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NANKING-WUHU

Chi-tu-hui

FOREIGN CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY

Rev. W. E. Macklin, M.D. and wife Rev. F. E. and Mrs. Meigs Rev. E. T. and Mrs. Williams

Rev. Jas. Butchart, M.D.

Rev. A. F. H. and Mrs. Saw, Luh-hoh Rev. W. R. and Mrs. Hunt, Chu-Cheo Rev. E. P. and Mrs. Hearnden, do. Miss Emma Lyon

Kiang-nan 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 Second do. -Cheng Ting Ju Chow Fan Torpedo Department

Superintendent-Yili Yen Hsien

員八路鐡量測

RAILWAY DEPARTMENT

G. Hildebrand, engineer

H. Mahiels (chief engineer Société

Cockerill)

Leon Delchevalerie

堂主天

Tien-chu-t'ang

ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION

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

Rev. Fr. L. Gaillard, s.J.

會學廣

SOCIETY FOR DIFFUSION OF CHRISTIAN AND

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE; "Chung-Si Kiao

Hwui Pao" (Missionary Review)

Rev. E. T. Williams, editor

Kwei-ko-hui

SOCIETY OF FRIENDS MISSION

Miss Esther Butler, superintendent Miss Lenna Stanley

Miss Lucy A. Gaynor, M.D. Miss M. A. Holme Miss Effie Murray

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 Kewkiang, 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-kuoli-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 1894 was Tls. 3,416,889, compared with Tls. 3,544,984 in 1893. 2,893 piculs of Opium were imported in 1894, as compared with 2,543 piculs in 1893. 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. The export in 1894 was 1,034 tons as against 3,658 tons in 1893. 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 1894 was Tls. 10,224,540 as against Tls. 9,661,962 in 1893.

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 77,000. This city was the scene of formidable anti-missionary riots in June, 1891.

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