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堂學軍海洋南

NANKING---WUHU

Nan-yang hai-cheung hsio-fang

NAVAL COLLEGE IMPERIAL NANKING

Commissioner - Chiang Cheow-ying,

Capt. L.N., Lieut.-Colonel

Director - Hwang Sion Tzi, Comr.1.C.N. Paymaster-Chen Chi--ying Executive Branch

Chief Instructor A. E. Monro, RN. Second Do. - Lin Chi-ying

-Tsan Tsi-kwei

Third Do.

Supt. of Cadets Wang Fei Tsoo Engineering Branch

Chief Instructor E. P. St. John

Second

Benu, R.N.

Do. -Chen Tsing-tsih

Third Do. Isee Chin-yu

Lew Kwang Wen

Drilling Do.

Secretary Li Chao Tang

Supt. of Cadets Wang Foo Lin

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局政郵金 Chin-ling-yu-cheng-kok

POST OFFICE, IMPERIAL CHINESE

District Postmaster--J. M. C. Rouse

District Inspector-G. B. Boyers

Postal Officer ---J. C, Palmer

Post OFFICE, JAPANESE

Postmaster --S. Inaba

Postal Clerk - M. Ota

李美 Mee-fu

STANDARD Or Co. of New York Tel Ad:

Socony

J. F. Newman, manager C. K. Chwang, sub-agent

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This port (the name of which signifies grass and lakes,” ¿e,, swamps) 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 value of the trade of the port for the year 1909, was IIk. Tis. 24,907,347 which compares with Tls. 27,429,894 in 1908, and Tls. 21,390,455 in 1907. 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 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 government permit to open mines in several districts and have been prospecting with a view to developing their property in the near future. A number of smaller companies are operating at present with the sanction of the above Corporation, to whom they pay a royalty. Two companies representing foreign capital-the Yangtsze Land and Investment Company, Limited, and the I Li Coal and Mining Company, Limited— have purchased a number of the most valuable mining properties in the immediate neighbourhood of Wuhu.