INDEX

448
Ming  Dynasty,  15,  16,  17,  18,  46,
122,  141,  210,  235,  312,  327
Mining  royalties,  104
Ministries  (Peking),  51,  54,  57,  58,
112,  395
Mint  statistics,  129
Missionaries,  11,  16,  21,  28,  31,  37,
39,  41,  43,  190,  194,  196,  202,  219,
417,  420
Mixed  Courts,  198,  428
Mokammedans,  33,  36,  176,  326,
348
Mokanshan,  mountain  resort,  245
Mongolia,  8,  15,  21,  203
Mongols,  8,  12-15,  95,  122,  136,  203,
210,  235
Monopoly  of  trade,  187,  275,  280,  281
Monsoon,  270,  277,  303
Morphia,  351
Morrison,  Robert,  191
Moukden,  city,  17,  206,  208,  347
Mow,  measure  of  area,  174
Municipal  government,  Chinese,  47,
68
—  government,  foreign,  186,  188,
189,  198,  200,  204,  212,  218,  227,
240,  254
Murphy,  R.  C„  353
Musk,  319
Namoa  Island,  near  Swatow,  333
Nanking,  port,  9,  12,  26,  27,  32,  33,
54*  56.  57*  6l *  65*  76,  95*  101,  173,
235
—  treaty  of,  26,  54.  i53*  1 77*  18 ï*
204,  255,  260,  334,  338
Nanning,  265
Napier,  Lord,  23,  24,  54.  273,  281,
334
Nerchinsk,  20,  180
Newchwang,  port,  29,  161,  206
Niehtai.  See  Judge,  Provincial
Ninghia,  city,  76
Ningpo,  port,  16,  25  32,  204,  246,
271,  273
Ningyuan,  city,  17,  317
Nipal,  21
Nobility,  ranks  of,  47,  53*  217,  375
North  and  South,  division  between,
9
Notes.  See  Paper-money
Nü-Chen  Tartars,  12
Nui-Ko,  56
Nurhachu,  17
Official  intercourse,  276,  281
Ogotai  Khan,  13
Oil*  bean,  wood,  etc.,  296,  3x9

Oil,  kerosene,  107,  289
Oil-seeds,  298,  320
Oliphant,  Laurence,  338
Onon,  river,  12
Opium,  179,  323
—  called  tea,  332
—  foreign,  no,  285,  328,  337,  34*'
342,  350,  366,  434
—  medicinal  use,  324,  327,  337
—  native,  no,  206,  225,  266,  3°5'
325*  343*  350*  434
—  smoking,  326,  327,  337,  343,  349*
434
—  trade,  25,  36,  255,  281,  328,  335'
338,  340.  341*  343*  434
Osborne,  Sherard,  356
Oyama,  General,  40
Pakhoi,  port,  36,  99,  258,  250
Palikiao,  30
Paotingfu,  city,  43
Paper  money,  46,  119,  122,  133
Parker,  Peter,  354
Parker,  Sir  William,  25
Parkes,  Sir  Harry,  28,  30
Farsee  merchants,  335,  337
Passports,  340
Pawnbrokers’  licenses,  104
Pechihli,  Gulf  of,  209,  215
Peiho,  river,  29,  211
Peitaiho,  seaside  resort,  215
Peking,  city,  18,  19,  22,  24,  27,  29*
30,  31,  42,  43,  47,  56,  60,  71,  83»
95*  123*  155,  210,  271,  273*  2 7 4 '
307*  317.  359
Penalty  for  homicide,  178,  199*  2 ' 4
People  of  China,  1,  46,  196,  251
Perestrello,  Raphael,  15,  270
Persecution  of  Christians,  191,  i9 2 '
193  „„
Pescadores  Islands,  16,  38,  40,  ir
Philippine  Islands,  16,  271,  326
Phoenix,  emblem,  52
Picul,  weight,  171
Ping  Pu,  57
Piracy.  See  Brigandage
Piry,  T.,  380,  384
Plague,  bubonic,  265
Plato,  5
Polo,  Marco,  14
Pope,  decision  of,  193
Poppy,  323,  337,  434
Population,  203,  207,  209,  2x1*  2  ^
215,  2x8,  221,  222,  223,  226,
228,  229,  230,  231,  232,  233.
235*  236,  238,  240,  244.  245*  24  '
247,  248,  249,  251,  252,  253*  2%
¿58,  260,  262,  263,  265,  267,  20