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Excerpt from China Inland Mission: Private Telegraph Code This Code has been specially prepared to meet the requirements of the China Inland Mission. Since the year 1899 a small Code, compiled by Mr. T. G. Willett, which was based upon the telegrams received at, and despatched from, the Mission Headquarters in Shanghai, during a period of more than ten years, has been of much service. The development of the work of the Mission, however, has called for a more comprehensive Code in order to effect greater efficiency and economy in telegraphing, and with this in view, Mr. J. J. Coulthard, Mr. T. G. Willett and Mr. C. T. Fishe, several years ago, carefully collated a considerable amount of useful material, embodying the result of further experience. But the burden of the work of the compilation of this Code has fallen upon Mr. F. H. Neale, who, when leaving for furlough in 1904, volunteered to undertake the laborious task of arranging the material prepared, and of so adding to it as to produce a Telegraph Code adapted to the needs of the Mission. He has brought together a very extensive range of useful words and phrases, and has devoted much time and thought to the preparation of special Tables. The result of his skilful and painstaking effort merits sincere appreciation and gratitude. Grateful recognition is also due to Mr. James Stark, who has carefully revised and edited the manuscript, and to Mr. and Mrs. A. Bland for valuable assistance given in reading the proof and in the preparation of the list of the names of Chinese cities and towns. It is to be distinctly understood that no one is at liberty to reprint or publish any part of this Code. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.