[36] For details of local government see Richard’s Comprehensive Geography, 1908 edition, pp. 301 et seq.
[37] Morse, op. cit., 1908 edition, p. 76
[38] See The Times of the 28th of February 1910.
[39] See The Statesman’s Year-Book (1910 edition).
[40] A few of the old native customs stations, which are deemed perquisites of the imperial court, may also be excepted, as, for instance, the native custom-house at Canton, Hwei Kwan on the Grand Canal, and various stations in the neighbourhood of Peking.
[41] The production of a budget in 1915 was promised in one of the reform edicts of 1908.
[42] In this article the tael used as a standard is the Haikwan (i.e. customs) tael, worth about 3s. It fluctuates with the value of silver.
[43] Roughly £43,000,000.
[44] Trade and Administration of the Chinese Empire (1910), p. 118.
[45] Temporary reductions are granted in provinces affected by rebellion, drought or flood.