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5. The distinction between the Miaos proper and the Black 

 Miao of Hunan. 



6. The differences between the Shan tribes, e.g. the Nung 

 or Lung Jen, the Sha Jen and Tu Lao. 



7. Information regarding groups of Kachins, the Was, the 

 Lahu or Lohei, the Palaungs and the Akkas (not Hakkas). 



8. Whether the Ku-tsung are related to the Kiu-tzu or 

 Khunnongs of N.E. Burma? 



9. Is there any distinction between Sifans and Tibetans so 

 far as race is concerned ? 



10. Information regarding the Mosso tribes, the Hunza. 

 Nagars, the people of the Chia Rung States, the Horba States 

 (including the Chantui and Chagla), the Darge, Chamdo, Draya, 

 Litang and Mili, the Lutzu and the Yu-Yang. 



11. Whether the Yaos proper differ from the Lau Tien 

 Yaos, if at all? 



12. Whether groups of the Mon Khmer (the probable people 

 of Yunnan before the Shans, Miaos, and Yolos) still exist and 

 their description. 



13. Information regarding the T'u Yen and the Dzorgue- 

 Confederation of Nomad tribes. 



14. Which of the tribes quoted could be considered of the 

 same stock and grouped together? 



15. The characteristics and descent of the Hakkas. 



16. Whether there is any reason, except religious, why some 

 groups are spoken of as Mohammedans in the S.W. and N.W., 

 and whether Mainthas is merely another term for the same class- 

 in the south-west? 



Coming to the mass of the Chinese (so-called) in the east, S.E. 

 Centre, N.E.N, and N.W., and considering that the area of the 

 country approaches half the size of Europe, one cannot help thinking 

 that there must be many different and distinctive groups. Northern 

 and Southern Chinese certainly present many points of contrast and 

 those towards the south appear to be the typical Chinese. Could we- 

 not try to get at the basis of some of these group distinctions? In 

 the north there are points of contrast between the Mongol and Manchu 

 elements, each with its Chinese veneer in varying degrees. There are 

 also other Tartar peoples w r orthy of differentiation, e.g. the Sunites, the 

 Chakars, with their 8 banners, the Khalkas and the Celets, also the 

 Solons and the Si Po, though these are found on or beyond the borders, 

 in Mongolia and Manchuria. 



One might also ask whether the Hakkas are the only group dis- 

 tinctive from the Chinese proper in the Highlands of the south-east 



