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WUHU.

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. The net value of the foreign imports for the year 1888 was Tls. 2,662,960, compared with Tls. 2,994,036 in 1887. 3,400 piculs of Opium were imported in 1888, as compared with 4,447 piculs in 1887. Coal is likely some day to become a considerable article of export from Wuhu, the mines at Chihchou, near Ta-tung, turning out some 20 tons a day. The Chih-chou mines are worked with Western appliances and machinery. The export in 1888 was 7,195 tons as against 8,349 tons in 1887. 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 1888 was Tls. 5,572,151 as against Tls. 5,831,240 in 1887.

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, with good deep water frontage, has not yet been availed of, and there are few foreign houses in the place. The population of Wuhu is estimated at 74,000 inhabitants.

Consulates.

DIRECTORY.

*** Ta Ying ling-sz-foo.

府事頜英大

GREAT BRITAIN.

AUSTRIA HUNGARY.

Acting Consul-C. W. Everard

Constable-G. Perkins

Consul

UNITED STATES.

SWEDEN AND NORWAY.

Vice-Consul-S. Krips

IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS.

W W Wu-hu hsin-kwan. 關新湖蕪 Commissioner-W. F. Spinney

Assistants.-E. T. Pym, R. H. Cox, W.

R. McD. Parr

Medical Officer-R. H. Cox

Tidesurveyor and Harbour Master-E.

Molloy

Boat Officer-J. F. Dubois Examiner-C. Wanderleach Assistant Examiners--F. Bartenstein, F. Haughton, J. T. Green, E. C. Tregillus, C. E. Meyer

Tidewaiters-J. P. Strong, J. J. C. Lorentzen, F. Bijno, D. Lamacchia, J. Holliday

Chinese Clerks-Lo Tseung, Ho Ting

Sheung

MERCHANTS, &c.

Chih Chou Coal Mines

Reid, superintendent

China Navigation Co., Hulk" Le-tai"

T. Weatherston, agent

局商招

China Merchants' Steam Navigation Co.

C. C. Lec, agent

Hulk "Bombay"

Jardine, Matheson & Co., merchants A. Knight Gregson, agent

Mow-lung.

Krips, S., merchant, shipping and commis-

sion agent

邊麥 Ma-pin.

McBain, Geo., merchant

Receiving ship "Spirit of the Age,"

Weatherston, T., commission agent ; agent

Union Insurance Society of Canton

MISSIONS.

Tien-chu-tang. Rev. Père H. Havret, S.J., superior Rev. Père F. Debrix, S.J.

Rev. Père J. Seckinger, S.J.(Yangchow-

foo)

Rev. Père J. Twrdys, S.J., (Nganking) J. Gonssery, S.J.

ŽÏTM Fu-yin-tang, 堂音福

AMERICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL MISSION.

Rev. J. and Mrs. Walley Dr. G. A. and Mrs. Stuart

DISCIPLES OF CHRIST.

Chas. F. and Mrs. Molland