Lanterna Rally

Author: Johannes von Gumpach

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-08-16

Total Pages: 446

ISBN-13: 9781333244330

Excerpt from The Treaty-Rights of the Foreign Merchant, and the Transit-System, in China The proofs to this effect will, no doubt, be accepted without sur prise by many. Few readers will be prepared to learn that the amount of illegal taxation, with which, In open and systematic de fiance of existing Treaties, British trade is, and for years past has been, burdened in China, now reaches a yearly total of six million pounds sterling; that the major portion of this amount is expended by the Chinese Government, - seemingly more than ever bent, not only on a return to the Old system of political and commercial isola tion, but on the expulsion of the outer barbarian from the bayonet-ploughed soil of Cathay, as China has been designated - for purposes of military armaments, or is being accumulated, as a reserve fund; and that the aggregate sum, which thus gradually and at a progresswe rate has been levied by China upon British trade since the conclusion of the Treaty at N anking, may be estimated at some thirty million pounds sterling. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.