See also:

• CHOLON (" great market ")

CHOLON (" See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market ")  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French Indo-See also:

• CHINA

China, the largest commercial centre of See also:

• COCHIN
• COCHIN, DENYS MARIE PIERRE AUGUSTIN (1851L'Evolution de la vie (1895); Le Monde exterieur (1845); Contre les barbares (1899)

Cochin China, 31 in . S.W. of See also:

• SAIGON

Saigon, with which it is See also:

• UNITED

united by railway, See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

steam-See also:

• TRAMWAY

tramway and See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal . See also:

• CHOLON (" great market ")

Cholon was founded by See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese immigrants about 178o, and is situated on the Chinese See also:

• ARROYO (O. Sp. arrogio, Lat. arrogium, a rivulet or stream)

arroyo at the junction of the Lo-Gom and a canal . Its waterways are frequented by innumerable boats and lined in some places with native dwellings built on piles, in others by quays and houses of French construction . Its See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population is almost entirely See also:

• ASIATIC

Asiatic, and has more than trebled since 1880 . In that See also:

• YEAR

year it had only 45,000 inhabit-ants; in 1907 it numbered about 138,000 . Of these, 42,000 were Chinese, 73,000 Annamese, and 155 French (exclusive of a See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison of 92); the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder consisted of Cambodians and Asiatic foreigners . During the See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

rice See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season the town is visited by a floating population of 21,000 persons . The Chinese are divided into congregations according to their See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of origin . Cholon is administered by a municipal See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council, composed of French, Annamese and Chinese traders . An See also:

• ADMINISTRATOR

administrator of native affairs, nominated by the See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor, fills the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor . There are a See also:

• FINE

fine municipal See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital and municipal See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools for boys and girls .

The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal thoroughfares are lighted by electric See also:

• LIGHT

light . The rice See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, almost monopolized by the Chinese, is the leading See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry, the rice being treated in large steam See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills . Tanning, See also:

• DYEING (0. Eng. dedgian, dealt ; Mid. Eng. deyen)

dyeing, See also:

• COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper-See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding, See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass, See also:

• BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick and pottery manufacture, See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone working, See also:

• TIMBER

timber-sawing and See also:

• JUNK

junk See also:

• BUILDING

building are also included among the See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries .