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Ch'in-ch'ai Ta-ch'en ✯✯E : Imperial High Commissioner, a very senior appointment.
Ever Victorious Army ET: A European-officered Chinese force of the Imperial Army raised by the American, Ward, which ultimately, under the command of Colonel Gordon, assisted in putting an end to the Taiping Rebellion.
Expectant... (Ho-ju) ✩A : A prefix indicating that an official was qualified and certified to take up duty in the post named.
Fan-t'ai #: A provincial treasurer known to foreigners as the Commissioner of Finance; charged with the fiscal or financial administration of a province.
Formosa: The Portuguese name for the island of Taiwan.
Hakkas [Ko-chia] ** : One of the southern Chinese ethnic groups said to have migrated from northern China during the Mongol dynasty, ca the thirteenth century AD.
Han-lin Yuan #: The Chinese National Academy, admission to which was the highest literary honour obtainable by a Chinese scholar.
Ho-shang : Buddhist monk or priest.
Hongkew : Site of the American Settlement in Shanghai, where Mesny later lived.
Hsien : Administrative district.
Huang Ma-kua : The Yellow Riding Jacket. A high award from the emperor to his senior officials.
Imperial Maritime Customs: Chinese customs service with a foreign inspectorate largely able to control the collection of duties and taxes without the usual Chinese squeeze [q.v.]. Robert Hart became Inspector General in 1863.
Jingal (gingal): The Chinese blunderbuss. It was generally fired from a swivel fixed on a wall or wooden post, but sometimes it was fired with