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NANKING-WUHU

DIRECTORY

AMERICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL MISSION

Rev. Leslie Stevens, superdt., and wife

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 (absent)

Miss Emma Mitchell

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

Mrs. A. L. Davis

Miss Laura Hanzlik

Miss M. Gochenour

老長 Chang-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. W. R. and Mrs. Hunt, Chu-Chen Rev. E. P. and Mrs. Hearnden, do.

Miss Emma Lyon

# Süon-laó-hui

INTERNATIONAL MISSIONARY ALLIANCE

Miss Effie Murray

LEMKE, RUDOLF

X_Tien-chu-t'ang

ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION

Rev. Fr. J. B. Simon, 8.J.

會格貴 Kwei-ko-hui

SOCIETY OF FRIENDS MISSION

Miss Esther Butler, superintendent

Miss Lenna Stanley

Miss Lucy A. Gaynor, M.D.

Kiang-nam Shui-sz Hioh-tang

IMPERIAL NAVAL COLLEGE

Commissioner-Kwei, Taotai Director-Shên Tun-ho, Prefect Executive Branch

Chief Instructor-John Penniall

Second do. Capt. Chiang Cheanying Instructor of Gymnastics and Rifle

Practice-C. L. Young

Engineering Branch

Chief Instructor-H. R. Hearson

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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 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 1892 was Tls. 3,933,092, compared with Tls. 3,351,706 in 1891. 2,620 piculs of Opium were imported in 1892, as compared with 2,608 piculs in 1801. Coal may some day become a considerable article of export from Wuhu, the mines at Chihchou, near Ta-tung, being worked with Western appliances and machinery.