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The flate of the trade at Kiakta, from i ■ 

 .■as as follows : 



Imports - - 2,3:46,8:5 ruble 



Exports - - 2,54^,785 



Total 



5,090,610 



Zuruchaitii, another mart of the Ruflian and Chinefe trade, 

 though much inferior to Kiakta, is featcd on the river Ar- 

 gun, and lies 1326 verfts e?.il of Irkutfk. When tlu; Mo- 

 gul troops are quartered on the frontiers during the fum- 

 mer, this place carries on a trifling bartering trade in arti- 

 cles of primary neceflity, vhich arc not worth the detail, 

 as the trade is funk almoft to nothing. From 1793, ^° 

 1797, the imports and exports amounted only to 724 rubles ; 

 whereas from 1773, to 1777, they amounted to 29$^- 

 rubles. 



KIAI,F.K, a town of Pcrfia, in Adirbcitzan ; 50 miles 

 N.'W. of Urmia. 



KIAM, atown of Egypt, on the right bank of the Nile; 

 QO miles S. of Girge. 



KIANGARI, a town of Natolia, and chief place of 

 a fanwiacate, defended by a catUe on a rock ; 25'6 miles 

 E.S.E. of Conftantinople. N. lat. 39- 54'. E. long. 34^ 



KIANG-NAN, a province of China, reckoned to be 

 the moft fertile, commercial, and opulent in the whole em- 

 pire. It is bounded on the W. by the provinces of Honan 

 and Houquang ; on the S. by Tche-kiang and Kiang-fi ; on 

 the E by the gulf of Nan-king; the reft borders on the 

 province of Chan-tong. The emperors long kept their 

 courts in this province ; but they have fince made choice of 

 Peking, becaufe it is nearer to Tartary. This province is 

 of vaft extent, and contains 14 cities of the firft clafs, and 

 g^ of the fecond and third Thefe cities are very populous, 

 and places of trade. Large barks can go to them from all 

 places, becaufe the whole country is interfered by lakes, 

 rivers, and canals, which have a communication with the great 

 river Yang-tfe-kiang, or Kian-kou, which runs through the 

 middle of the province. Silk iluffr,, lacquer-ware, ink, 

 paper, and, in general, every thing that comes from Nan- 

 king, as well as from the other cities of the province, are 

 much more elleemed, and fetch a higher price, than thofe 

 brought from the neighbouring provinces. In the village of 

 Chang-hai alone, and the villages dependent upon it, there 

 are reckoned to be more than 200,000 weavers, of common 

 cotton cloths. Tiie manufaclure of thefe affords employ- 

 ment to the greater number of the v/omop. In feveral 

 places on the fca-coaft there are found many fait pits, from 

 which fait is dillributcd over the whole empire. Upon the 

 whole, this province is fo abundant and fo opulent, that it 

 brings every vear into the king's treafury about 32,000,000 

 taels, a tael being e<|ual to an ounce of filver, worth, in 

 China, about fix fliillings llerling ; exclufive of the duties 

 upon exports and imports. The inhabitants, who, according 

 to the eilimate of fir George Staunton, amount to 32 

 millions, are ingenious and docile ; and hence many of them 

 become eminent in literature, and rife by their abilities to 

 offices of importance. This province is divided into two 

 parts, each of which has a dilHnft governor. The governor 

 of the eaflern part rclides at Sou-tcheou, that of the wef- 

 tern at Nan-king, which is the capital of the province, 

 Grofier. 



KIANG-NING. See Nan-king. 

 KIAN-FE, or Tciii.\s(i if., a town of Thibet, near 

 a river which runs into the Sanpoo. It is reprefentcd as a 

 fine city with a fortrefs, and a convent, fo cxtcnfne, as to 

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, have the appearance of another cily ; 25 miles S.W. of 

 LafTa. N. lat. 29" 58'. E. long. 90 4'. 



