FOREIGNERS IN CHINA.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIX, Issue XXIII, 27 November 1897, Page 718

FOREIGNERS IN CHINA.

There are over 10,000 Europeans and Americans resident in China. The English head the list with 4.000 ; the Ameri-can-number 1,325: Germans, 882; French, 875 : Portuguese, 805; Spaniards, 461 ; Norwegians, 375: Russians, 116; Italians, 108: etc. There are 669 Japanese. Twenty-two ports are open to foreign residence—that is to say, Europeans are allowed to acquire conditional title to certain lands, on which they live, govern themselves and have special privileges in judicial matters. These ports are Mengtz, Lung Chow, Pakhoi. King Chow, Lappa, Canton, Kowlon, Swatow, Amoy. Fuchau, Winshow. Ningpo, Shanghai. Cliinkian«, Wnhu, Kiukiank, Hankow. lehang, Chungking, Cheefoo, Tientsin and Ninchwang. It is to be noticed that Peking does not appear on this list, although the Embassies and legations are established there. The Chinese who find themselves under foreign jurisdiction appear more than contented with the situation, lieeanse although taxes are high they are fixed. Two hundred thousand natives live in the European settlements of Shanghai Besides the foreign residents of China, a large number live in ports that have been ceded to other nations. For instance, Hong Kong comprises in its civil population 4,19.5 Europeans and Americans. With the troops and sailors, this number is raised to 8,545. Hong Kong is the actual capital of foreign industry in the far East. More than 3.(MW vessels, with a tonnage of nearly 4,000,000, touch there annually. The same spirit which caused the development of Singapore. Colombo, and Hong Kong is to be found in the foreign settlements of the open ports of China.