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VARIOUS ESTIMATES COMPARED.
Names of the Provinces. No. I. No. II. No. III. No. IV. No. V. No. VI. No. VII. No. VIII. No. IX. No. X. No. XI. No. XII.
Census taken about the beginning of the present dynasty, extracted from the Yih-tung-che, by Dr. Morrison, probable date 1710. Census taken in the 50th year of Kang-he, according to the Ta-tsing-hway-tëen, extracted by J. R. Morrison, Esq. Census taken in the 18th year of Këen-lung, extracted from the Ta-tsing-hway-tëen, new edition by Rev. E. C. Bridgman. Census taken from the Yih-tung-che, by Dr. Morrison, published about the latter end of Këen-lung's reign, probable date 1760. Census taken from the Yih-tung-che, by Grosier, published about the 27th year of Këen-lung, and referring to the year 1765. Census furnished by the Chinese mandarin to Sir G. Staunton. Census taken in 1812, according to the Ta-tsing-hway-tëen, extracted by J. R. Morrison, Esq. Land Tax, paid in money, calculated at 6s. 8d. per tael, and forwarded to Peking. Land Tax paid in grain, calculating the Chinese shih at 160 lbs. weight. Customs taken at passes, remitted in money, calculated at 6s. 8d. per tael. Grain retained in the provinces, calculating the Chinese shih at 160 lbs. weight. Number of square miles in each province.
1710 1711 1753 1760 1765 1792 1812 Taels. Shih. Taels. Shih. Miles.
Shing-king 4,194 486,634 668,852 942,003 38,708 111,672 206,314
Chih-le 3,260,075 3,274,870 9,374,217 3,504,038 15,222,440 38,000,000 27,990,871 3,000,210 78,660 1,960,269 58,949
Keang-soo 3,917,707 2,656,465 12,618,987 28,967,235 23,161,409 32,000,000 37,843,501 3,257,676 1,431,273 779,584 2,514,602 92,961
Gan hwuy 1,350,131 1,357,829 12,435,361 1,438,023 22,761,030 34,168,059 1,770,692 1,019,163
Keang-se 5,528,499 2,172,587 5,055,251 5,922,160 11,006,640 19,000,000 23,046,999 1,888,302 795,063 220,351 1,027,143 72,176
Chĕ-keang 2,710,649 2,710,312 8,662,808 18,975,099 15,429,690 21,000,000 26,256,784 3,426,640 678,320 181,190 2,119,268 39,150
Fŭh-këen 1,468,145 706,311 4,710,339 1,684,528 8,063,671 15,000,000 14,777,410 1,184,809 73,549 2,011,434 53,480
Hoo-pih 469,927 433,943 4,568,860 24,604,369 8,080,603 14,000,000 27,370,098 1,283,671 96,934 9,644 562,475 144,770
Hoo-nan 375,782 335,034 4,336,332 9,098,010 8,829,320 13,000,000 18,652,507 947,505 96,214 1,508,420
Ho-nan 2,005,088 3,094,150 7,114,346 2,662,969 16,332,507 25,000,000 23,037,171 3,187,408 221,342 2,443,241 65,104
Shan-tung 2,278,595 12,769,872 25,147,633 25,180,734 24,000,000 28,958,764 3,396,885 353,963 29,680 1,445,190 65,104
Shan-se 1,792,329 1,727,144 5,162,351 1,860,816 9,768,189 27,000,000 14,004,210 3,528,803 10,919 1,306,987 55,268
Shen-se 240,809 2,150,696 3,851,043 257,704 7,287,443 18,000,000 10,207,256 1,699,323 3,334,143 154,008
Kan-suh 311,972 368,525 2,133,222 340,086 7,412,014 12,000,000 15,193,125 320,102 218,550 3,482,246
Sze-chuen 144,154 3,802,689 1,368,496 7,789,782 2782976 27,000,000 21,435,678 651,614 1,055,019 166,800
Canon 1,148,918 1,142,747 3,969,248 1,491,271 6,797,597 21,000,000 19,174,030 1,317,804 97,420 2,585,000 79,456
Kwang-se 205,995 210,674 1,975,619 2,569,518 3,947,414 10,000,000 7,313,895 489,429 1,117,646 78,250
Yun-nan 2,255,666 145,414 1,003,058 3,083,459 2,078,802 8,000,000 5,561,320 243,837 750,401 107,969
Kwei-chow 51,089 37,731 1,218,848 2,941,891 3,402,722 9,000,000 5,288,219 122,548 227,626 157,808[1] 64,554
27,241,129 28,605,716 102,328,258 143,125,225 198214553 333,000,000 361,221,900 31,745,966 4,230,957 1,480,997 31,596,769 1,297,999
  1. ↑ Besides this quantity of grain, 28,705,125 Taels are retained in the Provinces.
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