This book is, we believe, the only one of its kind yet published. The au} ae thor in his preface "The questi te question of internal trade taxation in China is one on w ich much has been written and said in general way; but so far as the author is aware no attempt has xet been made to isolate a province and study in detail. the trade taxing-offices within its con. fines and their influence on the trade taxed. Such a study may seem fragmentary; but the tax conditions affecting domestic trade in China are essentially similar in all provinces, so that a clear view of what obtains in one should ab rate enable the reader appreciate the taxing conditions that affect trade throughout the The author, "Mr. Wright, has been for many years in" Kiangsi where he is a member of the staff of the Chinese Maritime Customs, He displays an excellent kno ledge of the conditions of the province on which he writes, and appears to have spared neither Pains nor time in investigating, securing and confirming the im.
nse amount of data contained in his book.
It contains 203 pages of solid, valuable information, conveniently arranged in five chapters. Besides these, there are appendices of more than 80 pages, and some interesting illustrations of native trades. The book ig really a useful one and should be in the hands of not only those who have dealings with firms or individuals in Kiangsi, but of all those engaged in the import and export in general.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.