Item 2. Miscellaneous Chinese documents, 1896-1908

MLMSS 312/138/Item 2

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1896-1908

9678974

Digitised : From microfilm 2024

1 volume

Letters and documents on Chinese cultural customs, mining, railways, the Boxer Rebellion, the Chinese republic, Russia in China, and foreign banks.

Includes:
1b: Pamphlet on Marriage and burial rites and customs by Wang Yu-Tang
33b: Death announcement of Marquis Zeng Jize (Tseng Chi-tse, 曾纪泽)
49: Letter from Cai Tinggan (Tsai Ting Kan, 蔡廷幹, 蔡廷干) secretary to Yuan Shikai, to Zhao Bingjun (Chao Ping-chun, 赵秉钧), Premier of the Republic of China (25 September 1912-16 July 1913), on Morrison's Library and its value as a resource on China.
51-53: Document on foreign banks, mentioning the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, Russo-Chinese Bank, and Deutsche-Asiatche bank, produced by the Chinese tax office in Shanghai, 1913
55-57: Document from the Chinese taxation office on the repayment of debts dated 3 February 1912
59: Republican document on how to address foreign debt and the abolition of likin
155: An unpublished account of the Xinhai Revolution by Xie Zantai (Tse Tsan Tai) claiming Australian-Chinese credit for the establishment of the Chinese republic
Research information provided as part of George Ernest Morrison Project, 2024.

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Also available: Microfilm at CY 4354B, frames 1-291