The Chinese Commercial Guide, Containing Treaties, Tariffs, Regulations, Tables, Etc: Useful in the Trade to China & Eastern Asia; with an Appendix of Sailing Directions for Those Seas and Coasts |
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The Chinese Commercial Guide, Containing Treaties, Tariffs, Regulations ... Samuel Wells Williams No preview available - 2015 |
The Chinese Commercial Guide, Containing Treaties, Tariffs, Regulations ... Samuel Wells Williams No preview available - 2015 |
Common terms and phrases
Amoy anchor anchorage Bangkok bank bearing N.E. bluff boats British subjects cable's length cables candareens Canton Canton river Cape cargo catty cent centre channel chih China Chinese Chinkiang Chusan Chusan archipelago coast consul custom-house Customs depth distance dollars duty east eastern eastward Emperor of China entrance export extreme fathoms fathoms water feet high foreign Formosa Freight full and change half a mile harbour high water hill Hongkong inches island bears islet Japan Japanese junks land lies low water lying Macao mile wide monsoon named native nearly Ningpo North-east monsoon north-west northern northward pagoda pass peak Pei-ho picul pilot port Pulo Quemoy Redang islands river rocky Shanghai shelter ship shoal shore silver sima small islet south point south-east south-west southern southward steep-to steer strait summit taels tide trade treaty vessel weather weight west point western side westward wind Yedo