk-shipping port. But this report indicates that the scale of cargo conveyed by junks in foreign trade had recently dropped off in volume. It first noted the traditional role of such ports as NingPo and FuJian in handling such freight as paper, tea, bamboo, bamboo-made items, wine, tobacco and timber. But it observed that junks sailing from FuJian to NingPo, though large in quantity, had registered a decline in volume due to the emergence of maritime transport being displaced by steamers. The special edge of junk transport was that it could transport freight at much lower costs. The China-style rigged junk at the start of the 20(superscript th) Century was the main form of maritime cargo transport and was extensively used in Shantung maritime transport. A report HOLIUCHI KIYOO in 1942 entitled "Regarding QingTao as the focus of mercantile junk transportation" underscored the kind and type of junks used, their geographic range of operations, trade volume, and the commodities carried. In addition, this field survey reviewed the junk in terms of its use in mercantile shipping, and its function and type of operation. The report is now very precious and is of enormous value. The article is based upon historical data from the Ching Dynasty and explores the real conditions of Shantung coastal rigged vessel transportation at that time.