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NANKING-WUHU

*MENI Kiang-nan-lu-sz-hsio-tang |

MILITARY ACADEMY

Commissioner-Tsien Teh-pei Captain-R. Loebbecke Lieutenant-E. Toepffer

Do. --B. von Tettenborn

Inspectors-Wei Ping-ch'üan, Yeh-lin

Interpreter-Philip Wong

RX Wei-wen-shu-yuan 院書文匯

NANKING UNIVERSITY

Rev. G. A. Stuart, M.D., president and

dean of medical school

Hwang Yung-liang, dean of prepara-

tory school

Wilbur F. Wilson, proctor, professor

of English

Rev. A. J. Bowen, dean, and professor

of mathematics

堂學師水南江

Kiang-nan Shui-shih hsi-t'ang

NAVAL COLLEGE-IMPERIAL

Commissioner-Kaw-ming, Taotai

Secretary-Pow Chen Chung

Executive Branch

Chief Instructor-John Penniall

Instructor-Capt. Chiang Chow-ying Superdt. of Cadets-Cheng Ping Yee Engineering Branch

Chief Instructor-Wm. Holliday Second do. ---Tong Wen Chen Superdt. of Cadets-Chow Chin Fang Torpedo School

Superdt. of Cadets-Yil Yen Yun Training Ship "Wantai"

Captain--Chu Chin Pang

Naval Instructor--W. E. Tiddy

PosT OFFICE-IMPERIAL CHINESE

Postal Officer- D. Mullen

ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION

堂主天 Tien-chu.t'ang

Rev. Fr. H. Joret, S.J.

會格貴 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

Miss Isabella French, M.D. Wilbur A. and Mrs. Easter

WUHU

Wú-hú

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-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 1898 was Tls. 3,921,205, compared with Tls. 3,708,869 in 1897. Coal may some day become a considerable article of export from Wuhu, both Native and Foreign capital having been directed to the great coal fields of the province. The Commissioner of Customs in his report for 1898 summarised the present position of the industry as follows:-"The China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company are interested in several coal districts and have expended large sums in the opening of their mining property; the output has thus far been small, owing to the lack of proper machinery and management. The Chin Kang Company, a wealthy native syndicate, have a goverment permit to open mines in several districts and have been prospecting with a view to developing their property in the near future. A number