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3.— COREA. 
Communicated by CHRISTOPHER THOMAS GARDNER , C.M.G., F.R.G.S. , 
M.R.A.S. , <frc., Ac., Her Majesty's Acting Consul-General , Corea. 
PAPERS ON COREA. 
I. General Paper on Corea, by Christopher Thomas Gardner, C.M.G., Her 
Majesty’s Acting- Consul-General, Soul, Corea. 
II. Notes of Travels in Corea, by the Rev. J. S. Gale, Wonsan, Corea. 
III. Land Tenure and Land Tax : J. H. Hunt, Esquire, Commissioner of Customs 
and Her Majesty’s Consular Agent, Pusan, Corea. 
IV. Corean Custom of Taboo : Rev. G. H. Jones, Chemulpo, Corea. 
V. Notes on Corean Agriculture, Industries, and Social Institutions of Corea, by 
the Rev. M. N. Trollope, M.A., Mapu, Corea. 
VI. Notes on the Corean Army, by Harry H. Pox, Secretary, Her Majesty’s 
Consul ate- General, Soul. 
VII. Seven Notes on Corea, by the Rev. L. O. Warner, Kanghwa, Corea : 1. Corean 
Rivers and their Navigability. 2. Different Kinds of and Rotation of Crops, 
&c., &c. 
VIII. Fauna of Corea. From “ Korea and the Sacred White Mountain.” 
IX. Constitution and Government, by C. T. Gardner, C.M.G. 
X. Illustrations. 
I.— GENERAL PAPER ON COREA. 
By CHRISTOPHER THOMAS GARDNER, C.M.G . , F.R.G.S . , M.R.A.S., Ac., Ac., 
Her Majesty's Acting Consul-General, Soul, Corea. 
H. M. Legation, 
Soul, Corea, 10th September, 1894. 
Dear Sir, — Early this year I received a request from you to 
write a description of Corea for your Society. As I only arrived in 
this country last January, I thought the best way of fulfilling your 
wishes would be to ask the aid of gentlemen who had been long in the 
country ; and after studying all the works on Corea I could lay hands 
on, and after obtaining all the information I could from my friends, 
to write a paper conveying my general impressions, suitable to be 
read before your Society, throwing in full and detailed notes on 
special subjects which, though perhaps too technical to be suitable for 
reading, might be of interest to the reader of your journal of pro- 
ceedings. My friends most kindly responded to my request, and I 
beg to call special attention to the extremely interesting papers written 
by Messrs. Gale, Hunt, Warner, and Trollope. All four gentlemen 
have resided long in the country, and speak the language. 
On one point only do I differ, and that is— Mr. Warner speaks of 
Corean tobacco as coarse. Eor the last month I have smoked nothing 
but Corean tobacco, and find it very good, both for cigarettes and 
smoking in an ordinary English pipe. I think tobacco might become 
a large export from this country. 
Speaking of investment, no better charitable investment could be 
made than in the hospitals established by Bishop Corfe. They are at 
present supported by the officers and the men of our navy. The only 
limit to their usefulness is limited income. These hospitals are 
managed on a most economical basis. The Coreans have great con- 
fidence in them ; and should any of your Society wish to do a good 
work, the establishing extra beds or an extra ward would relieve 
much suffering. T 0 . . ,. , 
° 1 am, Sir, your obedient servant, 
CHRIS. GARDNER, 
The General Secretary, Australasian Association for the Advancement 
of Science. 
