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WUCHOW

marts in South China. The gross value of the trade coming under the cognisance of the Maritime Customs has steadily grown from four to nearly thirteen million Taels, and the revenue is considerably over half a million Taels, while the NativeCustoms co trol a junk trade worth fifteen million taels and collects approximately 180,000 taels duty. The principal articles of export are timber,oils (aniseed, cassia, wood and tea), indigo, hides, and live stock. The coal, which should form one of Wuchow's largest exports, still lies buried in the surrounding hills. There is daily steam communication with Canton, the two steamers of the British West River Steamship Co. affording excellent passenger accommodation. The round trip from Canton takes four days: the boat leaving Canton on Friday mornings remains over Sunday in Wuchow. The direct trade with Hongkong is now carried on by nine cargo steamers. During the last three years a large native passenger trade has sprung up between Wuchow and up-river towns: launches leave daily during the summer months for Konghau, Kuaiping and Kueihsien, and weekly seven motor boats make regular, and five launchies make irregular, trips to Nanning, averaging three trips a week. The floods in 1902 were the highest on record, the water in the river rising to 68.3." The lowest winter reading was 1.10 deg. below zero in December, 1906. In winter the only local industry worthy of mention is boat building; when the river falls the foreshore is lined with matsheds, where native craft of all descriptions, from a huge salt junk to a diminutive sampan, are constructed. Wuchow itself offers few attractions to the tourist, but the river scenery on the way up, especially between the Shuihing and Takhing Gorges, where the stream winds in and out among the green hills to form a succession of apparent lakes, is extremely picturesque, and has not altogether unjustly been compared to the Rhine. Wuchow is connected by telegraph with Hongkong, Shanghai, etc.; and the Imperial Chinese Post has established postal communication with the principal towns in Kwangsi.

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DIRECTORY

BANKER & Co., Merchants and Commission

Agents-Kiu Fong Street; Shipping

Office: Banker's Pontoon

Geo. Banker

Pang Shui-ming, signs per pro.

Agency

Commercial Union Assurance Co., Ld.

CONSULATES

ŽIEŁA Tai-peh-kwok Ling-sz-kun

BELGIUM

Consul-Residing in Hongkong

GREAT BRITAIN

also

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY

Consul-H. A. Ottewell

Constable-J. Wisher

官事領總利大義大

Tai I-tai-li Chung-ling-sz-kun

ITALY

Consul, Comm. Z. Volpicelli (resid-

ing in Hongkong)

CUSTOMS, IMPERIAL MARITIME

Commissioner--J. A. van Aalst

Assistants-A. T. L. Macgregor, Lau:

Hon-chi, S. V. dos Remedios Medical Officer-Dansey Smith Act. T.-S. and Harbourmaster-H.Clive

/

Examiner E. V. H. Viez

Asst. Examiners-E. O'Hare, W. Ho-

ward, F. Heilman

Tidewaiters-C. B. Berglof, G. J. C.

Kindt, A. Schmidt, G. Gosling, A

Mitchell, J, D. F. Barbé, W.A. Palmer

顛渣 Chu-tin

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Merchants

Agencies

Butterfield & Swire

Deacon & Co., Canton

Hongkong, Canton and Macao S. B. Co.

Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. China Navigation Company Canton Insurance Office

Hongkong Fire Insurance Company China Sugar Refinery Co., Limited

West River British Steamship Co.

POST OFFICE, IMPERIAL CHINESE

Postal Commissioner-C. H. Shields

(Canton)

Postal Clerk-Kwok Shiu-chun

建威 Wat-kin

WATKINS, LIMITED, Druggists

Kwong Cheung-hing, agent

KAKELWat-sun-she Tai-yuek-fong

WATSON&Co.L.d., A.S.,Chemists and Drugs-

Ma Keng Tong, agent

Sit Siu Chün, agent