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*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=-9QMAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR3 ‪''The Treaty Ports of China and Japan: A Complete Guide to the Open Ports of Those Countries, Together with Peking, Yedo, Hongkong and Macao. Forming a Guide Book & Vade Mecum for Travellers, Merchants, and Residents in General'']‬ by William Frederick Mayers, N B Dennys, and Charles King 1867. '''Note''': The maps have not been filmed. Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=-9QMAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR3 ‪''The Treaty Ports of China and Japan: A Complete Guide to the Open Ports of Those Countries, Together with Peking, Yedo, Hongkong and Macao. Forming a Guide Book & Vade Mecum for Travellers, Merchants, and Residents in General'']‬ by William Frederick Mayers, N B Dennys, and Charles King 1867. '''Note''': The maps have not been filmed. Google Books
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023216827 ''The 'Fan Kwae' at Canton before treaty days, 1825-1844''] by An Old Resident [William C Hunter] 2nd edition 1911 (First published 1882) Archive.org [Fan Kwae= Foreign Barbarians, Devils]
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023216827 ''The 'Fan Kwae' at Canton before treaty days, 1825-1844''] by An Old Resident [William C Hunter] 2nd edition 1911 (First published 1882) Archive.org [Fan Kwae= Foreign Barbarians, Devils]
*[https://archive.org/details/morningofmylifei00nyegrich ''The Morning of My Life in China: comprising an outline of the history of foreign intercourse from the last year of the regime of honorable East India Company, 1833, to the imprisonment of the foreign community in 1839''] by Gideon Nye 1873 Archive.org
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=SVsXAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Reports of Missionary Society Hospitals at Amoy, Canton, Chinkiang, Foochow, Hankow, Shanghai, Swatow, Tientsin. 1848-75''] Google Books  
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=SVsXAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Reports of Missionary Society Hospitals at Amoy, Canton, Chinkiang, Foochow, Hankow, Shanghai, Swatow, Tientsin. 1848-75''] Google Books  
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023225471 ''Bits of Old China''] by William C Hunter 1885 Archive,org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023225471 ''Bits of Old China''] by William C Hunter 1885 Archive,org

Revision as of 01:13, 23 January 2016

China

Major locations

History

  • The Opium Wars:

Records

  • There are some records for China in the "World Miscellaneous" records on FamilySearch (source unspecified)
  • Ecclesiastical Returns: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials at the British Library - Macao and Whampoa [Canton] 1820-1833, IOR N/9. These records are now available on the pay site findmypast
  • China: Sources in the India Office Records Guide to records at the British Library
  • British and Indian Armies on the China Coast 1785-1985 by Alan Harfield 1990 is available at the British Library. Includes lists such as “List of Known Recipients of the Hong Kong Plague Medal 1894” and “List of Officers who served with the Hong Kong Regiment 1892-1902”. This link lists some “Military Commanders of Hong Kong and China” from the book (pages 483-484)

British Army

The British Army leased for a time Wei-hai-wei (a fine natural harbour) on the mainland and Liu Kung Tao island. There was a garrison of British Troops A naval depot serviced the Royal Navy's China Squadron.[1]

Also see

External links

Historical books online

This publication had many titles over time and with different publishers: The China Register (1862, 1863, 1874). The Chronicle & Directory for China, Japan & the Philippines (1873, 1879). In 1889 included Corea, Cochin-China, Annam, Tonquin, Siam, Borneo, Straits Settlements, Malay States. In 1889 included Indo-China (replacing Cochin-China, Annam, Tonquin). In 1899 included Netherlands India. By 1905 the title had changed to The Directory & Chronicle…
Editions are available to read online on the Hathi Trust Digital Library, or to download as pdfs from archive.org (Currently most/all browsers cannot read the online versions on archive.org)
1862 1863 1873 1874

1874 archive.org

1879

1879 archive.org

1889

1889 archive.org

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1892 archive.org

1894

1894 archive.org

1899

1899 archive.org

1902
1905

1905 archive.org

1908

1908 archive.org

1917

1917 archive.org

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1920 archive.org

1922
British Parliamentary Papers: Mortality of Troops in China 1863 and 1866 Reprinted 1915 Archive.org

References

  1. Great War Forum thread Wei-hai-wei and Liu Kung Tao, then and now by Bushfighter April 2008. (Images only available to logged in members of GWF) (retrieved 14 April 2014)