Scope and Contents A letter from Walter Gowan, Simla, to Parkes' private secretary, 16 July 1884, including a copy of a letter from Sir Samuel Halliday Macartney, Chinese Legation [London], to Gowan, 7 February 1884, conveying the thanks of Tseng Chi-tse for the copy of Gowan's translation of Aleksei Nikolaevich Kuropatkin, 'Kashgaria: Historical and Geographical Sketch of the Country; its Military Strength, Industries and Trade' (Calcutta and London, 1882), given to him by Gowan. There is also the original...

Scope and Contents A letter from Peking, 9 February 1878, including an 'ode' to Mayers by Tseng Chi-tse. There is also an undated printed 'Memorial Reporting the Advance of the Chinese Forces to Karashar and Kuche': a translation into English of a memorial by Tso Tsung-t'ang, incorporating a report from Liu Kin-t'ang [Liu Chin-t'ang] concerning military operations by Ch'ing forces in Turkestan against rebels led by Bayen Hu, August-October 1877, published in the manuscript (but not the printed) edition of the...

Scope and Contents An O.H.B.M.S. envelope containing documents concerned chiefly with military and diplomatic relations between China and France. The envelope is labelled in Parkes' hand 'Tricou & French Question'. It contains the following items:Telegram from an unnamed sender, Hong Kong, to Dunn (John George Dunn?), 9 September 1883, received in Shanghai, 1 folio.Incomplete telegram concerning military preparations in Canton, undated (possibly Hong Kong, c. September 1883), possibly...

Scope and Contents Press cuttings (in English and French) taken from Chinese periodicals or containing articles which concern China, 172 items, Hong Kong, Shanghai and no place, 1879-1885 and undated. Some of the cuttings have been attached to backing sheets. The periodicals featured include the 'China Mail'; 'North-China Daily News'; 'North-China Advertiser'; 'North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette'; 'Shanghai Courier'; 'Overland China Mail'; 'Daily Press'; and 'Hongkong Daily Press'...