[Transcribers' Notes]
Punctuation and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in this book; otherwise they were not changed. Possibly inconsistent spellings of names and place-names have been retained.
Simple typographical errors were corrected; occasional unbalanced quotation marks retained.
Inconsistent hyphenation and ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained.
"The Chochiang-Koria Line" is spelled that way throughout the book.
Page [195]: "Great Southern Port" was printed as "Greatern"; changed here.
Page [247]: "mileage" was printed as "milage"; changed here.
Transcriber split the full [Map of China] into quadrants for better readability. If your reading device cannot display it directly, you will find the full-size version at Project Gutenberg: