Some Pages in the History of Shanghai 1842-1856 by WR Carles CMG - Paper read before the China Society on May 23 1916.pdf

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ASIA
CORNELL
UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY
THE
CHARLES
WILLIAM
WASON
COLLECTION
ON
CHINA
AND
THE
CHINESE
[OME
PAGES
IN
THE
HISTORY
OF
SHANGHAI,
1842-1856
BY
W.
R.
CARLES,
C.M.G.
Paper
read
before
the
China
Society
on
May
23,
1916
EAST
AND
WEST.
LTD.
J.
VICTORIA
STREET.
LONDON,
S.W.
SOME
PAGES
By
W.
Thirty
odd
years
so
strenuous
as
it
IN
THE
HISTORY
OF
1842-1856*
Carles,
c.m.g.
at
SHANGHAI,
R.
life
ago,
Shanghai
was,
perhaps,
not
has
since
become,
and
the
British
Vice-
Consulate
was
not
so
busy
but
that
there
were
half-hours
in
which
other
work
than
that
of
the
day
could
be
taken
in
hand.
As
much
of the
ordinary
work
related
to
the
tenure
of
land
within
the
Settlement,
this
subject
naturally
excited
owing
to
the existence
of
two
counter-forces,
of
which
the
one
impelled
natives
to
interest,
especially
my
acquire
land
within the
Settlement
intended
for
foreigners,
while
the
other
drove
foreigners
to
live
outside
their
Settlement.
own
In
the
one
case,
the
cause
was
the
desire
to
secure the
immunities
and
advantages
which
were
to
be
obtained
by
living
in
territory
controlled
and
policed
to
get
by
foreigners.
In
the
other,
the
motive
stir
was
away
from
the
bustle
and
country
life
of the
busy
port,
and
to
enjoy
a
In
both
cases
there
outside
of
office
hours.
was
added
the
excitement
of
the
knowledge
that
the
purchase
of
property
was
anj
extremely
good
speculation,
and
that
the
tendency
was
towards
a
constant
advancement
of
values
in
spite
of
occasional
waves
of
depression.
Of
*
the
men
who
came
to
the
Vice-Consul's
office
on
A
paper
read
23,
1916,
before
the
China
Society
at
Caxton
Hall,
Westminster,
on
May
Mr.
A.
M.
Townsend
in
the
chair.

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