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China; political, commercial, and social; an official report

 By Robert Montgomery Martin

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By Robert Montgomery
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Published 1847
Original from Oxford University
Digitized Oct 2, 2006
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Contents

Section 1
4
hoppo, taels, nipal
Section 2
27
keshen, chinhae, chusan
Section 3
62
keshen, proclamation, canton
Section 4
63
foreigners, magistrates, seize
Section 5
64
blenheim, howitzers, barbarians
Section 6
67
chinhae, ningpo, pottinger
Section 7
80
tartar, seamen, troops
Section 8
81
chinghai, ditto, junks
Section 9
82
britannic, nanking, pottinger
Section 10
88
plenipotentiary, lorcha, foochow
Section 11
100
exports, choo, imports
Section 12
101
shanse, lassa, keang
Section 13
137
turon, sooloo, keang
Section 14
140
kouan, thuoc, catty
Section 15
148
Section 16
149
woollens, imports, shanghai
Section 17
152
china, trade, british
Section 18
156
congou, bohea, hyson
Section 19
176
opium, rajpoot, hogendorp
Section 20
188
opium, smokers, aforesaid
Section 21
194
rupees, chests
Section 22
195
chests, ultimo, ditto
Section 23
196
sycee, memorialist, kwangtung
Section 24
211
sycee, kwangtung, hoppo
Section 25
237
pung, smokers, mandarins
Section 26
245
bogue, jardine, coolies
Section 27
263
kwantung, choo, keun
Section 28
280
graywacke, cloths, musk
Section 29
285
hongs, archery, linguists
Section 30
286
alcock, shantung, biche
Section 31
317
feldspar, hornblende, cuddapah
Section 32
325
agincourt, kong, chuck
Section 33
329
surveyor, jardine, native infantry
Section 34
342
governor davis, canton river, commercial emporium
Section 35
378
nankin, mandarins, urmston
Section 36
415
irkoutsk, versts, tobolsk
Section 37
419
roubles, poods, russia
Section 38
421
daba, velveteens, rubles
Section 39
426
russians, russia, moscow
Section 40
428
sinim, sinae, nestorians
Section 41
455
verbiest, aldersey, jesuits
Section 42
iii
Section 43
v
Section 44
vi
Section 45
viii
transhipment, consulate, consignees
Section 46
xiv
petitioner, bloomsbury, southampton

