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neighbouring provinces of China, and though this large addition to our always dense population caused the crowds in the streets to be very great, there was little disorder, and both by day and by night, with the aid of a few police to clear the way, I was able to proceed without difficulty through the whole length of the principal parts of the town.
7.
The expenditure on the various forms of jubilation must have been very great on each of the nights. The Surveyor-General estimates at several millions the number of lights on the two nights in the streets, on the shipping and covering the hill sides up to the summit of the "Peak", and judging from a rough calculation made in passing through the principal streets I can well believe him to be correct. Many European buildings had from 500 to 3000 lights and in the Chinese quarters a street was covered for some 350 yards and there must have been contained within this space alone 20,000 lanterns and lamps.
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neighbouring provinces of China, and though this - large addition to our always dense population caused the crowds in the
streets to be
there was little
very great,
disorder, and both by day and by night, with the aid of a few police to -
clear the
I was able
way, to proseed without difficulty through the whole length of the
principal parts of the
town
town.
7.
The expenditure" : the various forms of
-on
Jubilation must have been very
on each
of
The Surveyor-General estimates at several millions the number of lights
the two nights in the streets, on the shipping and covering the hill sides up to the summit of the "Peak, and judging from a rough calculation made in passing through the principal streets I
can well believe him to be correct Many European buildings had from 500 to 3000 lights and in the Chinese quarters
a street was covered in For
some 350 yards and there must I have been contained within this space alone 20,000 lanterns and lamps.
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