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CHINA

17 Kirin-Changchun Railway Loan, 1909 (Y. 2,150,000) 5 % 18 Hsinmintun-Mukden Railway Loan, 1909 (Y.320,000) 19 "Birchal" Peking-Hankow Railway Redemption Loan, 1910 (London City & Midland Bank for Dunn, Fischer & Co.)

19a 2nd issue of same, 1914

....

20 Tientsin-Pukow Railway Supplement Loan, 1910

(Hongkong & Shanghai Bank)

21 Yokohama Specie Bank, Railway Supplementary

Loan, 1910 (Y. 10,000,000)

*

583

220,599 £ 32,834

220,599 £ 29,185

7%

450,000

450,000-

""

216,000

216,000

....

5 %

3,000,000

3,000,000-

""

1,026,000

1,026,000

22 Hukuang Railways Loan, 1911 (German, British,

French and American)

23 "Crisp" Loan, British, 1912 (prior charge on Salt

Revenue)......

""

6,000,000

6,000,000

""

5,000,000

5,000,000

24 Belgian Loan, 1913 (French-Belgian, for construc-

tion of Haichow-Lanchow Railway)

"

4,000,00

4,000,000

25 Austro-German Gunboat Loan, 1913..... 26 Quintuple Reorganisation Loan, 1913 (later charge on Salt Revenue), English, French, German Japanese and Russian

6 %

3,200,000 3,200,000

5 %

25,000,000

25,000,000-

AREA AND POPULATION

Province.

square miles.

Anhui

54,826

Chekiang

36,680

Chihli

115,830

China proper, extending over 1,335,841 square miles, is divided into eighteen provinces. Considerable trouble and care were taken in 1919 by the Postal Administra- tion to obtain an estimate of the population of China. Recourse was had to the assist- ance of the provincial officials, which in most cases was willingly accorded. Underneath. are given the results obtained. These, while they cannot be regarded as accurate, may be taken as a close approximation to actual figures. The footnote will show the limitations that have so far been imposed to a full record of the outlying districts:-

Area,

Province.

Kwangtung. Shantung..... Szechuen

Area,

square miles

100,000

55,984

.....

218,533.

Fukien

46,332

Yunnan.....

146,718

Hunan

83,398

Shansi

81,853

Hupeh

71,428

Shensi

75,290

Kiangsi

69,498

Kansu

125,483

Kiangsu

38,610

Honan

67,954

Kwangsi

.......

77,220

Kweichow

67,182

Total......

1,532,819

Manchuria (Chinese estimate)

...

363,000

Peking.

4,014,619

Hunan

28,443,279

Chihli

30,172,092

Kiangsi

24,466,800

Shansi

11.080,827

Kiangsu

28,235,864

Honan

30,831,909

Shanghai

5,550,200

Shensi

9,465,558

Anhui

19,832,665

Kansu

5,927,997

Chekiang

....

22,043,300

Sinkiang.

.....

2,519,579

Fukien

13,157,791

Manchuria

13,701,819

Kwangtung

....

37,167,701

Shantung

30,803,245

Kwangsi...

12,258,335

Szechuen

49,782,810

Yunnan

9,839,180

Hupeh..

27,167,244.

Kweichow

....

.

11,216,400-

TOTAL: 427,679,214

Not included in the above (no data available) :—

(a.) 1 Hsien and Mongolia in Peking District. (b.) 3 Hsien in Manchuria District.

(c.) Tibet.