III. IV.
4 Lik of the chief Civil Officers of Cbm'S, distiA-
guisbing tbeir Number, Station, and Salaries. __
A L htbfthekhief Mihtary-Officers^Wbhia, tbeir
Number, Rank, and Salaries.-
Salary of
j;
per ann.
11 The Tson-itoo, Or viceroy, -over ’.one
[ dr provinces r- ^ ^ \ ■ 20,000 . 220,000 ■;
>5’The Foyen, or governor, under him, ;
1 d f each province : _ - - - i6,opo;
240, poo 1
The . Hou-poo,. or .fiscal, the chiefs
: officer o f revenue - - . - 1,9*000
The An-za-'tze, or president -of the ’
criminal tribunal — - : . »-? éjQQ&i lôfijOOO ;
The Tao-quen, or governor, presiding .
over more than one city ©f the first
order, and their dependencies v4#ÖÖ0. 258,000
W M The Fbu-quen, or governor, only of -.
one - city <of the first order, and Its ä
dependencies - - - V 2,ÓÖO' '368,000
The Kiou-quen, or governor, of a city
of the second brder - ^Y '“1 1 \ ;i,Q0pi 149,000
The Sien-quen, or governor, o f a c i^ l
- of the third: order . .- _7 1,044,000
t ? The Siöu-jöü, or president ofsiäenceT
- and. examinations . - - - >
Thé Cho-tao,Dr inspectors general J .
-4©2|O0O
" 7
2,960,000
^Lok.
I
Salary of
; eacK
per ann.
Total. 1
Tahels. ^ Tah-els.
18 The Tou-tou 4^090 72,000’ ;
62 The Zun-ping - '^ 4qO , .^48,800
• l'iêl The Fou zien r cj •;viv§oo
The Tchou zien - - “1 * * ”’ 132,000
373 ThctJmu-^ " - - r v p —* - 6ÖÖ 223;gp^
425 ^MTotoBSe" r'. ;'r ij, I.70^000 *
825 'l'hu Sciou-fou-----------. -~i — a ~ ^ 3â 9r 264,000
,1689 ■W .afa l89aitt’ ’~ t H t : j..~- iy^ßäÖ 268,800
36 2 i The Pa-zun - - - B y 470787.®
44 The commissaries of corn and provisions
of the first rank, Sciou-zuH; W È Ê ' !;f4j08o
|Ë | The commissaries : of corn and pro-
visions of the second rank, Zien-
160 52,80©
1.974.45°
A rough C âm t tà îtn v f ib e Military Establishment
-------- ; - o f China.
i p o d , 0 0 6 Infantry, at two ounces, or
tahels' of silvereachper month, pro-
. visi&ns included - ! ■ ^ -y jd^*
'8f ©jooo Cavalry, at four ounces '.each,
| | provisions!® duded r — - ~ ~
Jf8©o)ooo horses cost, Jtiwenty ounces
each 16,000,000 ounces, the annual
wear and tear at ten per cent, willjbe
Uhiforms^for 1,800,000 men, once a
year, at four ounces gach - -
Yearly wear and. tear of arms, accoutrements,
contingencies, &c. atoneounce
" per mah, on i^Sbd^ooomeh . - . -
24,000,000
38,400,000
|^6oV>b©©
y,2Ö0,OOO
'1 ,800^009 73,000,000
74^ 74^45°
Trade of Me English and other Europeans to, and from, Chins.
A few years ago, the exports to China, on the Company’* account, in English goods and in English bottoms, scarcely
exceeded S . 100,000 per annum. The private trade was nearly as much. The balance for teas and other goods was P?id ™
silver. Since the Commutation Act, the exports have been gradually rising, but are yet far from having reached, their highest
.point. There were imported into Canton in 1792, from England, in sixteen Company s ships, to the amount c t im r
£ . 1,000,000, in lead, tin, woollens, together with furs, and other articles of private trade. The order tor woollens only rue
following year, was £ . 1 o higher than the preceding year.
merchandize, and will have probably produced ab.ove £ . 3,000,000. ■< ». c r , „ n 000
The legal trade from the British dependencies in India to Canton, in 1792, amounted to very near the sum Of A
besides opium, which is clandestinely imported there, to the amount of about £.250,000. The articles legally iroporie
consisted of cotton, tin, pepper, sandal wood, elephants teeth, and bees wax. , ,, T , i.i.
