476 DAVIS. 



culties encountered in translating the new characters inserted in the 

 inscription and in the seal for the reverse may have their foundation 

 in a similar cause. 



In an article in the same number of the Journal of the Peking 

 Oriental Society as that from which we have already quoted so freely,* 

 a wTiter makes the statement that in 1651 A.D., notes were issued and 

 that annually for eighteen years a fixed amount was emitted. Then 

 the attempt to make use of paper money was abandoned. If this be 

 so, it would not be surprising if the "money note" might be found to 

 be connected with this emission. The difference in time is not great. 



The translation which follows is the work of Mr. Kojiro Tomita, 

 a native of Japan, and Assistant Curator of Chinese and Japanese 

 Art at the Museum of Fine Arts of Boston. He has by preference 

 adhered to a nearly literal method, rather than attempt to express 

 the meaning in well phrased English periods. He has given the un- 

 derlying meaning of the Chinese characters. The reader can shape 

 this meaning into more readable phrases at will. His scholarly philo- 

 logical attainments and his complete mastery of English furnish a 

 guarantee of the accuracy of his work. 



Andrew McF. Davis. 



* The Origin of the Paper Currency of China by Sliiocla Saburo. Journal 

 of the Peking Oriental Society. Volums III, Number 4, page 278. 



