Chapter VIII: Administration of the Laws, 448-518

6, Execution of laws, checks upon ambitious officers, 448;
Triennial Catalogue and its uses, 449; Character and position
of Chinese officials, 451; The _Red Book_, or status of
office-holders, 452; Types of Chinese high officers: Duke
Ho, 452; Career of Commissioner Sung, 454; Public lives of
Commissioners Lin and Kíying, 457; Popularity of upright
officers, Governor Chu’s valedictory, 462; Official confessions
and petitions for punishment, 464; Imperial responsibility
for public disasters, 466; A prayer for rain of the Emperor
Taukwang, 467; Imperial edicts, their publication and
phraseology, 469; Contrast between the theory and practice of
Chinese legislation, 473; Extortions practised by officials
of all ranks, 474; Evils of an ill-paid police, 478; Fear
and selfishness of the people, 480; Extent of clan systems
among them, 482; Village elders and clan rivalries, 483;
Dakoits and thieves throughout the country, 486; Popular
associations--character of their manifestoes, 488; Secret
societies, The Triad, or Water-Lily Sect, 493; A Memorial
upon the Evils of Mal-Administration, 494; Efforts of the
authorities against brigandage, 497; Difficulties in collecting
the taxes, 498; Character of proceedings in the Law Courts, 500;
Establishments of high magistrates, 503; Conduct of a criminal
trial, 504; Torture employed to elicit confessions, 507; The
five kinds of punishments, 508; Modes of executing criminals,
512; Public prisons, their miserable condition, 514; The
influence of public opinion in checking oppression, 517.