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Miscellaneous,

W. P. MOORE DETURNS bis einge thanks to the Pub e ni general for their generoas pa tronage of his, and feels quite proud that BRITISH CONNULATE, CANTON,

Gih February, 1868.-

He is avere punts say so bigaly apreciated, to be found at the The undersigned has to notify that by oner of Pest Street and Queen's instructions from His Exodiency Sir Biwirere he will hold insult in read, therford Alpok, K.O.B., H.BL's Minister any Gentlemen who may feel the ne Plenipotentiary do, de, in China, the city of having any toorial operations Britab Ousular Agenoy at Macao wes closed on the 31st January, and will not

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BRITISH CONSULATE, CANTON, 22nd January, 1868 The undersigned has the ho to malo public, for the information of the British community at this post, the accompanying despatch from His Excellency Sir Ruther ford Albock, K.U.B, H.M.'s Minister in Chiru, with its quelostre, urging on British subjects the rectasity of great cation in the acceptance from the Chiugno of writer

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We have, we saits have been instituted in this Consular Courts.

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Notes and 1 Quexion, and Missionaries their such instruments according to Chinese hit of in connection with reticular localities. So Recorder, the various divisions of menti 1841 and 1860, including POLITICAL EVENTS, liought and sudicial practice. The Undersigned far as we are able to practically test the in-thought and work in this land ought to be Charges in the GOVERNMENT SERVICE, the would therefore recommend his countrymentvidual descriptions of the various

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CHAP. SEO, 1 TO 4.

Four Treaties with China, -Treaty with Great Britain,

Chiness Text of the same. 2.-Treaty with the United States. 3.Treaty with Francs

4. Treaty with Russia.

Supplementary Treaty with Russia.

CHAP. 1.-SEC. 1 To b Articles of Trails with China. 1.-Tariff on Articles of Import. 2.-Tariff on Articles of Export. 3-Rules respecting Trade and Dues,

Chinese Text of the same. 4.--Desorption of Articles of Import. -

Description of Articles of Export.

- CHAP. I.—SEU. 1 TO 14.

Foreign Commerce with China.

1.- Port of Ganton:

3-Port of Chauchau of Swatow.

3. Port of Kiungebau in Hainan, 4--Port of Amoy

5.-Port of Fuochow.

6.-Porta of Fanshui and Taiwan is For-

110a.

7.-Port of Ningpo. 8-Port of Shanghai,

9.-Ports on the Yangtz' and Trade in

the Interior,

10.-Port of Tangchen or Cheios, 11-Port of Tiontain

12.-Port of Newuliwang or Yangtaz'. 13-Colony of Hongkong. 14.-Colony of Macho.

CHAP. (V-SKO. 1 To 5. Foreign Cominerte with Japan, 1.--Intercourse with Japan,

-Trenty between Great Britain and

Гаран

S.-Ports open to Foreign Comunicrée.

Nagasaki.

Kagawa and Hakodudi. 4.--Japanese Coins, Weights and Mea

Kures:

5.--American Compact with Lowchew.

CHAT, VEC, 1 TO 7. Honeys, Weights, de, în China. 1-Chinese Currency.

2. Chinese, Nunerals.

3.-Chinese Commercial Woights, 4-Measures of Capacity. 5-Measures of Length. 6--Chinese Land Measures. 7.-Chinese Divisions of Time.

CHAP, VI-SEC. 1TO L

Western Aloneys, I sights, dc. 1-Anuamese Monoys, &c. 2-Port of Saigou."

3-Treaty with Siam, Tarith, &c.,

Siamese Moneys,

Weights, o 4.Netherlands ludia.

5.-

Philippine Islands.

Sailing Directions for Panay .

6.- Malayan States Singapore, &e 7. Burmese Moneys, Woights, do 8-Indian Presidencies,Hengal, Ma-

dras, Bombay.

9.-Ceylon.

10. English and Bench Weights, e 11.-United States of America.

CHAP, VIL--SEQ. 1 TO 6.

Tables un Prices, Rechanges, de. 1.--Comparison of Prices, 2-Relating to Exchanges. S-Relating to Time. 4-Comparison of Weights, 5.-Menatenent of Cargo.

when taking such documents, either to see that they are given with a considerable ces, well taken care of; for our part we are glad passing of important. ORDINANCES, en which to full back in case of need, or to'ayold Macao are wisely included in the general afford, and the inflex they supply to the RAVEN BURDERS, FRAUS, they are protected by some lateral security of fairness and fulness. Peking, Yedo, and the tin and instruction thuy RESDENTS, a of the most uclatale ***The value of the book is metal vigour of the foreign community in FIRES and Geminal TRIALS, ADDRESSES

this laaul.. by a most copine

and PRESENTATIONS, de, do. index, greatly increased by a and the work doses with a set of useful ap péndices. The last of these is the greatcat novelty of the work. It consists of a bibli ograplient intex of all format works Two periodicals which are likely to he of tables of DISTANCES between Europe and Ished from the carliest date in the English great service have also bean comenced; Chius aut the Ching ports. It also includes language on China and Japan. Piilologne is published at Foochow and is called a CATALOGUE of over 440 wenks published E above Hotel is how open, where val bots are, for some reasons best known The Missionary Recorder," and the other in the English language upon China nad

grompilars, ntirely exchided.

emabetes from Gongkong and is called Japan, while a 'copious INDEX at the end

6. Bullion Operations. We hope

to see this omission repaired in Notes & Queries," It is intended to serve of the work affords a really moans of refer- the next edition. With the exception of as a nudity of intercomunication for p

ence to the

APPENDIX-Containing Sailing Direc compantive paper, the interested in Chinese Geo- The con punt vtwares of the rousie to greply or distory. These indications of i-lowing Biage and Litis, sovaral, hit:etic Japan lalands; also giring the juvarings

Fender." The

foroging work contains the fol- tions for the Coast of Chian, and for the unpublished

Hongkong (leland of), Sailing Directions; and also a Table of Po-

Canton, Swakow, Anoj,

nese Coasts: - of the other, which areins so lard to estab- Fort Zelandia, Ningpo, Yag-t-king,ables in Chap. VIL, for estimating prices, From the Englishman (Clerk Brosch (Shangard Liccrrder, Blay

author in his Profaco Gays --"The (general map), British settlement neamusment of goods, exchanges, &c. have 1807.) 17 Abbé Luc on Obina, and Sir Rutherford We are put in possession of the fourth

Kiuking, Tientsin to Tung boun selooted from those constantly in use Alenek's account of Japan are, no number of "Notes and Queries on Obina Takuo forte (Chinese,) Japanese Lalonde, among the foreign merchants to China,

Tung Chow to Peking Peking, doubt, works of fur higher class and Japan.' and more extensive scope than the one number equals in interest and importance bourhood, Yokohama, Yokohama ard

In saying that the present Nagasski; Nagasaki, (harbour and neigh dollars or pence have been copied from the for calculating the prices of tee in now before us; but for practical utility, its predecessors, we have already said a Kanagawa, Yedo bay, Hakodadi, an engra.sion of the author, P. Loureiro, Esq. The residences in any of the places costing with of these countries big hitherto ben de slicing the Oecon. siçant-router of the mouts in Bullion," bus been prompted and

extended tables, by of locomotion, trading and great deal in its favour.

kind pernia- Our knowledgeving of the Chius of Japan, and a chart

last Beotion of the in its compus, The Treaty Purts China

sang chapter, on "More and Japan, by Messis Mayers, Dentys and were, in a series of works, in dillerest

souttered, so ill-arranged, entombed as it world."

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