T!,.- r :: vjaj *. R -> ; , > % : ..,. . f ?.. , ..... 



, - :. -. ,.-.. : , - 







... . - -,,,.., ,;;,.., 



r values were as follow: Tea, 

 WML1S8 taeb; raw silk, 9.8ftM' 



trw braid. 



tO handle 



. . . 

 no heart to fig) 



and ran away before 



ofnoers and ran away before the enemy earn* IB 

 ihu The iJaUooaOroopsor ai^vof tWGrwaa 



117.000, the Tibetaa 



r , ...... 



; tobacco, 1,304,000 taeb; 

 il = 1884 pounds), of which 8 



, ..- ,.-, - ;;-: ' I - . . - .,, ' 



MMOTtottr 



if IMS there were 17.901 



' M .:--:. I ...: land m* lal 



rv |lf,t,,h; U..'7" ..f 



L Janaaamt It7,oi 



.94ttO torn. Shanghai 

 .:. ; 638. lioai. 6 flo 

 f dM.6H7 too*, 



\..,,. ... ,, ? 



The Naff. -The Paf-Y 



r-.ii, th- odl fl" 



Upan. The P< 

 4 unprotected steel 

 Sraboato.4 



to the Pet-Yaag sqaadron. and w*s rammed end 

 Mink by her cot. 



d^vortog to escape from the battle of ilai-Ymv 

 Tao or the Yalu on Sept. 17. 1M. Another 

 cruber that joined the northern fleet, the - Yans> 



\A n>n mmlt ,im* tx> ** J m L 1- - * i_T_ 



>^ v . 



A|^^ ^Afmi imMM^MnMtfit *ff*ft^A ^^AMt^Mi aV^ftllA jv^^* 



' : . .' ..:'..-. 



hai flotilla has 1 armored frigate. 1 jrnn- 

 floating batteries, and 8 traaepncta. The 



- 



*T*a Join* U Brttfafc 



l the Kuauan tratifcon- 



.The onlv railroads yet 

 built rv the in..- fr. m the Kaiphinc coal mines 



It ".. !'. y j r... :. i| i :i |] rOJM :. : > 



graphs now connect all the principal cities 

 posts on the front i. 



rt Arthur 



il telegraph at iu terminus in the Amur 

 district. In accordance with a convention 

 signed at : i*M. A ju 



has been made also with the lines of Burmah 



I in- Army. The Chine- forces con- 



sist of the Tartar army of Kight lUnners, em- 

 ployed to guard the capital province and garri- 

 son the chief cities, and the Ying- Ping or n- 

 tional army. The Manohus or 

 Bight Banners enjoy various privileges. 



thrr* bait hi|* of thb aqoadron wrr tb* 



K , l!u ..\ : . : K . .- . . 



M Kwmnf-Pinf," which wer altachrd to th 



northern aqnadron at the bMiaaiiw of the war. 



*. They an 



than .....-. * ft Pelda roerd t laV 



000. are instructed in modern warfare and pro- 



m )- prypaW 



Of these, the - Kwang-Vi w was so 



afterward destroyed by the 

 - Kwang-Chia - was run ashore in attempting to 

 escepefrom the battle of the Yalu. andwas 

 blown op by the Japanese; and the M Kwanf- 

 Ping** was surrendered at Wet-Hal- Wei Tie 

 Tesseb of the Pei-Yang squadron that were lost 

 in action during the war were: The *Tsaa- 

 Cheng." dbpetch vessel, taken off Asaa, July . 



sunk at the battle of the Yalu ; a torpedo boat 

 taken at the fall .ng. Yoea.- 



armorclatl Uttlcahip, torpedoed at Wei-Hai- 

 eb. i, 1895; - i^i YoenTbelted barbette 

 -l.-i at Wei-ilai-Wei. Feb. S. I8M; 

 -Wet-Yaenrtraining ship, sunk at W< 

 Wei. Feb. 5. 1896; f torpedo boaU 

 md 8 captured after an unsacosasfal 



.r \\...H A :.\\.:. Krb. 



the other forces are poorly paid and fed. Thev 

 *r, reoraitod from EE . ires! mm 



-fesaion b generally deetibcd by the 



' 



the direction of the Governors, to whom, 

 Tartar generab are not subnnlin*u>. 

 None of the formations are kept up to their 

 nominal strength, ami in many eases ther r> 

 mere skeleton organisations. Officers have been 

 known to pocket the |>ay of rvgimmu that ilo 

 not eibt, but which can be improvbed by hir- 

 ing coolies when the inspecting officers make 

 their rounds. Most of the tmope sent to the 

 seat of war to fight the Japanese were raw leries 

 recruited from the dregs of the population and 



WeMIai-Wei Feb, 16, 18 

 armor-clad batUe ahi; . , 



nm tun* aWp; - Ptnr>YMa.~ 

 7 



Pai. -Chen- 



with the object of 

 with the second 

 had beam sent by sea 



