The Archive · 1893

'THE EMPIRE'S RESOURCES

All this while China is immensely rich in resources; but there is not one ina million that knows bow to develope them for the good of the people. China's trade in a few Years could easily be increased by eighty mill-Fons sterling per annum more than at present, if suitable reforms were only introduced" The produce for the could be made to iner: growth of the population as in Christian The key to the reformation of China in regard to every good lies mainly in the enlighten of the rulers and educated classes, just a all nations where the poor are illiterate.

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