. The sea road to the East, Gibraltar to Wei-hai-wei; six lectures. Copyright.] A Hakka Woman*. [Sec page THE CHINESE STATIONS 113 this force was disbanded, some of its members becamepolice. Even in the central offices many natives areemployed on the staff, while the villages practicallyrule themselves through the local headmen. Here wehave a portrait of a typical headman, and here a group 52receiving medals as a reward for good service. The 53Governor of Shantung is the nearest high official repre-sentative of China ; and we may see him here in hischair of state on his way to pay a form
. The sea road to the East, Gibraltar to Wei-hai-wei; six lectures. Copyright.] A Hakka Woman*. [Sec page THE CHINESE STATIONS 113 this force was disbanded, some of its members becamepolice. Even in the central offices many natives areemployed on the staff, while the villages practicallyrule themselves through the local headmen. Here wehave a portrait of a typical headman, and here a group 52receiving medals as a reward for good service. The 53Governor of Shantung is the nearest high official repre-sentative of China ; and we may see him here in hischair of state on his way to pay a formal visit to the 54Commissioner. Here again is a group of the two high 55officials and their respective staffs. We are a long wayfrom those early days, in the middle of the nineteenthcentury, when Chinese officials refused even to write to ourrepresentatives on terms of equality. Let us now see something of the natives and theiroccupations. It is market day in Port Edward ; thestreets are alive with crowds, buying, selling and haggling,and crowding round the food stalls with their piles of 56strange delicac
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