CO129-286 - Acting Governor Major Gen Black Governor Sir Blake & Public Offices - 1898 [11-12] — Page 555

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Scope of Memorandum

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Sources of Information

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(4.) Trade Routes-cont.

(b) Mandalay to the Kunlon Forry

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Possible Extensions

1. Burma-China Overland Trade :---

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Estimates of the Trade

Shunning-Fu and Yincho

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Registration of Trade-

(e) Ilaindet to the Takaw Ferry

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Trade for Eight Years

Mekong Boutes :-

Causes of Growth

The Railway Schemes

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Direct Trade with Western China

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with North Shan States

with South Shan States

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Siamese Routes

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The French and the Mekong

Kenghung to Yunnan-Fu

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Articles of Commerce

Tonkin Routes :--

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ated Total Trade

(a) Black River Roate

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(b) Red River (Songkoi) Route

1: its Resources, Trade, and Trade

Opinions about this Route

ites :---

Red River Trade

Area, Physical Features, and Popu-

lation:-

Obstacles to trade on Red River

Route

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hysical Features

opulation

Ethnology

Poverty of the People

Kueichou

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Progress of Red River Route

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French Activity

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Mengisz to Ssumao

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Mengtez to Yunnan-Fu

Railway Projects

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(e) Hanoi to Lungchow

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Western Boutes :---

(2.) Agriculture, Mining, and Manufac

tures :-

West River (Sikiang) Direct

Agriculture

Route

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Crops: Tea, Opium

West River (Sikiang) Pakhoi

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Breeding of Animals

Route

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Silk Culture, &c.

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Naming to Pose

Mining: Copper, Iron, Silver and Lead,

South Yunnan Route -

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Tin and Zine, Gold, Salt

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Nanning to Kusiyang-Fu

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Obstacles to Mining

Developments on the West River-

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Manufactures

Kucichou

Transit Passes, Treaty Ports -

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Yaugtze Routes:--

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The Yangtze

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(3.) Trade:-

Ssuchuan

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Obstacles to Trade

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Chungking and

the Yangtze

Communications

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Trade

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External Trade

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(a) Hankow to Yunnan-Fu

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Cost of Transport

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(5) Chungking to Yunnan-Fu viâ

Traders

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Kuciyang-Fu

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Exchange

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(c) Chungking to Yunnan-Fu við

Internal Taxation

Luchow

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Exports

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d) Sui-Fu (Soochow) to Yunnan-

Traports

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Future Trade

The Chief Trade Route

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Kueichou

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Railway Projects

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Trade Centres---Yunnan-Fa, Tali-Fu,

(e) Chungking

to Tali-Fu via

Ssumao, Mengtsz, Momien

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Chengta-Fu

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(4) Trade Routes :~~

(5.) Rivalry between England and France :--

Claims and Treaty Rights -

Introductory

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Tonkin, Yunnan, and Ssuchusa

Burmese Routes ---

The Mekong

(4) Bhamo to Tali-Fu

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(6.) Conclusions :——-

Difficulties of this Route

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Difficulties of Trade

Tali-Fu to Tibet-

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Trade Prospects

Tali-Fu to Ssurao

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Tali-Fn to Yunnan-Fu

Tariffs, &c.

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Railways

Note on the Chinshaking or Upper Yangize-

kiang

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