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The present form of government of Ceylon was established by Letters Patent of April 1831, and supplementary orders of March 1833. According to the terms of this constitution, the administration is in the hands of a Governor, aided by an Executive Council of five members; viz. the Officer Commanding the Troops, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney-General, the Treasurer, and the Auditor-General; and a Legislative Council of 15 members, including the members of the Executive Council, four other officeholders, and six unofficial members, representative of different races and classes in the community.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Ceylon
1. Official Publications
Census of Ceylon, 1881. Colombo, 1882.
Colonial and Indian Exhibition. Official Handbook of the Ceylon Court. London, 1886.
Colonial Office List, 1886.
Report on the revenue, trade, &c, of Ceylon, in ‘Papers relating to H.M.’s Colonial Possessions.’ London, 1886.
Statistics of Ceylon ; in ‘Statistical Abstract for the Colonial and other Possessions of the United Kingdom.’ No. XXIII. 8. London, 1886.
Trade, of Ceylon with Great Britain ; in ‘Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions in the year 1885.’ Imp. 4. London, 1886.
2. NON-OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS
Baker (Sir S. W.), Eight Years’ Wanderings in Ceylon. 8. London, 1855.
Ferguson (A. M. & J.), The Ceylon Directory and Handbook. 8. Colombo and London, 1885–86.
Ferguson (John), Cevlon in 1884. 2nd edition. London, 1884.
Haeckel (Dr. E.), Ceylon. London, 1883.
Ransonnet-Villez (Baron E. von), Ceylon: Skizzen seiner Bewohner, seines Thier- und Pflanzenlebens. Fol. Brunswick, 1868.
Schmarda (L. K.), Reise um die Erde : Zeilon. Vol. i. 8. Braunschweig, 1861.
Tennet (Sir James Emerson), Ceylon: an Account of the Island, Physical, Historical, and Topographical. 5th edition. London, 1860.
Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning China. 1. Official Publications
Returns of Trade at the Treaty Ports in China for the year 1885, Part I. Abstracts of Trade and Customs Revenue Statistics, from 1871 to 1885. Part II. Statistics of each Port 4. Shanghai, 1886.
Customs Gazette, Shanghai ; published quarterly.
Catalogue of the Chinese Customs Collection at the Austro-Hungarian Universal Exhibition. Shanghai, 1873.
Catalogue of the Chinese Collection at the Paris Exhibition. Shanghai, 1878.
Catalogue of the Chinese Collection at the London Fisheries Exhibition. Shanghai, 1883 ; and the International Health Exhibition. London, 1884.
Reports and Statistics relating to Opium in China. Shanghai, 1881.
Correspondence respecting the state of affairs in China. London, 1885.
Report on the Culture, Production, and Manufacture of Silk in China. Shanghai, 1881.
Correspondence respecting the Revision of the Treaty of Tientsin. Presented to the House of Commons. 4. London, 1871.
Treaty of friendship and commerce between Her Majesty and the King of Corea,. London, 1884.
Report of Mr. Frederick F. Low, Minister-Resident of the United States, on ‘China: its Social and Political Organisation; its Relation with the People and Governments of other Nations, and its Possible Future;’ dated Peking, Jan. 10, 1871 ; in ‘ Papers relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States.’ 8. Washington, 1871.
Report of Mr. George F. Seward, Consul-General of the United States, on the Religious, Educational, and Moral State of the Chinese People,’ dated Shanghai, August 22, 1871 ; in ‘Papers relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States.’ 8. Washington, 1872.
Report of the Delegates of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce on the Trade of the Upper Yangtsze river. Presented to Parliament. Fol. London, 1870.
Commercial Reports from H.M’s.Consuls in China for 1885. 8. London, 1886.
Report by Mr. Arthur Nicolson, British Secretary of Legation, on the opium trade in China, dated Peking, February 25, 1878, in ‘ Reports by H.M.’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation.’ Part III. 1878. 8. London, 1878.
Report by Mr. Hosie of a journey through the provinces of Ssu-ch’uan, Yunnan, and Kuei Chou, 1883. London, 1881; and through Central Ssu-Ch’uanin 1884. London, 1885.
Report by Mr. L. C. Hopkins, on the Island of Formosa. London, 1885.