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Chinhae - Page 76
The guns belonging to the city Lad been sent in the 6th moon of last year to Tinghae and Chinhae ; so we were at the time unprovided with any guns to ...
more pages: 43 47 74 75 77
Hong Kong - Page 352
I will not discuss the question of raising a revenue in Hong Kong from the introduction of opium for smoking in the island, either by farming out the ...
more pages: 331 346 367 395 491
Peking - Page 387
by means of the net work of canals all centring in this river, affording a cheap and ready water communication with Peking, and all the richest cities ...
more pages: 24 25 32 311 464
Shanghai - Page 293
larger shops and finer streets than Shanghai, and its main street, leading to the residence of the viceroy, is better than any thoroughfare in Ningpo. ...
more pages: 291 311 313 383 491
Singapore - Page 352
commercial advantages which have contributed to the prosperity of Singapore, are totally and entirely wanting, and can never be created at Hong Kong. ...
more pages: 39 345 367 383 495
Bombay - Page 352
or tranship the opium from the vessels which convey the drug from Bengal and Bombay to this place, on board the smaller vessels, which proceed along ...
more pages: 128 199 309 332 409
Gibraltar - Page 358
The military expenses incurred by garrisoning Gibraltar, save the constant maintenance of a large fleet in the Mediterranean, preserve the balance of ...
more pages: 357
Hainan - Page 137
This does not include a number of smaller junks belonging to the island of Hainan, which carry on a trade with Tonquin, Cochin China, Cambodia, Siam, ...
more pages: 125 307 312 464
Jerusalem - Page 445
But the desert of Sin was near to Jerusalem. A few days' journey brought the Arabians to Jerusalem, and a few days' journey carried them thence to the ...
more pages: 444 449 450 453
Calcutta - Page 141
He sends them to Canton, to Singapore, to Batavia, and sometimes to Calcutta. He sends to Singapore indigenous and Chinese silks, also green teas, ...
more pages: 118 182 195 351 450
Rome - Page 464
no power of conferring holy orders, confirming, or any of the other rites connected with the Roman Catholic Church, owing to the dispute with Rome. ...
more pages: 462 463 479 481 491
London - Page 493
Would that I could see a committee of English ladies in London, to aid the pious Miss Aldersey in her blessed labours !
more pages: 14 39 197 357 370
Lisbon - Page 481
as none were admitted at Macao without a license from Lisbon, the King of Portugal still maintain-ing his right to appoint missionaries to Asia, ...
more pages: 412 468 469
Samarkand - Page 449
Writers of undoubted veracity state that seventy Jewish families took their route from Persia, through Khorassan and Samarkand, and settled in China. ...
more pages: 454
Madras - Page 330
that when he was at Hong Kong, "there were as many as 1100 men in hospital; and in the 27th Madras regiment of 560 men, only fifty were fit for duty. ...
more pages: 10 50 127 199 377
Naples - Page 319
acid gas from numerous fissures; it is this gas which is evolved at the Grotto del Cane near Naples, and which is so pernicious to animal life. ...
more pages: 161
Paris - Page 477
Maigrot was connected with the college of foreign missions in Paris, which was fiercely opposed to the Jesuits, and he charged them with a secret ...
more pages: 447 476
Pondicherry - Page 477
At Pondicherry on his way to China, De Tournon spent some months with the Jesuits. The cow is an object of veneration with the Hindoos. ...
Florence - Page 161
The consul at Leghorn states that the consumption of tea in Tuscany is chiefly confined to foreigners who reside in Florence and Leghorn, ...
Nagasaki - Page 117
There are two fairs held annually, with such restrictions on both sides as exist at Nagasaki (Japan). But on these and other places, connected with ...
Moscow - Page 417
the half of which is destined for the annual July fair of Nishni Novogorod, and the remainder for Moscow, and other towns in the interior. ...
more pages: 415 416 422 423
Cornwall, Conn - Page 257
The third a young man, who was once at the school at Cornwall, Conn., USA The fourth a young lad, educated in China, and able to read and translate ...
Venice - Page 463
were sent from Venice at the express command of Kublia Khan, then Emperor of China, who a few years previous had received an embassy from the Pope. ...
more pages: 471
Istria - Page 161
In the city and liberties of Trieste, which is & free port, and also in Istria, as being beyond the line of custom-houses, there are no duties on tea ...
Sheffield - Page 258
and then our manufacturers at Manchester, Glasgow, Leeds, Halifax, and Sheffield, wonder why they cannot find purchasers for their wares in China ! ...
Edessa - Page 454
It is more than probable that it was Ncstorian Missionaries who had colleges at Edessa, and at Nisibin, still further to the east. ...
Genoa - Page 161
In Genoa the consumption is a few hundred pounds weight; in Mr. Money, the consul-general's return, I find the following statement of the total ...
Palermo - Page 161
From Palermo, the consul-general writes, "the consumption of tea in the Island of Sicily is very trifling, about twenty chests per annum, ...
Berlin - Page 162
In 1829 the consul-general at Dantzic regrets it is not in his power to get any information of the tea trade there or in Berlin, that in fact there is ...
Edinburgh - Page 185
I remember well, for I much admired, the language of the right honourable gentleman, the member for Edinburgh, in the debate on the Gates of Som- ...
Yuyao - Page 75
escorted by Fung Shintae and others, with some hundreds of soldiers of the province of Keangnan, retreated night and day to Yuyao and Chaouhing. ...
Manchester - Page 149
Our cotton goods have largely increased, but so also have the Americans, and in a more rapid ratio than our Manchester manufactures. ...
Cambridge - Page 67
The can-non was rendered unserviceable, the encampment and ammunition destroyed, and the late British ship Cambridge blown up, she hav-ing previously ...
more pages: 81
Marseilles - Page 170
Expresses were established between Marseilles and London ; large sums paid for early official information; newspapers feed for promulgating false ...
Cuddapah - Page 322
To the westward of Cuddapah, the healthiness of the country extends to Gangecottah hills, which belong to the flaetz trap formation, consisting of ...
Amsterdam - Page 455
The inscription was translated into Latin by Kircher, who published the original at Amsterdam in his " China Illustrated. ...
Liverpool - Page 157
Ireland was formerly largely supplied from Liverpool, but Dublin now imports direct from China, nearly one-third of the quantity of tea used in ...
more pages: 259
Greenwich - Page 139
108° 12' E. of Greenwich. M. Hedde says :— " The entrance of the bay is defended by two small forts called Panghaie, at a distance each from the other ...
more pages: 264 411
Dublin - Page 157
Ireland was formerly largely supplied from Liverpool, but Dublin now imports direct from China, nearly one-third of the quantity of tea used in ...
Vienna - Page 421
Russian tea, which I drank last year at Vienna, at the hospi-table table of Mr. Magennis, Secretary to the British Embassy, was superior to any tea I ...
Copenhagen - Page 100
The French imports were entirely from Manilla, and the greater part of the expc Danish with Singapore and Copenhagen. ...
Tobolsk - Page 416
From Irbit to Tobolsk 420 miles; From Irkoutsk to Nershink 1129; Nershink to Zurukaitu 370; From Okotsk to Yakutsk 972; From Yakutsk to Irkutsk 2433; ...
Hamburg - Page 146
Hamburg. Bremen. . Spanish. Columbian and Peruvian. Siam. Total . . N umber of Vessels. ...
Irbit - Page 416
From Irbit to Tobolsk 420 miles; From Irkoutsk to Nershink 1129; Nershink to Zurukaitu 370; From Okotsk to Yakutsk 972; From Yakutsk to Irkutsk 2433; ...
Irkutsk - Page 416
From Irbit to Tobolsk 420 miles; From Irkoutsk to Nershink 1129; Nershink to Zurukaitu 370; From Okotsk to Yakutsk 972; From Yakutsk to Irkutsk 2433; ...
Selenginsk - Page 416
From Okotsk to Yakutsk 972; From Yakutsk to Irkutsk 2433; From Selenginsk to Zurukaitu 850; Zurukaitu to Peking 1588; Kiachta to Peking 1533 miles. ...
Buffalo - Page 280
Buffalo „. Tongues, each . . Mutton per catty. Kid's flesh „. Pork ,. Sausages. Hams. Pig's feet. Hens. Capons ,. Ducks „. Geese „. Turkies, each . ...
St. Augustine - Page 482
This procession perambulates the town of Macao; and then proceeds to the con-vent of St. Augustine. Less than twenty years ago, on the eve of a St. ...
New Orleans - Page 331
Stevenson, builder, had been five years resident in Sierra Leone, and three years in New Orleans; Mr. McEwan, general dealer; Mr. Disandt, ast. ...
Casa Branca - Page 241
military officers from Casa Branca,the Fleang-shan-teen, district magistrate of Fleang-shan, and Keun-min-foo, of Casa Branca, came in rotation, ...