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640, undefined, undefined, undefined, undefined, undefined, undefined, undefined, undefined and undefined. The from the two first named fields is of an inferior quality, but that in the west coast field is of a more valuable kind. is found in about twenty different districts, notably in undefined, undefined, undefined, and undefined. None, however, is ed in its raw state, as all which is produced is d in the province, and principally at undefined, which has been called the of China. The undefined coast abounds with islands, the largest of which is undefined, which forms part of the of undefined. This extends for about 100 s from north to south, and the same distance from east to west. The southern and eastern portions of undefined are ous, but on the north there is a plain of some extent. is found in the central part; and, , , , and , or , are among the other products of the. By the terms of the undefined on the north coast was to be a, and it is now about to be opened to. In the province of undefined there are two s, namely, undefined and undefined. At undefined the value of the s carried in foreign s during the 1874 amounted to 4,672,128, and of s to 1,985,701. The value of the s to undefined during the same period was 3,317,297, and of the s 1,310,321.

The province of undefined is bounded on the N. by undefined and undefined, on the E. by undefined, on the S. by the and, and on the W. by undefined. It covers an area of 78,250 square s, and its population is estimated at 7,313,895. The provincial capital is undefined, or of the  of  s, and there are besides ten prefectural. In the south and east parts of the province the surface is ous, but in the north the s are exchanged for and. The principal s are the undefined, the course of which has been described above, and the undefined, or, which takes its rise in the district of undefined, in the north of the province, and in the neighbourhood of that of the undefined, which flows northward through undefined to the undefined. The undefined, on the other hand, takes a southerly course, and passes the of undefined, undefined, undefined, undefined, and so finds its way to undefined, where it joins the s of the undefined. Another considerable is the undefined, or , which rises in the s inhabited by the undefined, in the district of undefined, in undefined. Leaving its source it takes a south-easterly direction, and enters undefined, in the district of undefined. After encircling the of that name, it flows south as far as undefined, where it forms a junction with the undefined, or. Adopting the trend of this last-named, which has its head-waters in undefined, the mingled flow passes eastward, and further on in a south-easterly direction, by undefined, undefined, and undefined, where it receives the s of the undefined, and thenceforth changes its name for that of its affluent.

The province of undefined is bounded on the N. by undefined, on the E. by undefined, on the S. by undefined, and on the W. by undefined. It contains 64,554 square s, and has a population of about 5,288,219. undefined is the provincial capital, and besides this there are eleven prefectural in the province. With the exception of in the neighbourhood of undefined, undefined, and undefined, in the central and northern regions, the province may be described as ous. But the very disturbed state in which it has been for many s makes it difficult to gain much information about it. The ranges in the south are largely inhabited by undefined, who are the original owners of the, and who have been goaded into a state of rebellion by the oppression to which they have been subjected by the Chinese officials. To this disturbing cause has been added also another by the spread of the rebellion of undefined into some of the south-western districts of the province. The devastating effects of these have been most disastrous to the  and the prosperity of undefined. The is by nature, the supply of running  being small, and that of stagnant , from which arises a very fatal , being considerable; but it is at the present time rendered still more dangerous by the number of s which are left to  in the fields. The products of the province are very limited, and its chief wealth lies in its s., , , and  are found in considerable quantities, and as regards quick, undefined is probably the richest  in the. It has been from of old the chief product of the province, and the belt in which it occurs extends through the whole province from south-west to north-east. One of the principal districts is undefined, in the  of undefined, and this district has the advantage of being situated near undefined, from which place it can be conveniently and cheaply shipped to undefined. ,, , and form the rest of the  products of undefined. Wild is another valuable article of. It is chiefly d in the of undefined, where three kinds are produced. The first quality, the in which is estimated at about 500,000 undefined a, is chiefly ed to undefined, undefined, and undefined, while some finds its way to undefined and so into undefined. The inferior kinds are locally consumed.

The province of undefined, &ldquo;South of the Clouds,&rdquo; is bounded on the N. by undefined, on the E. by undefined and undefined, on the S. by and the undefined s, and on the W. by  and. It occupies an area of 107,969 square s, but though thus the second largest province of the, its population is estimated at only 5,561,320, and probably this number is at the present time, in consequence of the long continuance and violent extinction of the , excessive. The greater part of the province may be said to consist of an extensive, containing numerous , which is divided in the northern portion by  ranges that enter at the north-west corner of the province and separate the waters of the undefined, the undefined, and the undefined. Besides undefined, the capital, the province contains twenty prefectural, several of which—undefined, undefined, undefined, undefined, undefined, and undefined, for example—are situated in the  just spoken of. The principal s are the undefined, which traverses the province from north to south on its way to the through ; the undefined, which runs a parallel course through its western portion; the undefined, which runs first in a south-east and then in an easterly direction through the north of the province; and the headwaters of the undefined, which takes its rise in the south-eastern part of the province. This last-named forms a   from undefined to the  where it empties itself into the sea. The commences at undefined, a  only ten s&rsquo; journey from undefined, and it thus affords an easy outlet for the  districts of eastern and southern undefined. There are two large s in the province,—one in the neighbourhood of undefined, which is 24 s in length by 6 s in breadth, and the other