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CHINKIANG-WUHU.

AMERICAN WOMEN'S FOREIGN MIS-

SIONARY SOCIETY.

Miss Lucy H. Hoag, M.D.

Miss Mary E. Robinson

CHINA INLAND MISSION.

堂蘇耶

Rev. C. H. and Mrs. Judd

堂主天

Tien-tsu-dang.

ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION.

Rev. F. Chevalier, S.J,

Rev. F. A. Colombel, S.J., Nanking

Receiving Ships.

Yea-su-dang.

Cadiz-F. Carnie

Ed. and Mrs. Tomalin, Nganking

Wm. Cooper,

do.

F. Marcus Wood,

do.

Miss L. Williams,

do.

Miss M. Evans,

Miss L. Malpas,

do.

do.

do.

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Miss H. Black,

Hulk-keeper, S. Monsenares

Masonic.

DORIC LODGE, No. 1433, E.C.

Worshipful Master-G. A. Alcott I. M. P.-D. M. David, P.M.

Treasurer and Secretary-D. A. Emery, P.M

Rev. A. G. and Mrs. Parrott, Yangchow Senior Warden-R. G. White

(absent)

A. Longman, Yangchow

Junior Warden-J. Poynter

Senior Deacon—

Junior Deacon-G. T. Murray

NATIONAL BIBLE SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND. | Inner Guard—G. A. Meyer Robert and Mrs. Burnett

Tyler-H. A. Farrell

WUHU.

This port was opened to foreign trade, by the Chefoo Convention, on the 1st April, 1877. It is situated on the river Yangtsze, in the province of An-hwei, 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-kuoh-fu, in southern An-hwei, fifty miles distant. Another 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- hsien, 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 Wuhu 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-kuoh-fu and Tai-ping- hsien, there are two others communicating with Su-an and Tung-pó.

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 A very fair import trade has sprung up, and both that and the export trade were steadily growing until lately. The net value of the foreign imports for the year 1884 was Tls. 2,088,152, compared with Tls. 1,965,055 in 1883. 3,660 piculs of Opium were imported in 1884, as compared with 3,517 piculs in 1883. Coaf is likely, at no dis-