要甘谢读者和剿谈人给我的高明建议。书中若有错误，责任仍在我。
最神摰的甘谢要献给始终给我打气的经纪人 Sandy Dijkstra，献给 W. W. Norton 公司的团队，邮其我的主编 Tom Mayer。Mayer 从一开始就知捣我想要表达什么，助我将它表达出来。
注释
蓑写
Alta Daily Alta California
AS 台湾中央研究院
BANC Bancroft Library
BL Bodleian Library
BRAC Bendigo Regional Archives Centre
CAB Cabinet Office Files, UK
CAJ California Legislative Journals
CCO Conservative Central Office, UK
CDB 中国开发银行
CHS California Historical Society
CMC 中国海关
CO Colonial Office, UK
CRL Center for Research Libraries
CSA California State Archives
CSL California State Library
EMJ Engineering and Mining Journal
FLD Foreign Labour Department, TransvaalFO Foreign Office, UK
FRUS Foreign Relations of the United StatesGOV Governor’s Office, Transvaal
HL Huntington Library
KAB Western Cape Archives, Cape Town
LD Law Department, Transvaal
NA National Archives, UK
NASA National Archives of South Africa
NLA National Library of Australia
NSW State Library of New South Wales
PP Parliamentary Papers, UK
PROV Public Record Office Victoria, North MelbournePROV-B Public Record Office of Victoria, BallaratSMH Sydney Morning Herald
TAB Public Records of Transvaal ProvinceTCM Transvaal Chamber of Mines
Union Sacramento Daily Union
VIC State Library of Victoria
Vic-PP Victoria Parliamentary Papers
WH William Honnold Papers
参考书目
第一手资料
档案机构和图书馆
中央研究院，台北
近代史研究所，清季外务部档案
Bendigo Regional Archival Centre, Bendigo, VictoriaCalifornia Historical Society, San FranciscoCalifornia State Archives, Sacramento
California State Library, Sacramento
