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ably exposed. The following prefectures all contain districts from 

 which salt is obtained and are arranged in order of relative importance : 



1. Chu-hsuing Fu (lat, 25° 0' : long. 101° 55') : production 

 22,100 tons per annum from the districts of T'ing-Yiian Hsien, 

 Yao-chou and Kuang-tung Hsien : supplies the districts around 

 the capital and towns as far south as K'ai-hua Fu and Meng-tzii 

 Hsien, with an estimated population of 5,500,000 souls. 



2. Pu-erh Fu (lat. 23° 5' : long. 101° 5') : production 6,500 

 tons per annum from the districts of Chen yuan T'ing, Wei-yuan 

 T'ing and Pu-erh itself : supplies the south and south-western 

 portions of the province, both Chinese and aboriginal, estimated 

 in numbers at 1,025,000 souls. 



3. Ta-li Fu (lat, 25° 42' : long. 100° 10') : production 3,600 

 tons per annum from the districts of Yiin-lung Chou : supplies the 

 towns of the Ta-li, Yung-ch'ang and Shun-ning prefectures, with 

 an estimated population of 900,000 souls. 



4. Li-chiang Fu (lat. 26° 30' : long. 100° 10') : production 

 1,400 tons per annum from the district of Ho-ch ? ing Chou : supplies 

 the north-western corner of the province, with an estimated popu- 

 lation of 375,000 souls. 



5. Ch'eng-chiang Fu (lat. 22° 40' : long. 102° 55') : production 

 1,300 tons per annum from the district of Ching-tung T'ing : supplies 

 the surrounding country, which has an estimated population of 

 350,000 souls. 



6. Yunnan Fu (lat. 25° 0' : long. 102° 45') : production 600 

 tons per annum, from the district of An-ning Chou : supplies certain 

 areas to the south including Chiang-ch'uan Hsien and Hsin-hsing 

 Chou, which have an estimated population of 150,000 souls. 



7. Ch'u-ching Fu (lat. 25° 30' : long. 103° 44') : production 

 400 tons per annum, from the district of Wu-t ; ing Chou : supplies 

 the country around Wu-t'ing Chou, which has an estimated popula- 

 tion of 100,000 souls. 



This grouping follows more or less approximately that adopted 

 by the provincial Salt Administration. For our purposes it is 

 better to adopt a broader classification based on geological and geo- 

 graphical considerations. (It may be noted first of all that all 

 the salt-producing districts are cast of the Mekong river). This 

 can be done as follows : — 



1. The salt-fields of North- Western Yunnan, including those 

 of the Ta-li Fu and Li-chiang Fu prefectures. 