Trade of Great Britain with China, in ‘Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions in the year 1885.’ Imp. 4. London, 1886.
2. Non-Official Publications
Anderson (John), Mandalay to Momien : a Narrative of the two Expeditions to Western China of 1868 and 1875 with Colonels E. B. Sladen and Horace Browne. 8. London, 1876.
Saber (E. Colborne), Travels and Researches in Western China ; in Supplementary Papers of the Royal Geographical Society. London, 1883.
Bastian (Dr. A.), Die Völker des Oestlichen Asiens. 6 vols. 8. Jena, 1866–71.
Boulger (Demetrius), History of China. London, 1882–84.
Carné (L. de), Voyage en Indo-Chine et dans l’empire chinois. Paris, 1872. English version, London, 1872.
China, Population of. Discussion of Data in Behm and Wagner’s ‘Bevölkerung der Erde,’ vii. Gotha, 1882.
Chinese Army, the. In Blackwood’s Magazine. May 1884.
Colquhoun (A. R.), Across Chryse : from Canton to Mandalay. 2 vols. London, 1883.
David (Abbé A.), Journal de mon troisième voyage d’exploration dans l’empire chinois. 2 vols. 18. Paris, 1875.
Davis (Sir John F.), Description of China and its Inhabitants. 2 vols. 8. London, 1857.
Dennys (N. B.) and Mayers (W. T.), China and Japan: a Complete Guide to the Open Ports of those Countries ; together with Peking, Yeddo, Hongkong, and Macao. 8. London, 1867.
Douglas (Prof. R. K.), China. London, 1882.
Dudgeon (Dr. J.), Historical Sketch of the Ecclesiastical, Political, and Commercial Relations of Russia with China. 8. Peking, 1872.
Edkins (Joseph, D.D.), Religion in China, containing an Account of the three Religions of the Chinese. 8. London, 1877.
Fontpertuis (Ad. Frout de), La Chine et le Japon et l’Exposition de 1878. 8. Paris, 1878.
Fontpertuis (Ad. Frout de), L’émigration chinoise, son caractère, son importance et sa distribution ; in ‘Revue Scientifique,’ ler Mars, 1879. 4. Paris, 1879.
Gill (Captain), The River of Golden Sand. Two vols. London, 1880.
Gray (Ven. John Henry), China : a History of the Laws, Manners, and Customs of the People. 2 vols. 8. London, 1877.
Giitzlaff (C. F. A.), China Opened ; or, a Display of the Topography, History, Arts, Commerce, &c, of the Chinese Empire. 2 vols. 8. London, 1838.
Hill (J. S.), The Indo-Chinese Opium Trade. London, 1884.
Hippisley (Alfred E.), China : a Geographical, Statistical, and Political Sketch. 4. Shanghai, 1877.
Hirth (Dr. F.), China and the Roman Orient: Researches into their ancient and mediaeval relations as represented in old Chinese records. Leipsic, 1885.
Hue (L’Abbé E. R.), L’Empire chinois. 2 vols. 8. 4th ed. Paris, 1862.
Journal of the China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. Shanghai.
Keane (Prof. A. H.) and Temple (Sir R.), Asia. London, 1882.
Kreitner (G.), Im fernen Osten. 2 vols. Vienna, 1881.
Lautare (Comte d’Escayrac de), Mémoires sur la Chine : Gouvernement. 4. Paris, 1864.
Loch (Hy. Brougham), A Personal Narrativo of Occurrences during Lord Elgin’s Second Embassy to China in 1860. 8. London, 1870.
Martin (Dr.), Sur la statistique relative au dénombrement de la population en Chine. In ‘Bulletin de la Société de géographie de Paris.’ 8. Paris, 1872.
Martin (D.), L’Opium en Chine ; étude statistique et morale. 8. Paris, 1872.
Mayers (W. F.), The Chinese Government. New edition by Cr. M. H. Playfair. Shanghai, 1886.
Medhurst (W. H.), The Foreigner in Far Cathay. 8. London, 1872.
Osborn (Capt. Sherard), Past and Future of British Relations in China. 8. London, 1860.
