TCHE-KIANG, a province of China, bounded on the north and north-west by Kiang-nan, on the east by the sea, on the south by Fokien, and on the south-west by Kiang-sce; about 200 miles in length from north to south, and from 120 to 180 broad. This is one of the most considerable provinces in the empire, and contains, according to Sir George Staunton, 21 millions of inhabitants.