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The town is fairly well built, with rather broader streets than most Chinese cities possess, and is tolerably paved. The tract of land selected 30 years ago for the forcign settlement was definitely ceded in 1906, and sites were allotted to the Anhwei Railway Company and to various shipping companies, each lot having a river frontage of 600 to 1,100 feet. In 1914 the Ministry of Communications took over the Anhwei Railway Company with its entire assets and liabilities. Bunding operations have progressed satisfactorily, and the place has taken on a decided air of prosperity. The roads in the Foreign Settlement have now been completed and are well laid out, forming a good promenade for those who care to avail themselves of walking exercise Four large godowns have been built by Messrs. Butterfield & Swire on their ground in the New Settlement for storing rice, and Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co. liave also acquired property in the vicinity. On the plots of ground acquired by the Asiatic Petroleum and the Standard Oil Companies below I-Chi-Shan, a hill which forms the lower boundary of the Foreign Settlements, the former company has erected oil godowns and the latter, also, has established premises. New Customs buildings on the foreshore near the Foreign Settlement were completed and occupied in 1919. The Electric Light Co. appears to be doing well, for electric lighting has superseded that of oil to a great extent. The population of Wuhu is estimated at 100,000.
亞細亞
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DIRECTORY
ASIATIC PETROLEUM Co. (NORTH CHINA),
LTD., THE-Tel. Ad: Doric
N. L. Napier, local manager
P. J. Willson, inspector
R. F. Scott
H. Bukton
A. B. Lester, instal. manager
BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO Co. L. S. Caldwell, manager
J. T. Smith
Brunner, Mond & Co. (China), Ltd.
A. Yung, agent
Agencies
British Dyestuffs Corporation, Ld.
Borax Consolidated
Castner, Kellner Alkali Co., Ld.
Mond Nickel Co., Ld.
United Alkali Co., Ld.
Chance & Hunt
古太 Ta-koo
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE (John Swire &
Sons, Ld.), Merchants-Tel. Ad: Swire
J. W. Taylor, per pro.
J. R. Macdonald
Agencies
China Navigation Co., Ld.
Ocean Steamship Co., Ld.
China Mutual Steam Nav. Co., Ld. Taikoo Sugar Refining Co., Ld.
Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Co.
of Hongkong, Ld. Australian Oriental Line
London & Lancashire Fire Ins. Co., Ld.
Royal Exchange Assurance Corpn. British Traders' Insce. Co., Ld. Guardian Assurance Co. (Fire), Ld. Union Insce. Society of Canton, Ld.
British and Foreign Marine Ins. Co., Ld.
Orient Ins. Co., Ld.
Standard Marine Ins. Co., Ld.
Sea Ins. Co., Ld.
局商招
CHINA MERCHANTS STEAM NAVIGATION CO.
-Hulk "Bombay"
C. C. Li, agents
局電湖蕪 Wu-hu-tien-chu
CHINESE TELEGRAPHS
Wong Ting-sui, manager
Kee Sui-ling
Ting Pu-chin
門衙事領國英大
Ta Ying Kuo Ling-sz Ya-mên
CONSULATE GREAT BRITAIN-Tel.
Britain
Ad:
Consul-(Wuhu and Kiukiang) G. A.
Combe
關湖蕪
Wu-hu kwan
CUSTOMS, CHINESE MARITIME
Commissioner-J. W. Innocent
Assistant (Foreign)-G. N. Gawler
Assistant (Chinese)-Ch'é
Te-piao,.
Chan Pak Hong, Shin Ching, Hu Yu Ching, Yu Chen Jee Tidesurveyor-J. M. Nisbet Boat Officer-J. Chipperfield