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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 1903 was Hk. Tls. 8,676,833 compared with Tls. 6,190,263, in 1902 and Tls. 5,851,240 in 1901. The increased value of the trade in 1903 was due rather to higher values than to increased quantities. Coal may some day become a considerable article of export from Wuhu, both Native and Foreign capital having been directed to the great coal fields of the province. The China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company are interested in several coal districts and have expended large sums in the opening of their mining property; the output has thus far been small, owing to the lack of proper machinery and nianagement. Chin Kang Company, a wealthy native syndicate, have a government permit to open mines in several districts and have been prospecting with a view to developing their property in the near future. A number of smaller companies are operating at present with the sanction of the above corporation, to whom they pay a royalty. Two Companies representing Foreign capital-the Yangtsze Land and Investment Com- pany, Limited, and the I Li Coal and Mining Company, Limited-have purchased a number of the most valuable mining properties in the immediate neighbourhood of Wuhu. Their mines are in some cases situated within short distances of navigable streams. The Commissioner in his report for 1903 mentions that preliminary work in the mining concessions of the London and China syndicate has demonstrated the existence of iron, copper and coal which promise a large profit on the opening and working of mines, and the full development of the mining sites included in the concession is likely to be at once proceeded with. There is a large trade in timber in Wuhu, but that, like all other trade, is in the hands of the Chinese. The preservation of egg yolk and albumen is an industry which was started in 1897, and has been carried on with some success by two establishments since 1899. Under favourable conditions, it is thought Wuhu could supply 6,000 piculs of preserved yolk and 800 piculs of albumen, eggs costing from 86 to $8 per 1,000. The net value of the trade of the port for 1903 was Tls. 24,542,783 compared with Tis. 19,090,828 in 1902, Tls. 13,289,752 in 1901 and Tls. 18,080,948 in 1900.
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 80,750. This city was the scene of formidable anti-missionary riots in June, 1891.
ARNHOLD, KARBERG & Co.
A. J. Cooper
Agencies
Hamburg-Amerika Linie Norddeutscher Lloyd Rickmers' Line
DIRECTORY
"Shell" Transport & Trading Co., Ld.
South British Fire & Marine Insce. Co.
The Asiatic Petroleum Co.
The Standard Life Assurance Co.,
A. J. Cooper, agent
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BARTENSTEIN, F., Merchant
古太 Tai.koo
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Merchants
Geo. E. J. Rose, agent
China Navigation Co.: Hulk “Le-Tai” |
Agencies
Ocean Steamship Company, Ld.
China Mutual Steam Nav. Co., Ld.
Union Insce. Society of Canton, Ld.
Equitable Life Assurance Society
London and Lancashire Fire Insce. Co.
Royal Exchange Assurance Corpn.
Palatine Insurance Company
Guardian Assurance Co. (Fire)
Taikoo Sugar Refining Co., Ld.
局商招
CHINA MERCHANTS' STEAM NAVIGATION CO.
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C. C. Lee, agent
R. C. Wang, manager
A. Y. Wei, clerk
CONSULATES
門衙事領國英大
Ta Ying Kuo ling-sz Ya-mén
GREAT BRITAIN
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AUSTRIA-HUNGARY
Consul-W. P. Ker Constable-J. Torrance
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