xii CONTENTS CONTENTS xiii 31.WU CHIEN-CHANG AND THE "CANTONIZATION"OF 9.Customs Collections Reported from the Five Treaty Ports 1843-1855 SHANGHAI 1852-53 393 (in taels). 259 The emergence of "Samqua"Stoppage of duties as a diplomatic weapon.The impact of the rebellion.Alcock's bonding system. Io.Examples of Regular and Surplus Quotas 262 Wu Chien-chang and the Shanghai rebellion. II.British Community at Canton I85I. 273 22.RUTHERFORD ALCOCK AND THE PROVISIONAL SYS- 12.Costs on the Tea Route to Shanghai from Fukien 303 TEM1853-54 410 The precedent at Amoy,May 1853.The first steps in the Anglo- 13.Customs Duties Paid on British Trade at Canton. 351 American coiperation.The Provisional Rules of September 9, 1853.Foreign neutrality at Shanghai (October-December 1853). Neutrality violated (the arms trade).The reinstatement of the MAPS taotai.The results attained by foreign consular administration. The China Coast:Treaty Ports and Receiving Stations ca.1850. 58 23.SIR JOHN BOWRING AND THE FOREIGN INSPEC- 2g4 TORATE 1854 439 The Tea and Silk Routes ca.1850. The collapse of Wu Chien-chang's customhouse (February-Marck). Shanghai during the Provisional System,1853-54. 417 Chinese policy and the crisis at Shanghai (April).The revival of Anglo-American cooperation.McLane begins negotiations.The customs bargain:A foreig落nspectorate排exchange∫or back duties.The inauguration of the Inspectorate. CONTENTS OF VOLUME TWO REFERENCE NOTES 24.CONCLUSION:THE TREATIES SUCCEED THE TRIB- UTE SYSTEM 462 APPENDIX A:BRITISH PERSONNEL IN CHINA 47 Sec.I:British Consular Oficers at the Treaty Ports, INDEX 469 1843-r858 Sec.2:Partners of Jardine,Matheson and Company and its Predecessors,to 1854 TABLES APPENDIX B:DATA ON THE CH'ING CUSTOMS AD- MINISTRATION AFTER THE TREATIES 1.Dynasties of Imperial China (a21 B.C.-A.D.19ra). 8 Sec.I:The rearrangement of the Hoppo's accounts in 2.Early European Embassies to the Court of Peking. I843 Sec.2:Tables of Collection Periods,1843-1855 3.Article XIII of the Supplementary Treaty (October 8,1843). 125 BIBLIOGRAPHY 62 4.Proportion of Hongkong Registered Lorcha Trade to British Inter- GLOSSARY OF CHINESE NAMES AND TERMS national Trade at Canton,1844-47. I27 5.Staff and Salaries Proposed for H.B.M.'s Consulate at Amoy, September 1843. 67 6.Staff and Salaries for H.B.M.'s Consulate at Canton,June,1844. 67 7.Former Hong Merchants and their Establishments,as of July 27,1843. 249 8.Quotas and Reported Collections of 29 Customs Administrations under the Boards of Revenue and of Works in the 1840's. 256-57xii CONTENTS 21. WU CHIEN-CHANG AND THE "CANTONIZATION" OF SHANGHAI 1852-53 The emergence of "Sam qua." Stoppage of duties as a diplomatic weapon. The impact of the rebellion. Alcock's bonding system. Wu Chien-chang and the Shanghai rebellion. 22. RUTHERFORD ALCOCK AND THE PROVISIONAL SYS￾TEM 1853-54 The precedent at Amoy, May 1853. The first steps in the Anglo￾American cooperation. The Provisional Rules of September 9, 1853. Foreign neutrality at Shanghai (October-December 1853)· Neutrality violated (the arms trade). The reinstatement of the taotai. The results attained by foreign consular administration. 23. SIR JOHN BOWRING AND THE FOREIGN INSPEC￾TORATE 1854 The collapse of Wu Chien-chang's customhouse (February-March). Chinese policy and the crisis at Shangh(ti (April). The revival of Anglo-American cooperation. McLane begins negotiations. The customs bargain: A foreign inspectorate in exchange for back duties. The inauguration of the Inspectorate. 24. CONCLUSION: THE TREATIES SUCCEED THE TRIB￾UTE SYSTEM INDEX TABLES I. Dynasties of Imperial China (221 B.C.-A.D. 1912). 2. Early European Embassies to the Court of Peking. 3. Article XIII of the Supplementary Treaty (October 8, 1843). 4. Proportion of Hongkong Registered Lorcha Trade to British Inter￾national Trade at Canton, 1844-47· 5. Staff and Salaries Proposed for H. B. M.'s Consulate at Amoy, September 1843. 6. Staff and Salaries for H. B. M.'s Consulate at Canton, June, 1844· 7. Former Hong Merchants and their Establishments; as of July 27,1843· 8. Quotas and Reported Collections of 29 Customs Administrations under the Boards of Revenue and of Works in the 1840'S. 393 410 439 8 IS 125 127 167 167 249 256-57 9· 10. II. 12. 13· CONTENTS Customs Collections. Reported from the Five Treaty Ports 1843-1855 (in taels). Examples of Regular and Surplus Quotas. British Community at Canton 1851. Costs on the Tea Route to Shanghai from Fukien. Customs Duties Paid on British Trade at Canton. MAPS The China Coast: Treaty Ports and Receiving Stations ca. 1850. The Tea and Silk Routes ca. 1850. Shanghai during the Provisional System, 1853-54. CONTENTS OF VOLUME TWO REFERENCE NOTES APPENDIX A: BRITISH PERSONNEL IN CHINA Sec. I: British 'Consular Officers at the Treaty Ports, 1843-1858 Sec. 2: Partners of Jardine, Matheson and Company and its Predecessors, to 1854 APPENDIX B: DATA ON THE CH'ING CUSTOMS AD￾MINISTRATION AFTER THE TREATIES Sec. I: The rearrangement of the Hoppo's accounts in 1843 Sec. 2: Tables of Collection Periods, 1843-1855 BIBLIOGRAPHY GLOSSARY OF CHINESE NAMES AND TERMS xiii 259 262 273 303 351 158 294 41 7 I 47 58 62 81