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CHINA

IlegnlaLions have been issued to the Provinces for tlie election l)y popular ballot of ProvinciarAssemblies to take the place of the old unrepresentative bodies, but there is great difficulty in enforcing them.

Area and Population.

The following table gives a statement of the area and population of the whole of the Chinese Empire according to the latest Chinese estimates : —

Area

China Proper . Dependencies—

Manchnria .

Mongolia

Tibet ....

Chinese Tnrkestan, Ac.

Total

Eng. sq. miles

1,532,420

3(33,610

1,367,600

463,200

550,340

Population

407,253,030

16,000,000 2,600,000 6,500,000 1,200,000

4,277,170

433,553,030

In 1904, Mr. Rockhill, the American Minister at Peking, after a careful inquiry, came to the conclusion that the number of the inhabitants of China Proper at the present time is probably less than 270,000,000. The Chinese Imperial Customs in 1911 put the total population at 437,996,000. The figures in the following table are those issued by the Chinese Government as the results of an estimate made for the purpose of the apportionment of the indemnity to the Powers. In the last column the seat of the Viceroy or Governor is named under the heading of Capital : —

Provinces

Area: English square miles

Population

Pop. per sq. m.

Capitals

Chihli .

115,800

20,937,000

172

Paotingfu i

Shantung

55,970

38,247,900

683

Cli'i-nan

Shansi .

81,830

12,200,456

149

T'ai-yuan

Honan .

67,940

35,316,800

520

K'ai-feng

Kiangsu

38,600

13,980,235

362

Sooehow^

Anhwei .

54,810

23,670,314

432

Aneh'ing

Kiangsi.

69,480

26,532,125

382

Nan-ch'ang

Chehkiaiig

36,670

11,580,692

316

Hang-chou

Fukien .

46,320

22,876,540

494

Fu-chon

Hupeh .

71,410

35,280,685

492

Wu-chang

(Han

vOW)

Ilnnan

83,380

22,169,673

266

Ch'ang-sha

Shensi .

75,270

8,450,182

111

Hsi-au

Kan.su .

125,450

10,385,376

82

Lan-clion

Szeclnvan

218,480

68,724,890

314

Ch'eng-tu

Kwangtnncj

99,970

31,865,251

319

Canton

Kwansjsi

77,200

5,142,330

67

Kueil-in

Kweichan

67,160

7,650,282

114

Kwei-yang

Yiinnan

146,680

12,324,574 407,253,029

84 266

Yi^nan-fu

Total .

.

1,532,420

1 While Paotingfu is the provincial capital, the Viceroy has since 1870 had his seat at Tientsin.

- Nanking is the capital of the Liiing-kiang Yiceroyalty, consisting of the Provinces of

Kiangsu, Kiangsi, and Anhwei.