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WUHU.

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