KIAN-KU, Ki.\M, Kian^, or Tang-lfe-l'iansy one of the 

 two great rivers of China, (the other bemg Iloan-ho, or 

 Hoimg, wliich fee,) rifes in the vicinity of the fources of the 

 Hoan-ho ; but according to the received accounts and maps 

 about 200 miles further to the well, and winds nearly as far 

 to the fouth as the Hoan-ho does to the north. After 

 wafhmg the walls of Nan-king, it enters the fea aboi^t 100 

 miles to the fouth of the Hoan-ho. The Kian-ku if. known 

 by various names through its long progrefs ; and near i's 

 fource is called by the Eluts Porticlio or Petchou : the 

 courfe is about equal to that of the former, thefe two rivers 

 being conlidered as the longeil on the face of the globe : 

 they certainly equal, if they do not exceed, the famous river 

 of the Amazons in S(juth America, and the majcllic courfe of 

 the Ganges does not extend half the lenjjth. In the late 

 embaffy of lord Macartney, the length of the Kian-ku is 

 eftimated at about 2200 miles ; and it is obferved, that thefe 

 two Chinefe rivers, taking their fources from the fame moun- 

 tains, and paffing almoft clofe to each other, in a particular 

 fpot, afterwards feparate from each other to the diftance of 

 ly of latitude, or about lojo Britilh miles ; and finally dif- 

 charge themfelves into the lame fea, comprehending a tract 

 of land of about 1000 miles in length, wliich tl.ey greatly 

 contribute to fertilize. To thefe great rivers many import- 

 ant ftreams are tributary. Pinkerlon. 



KIANG-SI, a province of China, bounded on the N. 

 by that of Kiang-nan, on the \V. by Hou-quang, on the S. 

 by Quang-tong, and on the E. by Fo-kien and Tche-kiang. 

 The country is very fertile, but it is fo populous, that it can 

 fearcely fupply the wants of its inhabitants. The moun- 

 tains of this province are covered with medicinal plants and 

 trees, and contain in their bowels mines of gold, filver, lead, 

 iron, and tin. The rice of this country is'delicate, and ic- 

 veral barks are loaded with it every year for the court. 

 The porcelain, made principally at King-tc-ch«ig in thi.i 

 province, is the fincft and moft v.Juable of the empire ; and 

 the wine made from this rice is reckoned delicious by the 

 Chinefe. The river Kan-kiang divides the whole pruvince 

 into two parts; and it contains 13 cities of the firft clafs, 

 and 78 of the fecond and third. I'he capital is Nan-tciiang. 

 The population of the province, according to fir George 

 Staunton's ftatement, is 19,000,000. 



KIAO-KE, a town of Corea ; 72 miles W. of King, 

 ki-tao. 



KI AO-TAO, a fmall idand of China, in the Hoan-ho, 

 or Yellow river, near the coaft of Corea. N. lat. 38' 13'. 

 E. long. 124- 2 j'. 



KIARE, a town of Perfia, in the province of Irak ; 3c 

 miles S.VV of Cafom. 



KIA-TCHUEN, a town of Corea; 27 miles S.S.W. 

 of Sing-tcheou. 



KIA-TING, a city of China, of the fecond clafe, in the 

 province of Se-tchuen, on the river Yang : great quantity 

 of mufl< is collcdicd in the environs of this cily. N, lat 

 29'-' 29'. E. long. 103 30'. 



KIAUTEN, a town of PrufGau LithuanLi, fituated in a 

 mountainous country, with an iron foundery, and a large 

 manufafture of paper. 



KIAYA-BEY, an officer in the Ottom.in empire, who 

 is the iKutenant of the vifir, and momentarily difcharges 

 his functions when the latter happens to die. All aftairs 

 pafs through his hands before they arrive at the vifir, and all 

 orders emanating from the Porte receive their executioft 

 through the impulfe of the kiaya-bey. He is appointed by 

 ihe grand fignior, oa the prcfentation of the vifir. He 



