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ADMINISTRATION

and Anhwei). The metropolis of this viceroyalty is at Nanking, on the Yangtse.

2. The Viceroyalty of Chili. This viceroy originally had his seat of government at Poating, the provincial capital, which lies westward of Peking, but he now conducts his administration at Tientsin on the south of the imperial metropolis.

3. The Viceroyalty of the Two Kuang (the provinces of Kuangtung and Kuansi). The seat of this viceroyalty is the city of Kuangtung (Canton).

4. The Viceroyalty of Min-cheh (Cheh-kiang and Fuhkien provinces). The original name of Fuhkien having been Minyueh, the term Min-cheh was formed by combining the first syllables of that name and of Cheh-kiang). The seat of government is at Foochow.

5. The Viceroyalty of the Hu-kuang (lake district, namely, the provinces of Hupeh and Hunan). The seat of authority is at Wuchang on the bank of the Yangtse, opposite to Hankow.

6. The Viceroyalty of Yun-kwei (Yunnan and Kweichou provinces), having its seat of government at the city of Yunnan.

7. The Viceroyalty of Szchuan (province of Szchuan), having its seat of government at Chengtu.

8. The Viceroyalty of Shen-kan (provinces of Shensi and Kansuh), having its seat of government at Lanchou. A fundamental idea of the Chinese administra-

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