Sir R. Alcock to 11. 6. '64 Troops well received at Yokohama. Japanese Earl Russell to 15. 8. '64 Approves of his conduct. Further instructions. Sir R. Alcock to 14. 10. '64 Reduction of forces. For- 1 station. Proposed return of marines Marines have departed. Sir H. Parkes 24. 8. '65 Marines have departed; to Japanese will be replaced by other troops. Sir H. Parkes to 29. 9. '65 Observations on enclosures. Ministers for Foreign affairs Earl Russell. 1 Midzuno Idsu- 2 mino Kami to Sir H. Parkes. Sir H. Parkes 16. 9. '64 Troops changed, not aug- to Japanese Ministers for Foreign affairs mented: must remain Sir H. Parkes to 16. 5. '66 Changes in troops. Enclo- Earl of Cla- rendon. sure. As to services rendered by *So in original: evidently a mistake for '65. No. of Correspondents. Date. Subject. Letter Enclosure 8 1 9 10 Sir H. Parkes to 31. 10. '66 Observations on enclosures. Major-General 10. 10. '66 Japanese gov't should be Parkes. called on to repair huts. Sends enclosure. Lieut.-Col. Lo- 11. 10. '66 Suggests application to Sir 2 vel to Major General Guy. 3 4 5 6 1 H. Parkes to arrange for repair of huts. Sir H. Parkes to 30. 10. '66 Japanese government reject Major-Gen. Guy. Lieut.-Col. Lovel's plan for repairing huts, but will make them as good as at first. U.S. Consul has applied for restoration of ground lent. ConsulMyburgh 23. 10. '66 Forwards enclosure No. 5. to Sir H. Parkes. Mr. Fisher to 22. 10. '66 Requests restoration of burgh. ground lent by him as U. S. Consul. Sir H. Parkes 23. 10. '66 Ground will be restored. to Consul My burgh. Sir H. Parkes to 31. 10. '66 More commodious and less Sir H. Parkes to 31. 12. '66 The course recommended with respect to repair of huts had been pursued prior to receipt of instructions. Forwards enclosure. Col. Knox to Sir 24. 12. '66 Repair of huts satisfactorily performed. H. Parkes. PRÉCIS OF PAPERS RESPECTING BRITISH TROOPS IN JAPAN. N.B.-The correspondence of which this is a précis would occupy about thirty pages of this book. 1. 11.6. '64 2. 3. 15. 8. '64 Sir R. Alcock states that the most remarkable energy and good will are displayed by the Japanese Government in providing huts for the troops in Yokohama. His conduct in sending for more troops to Hong Kong is approved of by Earl Russell, who instructs him to send the 14. 10.'64 troops back when no longer required. Sir R. Alcock in a later despatch considers it inexpedient to denude Yokohama entirely of troops, and states that some of the infantry might be Encl. 1, 3. 10. '64 spared, but that the artillery could not, Lieut.Col. Browne being of opinion that at least 1000 men were requisite for the station. 4. 10. 8. '65 5. 24. 8. '65 Encl., 6. Encl. 1, 7. Encl., 8. 24. 8. '65 16. 5. '66 31. 10. '66 Encl. 1, 10. 10. '66 Encl. 2, 11. 10. '66 Sir H. Parkes informs Earl Russell that it is intended to send the marines back to England; and later, that they have departed. They are to be replaced by other troops. Of this step the Japanese Ministers are informed. They mistake it, however, for the establishment of a permanent British force, till assured that the occupation will only last while the treaties remain unratified. A change of troops occurring, Sir H. Parkes takes occasion to compliment Lieut. - Col. Browne on the services rendered by him and those under his command, whilst stationed in Japan. The huts, being originally built of a temporary character, now need repairs. These the Japanese Government is willing to execute if the outlay be moderate. Major-Gen. Guy, while drawing attention to the state of the huts, and to Lieut.-Col. Lovel's application to him on the subject, speaks highly of the new military stores rented from the Japanese Government. Encl. 3, 30. 10. '66 Lieut.-Col. Lovel's plan for repairing the huts was rejected on account of the expense, and of the permanent character the huts would acquire; the Japanese government will, however, make them as serviceable as when first built. Encl. 4, 23 ground on which the hospital was erected being 22 10.'66 now required by the U. S. Consul, by whom it had been lent, has to be given up, and the huts 5, 23 The 9. 31. 10. '66 10. on it removed. The military stores rented from the Japanese government were built at the request of Sir H. Parkes, are more commodious than the old ones, and less expensive. The 31. 12. '66 good-will of the Japanese in these matters convinces Sir H. Parkes that they do not desire the immediate removal of the British troops from Japan; he is strengthened in his opinion Encl., 24. 12.'66 by the fact, that they have recently completed the repairs of the huts requested of them, in the most satisfactory manner. In order to profit by this specimen of Précis, the learner should procure the original Parliamentary paper-number 9 of the list on page 58-and compare very carefully one with the other. If a much longer paper than this be presented to the candidate, he must, in order to confine himself within the space allowed, write his summary in a still more condensed form than the specimen here given. CHAPTER IX. GEOGRAPHY. THE student who follows an erroneous method in learning Geography, may waste long time without gaining much real knowledge. There is good reason to believe that the generality of young people, and occasionally teachers also, are very much mistaken in regard to the proper method of mastering this subject. I believe, too, that the estimate generally formed of the difficulty of the Civil Service geographical examinations often falls far below the mark. For these reasons, I will describe in some detail how the student is to learn Geography; this method I have found to be invariably effectual; and in no other way can you arrive at a sufficiently extensive and accurate knowledge of the subject. If you study in this manner for an hour every day, following implicitly the plan laid down, you will in six months have attained such a knowledge of Geography as will enable you to encounter the most difficult examination. A superficial knowledge of Mathematical and Physical Geography will be sufficient; for, with the exception of an occasional easy question, such as "What is a delta ?" "6 a basin ?" "a watershed?" "a great circle ?" the examiners do not |