26 Kenneth S. Latourette, 



and renewed strictness it is true, as, for example, in 1834, when 

 an edict of the governor placed new limitations on the number 

 of servants,^^ and in 1839, when some new regulations were 

 enacted^*' But always the lapse of a few months saw the reins 

 again loosened and business pursuing its former easy way. 



Nye, Morning of My Life in China, p. 7^. 

 Ch. Rep, 8 77-82. 



