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PREFACE.

THE present volume of the "Chronicle and Directory" embodies all the information which has hitherto been given. Special care has been devoted, in the revision, to embrace the latest changes in the staffs of the various Public Offices, Banks, Companies, and Mercantile Firms in China, Japan, and Manila; and it is confidently hoped that the accuracy which has been attained will be appreciated.

Several additions, which will no doubt be acceptable, have been made, among which may be noticed the Maps of Hongkong, Japan, and the Coast of China; the Coloured Code of Signals used at the Peak, and the Plate of Private House Flags. The Tables giving the Times of arrival and departure of the English and American Mails are published as customary, but it is regretted that it has been impossible to give those of the French Mail, as the information has not been obtainable. The Statistical Account of the Chinese Empire at page 343, forms a valuable addition to the present volume.

The "Chronicle and Directory" is published in two forms as customary, the one being the Directory properly so called, at the price of $3, and the other the Complete Volume, with records of nine years, at the price of $5, which will be found to embrace all the information, Local, Statistical and Topographical, likely to be required for reference in Public, Mercantile and General Offices.

The Daily Press Office,

Hongkong, January 2, 1871.