Traveler's and Writer's Sourcebook, circa September-November, 1910, Number 1

Cities msnrs live well

[crossed out word] Pkg [end crossed out word] mortality amg msnrs prb grtr thn amg foreigners as a whole

suddly gtg rid of templs & cnvtg thm to schools

Edict Emps Dwgr [crossed out word] chg [end crossed out word] repld law phbtg intrmry

Shghai News 10/26/10

Edict 9/1/06

[crossed out text] Popular assemblies [end crossed out words] Dlgts fm many pvcl asbls met Shanghai & sent deputation to Pvc [Regult?] to insist on Early Plmt

Half members [crossed out letters] Tz [end crossed out letters] Nat assbly directly aptd by throne; the remdr chosen by Provcl assemblies, but the final selection of 1 member out of every 2 nomtd by [crossed out word] assbl [end crossed out word] Pvcl Asbl is md by Vicery ^(a gvernor) of Province

Aspirations suppt in financl cond of empire

Parlmt org plnd 1916? [crossed out words] or 1915 [end crossed out words]

Asbly members reprove minister for unsatisfay mnr of pst bill

Cloud

Likin taxes paid by [crossed out word] each [end crossed out word] goods each time they pass to new inland town

Am pc goods [known?] to pay as hgh as 8% 2-4 to 6% frgt

so long as goods remn in fgn hds, no tax levied

once in ntv hds

Mitsui hs brches all thro Mchn in & out trty ports

2 direc S Mch Ry are also drctrs hv also dcts Mit B K [Mitsui Bussan Kaisha]

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Trfc. Mngr & many onbord. of So Mch Ry are also employees of Mitsui

A number of customs ^(inspectrs) [crossed out word] employees] at Dalny are Ex-employees of Mitsui

[crossed out letter] D [end crossed out letter] Ykhama Spcia Bank gives spcl [???] to Jpns [B. Tobco?] & St. oil wh ^(Exch) agst them shpd out hd cash

Xns pay for cot gds with [bns?]

Tariff on Beans 45¢ bushel

Jap Cust Insp Dalny

"Pstn of impt aplcns [or?] exam of goods or chkg of [crossed out words] invos [end crossed out word] ^(invoices) are enfcd only wn mchds is decl as hvg fr its destn a plc outsd the bnds of the closed terry. [???] of the impt stmt

wtht compsn of the [dstrts?] with gds they cover rdrs it impsble to gv exact fgrs of [the?] quanty, qual. or val. of the impt trade