Pallu (Lieutenant Léopold), Relation de l’Expédition de Chine en 1860, rédigée d’après les documents officiels. 4. Paris, 1864.
Playfair (G. M. H), Cities and Towns of China. Hong Kong, 1879.
Ratzel (Friedrich), Die Chinesische Auswanderung. 8. Breslau, 1876.
Rechts (Elisée), Nouvelle Géographie Universelle. Tome VII. Paris, 1882.
Revenue of China, The. Hong Kong, 1885.
Richthofen (Ferd. Freiherr von), China : Ergebnisse eigener Reisen und darauf gegründeter Studien. Vols. I, II, and IV., and Atlas. 4. Berlin, 1877–85.
Richthofen (Ferd. Freiherr von), Letters on the Provinces of Chekiang and Nganhwei ; and on Nanking and Chinkiang. 4. Shanghai, 1871.
Rocher (E.), La Province Chinoise de Yünnan. Paris, 1880.
Ross (Rev. J.), The Manchus; or the Reigning Dynasty of China, their Rise and Progress. London, 1880.
Sacharoff (J.), Historische Ubersicht der Bevölkerungsverhältnisse Chinas, in Arbeiten der K. Russ. Gesandtschaft zu Pekin über China. 2 vols. Berlin, 1858.
Scherzer (Dr. K. von), Die wirtschaftlichen Zustände im Süden und Osten Asien’s. 8. Stuttgart, 1871.
Simon (Consul E), L’agriculture de la Chine. 6. Paris, 1872.
Sladen (Major E. B.), Official Narrative of the Expedition to explore the Trade Routes to China viâ Bhamo. 8. Calcutta, 1870.
Temple (Sir R.), Population Statistics of China, in Journal of the Statist. Soc, vol. 48, 1885, p. 1.
Williams (Dr. S. Wells), The Middle Kingdom : a Survey of the Geography, Government, &c, of the Chinese Empire. New ed. 2 vols. London, 1883.
Williamson (Rev. A.), Journeys in North China, Manchuria, and Eastern Mongolia. With some account of Corea. 2 vols. 8. London, 1870.
Books of Reference concerning Corea
Annual Reports on the Trade in Foreign Vessels. Shanghai, 1886.
Griffis(W. E.), Corea: the Hermit Nation. London, 1882.
Hall (J. C), A. Visit to Corea in 1882, in Proceedings of Royal Geographical Society, 1883.
Lowell (Perceval), Chosön, the Land of the Morning Calm. A Sketch of Korea. London, 1886.
Oppert (Ernst), Corea : a Forbidden Land.
Report for the Year 1885 on the Trade and Commerce of Corea, in No. 61 ‘Diplomatic and Consular Reports.’ London, 1886.
Reports by Vice-Consul Carles on Journeys in Corea. London, 1885.
Ross (Rev. J.). History of Corea. Paisley, n.d.
Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Dutch India. 1. Official Publications
Koloniaal Verslag van 1886. 8. s’ Gravenhage, 1886.
Jaarboek ran het mijnwezen in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië. Uitgegeven op last van Z. Exe. den Minister van Koloniën. 1885. 8. Amsterdam, 1885.
Naamregister van Nederlandsch-Indië voor 1886. Batavia, 1886.
Regeerings-Almanak voor Nederlandsch-Indië. 1886. 8. Batavia, 1886.
Résumé van het onderzoek naar de rechten van den inlander op den grond op Java en Madoera. Batavia, 1880.
Statistiek van den Handel, de Scheepvaart en de inkomende en uitgaande Rechten op Java en Madoera. 8. Batavia, 1886.
Statistiek van de Rechtsbedeeling in N. Indië. Batavia, 1881.
Verslag over het jaar 1885, Samengesteld door de Kamer van koophandel en nijverheid te Batavia. 8. Batavia, 1885.
Report by Mr. Ward, British Secretary of Legation, on the progress of the Netherlands’ East India possessions since 1857, dated January 17, 1863; in ‘Reports of H.M.’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation.’ No. VI. London, 1863.
Report by Mr. Fenton on the Finances of the Netherlands and Netherlands India, in ‘Reports of H.M.’s Secretaries of Embassy.’ 1883.
