CONTENTS. 



PART I. 



Pages, 



Introduction .......... i 



General Geography .......... 3 



Climate ........... 6 



Agricultural Products ......... 8 



Internal Communications . j 7 



Trade Routes .......... ]9 



Trans-frontier Trade ......... 25 



Railways .......... 35 



PART II. 



Previous Authors .......... 40 



Chinese Mining Methods ......... 43 



Outlines of the Geology of Yunnan ....... 49 



PART III. 



Coal 60 



Iron ............ 82 



Copper ........... 97 



Lead and Silver .......... 124 



Zinc 138 



Tin 140 



Orpiment ........... 142 



Gold 145 



Salt 156 



Miscellaneous Minerals ......... 1 80 



Geographical Index .......... 185 



Subject Index .......... 189 



