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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-tëen, extracted by J. R. Morrison, Esq.	Census taken in the 18th year of Këen-lung, extracted from the Ta-tsing-hway-tëen, new edition by Rev. E. C. Bridgman.	Census taken from the Yih-tung-che, by Dr. Morrison, published about the latter end of Këen-lung's reign, probable date 1760.	Census taken from the Yih-tung-che, by Grosier, published about the 27th year of Këen-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-tëen, 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
Keang-soo	3,917,707	2,656,465	12,618,987	28,967,235	23,161,409	32,000,000	37,843,501	3,257,676	1,431,273	779,584	2,514,602	92,961
Gan hwuy	1,350,131	1,357,829	12,435,361	1,438,023	22,761,030		34,168,059	1,770,692			1,019,163
Keang-se	5,528,499	2,172,587	5,055,251	5,922,160	11,006,640	19,000,000	23,046,999	1,888,302	795,063	220,351	1,027,143	72,176
Chĕ-keang	2,710,649	2,710,312	8,662,808	18,975,099	15,429,690	21,000,000	26,256,784	3,426,640	678,320	181,190	2,119,268	39,150
Fŭh-këen	1,468,145	706,311	4,710,339	1,684,528	8,063,671	15,000,000	14,777,410	1,184,809		73,549	2,011,434	53,480
Hoo-pih	469,927	433,943	4,568,860	24,604,369	8,080,603	14,000,000	27,370,098	1,283,671	96,934	9,644	562,475	144,770
Hoo-nan	375,782	335,034	4,336,332	9,098,010	8,829,320	13,000,000	18,652,507	947,505	96,214		1,508,420
Ho-nan	2,005,088	3,094,150	7,114,346	2,662,969	16,332,507	25,000,000	23,037,171	3,187,408	221,342		2,443,241	65,104
Shan-tung		2,278,595	12,769,872	25,147,633	25,180,734	24,000,000	28,958,764	3,396,885	353,963	29,680	1,445,190	65,104
Shan-se	1,792,329	1,727,144	5,162,351	1,860,816	9,768,189	27,000,000	14,004,210	3,528,803		10,919	1,306,987	55,268
Shen-se	240,809	2,150,696	3,851,043	257,704	7,287,443	18,000,000	10,207,256	1,699,323			3,334,143	154,008
Kan-suh	311,972	368,525	2,133,222	340,086	7,412,014	12,000,000	15,193,125	320,102	218,550		3,482,246
Sze-chuen	144,154	3,802,689	1,368,496	7,789,782	2782976	27,000,000	21,435,678	651,614			1,055,019	166,800
Canon	1,148,918	1,142,747	3,969,248	1,491,271	6,797,597	21,000,000	19,174,030	1,317,804		97,420	2,585,000	79,456
Kwang-se	205,995	210,674	1,975,619	2,569,518	3,947,414	10,000,000	7,313,895	489,429			1,117,646	78,250
Yun-nan	2,255,666	145,414	1,003,058	3,083,459	2,078,802	8,000,000	5,561,320	243,837			750,401	107,969
Kwei-chow	51,089	37,731	1,218,848	2,941,891	3,402,722	9,000,000	5,288,219	122,548	227,626		157,808[1]	64,554
	27,241,129	28,605,716	102,328,258	143,125,225	198214553	333,000,000	361,221,900	31,745,966	4,230,957	1,480,997	31,596,769	1,297,999

1. Besides this quantity of grain, 28,705,125 Taels are retained in the Provinces.