DESPATCH FROM HER MAJESTY'S CHARGE D'AFFAIRS AT PEKING, FORWARDING A REPORT BY M.

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London 1883, Harrison. White wrappers, very clean solid, 20 x 31.5 cm., hand stitched 2 fasciles, bright example, 37p., 5 appendicies, 31p. essay + itinerary chart & Miao-Tzu list of vocabulary. FIRST & ONLY RARE EDITION . *** **** *** . . . PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY COMMAND . . . OF HER MAJESTY 1883 . * * Sir Alexander Hosie was a Scottish diplomat & explorer of China. In 1903, he was appointed as the first consul-general at Chengtu in Szechuan, Tianjin in Qing dynasty, China, . * This is a very copious and fascinating report, written by an experienced and capable author of many books about China and Korea. . With a 31 page essay on the commercial products of the area and chances for British trade. . One remarkable item Hosie immediately knew was of good commercial value to Britain, that is hand-made paper from bamboo & paddy straw. He outlines a brief method of production, after noticing a large quantity of paper being moved to Ch'ung k'ing. . Silk worm feeding on oaks was noticed as an inferior quality similar to that of "Shantung" type silk. Opium poppy, hemp, barley, wheat ad beans were everywhere to be seen. Smelting of iron pans found at Kan-shui. Tea plants were also in abundance around at Tai-kung-p'u. gall nuts & gourds. Opium poppys are grown freey in many places. . Upon meeting good looking young Miao-tzu girls, and eventually created the Miao-tzu vocabulary [Appendix 1], attached. Tsun-i coal-mines were being worked. . * APPENDICES: 1. List of Miao tzu words 2. Tunnel ling within the district of T'ung tzu [coal] 3-5. Itinerary . *** CONDITION: Excellent example bright, clean and solid, no issues. . *** REFERENCES..

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DESPATCH FROM HER MAJESTY'S CHARGE D'AFFAIRS AT PEKING, FORWARDING A REPORT BY M.
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HOSIE, Alexander
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CHINA GUIDEBOOKS, CHINA SOCIAL SCIENCE, FOREIGNERS IN CHINA

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