Chinese), with Index; scale 1-1,676,850, The New Mop of China (in English and Seats Teh; in seven colours: Far Eastern Geographical Establishment, 6 Kiukiang Road, Shang!
After many years of compilation and over a year of actual production, the New Map of China is published to-day. It at once presents an admirable basis for an intelligent and thorough study of the Eighteen Provinces, the lower portions of Manchuria and Mongolia, and Eastern Tibet. It is a carefully designed chart of China Proper which should meet every requirement of the modern map for commercial and educational use, and many congratu ulations are due to Mr. Edwin J. Dingle and Mr. H. J. Fruin, by whom all rights are reserved, upon the ae complishment of a work of great importance in the present development of this country. Without mini-mining the usefulness of other maps of China, it may be said that this is by far the most authoritative and the most practical map of China yet published, Ihe simplicity of arrangement and the thorough legibility are striking cha-acteristic, Tinked with harmonious colouring, \d @ general appearance of digni ity. Although the map, especially in some areas such as the metropolitan province, embraces all the known geographical data. there is no crowding, and each place-mark and name, the drainage and railway systems and many other features are so skilfully worked in that the graceful appear is not interfered with. essential in a good map.
The ground tint of China and those parts of its dependencies shown is a bright buff colour: Burma, Hongkong, Weihaiwei (British possessions) are in the usual red; Tonking and the southern French territory are shown in green; Formosa and Korea in purple; the Tsingtao area is shown in a neutral white. Provincial boundary ies, clearly marked in a red line running centrally through distinct divisions of pale blue, bring out each province in bold outline. Probably the most important feature of the geographic plan, however—if we except the excellent system of China's present and prospective railways—is the whole of the productions of the country. These are engraved in the exact areas where the productions are found, and appear in green, bold Clarendon. type and "No, 3" Chinese type, sufficiently heavy to be seen at a glance, yet so arranged as not to disfigure the plan's effect. Coming to the cities, we find many places now mapped for the first
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.