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NANKING WUHU

DIRECTORY

會美以美

AMERICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL MISSION

Rev. R. C. Beebe, M.D. and Mrs. Beebe

Rev. J. C. and Mrs. Ferguson

Rev. D. W. and Mrs. Nichols

Rev. A. C. and Mrs. Wright Miss Sarah Peters

Miss Ella C. Shaw

Miss Emma Mitchell

Rev. E. R. Jellison, M.D. and wife

Rev. Leslie and Mrs. Stevens

Miss Flora Hanzlik

Miss Clara Collier

自老長

Ch'ang-lao-hui.

AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN MISSION. Rev. C. and Mrs. Leaman

Rev. W. J. and Mrs. Drummond

Rev. T. W. and Mrs. Houston

Mrs. R. E. Abbey

Miss M. Latimore

會督基 Chi-tu-hui

FOREIGN CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY

Rev. W. E. Macklin, M.D. and wife

Rev. F. E. and Mrs. Meigs

Rev. E. T. Williams

Rev. Jas. Butchart, M.D.

Miss Rose Sickler

Rev. A. F. H. and Mrs. Saw, Luh-hoh

Rev. T. J. and Mrs. Arnold,

do.

Rev. E. P. and Mrs. Hearnden, Chú-

Cheu

Rev. W. R. Hunt, Chu-Chen

Miss A. L. White

PRAYER UNION MISSION

Miss Jessie P. Rhind

Tien-chu-t'ang

ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION

Rev. Fr. J. B. Simon, S.J. Rev. Fr. Jos. Fouillet

Kwei-ko-hui

SOCIETY OF FRIENDS MISSION

Miss Esther Butler, superintendent Miss Lenna Stanley

Miss Lucy A. Gaynor, M.D.

Kiang-nan Shin-shih-hsuch

IMPERIAL NAVAL COLLEGE

Commissioner-Kwei Toutai Director-Shên Tun-ho Executive Branch

Chief Instructor-John Permiall

Do. Capt. Chiang Chean-ying Superdt. of Cadets-Cheng Foo-fan Instructor of Gymnastics and Rifle

Practice-C. L. Young

Engineering Branch

Chief Instructor-II. R. Hearson

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-kuoli-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 Taiping-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. The net value of the foreign imports for the year 1891 was Tls. 3,351,706, compared with Tls. 2,922,253 in 1890. 2,608 piculs of Opium were imported in 1891, as compared with 2,567 piculs in 1890. Coal may some day become a considerable article of export from Wuhu, the mines at Chilchou, near Ta-tung, being worked with Western appliances and machinery.