CHINA.
The Year Book" for 1900 gives the population of China as 402,080,000, and the area of China as 4,213,401 square miles Europe has 360,000,000 of a popu'ation, and is 3,800,000 square miles in extent. - Three religions are acknowledged as indigenous: Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, The Emperor is considered the sole Bigh Priest of the Empire, and can alone, with his immediate representatives and Minister, perform the great religious ceremonies. The Confucian is the State religion. Large number of the people profess all three religions, which are accompanied with elaborate rituals, but the bulk of tho people are Buddhist. There are also 30,000,000 Mahomedans. Boman Catholicism has long had a footing in China, and has about 3,000,000 adherents. The number of Protestant adherents is estimated at 50,000.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 189, 1 August 1900, Page 4
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127CHINA. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 189, 1 August 1900, Page 4
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