. Desultory notes on the government and people of China, and on the Chinese language: illustrated with a sketch of the province of Kwang-Tûng, shewing its division into departments and districts. ter population, than Great Bri-tain and Ireland, taken together with GermanPrussia. The governor-general belongs to thefirst class of mandarins, by his ex officio dignityof president of the Board of War, a dignity byvirtue of which he is enabled to command themilitary of the two provinces. It is like the dig-nity of commander-in-chief, as held by the go-vernors of our colonies. As governor-general, he
. Desultory notes on the government and people of China, and on the Chinese language: illustrated with a sketch of the province of Kwang-Tûng, shewing its division into departments and districts. ter population, than Great Bri-tain and Ireland, taken together with GermanPrussia. The governor-general belongs to thefirst class of mandarins, by his ex officio dignityof president of the Board of War, a dignity byvirtue of which he is enabled to command themilitary of the two provinces. It is like the dig-nity of commander-in-chief, as held by the go-vernors of our colonies. As governor-general, heexercises authority over the civil mandarins andthe people. The present governor-general of Kwang-tungand Kwang-hsi is Chi ying, a Manchoo of highstanding, who was chief of the commission thatconcluded the treaty of peace at Nankin; and hassince, in his capacity of imperial commissioner for * He (as well as the officer next described, the Fu tai) hasbeen called viceroy, but this title seems latterly to havegiven place to the better one of governor-general. By theseamen at Whampoa he is entitled John Tuck, a corrup-tion of Tsung tu, which latter word is pronounced tuk in theCanton J ;/); Hfi. A MAMDABIN riK THE SKCOND CLASS IN FULL ILMKOKM. VWNTKH (;aplr,t:,.f;„«il by *V,H Allit, * C- l,(;Hdej,l, ,, NOTE VIII. 81 foreign commercial affairs, which he still retains,negotiated the treaties with America and France. 2. Fu TAI, THE GOVERNOR. This is the second civilian of the province otKwang-tiing, of which he is governor. This titleis sometimes rendered by lieutenant-governor,but this does not seem to give an adequate ideaof his powers. He has, as ex officio vice-presi-dent of the Board of War, a certain number oftroops under his command, altogether indepen-dent of the governor-general,—the latter mustconsult with him on all matters of any impor-tance, relating to the province of Kwang-tung,—in certain cases, which are sufficiently numerous,
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