Report by Consul Cameron on the trade, commerce, and general matters relating to Java for 1881, in ‘Reports from H.M.’s Consuls.’ Part XIV. London, 1882.
Report by Consul H. G. Kennedy on the province of Acheen in 1882, in ‘Reports of H.M.’s Consuls.’ Part IV. 1883.
Reports on Java, in Part VI., and on Sumatra in Part VII. of ‘Reports of H.M.’s Consuls, 1884.’ London, 1884.
Report by Consul McNeill on Java in 1884, in Part VI. of ‘Reports of H.M.’s Consuls.’ London, 1885.
Trade of Java with Great Britain ; in ‘Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom for the year 1885.’ Imp. 4. London, 1886.
2. Non-Official Publications
Aardrijkskundig en statistisch woordenboek van Ned. Indie. Amsterdam, 1861.
Bickmore (H. S.), Travels in the East Indian Archipelago. 8. London, 1868.
Tÿdschrift van hot koninklijk institúut voor taal-, land- en volkenkunde van Nederlandseh-Indië. 32 vols. 8. Amsterdam s’ Gravenhage, 1852–86.
Bool (H. J.), Regeringsreglemont van Ned. Indie. Zalt-Bommel, 1876.
De Jonge (Jhr. M. J. K. J.), De Opkomst van het Nederlandsch gezag over Java. II.–VII. The Hague, 1869–75.
De Louter, Handleiding tot de kennis van het staats- en administratiefreeht van Ned. Indie, s’ Gravenhage, 1881.
Deventer (JSz., S. van), Bijdragen tot de kennis van het Landelijk Stelsel op Java, op last van Z. Exc. den Minister van Kolonien J. D. Fransen van de Putte, bijeenverzameld. 8. Zalt-Bommel, 1865.
Gorkom (van), De Oost-Indische Cultures in betrekking tot handel en nijverheid. Amsterdam, 1881.
Haga (A.). Nederlandseh Nieuw Guinea en de Papoesche Eilanden. 2 vols. Batavia, 1884.
Hellwold (Fr. Von), Das Colonialsystem der Niederländer in Ostindien. 8. Leipzig, 1873.
Hollander (Dr. J. J. de), Handleiding bij de beoefening van de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde van Ned. Indie. Breda, 1882.
Money (J. W. B.), Java, or, How to Manage a Colony; showing a practical solution of the questions now affecting British India. 2 vols. 8. London, 1861.
Müller (Joh.), Beschreibung der Insel Java. 8. Berlin, 1860.
Veth (Prof. P. J.), Java : Geographisch, Ethnologisch, Historisch. Haarlem. 3 vols. 1875–84.
Idem. Borneo’s Wester-afdeeling. Zalt-Bommel, 1854.
Wallace (Alfred Russel), The Malay Archipelago. 8. London, 1869.
Wenzelburger (Theodor), Niederländisch-Ostindien. In ‘Unsere Zeit.’ Vol. IX. 8. Leipzig, 1873.
Wilken (Prof. G. A.), Het Animisme bij de volken van der Indischen Archipel. Leiden, 1885.
Wullings (H. E.), Neêrlandsch Indië, met een kort overzicht onzer bezittingen in andere werelddeelen. 8. Zalt-Bommel, 1870.
Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Hong Kong. 1. Officiai, Publications
Colonial Office List. 1887.
Papers relating to H.M.’s Colonial Possessions, 1885–86.
Statistics of Hong Kong ; in ‘ Statistical Abstract for the several Colonial and other Possessions of the United Kingdom in each year from 1871 to 1885.’ No. XXIII. London, 1886.
Trade of Hong Kong with Great Britain ; in ‘Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions in the year 1885.’ Imp. 4. London, 1886.
2. Non-Official Publications
Bennys (N. B.) and Mayers (W. T.), China and Japan : a Complete Guide to the Open Ports of those Countries ; together with Peking, Yeddo, Hong Kong and Macao. 8. London, 1867.
Topography of China and Neighbouring States, with Degrees of Longitude and Latitude. 8. Hong Kong, 1864.
Williams (S. Wells), Chinese Commercial Guide. 8. Hong Kong, 1863.
Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning India. 1. Official Publications
Administration Reports of the Tarions provinces. Annual.
