Massacres of Christians by heathen Chinese, and horrors of the Boxers; containing a complete history of the Boxers; the Tai-Ping insurrection and massacres of the foreign ministers; manners, customs and peculiarities of the Chinese .. . VIEW OF TIEN TSIN, CHINA. vice between the office of the Foreign Customs at Pekin and theoutports. The Chinese Imperial Post Office was opened on February 2,1897, the management being confided to the Inspector-Generalof the Imperial Maritime customs. China has also notifiedthe Swiss government of her intention of joining the UniversalPostal Union. CxENERAL SURV
Massacres of Christians by heathen Chinese, and horrors of the Boxers; containing a complete history of the Boxers; the Tai-Ping insurrection and massacres of the foreign ministers; manners, customs and peculiarities of the Chinese .. . VIEW OF TIEN TSIN, CHINA. vice between the office of the Foreign Customs at Pekin and theoutports. The Chinese Imperial Post Office was opened on February 2,1897, the management being confided to the Inspector-Generalof the Imperial Maritime customs. China has also notifiedthe Swiss government of her intention of joining the UniversalPostal Union. CxENERAL SURVEY OF THE EMPIRE. 51 The status of the foreign powers in China as to territory oc-cupied by them is: The Island of Formosa was ceded to Japan in accordance withthe terms of the treaty of peace ratified and exchanged on the 8thof May, 1895. The formal transfer of the island was effected onthe end of June, 1895. In November, 1897, tne Germans seized the port of Kiau-Chauon the east coast of Shantung, and in January, 1898, obtained fromthe Chinese a 99 years lease of the town, harbor and district. Byagreement with the Chinese government, dated March 27, 1898,Russia is in possession of Port Arthur and Talienwan and theiradjacent ter
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