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Mrs. N. F. Brewer, B.A.
H. Clemons, M.A.
F. W. Dieterich, B.A., S.T.B.
J. B. Griffins, M.A.
C. H. Hamilton, PH.D.
W. F. Hummel, M.A.
C. S. Keen, M.A. Edwin Marx, M.A.
Miss W. F. Miller, M.A.
L. B. Moss, M.Á.
L. J. Owen, treasurer
Miss. M. H. Purcell, secretary
J. H. Reisner, M.S.A.
H. C. Roys, M.S.
J. L. Sample, B.S.
G. W. Sarvis, M.A.
A. G. Small, M.E.
J. M. Spees, jr., B.A.
Paul D. Swinem, M.A.
NANKING-WUHU
J. C. Thomson, M. SC., B.D., M.A.
W. H. Weigel, B.S.
Miss A. C. White
W. F. Wilson, B.A.
Miss A. M. Wixon
University Hospital
T. D. Sloan, M.D., supt.
A. C. Hutcheson, M.D.
Miss E. Walker, sec'y. and treas.
Miss Cora Chace
Miss Florence Warner
Miss Mildred Wright
Miss Grace Bauer
館旅江子揚
Yangtse-kiang-lee-kwan
YANGTSE HOTEL-Tel. Ad: Yangtsehotel
Mrs. H. A. Farrell, proprietress and
manageress
會年靑敎督基
Gi-duh Giao Tsing en-huei
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF
NANKING
P. L. Gillett, general secretary
Dean L. Kelsey
H. R. Sweetmna
WUHU
湖蕪 Wú-hú
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This port (the name of which signifies grass and lakes," ie., swamps) was opened to foreign trade, by the Chefoo Convention, on the 1st April, 1877. It is situated on the 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 This is appearance of a thriving and busy town, and is admirably located for trade. 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 1918 was Hk. Tls. 28,875,629 as compared with Hk. Tls. 19,447,194 in 1917, Hk. Tls. 25,649,413 in 1916, Hk. Tls. 24,262,432 in 1915, and Hk. Tls. 22,530,041 in 1914. 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 dis- tricts 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 manage- ment. 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
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