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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 1897 was Tls. 3,708,869, compared with Tls. 4,255,747 in 1896. 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. There is a large trade in Timber in Wuhu, but that, like all other trade, is in the hands of the Chinese. The net value of the trade of the port for 1897 was Tls. 8,888,361 as against Tls. 11,624,828 in 1896 and Tls. 7,959,482 in 1895.
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 79,000. This city was the scene of formidable anti-missionary riots in June, 1891.
利得巴
BARTENSTEIN, F., Merchant
古太
Tai.koo
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Merchants
W. A. Howell, agent
Agencies
DIRECTORY
China Navigation Co., Hulk "Le-Tai"
Ocean Steamship Company
Union Insurance Society of Canton
Standard Oil Company of New York
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CHINA MERCHAnts’Steam NAVIGATION CO.,
Hulk "Bombay'
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C. C. Lee, agent
門衙事頜國英大
Ta Ying Kuo ling-sz Ya-mên
CONSULATES
GREAT BRITAIN
also
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY
Consul-M. F. A. Fraser (officiating)
Constable-G. Perkins
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Consul-Wm. Martin, residing at
Chinkiang
關新湖蕪 Wu.hu hsin-kwan
CUSTOMS-IMperial MARITIME
Commissioner-C. Lennox Simpson
Assistant-C. E. Tannant
Do. --A. E. Kindblad
Medical Officer-E. H. Hart
Acting Tidesurveyorand Harbour Mas-
ter-J. W. Andrews
Acting Boat Officer-W. A. L. Sanders Assistant Examiners-A. Bredenberg,
E. V. H. Viez, F. S. Jobst Tidewaiters-J. Moorhouse, A. A. du Bord, J. C. Braga, S. Burton, C. D. Komaroff, A. Revello
Tidewaiters, probationery-J. McD.
McConnell, J. P. Jensen
Wha cheong
GREAVES & Co., Shipping Agents: Hulk
"Hung On"
Ch'en Ching-an, agent
HOSPITAL-Wuhu GeneRAL
Dr. Edgerton H. Hart, superintendent
和怡 E.wo
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Merchants
A. Knight Gregson, agent
Agencies
Indo-China Steam Navigation Co.
Glen Line of Steamers
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canton Insurance Office
邊麥
Ma-pin
MCBAIN, GEO., Merchant; Hulk “Spirit
of the Age
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A Sai, agent
MISSIONARIES
*** Ta-mei-shen-kun-hwei
AMERICAN CHURCH MISSION
Rev. F. E. Lund
Rev. C. F. Lindstrom, Nganking
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