The Trade And Administration of the Chinese Empire

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The Trade And Administration of the Chinese Empire
Pott, F. L. Hawks (Francis Lister Hawks), 1864-1947
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Canton (23 7' N„ 113° 16' E.) t the provincial capital, is styled the " City of Rams," from the legend of the five Immortals who rode into the city on five rams in the time of the Chow Dynasty (B.C. 1122-255) ; the rams were turned into stone and are there to-day as visible evidence of the truth of the tale. The name of the city is Kwangchow, Canton being the Portuguese rendering of the name of the province, Kwangtung. The estimates of the population have ranged from 500,000 to 2,500,000, the f
...igure now generally accepted being 900,000. The foreign residents in the district in 1905 were 1,437, including 225 British, 484 American, 65 German, 158 French, 140 Japanese, and 334 Portuguese. In the early years of trade the merchants lived in the " Factories/' surrounded by unsavory Chinese streets, and this continued after Canton was made a treaty THE CHINESE EMPIRE in 1842 : they were driven away in 1856, and on their return in 1857 found their houses in ruins. The head houses of the firms were then generally established in Hongkong, and.

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