Aitchison (Sir Charles N), A collection of treaties, &c, relating to India and neighbouring countries. 2nd edition. 7 vols. Calcutta, 1876.
Annual Statement of the Trade and Navigation of British India with Foreign Countries, and of the Coasting Trade between the several Presidencies, together with Miscellaneous Statistics relating to the Foreign Trade of British India, from various periods to 1885–86. Imp. 4. Calcutta, 1886.
Accounts relating to the Trade and Navigation of British India for 1886. Calcutta, 1886.
Colonial and Indian Exhibition, 1886. Special catalogue of exhibits. London, 1886.
Correspondence respecting the relations between the British Government and that of Afghanistan since the accession of the Ameer Shore Ali Khan. Fol. London, 1879–80.
East India: (1) Finance and revenue accounts, 1881–85, and estimate for 1885–86; (2) Financial statement, 1885–86, 1886–87; (3) Hoirie accounts ; (4) Net revenue and expenditure ; (5) Public Works expenditure ; (6) Loans raised in India. London, 1886.
Finance and Revenue Accounts ; and Miscellaneous Statistics relating to the Finances of British India. Part I. Revenues, Charges, and other Cash Transactions of British India. Fol. Calcutta, 1886.
Finance and Revenue Accounts : Part II. Revenues and Charges of each Presidency and Province. Fol. Calcutta, 1886.
Finance and Revenue Accounts : Part III. Revenues and Charges, Statistics for the Administration of Revenue, and Miscellaneous Statistics. Fol. Calcutta, 1886.
General List of the Nativo Chiefs of India, with memoranda prepared for H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. 3 vols. Calcutta, 1875.
Hunter (Dr. W. W.), Statistical Account of Bengal. 20 vols. London, 1877. Statistical Account of Assam. 2 vols. London, 1879.
Hunter (Dr. W. W.), The Imperial Gazetteer of India. 2nd edition. 14 vols. 1886–87.
Indian Army and Civil Service List. Issued by permission of the Secretary of State for India in Council. 8. London, 1886.
Map, with Classified Index, of Indian State Railways. London, 1883.
Report to the Secretary of State for India in Council on the Railways in India for the year 1885–86. By Colonel F. S. Stanton, R.E., Director-General of Railways in India. Fol. London, 1886.
Returns of the Agricultural Statistics of British India, 1884–85. Calcutta, 1886.
Review of the accounts of the sea-borne foreign trade of British India. for the year ending March 31, 1886. Simla, 1886.
Report of the Census of British India taken on February 17, 1881. 3 vols. London, 1883.
Reports of the Trigonometrical Surveys of India up to 1884–85. Calcutta. Annual.
Statement exhibiting the Moral and Material Progress and Condition of India during the year 1882–83 (including the decade 1874–83). Two parts. Fol. London, 1883. The same for 1883–84. London, 1886.
Statistical Abstract for the several Colonial and other Possessions of the United Kingdom in each year from 1871 to 1885. No. XXIII. 8. London, 1886.
Statistical Abstract relating to British India from 1875–76 to 1884–85. No. XX. 8. London, 1886.
Statistical Atlas of India. Calcutta, 1886.
Trade of India with Great Britain ; in ‘ Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions in the year 1884.’ Imp. 4. London, 1885.
Watt (Dr. G.). Dictionary of the Economic Products of India. Vol. I. Calcutta, 1885.
2. Non-Official Publications
Anderson (Dr. J.), Mandalay to Momien. London, 1871.
Armies of the Native States of India. London, 1884.
Balfour (Edward), The Cyclopædia of India. 3 vols. London, 1885.
Birdwood (Sir G.), The Industrial Arts of India. London, 1887.
Carnegy (P.), Notes on the Land Tenures and Revenue Assessments of Upper India. 8. London, 1874.
Chesney (Col. R. E.), Indian Polity : a view of the system of administration in India. London, 1870.
Cotton (J. S.) India, in ‘Colonies and Dependencies,’ in ‘The English Citizen’ Series. London, 1883.
Cunningham (H. S.), British India and its Rulers. 8. London, 1881.
Dilke (Sir Charles Wentworth, Bart., M.P.), Greater Britain: a Record of Travel in English-speaking Countries in 1866 and 1867. New ed. 8. London, 1885.
