SAMSHUI-WUCHOW
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winter, and an occasional pheasant, partridge, quail or duck may be added to the bag. The attractions of good sport and pleasing surroundings have made Sanishni a week end resort for some of the Canton community confined to the small island of Shameen.
A telegraph service is maintained from Sainam. A nice building for the Post Office, situated alongside the road leading from the railway-station to the stone jetty, was completed and opened to the public on September 9th, 1921. There are no Consulates established; the Consuls within whose districts Samshui lies reside either in Canton or Hongkong.
TRADE IN 1935
As in previous year, both of the import and export trade of Samshui displayed a decline. Owing to development of highways, the importance of the port as a distri- buting centre for foreign goods from Hongkong is rapidly diminishing. Direct foreign imports have decreased in value from 2.1 million dollars in 1934 to 1.6 million dollars in 1935, and direct exports, from 1.2 million dollars in 1934 to 1.1 million dollars in 1935. Such articles of foreign imports as sugar, piece goods, cement, etc., formerly imported in considerable quantities for consumption in the neighbouring districts have gradually disappeared from the Customs Returns. The staple exports such as tin ingots, melon seeds, tobacco leaf and black tea, all showed poorer figures. Native matches shipped to Wuchow contributed chiefly to the interport trade. Shipping companies are suffering diminished return both in regard to freight receipts and passenger fares. In short, trade conditions of the port for 1935 were on the whole far from being satisfactory.
DIRECTORY
關水三
CUSTOMS, CHINESE MARITIME
Asst.-in-charge--Chan Pak Hong
Assistant-Chan I-kan
Acting Assistant Tidesurveyor and
Acting Harbour Master-Ip Yan Cheong
Examiner-Wong Kit-zen!
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Asst. Examiner-Shi Man Chung
YAT KEE, Commission Agents
WUCHOW
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Wú-chau
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Wuchow, opened to foreign trade on June 4th, 1897, by the Special Article of the Burmah Convention, is situated on the Sikiang or West River at its junction with the Fu or Kuei (Cassia) River. By the steamer routes at present authorised it is distant about 220 miles from Hongkong and Canton. Wuchow is the limit of navigation for occan-going steamers; but, during eight months in the year, vessels drawing not more than 3 feet can reach Kueihsien (150 miles beyond Wuchow), and Nanning (360 miles from here) can be reached almost all the year round by boats drawing 25 ft. The population of the city, according to a recent census taken by the local Police Authorities, is 75, 825. The annual inundations caused by the rise in the river there is an average difference of 60 feet between the winter and summer levels-are a scoure great inconvenience to the inhabitants and at times bring about a total cessation of business. To obriate this, the principal steamship offices, the Custom House and
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