[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
AFFAIRS OF CHINA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[4461]
No. 1.
115
[February 2.]
SECTION 1.
Report by Mr. Garnett respecting his Journey from Peking to Semipalatinsk.
INDEX.
Section 1-Peking to Kweihuacheng
•
General
Route.
Money.
Object of journey.
Relations with foreign officials.
15
Chinese
Peking to Kalgan.
Hsuanhuafu.
Kalgan.
Kalgan to Tatungfu.
Tatungfu.
Kweihuacheng.
Hsincheng.
Opium between Peking and Kweihuacheng.
Section IL-Kweihuacheng, across Ordos to Ninghsia and Alsshan, and return.
Transport
Route.
The Ordos.
Ordos tribes.
Character of people.
Customs,
Language.
Religion.
Climate and inos.
Animals,
Industries.
Minerals.
Foreign travellers in Ordos.
Error in maps.
Across Ordos.
Borobalgasson,
Belgian Mission in Ordos.
Isiaschiaspan to Ninghsia.
Opium in Ordos, Kansu, Alashan, and Yellow River valley
Ninghsiafu.
Ninghsia to Alashan.
Dinyuaning.
Dinyuaning (political) and Kozlot expedition
Diyuaning to Ninghsia.
Strip of Kansu along Yellow River.
Ninghsia to Schi schuisze.
Alashan Yellow River strip.
Schi schuisze to Santanpo.
Across north Ordos.
Yellow River strip.
Yellow River ferry to Bautu and Kweibnacheng,
Extension of Peking-Kalgan Railway to Kweihuacheng and
West.
Section III-Kweibuacheng to Urga across Gobi ..
Transport difficulties.
Preparation for journey. Climate.
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Attitude and habits of people.
Means of transport in Gobi.
Mountains of Mongolia: Plateau,
Tai system.
Chinese immigration to Urga.
Error in maps between Kweihuacheng and Urga.
Urdos and Gobi: A contrast of deserts.
Mongolia: Changes in administration.
Urga.
Crga (political).
Mongolian retorias.
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