Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . 217- Chinese Supreme Court, Mukden ^ |, A;).. 218. Chinese prison, Mukcien (^3^) 219- Chinese convict just before decapitation — 2V6 XVIII. Principal Cities and Places of Interest lieiiiL; ;i newly dcvcloiicd country ointedout in our historical sketch, its cities and towns are comfjaratively of recentj^rowth, with the remarkable exception of Mukden ()^^) and Liaoyang(iSPS). Ioth of wiiieh may well boast of hoary anti(|uity. The land howeverabounds with large cities and towns, having 38 towns with a population of morethan 10,()()(). The growth of the
Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . 217- Chinese Supreme Court, Mukden ^ |, A;).. 218. Chinese prison, Mukcien (^3^) 219- Chinese convict just before decapitation — 2V6 XVIII. Principal Cities and Places of Interest lieiiiL; ;i newly dcvcloiicd country ointedout in our historical sketch, its cities and towns are comfjaratively of recentj^rowth, with the remarkable exception of Mukden ()^^) and Liaoyang(iSPS). Ioth of wiiieh may well boast of hoary anti(|uity. The land howeverabounds with large cities and towns, having 38 towns with a population of morethan 10,()()(). The growth of the Manchurian towns is largely accounted forby the immigrants from jjopulous China proper, Ito whom the land offersplenty of inducement in the form of scarcity of population, productiveness ofthe soil, and the consequent general well-being of the people. In most townstrade is active, and there is none of the drowsiness so often seen in some ofthe Korean cities. The entering of Japanese and Russians into the countryhas also contributed to the b
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