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This port was opened to foreign trade, by the Clo Convention, on the 1st April, 1877. It is situated on the river Yangtsze, in the vince of An-hwei, and is a half-way port between Chink ang and Kiukiang, though nearer to the former. It has the appearance of a thriving and busy town, ard 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 fet of water in the winter and ten to twelve feet in the summer, connects the port with the important city of Ning-knoh-fu, in southern An-hwei, fifty miles distant. Another canal runs inland for over eight miles in a south-westerly dir etion to Taiping-hsien, an extensive tea district. This canal, which is only navigable in the summer, passes through Nan-ling and King- hsin, where the cultivation of silk is carried on and may some day be of importance. Boats carrying from 200 to 300 piculs of tea can come from "Tai-ping-hsier to Wuhu in the summer and autumn, but in the winter the creek is partially dry, and navigation rendered in possible. The silk districts of Nan-1ng and King-bsein are situated within fifty miles of Wuhu. Besides the canals leading to Ning-kuoh fu and Tai-ping. hsien, there are two others communica ing with Su-an and Tung-pó. The Su-an canal is navigal le for small boats in summer for nearly one hundred miles, and passes through some silk producing country; while that leading to Tung-pó can be traversed by native craft of considerable size, f r about seventy miles. On the northern side of the Yangtsze a fine broad canal, navigable in summer for vessels drawing ten to twelve feet of water, e nnects Wubu with Lü-c!ow-fu, the chief mercautile depôt for central An-hwei.
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. A very fair import trade has sprung up, and both that and the export trade are steadily growing. The total net value of the foreign imports for the year 1880 was Tls. 2,374,575, com- pared with Tis 2,372,504 in 1879. 3,432 piculs of Opium were imported in 1880, as compared with 3,141 picu's in 1879. T: e total value of the trade of the port for 1880 was Tis. 3,934,144 as against Tls. 3,563,573 in 1879.
The town is fairly well built, with rather broader streets than most Chinese cities possess, and is tolerably paved. Its population is estimated at 40,000 inha- bitants. The anchorage is good and resembles that of Chinkiang.
大英領事府
Tai-ying-l ng-ze-fun.
BRITISH CONSULATE.
Acting Consul—W. S. Ayrton
Constuble- G. Perkins.
DIRECTORY.
Hulk-keeper-Out U-won Clerk-Chan Yuk-ting
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS.
蕪湖 關
Wuhu Hir kw n.
Commissioner-J. Lloyd E. Palm
Assistants-J. W. Innocent, A S. Deane
Medical Officer-A. Sharp Deane, L.K. &
Q.C.P.I., L R.C.S.I. & L.M.
Tide-Surveyor and Harbour Master-H.
C. Müller
Examiner-W. Stebbi s
Assistant Examiner J. G. Rylander
Tide waiters-A. Ramasse, C. A. Swanstrom Chinese Clerk--Sung A Seu
CHINA MERCHANTS' STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. Manager-Lau Kit Lok
Hulks "Szechuen" and "Geo. Washing-
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MERCHANTS.
都易
Tu-e.
Sassoon, Sons & Co., D., merchants
D. H. Silas
M. S. Kelly
Sassoon & Co, E. D., me rehants
M. S. Perry
A. E. Meyer
Hung Chung.
Verril, Ed., commission a, en
E. Verril
Chong Chock-foo
MISSIONARY.
Rev. Pére J. Seckinger, Society of Jesus
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