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VARIOUS ESTIMATES COMPARED.

Names of the Provinces.	No. I.	No. II.	No. III.	No. IV.	No. V.	No. VI.	No. VII.	No. VIII.	No. IX.	No. X.	No. XI.	No. XII.
	Census taken about the beginning of the present dynasty, extracted from the Yih-tung-che, by Dr. Morrison, probable date 1710.	Census taken in the 50th year of Kang-he, according to the Ta-tsing-hway-teen, extracted by J. R. Morrison, Esq.	Census taken in the 18th year of Keen-lung, extracted from the Ta-tsing-hway-teen, new edition by Rev. E. C. Bridgman.	Census taken from the Yih-tung-che, by Dr. Morrison, published about the latter end of Keen-lung's reign, probable date 1760.	Census taken from the Yih-tung-che, by Grosier, published about the 27th year of Keen-lung, and referring to the year 1765.	Census furnished by the Chinese mandarin to Sir G. Staunton.	Census taken in 1812, according to the Ta-tsing-hway-teen, extracted by J. R. Morrison, Esq.	Land Tax, paid in money, calculated at 6s. 8d. per tael, and forwarded to Peking.	Land Tax paid in grain, calculating the Chinese shih at 160 lbs. weight.	Customs taken at passes, remitted in money, calculated at 6s. 8d. per tael.	Grain retained in the provinces, calculating the Chinese shih at 160 lbs. weight.	Number of square miles in each province.
	1710	1711	1753	1760	1765	1792	1812	Taels.	Shih.	Taels.	Shih.	Miles.
Shing-king	4,194			486,634	668,852		942,003	38,708	111,672		206,314
Chih-le	3,260,075	3,274,870	9,374,217	3,504,038	15,222,440	38,000,000	27,990,871	3,000,210		78,660	1,960,269	58,949