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CHINKIANG—WUHU.
AMERICAN BAPTIST MISSION.
Rev. W. J. and Mrs. Hunnex
+ Tien Tou-dang.
ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION.
AMERRICAN WOMEN'S FOREIGN MIS- Rev. F. Chevalier, S.J.
*IONARY SOCIETY.
Miss Lucy H. Hoag, M.D.
Miss Mary E. Robinson
CHINA INLAND MISSION.
耶穌堂
Tea-su-tong.
Rev. C. H. and Mrs. Juld
Ed, and Mrs. Tomalia, Nganking
Wm. Cooper,
F. Marcus Wood,
Miss L. Williams,
Miss M. Evans,
Miss L. Malp 8, Miss H. Black,
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Rev. A. G. and Mrs. Parrott, Yangebow
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A. Longman, Yangcbow
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Rev. J. A. Colombel, S.J., Nonking
J. Mellière, S.J.,
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Receiving Ships.
Cadiz-F. Carnie
Hulk-keeper, S. Mon-enares
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Masonic.
DORIC LODGE, No. 1433 E.Ç.
! Worshipful Master-D. M. Lavid, P.M.
I. M. P.-G. A. Alcott
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WUHU.
This port was opened to foreign trade, by the Chefoo Convention, on the lat April, 1877. It is situated on the river Yangtze, in the province of An-bwei, and is a half-way port between Chinkiang and Kiukiang, though nearer to the former. It has the appearance of a thriving and busy town, and 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 feet of water in the winter and ten to twelve feet in the summer, connects the port with the important city of Ning-kuob-fu, in southern An-hwei, fifty miles distant. Auother canal runs inland for over eight miles in a south-westerly direction to Taiping-hsien, an extensive tea district. This canal, which is only navigable in the summer, passes through Nan-ling and King- haien, 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-hsien to Wuhn in the summer and autumn, but in the winter the creek is partially dry, and navigation rendered impossible. The silk districts of Nan-ling and King-hsien are situated within fifty miles of Wuhu. Besides the canals leading to Ning-kuch-fu and Tai-ping- hsien, there are two others communicating with Su-au and Tung-pó.
It will be seen, from the al ove enumeration of the facilities for water carriage from Wuhu, that it is calculated to prove an emporium for commerce. A very fair import trade bas sprung up, and both that and the export trade were steadily growing until lately. The net value of the foreign imports for the year 1883 was Tls. 1,965,055, compared with The. 1,816,695 in 1882. 3,517 pieuls of Opium were imported in 1889, as compared with 2,825 piculs in 1882. Coal is likely, at no dis- tant date, to become a considerable article of export from Wuhu, the mines at Chih- chou, near Ta-tung, turning out some 20 tons a day. The Chih-chou mines are worked with Western appliances and machinery. The export in 1882 was 2,091 tons, but dropped to 451 tons in 1883. The cause of this decline was the failure to find a ready market at Shanghai. The total value of the trade of the port for 1883 was Tis. 3,907,357 as against Tls. 3,707,514 in 1882, and Tls. 4,379,036 in 1881.