Saigon

1888 · 175990 — London.: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1888-9 1895-9 19131915. Ten Parliamentary Reports House of Commons Command Papers 31.8 x 20.5 cm together 215 pp. three black and white maps of Saigon one folding in the reports for 1912 1913 and 1914 original stab-sewn title wrappers top edge gilt previous owner's added manuscript pagination to the top right of each Report in manuscript for the first seven and ink-stamped in the final three in very good condition. Wide-ranging group of Reports for Saigon in the French Colonial Period from 1888 to the first year of World War One. The first seven 19th Century Reports also include Indo-China with coverage of the ongoing "pacification" of Tonkin lengthy notes on French tariffs from the British Consul's point of view and the challenging terrain impeding the conduct of trade in Laos. The Report for 1887 includes a report on casualties from the loss of steamers of the Messageries Maritimes: four British steamers and one German. . Her Majesty's Stationery Office. unknown