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NANKING WUHU
DIRECTORY
會美以美
AMERICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL MISSION
Rev. R. C. Beebe, M.D. and Mrs. Beebe
Rev. J. C. and Mrs. Ferguson
Rev. D. W. and Mrs. Nichols
Rev. A. C. and Mrs. Wright Miss Sarah Peters
Miss Ella C. Shaw
Miss Emma Mitchell
Rev. E. R. Jellison, M.D. and wife
Rev. Leslie and Mrs. Stevens
Miss Flora Hanzlik
Miss Clara Collier
自老長
Ch'ang-lao-hui.
AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN MISSION. Rev. C. and Mrs. Leaman
Rev. W. J. and Mrs. Drummond
Rev. T. W. and Mrs. Houston
Mrs. R. E. Abbey
Miss M. Latimore
會督基 Chi-tu-hui
FOREIGN CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Rev. W. E. Macklin, M.D. and wife
Rev. F. E. and Mrs. Meigs
Rev. E. T. Williams
Rev. Jas. Butchart, M.D.
Miss Rose Sickler
Rev. A. F. H. and Mrs. Saw, Luh-hoh
Rev. T. J. and Mrs. Arnold,
do.
Rev. E. P. and Mrs. Hearnden, Chú-
Cheu
Rev. W. R. Hunt, Chu-Chen
Miss A. L. White
PRAYER UNION MISSION
Miss Jessie P. Rhind
Tien-chu-t'ang
ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION
Rev. Fr. J. B. Simon, S.J. Rev. Fr. Jos. Fouillet
Kwei-ko-hui
SOCIETY OF FRIENDS MISSION
Miss Esther Butler, superintendent Miss Lenna Stanley
Miss Lucy A. Gaynor, M.D.
Kiang-nan Shin-shih-hsuch
IMPERIAL NAVAL COLLEGE
Commissioner-Kwei Toutai Director-Shên Tun-ho Executive Branch
Chief Instructor-John Permiall
Do. Capt. Chiang Chean-ying Superdt. of Cadets-Cheng Foo-fan Instructor of Gymnastics and Rifle
Practice-C. L. Young
Engineering Branch
Chief Instructor-II. R. Hearson
WUHU
This port was opened to foreign trade, by the Chefoo Convention, on the 1st April, 1877. It is situated on the river Yangtsze, in the province of An-hwei, and is a half-way port between Chinkiang and Kiukiang, though nearer to the former. It has the appearance of a thriving and busy town, and is admirably located for trade. This is mainly owing to the excellence of its water communication with the interior. A large canal, with a depth of five to six feet of water in the winter and ten to twelve feet in the summer, connects the port with the important city of Ning-kuoli-fu, in southern An-hwei, fifty miles distant. Another canal runs inland for over eight miles in a south-westerly direction to Taiping-hsien, an extensive tea district. This canal, which is only navigable in the summer, passes through Nan-ling and King-hsien, where the cultivation of silk is carried on, and may some day be of importance. The silk districts of Nan-ling and King-hsien are situated within fifty miles of Wuhu. Besides the canals leading to Ning-kuoh-fu and Taiping-hsien, there are two others communicating with Su-an and Tung-pó.
It will be seen, from the above enumeration of the facilities for water carriage from Wuhu, that it is calculated to prove an emporium for commerce. The net value of the foreign imports for the year 1891 was Tls. 3,351,706, compared with Tls. 2,922,253 in 1890. 2,608 piculs of Opium were imported in 1891, as compared with 2,567 piculs in 1890. Coal may some day become a considerable article of export from Wuhu, the mines at Chilchou, near Ta-tung, being worked with Western appliances and machinery.