Elliot (Sir H. M.), History of India as told by its own Historians. The Mussulman period. 8 vols. London, 1869–77.
Forbes (C. J. T.), British Burma and its people. 8. London, 1880.
Fontpertuis (Ad. Frout de), L’Inde britannique. 8. Paris, 1878.
Fytche (General), Burma, Past and Present. 2 vols. London, 1878.
Grant Duff (M. E., M.P.), Notes of an Indian Journey. 8. London, 1876.
Griffin (Sir Lepel H.), The Rajas of the Punjab, being the history of the principal states in the Punjab. 2d edit. 8. London, 1872.
Hunter (Dr. W. W.), The Indian Mussulmans. 2nded. 8. London, 1871.
Hunter (Dr. W. W.), The Indian Empire, its History, People, and Products. 2nd edition. London, 1886.
Jacolliot (L.), Lois, prêtres, et castes dans l’Inde. 8. Paris, 1877.
Kaye (John William), The Administration of the East India Company: a history of Indian progress. 8. London, 1853.
Keane (A. H.) and Temple (Sir R.), Asia. London, 1882.
Laurie (Colonel), Our Burmese Wars. London, 1880. Ashé Pyee, the superior country. London, 1882
Low (Charles Rathbone), The History of the Indian Navy. 2 vols. 8. London, 1878.
Mahon (Lord), Rise of our Indian Empire. 8. London, 1858.
Markham (Clements R.), Memoir of the Indian Surveys. 8. London, 1871.
Marshman (John Clark), The History of India, from the earliest period to the close of Lord Dalhousie’s administration. 3 vols. 8. London, 1867-70.
Phayre (Sir Arthur), History of Burma. London, 1883.
Reclus (Elisée), Géographie Universelle. L’Inde et L’Indo-Chine. Paris, 1883.
Rousselet (L.), India and its Native Princes. 4. London, 1876.
Scott (J. G.), Burma : as it was, as it is, and as it will be. London, 1886.
Sharing (Rev. M. A.), History of Protestant Missions in India. 8. 2nd ed. London, 1884.
Smith (Dr. G.), The Geography of British India, Political and Physical. London. 1882.
Smith (Dr. G.), Short History of Christian Missions. Edinburgh, 1886.
Strachey (Sir John), The Finances and Public Works of India, from 1869 to 1881. 8. London, 1882.
Temple (Sir R:), India in 1880. London, 1881. Men and Events of my Time in India. London, 1882.
Townsend (M.) and Smith (G.), Annals of Indian Administration, 1856–75. 19 vols. Serampore and Calcutta.
Triotter (Capt. L. J.), History of India under Victoria. 2 vols. London, 1886.
Watson (J. Forbes) and Kaye (Jn. Wm.), The People of India : a Series of Photographic Illustrations, with descriptive letterpress, of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan. 4 vols. Imp. 4. London, 1866–70.
Wheeler (J. Talboys), The History of India from the earliest ages. 4 vols. 8. London, 1874–76.
Williams (Sir Monier), Modern India and the Indians. 8. London, 1879.
Widiams (Sir Monier), Religious Thought and Life in India. London, 1883.
Yule (Colonel H.), Narrative of the Mission to the Court of Ava. London, 1858.
Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Japan. 1. Official Publications
General Outlines of Education in Japan. Tokio, 1884.
Report (eleventh) of the Postmaster-General of Japan, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1885. 8. Tokio, 1886.
Eighth Report of the Director-General of the Japan Government Telegraphs for the year ended June 30, 1885. Tokio, 1886.
Returns of the Foreign Commerce and Trade of Japan for the year ended December 31, 1885. Tokio, 1886.
Report by Mr. A. H. Mounsey on the finances and public debt of Japan, dated Yedo, January 31, 1878 ; in ‘Reports by H.M.’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation.’ Part III. 1878. 8. London, 1878.
Report by Mr. A. H. Mounsey on the public revenue and expenditure of Japan, dated Yedo, October 14, 1878; in ‘Reports by H.M.’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation.’ Part I., 1879. 8. London, 1879.
Commercial Reports of H.M.’s Consuls in Japan. London, 1885–86.
