The Chinese, Vol. 2 of 2

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Excerpt from The Chinese, Vol. 2 of 2: A General Description of the Empire of China and Its Inhabitants Coin of Base Metal - Value compared with Silver - Which passes by Weight - Ancient Paper Currency - Pawnbroking - Inte rest of Money - Internal commerce-disadvantage of Canton for English Trade - Origin of Hong Merchants - Heavy Ex penses of Foreign Shipping - System of Smuggling - Opium the chief Import - Its Consumption - New Law against it Totals of British Trade - Black Teas described - Green Teas Preparation oftea - Spurious Green Teas - Mode of Colour ing - Cromb of English Tea-trade - Chinese Ports and Har bours - Eligible Points for Trade 430. 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.