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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.
