a6 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, 75 and in 1839, when some new regulations were 

 enacted. 76 But always the lapse of a few months saw the reins 

 again loosened and business pursuing its former easy way. 



75 Nye, Morning of My Life in China, p. 73. 



76 Ch. Rep, 8 77-82. 



