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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, and rose again in 1884 to 1,071 tons. It has not yet found a ready market at Shanghai. There is a large trade in Timber in Wuhu, but that, like all other trade, is in the hands of the Chinese. The total value of the trade of the port for 1884 was Tls. 3,888,490 as against Tls. 3,907,357 in 1883, and Tls. 3,707,514 in 1882.
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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 for the British Settlement, though admirably suited for the purpose, has not yet been availed of, and there are few foreign houses in the place. The population of Wuhu is estimated at 60,000 inhabitants.
DIRECTORY.
**** Ta Ying ling-sz-foo.
BRITISH CONSULATE.
Consul-B. C. G. Scott
Constable-G. Perkins
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS. HHH Wu-hu hsin-kwan. Commissioner-T. F. Hughes Assistant-A. S. Deane
Medical Officer--A. Sharp Deane, L.K. &
Q.C.P.I., L R.C.S.I. & L.M.
Tidesurveyor and Harbour Master—W.
Rae
Boat Officer-J. F. Dubois
Examiner-L. A. Byworth
Assistant Examiner-W. J. Masou
Tidewaiters-T. Williamson, H. T. Wavell,
C. A. Swanstrom, P. O. Sjolund
Chinese Clerk-Sung A Seu
MERCHANTS, &c.
和怡老 Lau E-wo.
局商招
China Merchants' Steam Navigation Co.
See Tsze Cheng, agent
Lee Ping Hsin
Hulks "Bombay" and
Washington"
"Geo.
和德新 Sin Ta Ho.
Gearing & Co., merchants and commission
agents
H. Burrows, agent
泰謙 * Him-tai
Hember, S., commission agent
Hulk "Spirit of the Age," Geo. McBain,
proprietor
Indo-China Steam Navigation Co.
T. Weatherstone, agent
Kadoorin, Ellis S., commission agent
Abraham, H. J., merchant and commis-Kelly, M. S., commission agent
sion agent
士路巴 Ba-lo-sze.
Burrows, H., commission agent
Chih Chou Coal Mines
- Reid, superintendent
China Navigation Co.
T. Weatherstone, agent
Hulk"Le-tai
Weatherstone, T., commission agent
MISSIONS.
堂主天 Tien-chu-tang.
Rev. Pére J. Seckinger, Society of Jesus
Fu-yin-tang.
AMERICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL
MISSION.
Rev. J. Jackson