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Rh received the title of in. After the, a portion of Keunthál, which had been occupied by the , was sold to the of , the remainder being restored to its own chief. In consideration of this, no is paid by the Keunthál. In the district of  was added to the Keunthál. The exercises rights of  over the petty  of, , , and.  KEW, a and in the  of,. The is pleasantly situated on the south  of the, 6  by  west-south-west of  corner. It has with  by  and by several  routes. By a  of seven, erected in , it is connected with  on the other side of the. The consists chiefly of a row of  with  attached, situated on the north side of a green, to the south of which is the  and, and at the west the principal entrance to Kew. In the vicinity there are many fine. From remains found in the of the  near Kew  it has been conjectured that the  is an old  settlement. The name first occurs in a of the reign of, where it is spelt Kayhough. The free originally endowed by  in  received special benefactions from, and the title of “the ’s free school.” The of Kew House about the came into the possession of  of, and in  of,  to the  of , afterwards  After his death it was d by ,  of , son of , and it continued to be the residence of members of the royal family until the  was purchased about  by , who devoted his chief  to its improvement. The old was pulled down in. Dutch House, adjoining Kew House, afterwards sold by, of , to , a  , was purchased by  as a  for the royal. It is a plain structure, and is now known as Kew. The Royal of Kew originated in the exotic  formed by  and greatly extended by the princess dowager,  of,  of , and by , aided by the skill of the s and of. In the  were adopted as a national establishment, and transferred to the department of  and. The proper, which originally contained only about 11, have been increased to 75 s, and the pleasure grounds or  adjoining extend to 270. A catalogue of the in the exotic of Kew was published by Dr Hill in, 2d ed. ; and in William Aiton published Hortus Kewensis, in 3 vols. 8vo. See Oliver’s Guide to the Royal Botanic Gardens and Pleasure Grounds, Kew, 26th edition,.  KEW-KEANG FOO, a prefecture and prefectural city in the province of Keang-se, China. The city, which is situated on the south bank of the Yang-tsze Keang, 15 miles above the point where the Kan Keang flows into that river from the Po-yang lake, stands in 29° 42′ N. lat. and 116° 8′ E. long. The north face of the city is separated from the river by only the width of a roadway, and two large lakes lie on its west and south fronts. The walls are from 5 to 6 miles in circumference, and are more than usually strong and broad. As is generally the case with old cities in China, Kew-Keang has repeatedly changed its name. Under the Tsin dynasty (265–420 undefined) it was known as Sin-Yang, under the Leang dynasty (502–557) as Keang Chow, under the Suy dynasty (589–618) as Kew-Keang, under the Sung dynasty (960–1127) as Ting-Keang, and under the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) it assumed the name it at present bears. Kew-Keang has played its part in the history of the empire, and has been repeatedly besieged and sometimes taken. The last time this worst fate overtook it was in February 1853, when the Tai-ping rebels gained possession of the city. After their manner they looted and utterly destroyed it, leaving only the remains of a single street to represent the once flourishing town. The position of Kew-Keang on the Yang-tsze Keang and its proximity to the channels of internal communication through the Po-yang lake, more especially to those leading to the green-tea-producing districts of the provinces of Keang-se and Gan-hwuy, induced Lord Elgin to choose it as one of the treaty ports to be opened under the terms of his treaty (1861). Unfortunately, however, it stands above instead of below the outlet of the Po-yang lake, and the 15 miles which separate it from that channel form one of the swiftest parts of the lower Yang-tsze Keang. This has proved to be a decided drawback to its success as a commercial port, but nevertheless the customs returns show a steady annual increase in the trade carried on. The immediate effect of opening the town to foreign trade was to raise the population in one year from 10,000 to 40,000, and at the present time the census declares it to be peopled by 48,000 souls. The foreign settlement extends westward from the city, along the bank of the Yang-tsze Keang, and is bounded on its extreme west by the P’un river, which there runs into the Yang-tsze. The bund, which is 500 yards long, was erected by the foreign community at a cost of 1700 taels. The climate is considered to be good, and though hot in the summer months is invariably cold and bracing in the winter. According to the latest customs returns the value of foreign imports into Kew-Keang in 1878 was 2,514,302 taels as against 2,954,286 in 1880; during the same period native imports showed an increase from 649,109 taels to 962,364 taels; and the value of exports declined from 8,924,436 taels to 8,824,966 taels. 1653 piculs of opium were imported in 1878, and 2290 in 1880, and the revenue returns show that while the duties levied in 1872 amounted to 585,883 taels, in 1880 the sum received from the same source was 764,571 taels.  KEY WEST (Spanish, Cayo Hueso, Bone Reef), a coral island, 7 miles long, from 1 to 2 miles broad, and 11 feet above sea-level, lies 60 miles south of Cape Sable, the most southerly point of the mainland of Florida. It belongs to Monroe county, Florida, and forms one of the Florida Keys. The soil is thin, but supports a tolerably dense tropical vegetation, including various fruits. In the absence of fresh springs, the water supply is derived from rain and distillation. The healthy climate attracts an annually increasing number of invalids from the north. The inhabitants are chiefly of Cuban and Bahaman extraction, and speak a Spanish patois. , chief city of Monroe county, covers nearly one-half of Key West island. It has broad streets, arranged on the rectangular plan; and the houses, almost all wooden, are picturesquely surrounded by tropical shrubs and plants. The chief buildings are the Government naval and judicial edifices, the masonic hall, and the opera house. There is also a convent, and several churches and schools. The position of Key West in relation to Cuba, the Gulf of Mexico, and the coast of the United States gives it commercial advantages that are seconded by the possession of one of the finest harbours in the Union south of the Chesapeake. Key West shows much the largest tonnage in Florida of vessels clearing and entering; and it has frequent and good steam communication with the mainland. Described as being “to Cuba what Gibraltar is to Ceuta, to the Gulf of Mexico what Gibraltar is to the Mediterranean,” Key West is one of the chief naval stations of the United States, and is strongly fortified. The 