CONTENTS
■  CHAP.  '  ~  PAGE
I  SKETCH  OF  CHINESE  HISTORY  FROM  ANCIENT
TIMES  TO  BEGINNING  OF  FOREIGN  RELATIONS ­
  I
II.  SKETCH  OF  CHINESE  HISTORY  FROM  THE  BEGINNING ­
  OF  FOREIGN  RELATIONS  IQ
III.  THE  GOVERNMENT  4^
IV.  REVENUE  AND  EXPENDITURE  .  .  .  .  8o
V.  THE  CURRENCY  119
VI.  WEIGHTS  AND  MEASURES  17°
VII.  EXTRATERRITORIALITY  175
VIII.  THE  PROVINCES  AND  THE  TREATY  PORTS  .  .  203
IX.  FOREIGN  TRADE  V o
X.  INTERNAL  TRADE  3 02
XI.  OPIUM  3 2 3
XII.  THE  INSPECTORATE  OF  CUSTOMS  .  .  .  35 2
XIII.  THE  POST  OFFICE  377
APPENDICES  395
INDEX  443
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