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SAMSHUI-WUCHOW

surrounding country are picturesque, and the adjacent heights offer pleasant walks. Excursions of one or two days enable one to climb Mt. McCleverty (2,000 ft.), at the mouth of the Samshui Reach; or Ting Hu Shan (4,000 ft.), behind the celebrated temple known to foreigners as "Howlik," near which is to be found the popular bathing pool and fall; or the hills forming the first gorge, from which used to be quarried the famous ink-stone known throughout China as Tuan Yen. Perhaps the most interesting of the sights in the neighbourhood are the Seven Star Hills, which are situated close to the pleasant town of Shiu Hing, some 30 miles from the port. These hills, formed of pure white marble rising to a height of about 400 feet from the plain, hold many temples-some apparently clinging to the sides of the cliffs and caves and grottoes. The fine bronze figures of more than life-size in one of these temples are well worthy of attention. Fair snipe shooting is to be obtained in the winter, and an occasional pheasant, partridge, quail or duck may be added to the bag The attractions of good sport and pleasing surroundings have made Samshui a week end resort for some of the Canton community confined to the small island of Shameen.

A telegraph service is maintained from Sainam. A nice building for the Post Office, situated alongside the road leading from the railway-station to the stone jetty, was completed and opened to the public on September 9th, 1921. There are no Consulates established; the Consuls within whose districts Samshui lies reside either in Canton or Hongkong.

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DIRECTORY

ASIATIC PETROLEUM Co. (SOUTH CHINA),

LTD. Tel. Ad: Petrosilex, Tapcolo;

Code: 6th edn. A.B.C.

R. T. Woods, in-charge

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CUSTOMS, CHINESE MARITIME

Commissioner-H. Dawson-Grove

Assistant-Fan Sik Tsun

Tidesurveyor and Harbour Master-

J. C. Boyd

Chief Examiner-F. A. do Rozario

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美

STANDARD OIL Co. OF NEW YORK

記逸 Yat kee

YAT KEE, Commission Agents

Agencies

British-American Tobacco Co. (China),

Ld.

Kam Hing Steamship Co.

Wo On Steamship Co.

WUCHOW

州梧

Trẻ chau

Wuchow, opened to foreign trade on June 4th, 1897, by the Special Article of the Burmah Convention, is situated on the Sikiang or West River at its junction with the Fu or Kuei (Cassia) River. By the steamer routes at present authorised it is distant about 220 miles from Hongkong and Canton. Wuchow is the limit of navigation for ocean-going steamers; but, during eight months in the year, vessels drawing not more than 3 feet can reach Kueihsien (150 miles beyond Wuchow), and Nanning (360 miles from here) can be reached almost all the year round by boats drawing 2 ft. The population of the city and suburbs is estimated at 50,000; it is slowly increas ing, more especially in the riverine suburbs, which comprise the business quarter.. The annual inundations caused by the rise in the river-there is an average difference of 60 feet between the winter and summer levels-are a source of great inconvenience to the inhabitants and at times bring about a total cessation of business. To obviate