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WUCHOW
marts in South China. The gross value of the trade coming under the cognisance of the Maritime Customs has steadily grown from four to nearly thirteen million Taels, and the revenue is considerably over half a million Taels, while the NativeCustoms co trol a junk trade worth fifteen million taels and collects approximately 180,000 taels duty. The principal articles of export are timber,oils (aniseed, cassia, wood and tea), indigo, hides, and live stock. The coal, which should form one of Wuchow's largest exports, still lies buried in the surrounding hills. There is daily steam communication with Canton, the two steamers of the British West River Steamship Co. affording excellent passenger accommodation. The round trip from Canton takes four days: the boat leaving Canton on Friday mornings remains over Sunday in Wuchow. The direct trade with Hongkong is now carried on by nine cargo steamers. During the last three years a large native passenger trade has sprung up between Wuchow and up-river towns: launches leave daily during the summer months for Konghau, Kuaiping and Kueihsien, and weekly seven motor boats make regular, and five launchies make irregular, trips to Nanning, averaging three trips a week. The floods in 1902 were the highest on record, the water in the river rising to 68.3." The lowest winter reading was 1.10 deg. below zero in December, 1906. In winter the only local industry worthy of mention is boat building; when the river falls the foreshore is lined with matsheds, where native craft of all descriptions, from a huge salt junk to a diminutive sampan, are constructed. Wuchow itself offers few attractions to the tourist, but the river scenery on the way up, especially between the Shuihing and Takhing Gorges, where the stream winds in and out among the green hills to form a succession of apparent lakes, is extremely picturesque, and has not altogether unjustly been compared to the Rhine. Wuchow is connected by telegraph with Hongkong, Shanghai, etc.; and the Imperial Chinese Post has established postal communication with the principal towns in Kwangsi.
和天 Teen-Woo
DIRECTORY
BANKER & Co., Merchants and Commission
Agents-Kiu Fong Street; Shipping
Office: Banker's Pontoon
Geo. Banker
Pang Shui-ming, signs per pro.
Agency
Commercial Union Assurance Co., Ld.
CONSULATES
ŽIEŁA Tai-peh-kwok Ling-sz-kun
BELGIUM
Consul-Residing in Hongkong
GREAT BRITAIN
also
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY
Consul-H. A. Ottewell
Constable-J. Wisher
官事領總利大義大
Tai I-tai-li Chung-ling-sz-kun
ITALY
Consul, Comm. Z. Volpicelli (resid-
ing in Hongkong)
CUSTOMS, IMPERIAL MARITIME
Commissioner--J. A. van Aalst
Assistants-A. T. L. Macgregor, Lau:
Hon-chi, S. V. dos Remedios Medical Officer-Dansey Smith Act. T.-S. and Harbourmaster-H.Clive
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Examiner E. V. H. Viez
Asst. Examiners-E. O'Hare, W. Ho-
ward, F. Heilman
Tidewaiters-C. B. Berglof, G. J. C.
Kindt, A. Schmidt, G. Gosling, A
Mitchell, J, D. F. Barbé, W.A. Palmer
顛渣 Chu-tin
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Merchants
Agencies
Butterfield & Swire
Deacon & Co., Canton
Hongkong, Canton and Macao S. B. Co.
Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. China Navigation Company Canton Insurance Office
Hongkong Fire Insurance Company China Sugar Refinery Co., Limited
West River British Steamship Co.
POST OFFICE, IMPERIAL CHINESE
Postal Commissioner-C. H. Shields
(Canton)
Postal Clerk-Kwok Shiu-chun
建威 Wat-kin
WATKINS, LIMITED, Druggists
Kwong Cheung-hing, agent
KAKELWat-sun-she Tai-yuek-fong
WATSON&Co.L.d., A.S.,Chemists and Drugs-
Ma Keng Tong, agent
Sit Siu Chün, agent