The Outport section fall one, giving information with regard to 28 ports and in Northern and Central China, their business houses and foreign residents, and -Missions—Catholic and Protestant, Lastly, there ix a ood deal of General. Information jon such matters ax holidays, fosse rivals, Chinese weights and sures, with thei lish ents, and a useful exchange. table for converting dollars into twals and taels into dollars, In the variety of its contents and its convenient size for handling, the 'North-China" Hong. List, we venture to believe, has no' superior, and the fact" that it has for some time past proved a source inspiration to the compilers other trade directories ix a tribute to its many useful qualities,
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