The exports from Canton to India, amounted only, in 1792, to £ . 330,000, leaving a vast balance in favour of India,, wracn
Is paid in cash. The artidespurchased for India, consist chiefly of raw and wrought silk, sugar, and sugar candy, tutcuag,
afem, porcelain, camphor, Nankeen cloth, quicksilver, and turmeric. . . to
The total imports from foreign European nations to Canton, in 1792, amounted to £ . 200,000, and their exports
upwards of £ . 600,000. Many of the imports were of British manufacture.
APPENDIX. 617
and^M&lïsb Ships; the former
from the Thanes transmitted to England B y ß X gW 'S ^M ö aM ^ tb e letter train the
a P t e wtoa. of'Ships arrived nq&. : > m - „
^EQxphoirhted from
Season, ending
.M aiJi y 7 2
^ Ö i l >77+ K Ü -.1776 .1777.!
« 1.775
*779
1780
Average of
9 Years
foreign Ships. -
containing 9>>4ö7»5$i, j- 13,652,738
13.838,2(17
M^12j ,.865421,,91.^3+
I- 1l^6,,I31022,,060605. .
} I; I , 30^,2.66
112,673,701
2â&r,-
pröciriv
äbie /estimates^tbë;‘ annual
;;u jcônsùmptibn of tea-by-fRl
reigners in Europe at most „
MtfSfè have been smuggled 'iWM
Bfitafn^arvd her
^n^li^ii1
*^«"31.1, 6
^ Ï32.,076.725,,4529 4+
-j 5,-. ‘$5.,-35^349-,40>8'67;
8-fol
5,500,000
îh..- Kè^^oi
Ä » ÿ^2>v3a
_ Consumed .W foreigners. inEjirone ai most^ llllWf
^CM ^g e d b jT x re a t Britain ântfhèr Y
S 'dependencies àt llast T j - 16>83&*4P;'
whitliaffoojgm h M g f ship, wo'uld e f c p W- s h i p a -
constantly m '
mof t ° f trgJ}i,?h w eri sraUt- One fleet is going out, when
f ,; ':.: "., . ° . . .
_ private t* d e Teag, h r ^ h t , legally and i l l e g a l k ^ ; dbnfidentSat ini
a H H M th eW g li l sEps i s J r m ^ s S ^ T frQ m H t«
that the foreign captains bring a large quantity of TJea, which .they i
Y t o o o l P entbeingSeVere- to ‘hepubhcon 100^ chests of j | s o n Tea smuggfed,“ above
Av 1 4, fot Oiy ) e ir«of each solt of Tea, sold by theJSaSt from
- March Sale 1773 to .September Sale 1782 inclusive, exclusive.of private trade, which was .trifling. ’ Bbhêà
Congou
Souchong and Pekoe
I ,Sm%loi1', - ' -
Hyson - - ft
- I
.1 ■'S*>57*-
L :„ .. *!83;.*74
n**-.
I M - . 5,742,464, -1
A P la n % i r e v tm T S m ^ ^ i ^ r e i f h y tM ,^ o f f all m present Duties o f Customs an« E x c is e on Tea, and
laying a small T ax on such Houses only as pay the Window T a x ; by which 'means the King d om a t la r g e '
•would be greatly benefited, a sh c re after described. Submitted to G < tis rnm V k in t$ g & '> '
' w o ^ L I ^ * 7^ .“ n,u™ed I Great Brita!n a,nd. her dependencies, lb. 13,300,cooper Anm ms Whirl*
!femen? P y 3® ^ 4 ^ 6 0 seamen constantly m Ihe Chhar trade, ihstea^og’T f ships ahd' 2000-'