From Peking to PetersburgE. Arnold, 1899 - 300 pàgines |
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... port of the P. and O. Company , and in close connection with the routes of the Pacific steamer lines . From Shanghai you take a local English - managed steam- ship , and , if you select it with good local advice , you will get food ...
... port of the P. and O. Company , and in close connection with the routes of the Pacific steamer lines . From Shanghai you take a local English - managed steam- ship , and , if you select it with good local advice , you will get food ...
Pàgina 23
... port through Mongolia . The reason of that belief is that the Russian overland mail is carried by an arrangement with the Mongol headmen , and of the subsidy which the Tsung - li - Yamen pays to those headmen , one half , I am told , is ...
... port through Mongolia . The reason of that belief is that the Russian overland mail is carried by an arrangement with the Mongol headmen , and of the subsidy which the Tsung - li - Yamen pays to those headmen , one half , I am told , is ...
Pàgina 29
... ports to Odessa ; but it is still very great , there being several Russian firms estab- lished at Kalgan for the purpose of examining , re- packing and forwarding the tea and other products that come up from the valleys to pass through ...
... ports to Odessa ; but it is still very great , there being several Russian firms estab- lished at Kalgan for the purpose of examining , re- packing and forwarding the tea and other products that come up from the valleys to pass through ...
Pàgina 47
... ports are , no doubt , expressed in silver dollars , and may be estimated at from six to eight silver dollars a month for labour not wholly raw , and not wholly skilled . The wages in the interior cannot be ex- pressed in civilized ...
... ports are , no doubt , expressed in silver dollars , and may be estimated at from six to eight silver dollars a month for labour not wholly raw , and not wholly skilled . The wages in the interior cannot be ex- pressed in civilized ...
Pàgina 61
... Port Arthur and Talienwan . I call that frankly political , inasmuch as , while the railway will no doubt be used for both the import and export needs of Siberia , it is admitted that the governing condition of recent events is the ...
... Port Arthur and Talienwan . I call that frankly political , inasmuch as , while the railway will no doubt be used for both the import and export needs of Siberia , it is admitted that the governing condition of recent events is the ...
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