American-Chinese Calendar For 65 Years 1849–1914

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1904. Seventy-four page booklet measuring 4 ½ x 5 ¼ inches. Damage to wraps with one detached; inside with manuscript (Chinese) markings. Overall very good plus.. A guide compiled by immigration officer John Endicott Gardner for converting between the Gregorian and traditional Chinese calendars for Gregorian years 1849 to 1914. Per the preface, the guide would be useful both for “Government officials charged with the duties of enforcing the Chinese exclusion act”—including Gardner, who was a Chinese Inspector and Interpreter for the Immigration Service—and “attorneys appearing on behalf of Chinese applicants for admission into the United States.” Each page shows the conversions for one year, with the Chinese calendar in black and the Gregorian in red ink. The previous owner has also marked each year in Hanzi in the corner of each page; corrected Kwong Sui 35th through 40th to Suan Tung (Xuantong) 1–3 and Chinese Republic 1–3; and began, on a blank page, a conversion table for 1915 or Chinese Republic 4th. We find three copies of this booklet on OCLC.