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China Opened (Volume 1); Or. a Display of the Topography, History, Customs, Manners, Arts, Manufactures, Commerce, Literature, Religion, Jurisprudence, Etc, of the Chinese Empire

China Opened (Volume 1); Or. a Display of the Topography, History, Customs, Manners, Arts, Manufactures, Commerce, Literature, Religion, Jurisprudence, Etc, of the Chinese Empire


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This historic book may have numerous typos or missing text. Not indexed. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1838. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... GENERAL VIEW OF THE PROVINCES. China Proper, as we have already observed, is at present divided into eighteen provinces. We give here a tabular view of their extent, population, and cultivated area--the latter from the statistics of Keen-lung. When we shall treat of the financial system, the resources of every province will be examined. In the present general sketch, we have given the land-tax according to the rate it was paid during the most flourishing period of this dynasty. It only remains to state, that five Shih (14 inches) make a Poo, that 240 square Poo, that is, sixteen Poo in length, and fifteen in breadth, make a Mow, or acre; and that one hundred mow make a King. The number of acres given in the list are taxable property; those exempted from taxation being excluded. A Shih measures 3160 cubic punts, and the average value of a Tael is six shillings and three pence three farthings sterling. The whole extent of China Proper amounts to 1,297,990 square miles, with a population of 360,441,611 inhabitants, upon an arable area, according to the latest calculation, of 7,915,218 king, 88 mow, (about 141,622,857 English acres). Of the land-tax, there is now paid into the imperial treasury 4,356,382 shih, in kind, and 32,845,474 taels, in silver, including custom-house duties, and sundries; the remainder is spent for the private use of the province. All the provinces do not contribute towards it, but only those which have a surplus of grain; the southern are all exempted. From the above, we may be enabled to form a true estimate of the value of each province. The districts on the sea-coast are generally the best inhabited and richest. The tracts along the Yang-tsze-keang, the most fertile. Large and flourishing cities are found only where a ready waterco...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781153968447
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 152
  • Spine Width: 8 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1153968444
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 335 gr


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