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d) Correspondence respecting Insults in China, 1857.

(e) Papers relating to the Proceedings of Her Majesty's Naval Forces at Canton. With Appendix. 1857. Chiefly concerning the entry into Canton.

(f) Papers respecting Lord Elgin's Special Mission to China and Japan. Maps. 1859. Very important, because Elgin went up the Yangtse into the heart of Taipingdom.

(g) Correspondence, 1858-1860, respecting Affairs in China. 5 parts. 1860.

(h) Papers respecting the opening of the Yangtze-Kiang to Trade; and on the Rebellion in China. 7 parts. Maps. 1861-1863.

(i) Papers on Affairs of China. 6 parts. 1864. Anglo-Chinese Fleet and Dismissal of W. T. Lay from the Customs Service, Opening of the Tang-tze-Kiang, Treaty Rights, etc.

5. British Consular Reports. Reports from H. M. Consuls in China for the years 1854 to 1861. 8 parts. 1855-1863. For years 1862-1885. 62 parts.

6. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. XLIV, 1853-1854. Contains a report of the visit of Sir George Bonham to Nanking in H. M. S. Hermes, 1853.

7. Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. Each issue contained a Journal of Occurrences which is a valuable and authentic source of information, especially concerning matters of interest to foreigners. See no. 1, June, 1858, 353-368; no. 2, May, 1859, 248-256; no. 3, Dec., 1859, 353-368; vol. II, no. 1, 1860, 105-128, and new series, no. 1, Dec., 1864, 109-132.

8. The Chinese Repository. 20 vols. 1832-1851. The last two volumes contain information about the disturbances in Kwangsi. A valuable account of the Chinese army, from which I have drawn largely in chapter I, is published in vol. XX. This article by T. P. Wade is based on Chinese sources.