Reports on the Industries and Trade of Japan in 1884 in the ‘Deutsches Handels-Archiv,’ January 1886. Berlin, 1886.
Trade of Japan with the United Kingdom ; in ‘Annual Statement of the Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom with Eoreign Countries and British Possessions for the year 1885.’ Imp. 4. London, 1886.
2. Non-Official Publications
Adams (F. O.), History of Japan, from the earliest period to the present time. 2 vols. 8. London, 1875.
Alcock (Sir Rutherford), The Capital of the Tycoon ; a narrative of a three years’ residence in Japan. 2 vols. 8. London, 1863.
Bird (Miss J. L.) Unbeaten Tracks in Japan. 2 vols. London, 1880.
Dixon (W. G.), The Land of the Morning. Edinburgh, 1882.
Du Pin (M.), Le Jupon: Mœurs, coutumes, rapports avec les Européens. 8. Paris, 1868.
Eden (C. H.), Japan: Historical and Descriptive. 8. London, 1877.
Fisscher (J. F. Van Overmeer), Bijdrage tot de kennis van het japansche rijk. 4. Amsterdam, 1833.
Fontpcrtuis (Ad. Frout de), La Chine et le Japon, et l’Exposition de 1878. 8. Paris, 1878.
Fraissinet (Ed.), Le Japon, histoire et description, mœurs, coutumes et religion. Nouvelle édition, augmentée de trois chapitres nouveaux, rapports et traités avec les Européens. 2 vols. 12. Paris, 1860.
Griffis (Wm. Elliot), The Mikado’s Empire. 8. New York, 1876.
Heine (W.), Japan: Beiträge zur Kenntniss des Landes und seiner Bewohner. Fol. Leipzig, 1873.
Humbert (Aimé), Le Japon illustré. Paris, 1870.
Keane (A. H.) and Temple (Sir P.), Asia. London, 1882.
Leupe (P. A.), Reise van Maarten Gerritz-Uries in 1643 naar het Noorden en Oosten van Japan. 8. Amsterdam, 1858.
Metehnikoff (L.), Empire Japonais. Geneva, 1881.
Mossmam (Samuel), New Japan, the Land of the Rising Sun. 8. London, 1875,
Pompe de Meerdervoort (J. L. C), Vijf Jaren in Japan, 1857–63. Bijdragen tot de kennis van het japansche keizerrijk en zijne Bevolking. 2 vols. 8. Leyden, 1807.
Rcelus (Elisée). Géographie Universelle. Vol. VII. L’Asie Orientale. Paris, 1882.
Reed (Sir E. J.), Japan: its history, traditions, and religions, with the narrative of a visit in 1879. 2 vols. London, 1880.
Rein (Dr. J.), Japan nach Reisen und Studien. Vol. I. Leipzig, 1880. Vol. II. 1886.
Satow (E. M.) and Hawes (Lieut. A. G. S.), Handbook for Travellers in Central and Northern Japan. London, 1884.
Siehold (Ph. Franz von), Nippon: Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan. 8. Leyden, 1834–37.
Siebold (Ph. Franz von), Urkundliche Darstellung der Bestrebungen Nieder lands und Russlands zur Eröffnung Japans. 8. Leyden, 1854.
Taylor (B.), Japan in our day. 8. New York, 1871.
Titsingh (Isaac), Nipon o Daï Itsi Ran, ou Annales des empereurs du Japon, Ouvr. corr. sur l’original japonais-chinois par M. J. Klaproth. 4. Paris, 1834.
Wüllerstorf-Urbair (Baron von), Reise der Oesterreichischen Fregatte Norara um die Erde, in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859. Beschreibender Theil von Dr. Karl v. Scherzer. 2 vols. 8. Vienna, 1865.
Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Persia. 1. Official Publications
Report, by Mr. Ronald F. Thomson, British Secretary of Legation, on the population, revenue, military force, and trade of Persia, dated Teheran, April 20, 1868; in ‘Reports of H.M.’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation.’ 8. No. IV. 1868.
Report by Mr. Baring on the Opium Trade and Cultivation, 1881, in ‘Reports of H.M.’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation.’ Part I. And by Mr. Dickson on the Trade of Persia, in Part VI. London, 1882.
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