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CHINKIANG-WUHU.

AMERICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL

MISSION.

Rev. V. C. Hart, superintendent, Nanking Rev. R. C. Beebe, M.D. and Mrs. Beebe do. Rev. J. and Mrs. Jackson

Miss Ella C Shaw,

Miss May E. Carleton, M.D.,

do.

do.

do.

Rev. W. C. and Mrs. Longden (Chinkiang) Rev. G. W. and Mrs. Woodall, do. Rev. J. C. and Mrs. Ferguson Miss M. E. Robinson

Miss L. H. Hoag, M.D.

do.

do.

do.

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.

Ed. and Mrs. Tomalin, Nganking Wm. Cooper,

Rev. A. G. and Mrs. Parrott, Yangchow

(absent)

A. Longman, Yangchow

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 Express--China Merchants S. N. Co. Hieronymus-McBain's Strs. Orissa-Indo-China S. N. Co.

Hulk-keeper, H. A. Alsing

Masonic.

DORIC LODGE, No. 1433, E.C. Worshipful Master-G. A. Allcot I. M. --D. M. David Senior Warden-H. A. Alsing Junior Warden J. Clark Treasurer-D. A. Emery, P.M.

Secretary-D. A. Emery, P.M., officiating Senior Deacon-C M. Green

do.

F. Marcus Wood,

do.

Miss L. Williams,

do.

Miss M. Evans,

do.

Miss L. Malpas,

do.

Miss H. Black,

do.

Inner Guard-C. Gultzech

Junoir Deacon-E. F. Momsen

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. 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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Tls.

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 1886 was 3,764,837, compared with Tls. 2,660,787 in 1885. 5,751 piculs of Opium were imported in 1886, as compared with 4,853 piculs in 1885. Coal is likely, at no dis- tant date, to become a considerable article of export from Wuhu, the mines at Chih-