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CHINKIANG-WUHU.
AMERICAN BAPTIST MISSION. Rev. W. J. and Mrs. Hunnex (absent) Rev. R. T. and Mrs. Bryan
WOMEN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF METHODIST EPIS. CH. OF U. S. A. Miss Lucy H. Hoag, M.D. Miss Mary C. Robinson
CHINA INLAND MISSION. Yea-su-dang.
Rev. C. H. and Mrs. Judd
Ed. and Mrs. Tomalin, Nganking
Wm. Cooper,
F. Marcus Wood, Miss L. Williams,
Miss M. Evans,
Miss L. Malpas,
Miss H. Black,
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Tien-tsu-dang.
ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION.
Rev. F. Chevalier, S.J. Rev. F. A. Colombel, S.J., Nanking
Receiving Ships.
Cadiz-F. Carnie
Hulk-keeper, S. Monsenares Orissa-Indo-China S. N. Co.
In Charge, H. A. Alsing
Masonic.
DORIC LODGE, No. 1433, E.C. Worshipful Master-G. A. Alcott I. M. P.-D. M. David, P.M. Senior Warden-J. Poynter Junior Warden-H. A. Al-ing
Rev. A. G. and Mrs. Parrott, Yangchow Treasurer-D. A. Emery, P.M.
(absent)
A. Longman, Yangchow
Secretary—G. T. Murray
Senior Deacon-J. Clark Junior Deacon G. Baldwin
NATIONAL BIBLE SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND. Inner Guard-L. Christiansen 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.
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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 growing steadily The net value of the foreign imports for the year 1885 was 2,660,787, compared with Tls. 2,088,152 in 1884. 4,853 piculs of Opium were imported in 1885, as compared with 3,660 piculs in 1884. 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 1885 was 6,702 tons, com pared with 1,071 tons in 1884. There is a large trade in Timber in Wuhu, but that
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