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 Kewkiang, 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-kuoh-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 1895 was Tls. 3,733,303, compared with Tls. 3,416,889 in 1894. 2,523 piculs of Opium were imported in 1895, as compared with 2,893 piculs in 1894. Coal may some day become a considerable article of export from Wuhu, the mines at Chihchou, near Ta-tung, being worked with Western appliances and machinery. The export in 1895 was 3,857 tons as against 802 tons in 1894. There is a large trade in Timber in Wuhu, but that, like all other trade, is in the hands of the Chinese. The total value of the trade of the port for 1895 was Tls. 7,959,482 as against Tls. 10,224,540 in 1894.
The town is fairly well built, with rather broader streets than most Chinese cities possess, and is tolerably paved. The tract of land selected for the British Settlement, though admirably suited for the purpose, with good deep water frontage, has not yet been availed of, and there are few foreign houses in the place. The population of Wuhu is estimated at 77,000. This city was the scene of formidable anti-missionary riots in June, 1891.
古太
Tai-koo
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Merchants
W. A. Howell, agent
Agencies
DIRECTORY
China Navigation Co., Hulk "Le-Tai"
Ocean Steamship Company
Union Insurance Society of Canton
Standard Oil Company of New York
局商招.
CHINA MERCHANTS STEAM NAVIGATION CO.,
Hulk "Bombay"
C. C. Lee, agent
門衙事領國英大
Ta Ying Kuo ling-sz Ya-mên
CONSULATES
GREAT BRITAIN
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY
Acting Conzul-G. Hopkins
Constable-G. Perkins
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Consul-General A. C. Jones, resid-
ing at Chinkiang
W* Wu-hu hsin-kwan CUSTOMS-IMPERIAL MARITIME
Commissioner-J. Lloyd E. Palm Assistant-E. G. Lowder
Do. -A. E. Kindblad Do. -G. T. Moule
Medical Officer-E. H. Hart
Tidesurveyor and Harbour Master-
A. W. Kindblad
Asst. Tidesurveyor-J. W. Andrews Examiner-W. A. L. Sanders Assistant Examiners-C. E. Meyer,
F. J. Allshorn, A. Bredenberg Tidewaiters-F. J. Woodcock, E. Shel- ton, J. C. Braga, A. A. du Bord, F. T. H. Johnson
Tidewaiter, probationary-H. Koops
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