ILLUSTRATIONS

Map  of  China  .........  facing  title-page
FACING  PAGE
Map  showing  Gradual  Extension  of  Chinese  Empire  .  .  8
Diagram  illustrating  Provincial  Administration  ...  67
Illustration,  Sword  Cash  119
„  Early  Cash  120
„  Later  Cash  122
„  Token  Coins  127
„  Ming  Government  Note  141
„  Shanghai  Shoe  of  Sycee  147
Diagram  illustrating  Foreign  Trade,  1864-1904  .  .  .  270
Illustration,  The  West  River  at  Lungchow  ....  304
„  Monumental  Arch  at  Wusih  on  Grand  Canal  .  312
„  Pagoda  at  Wusih  on  Grand  Canal  .  .  .312
„  Bridge  over  Grand  Canal  at  Wusih.  .  .  313
Grand  Canal  passing  through  Wusih  .  .  313
o  Types  of  Bridges  on  and  near  Grand  Canal  .  314
Shanghai  Custom  House,  1854-1893  .  .  .  352
Shanghai  Custom  House,  1894  ....  3 6 3