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NANKING-WUHU

司公油火古士德 Teh shih ku huo yú kung szé

TEXAS CO., (CHINA) LTD., THE, Texaco

Products-14, Hsin Chieh

Kou

Telephs. 22560 and 21295; Cable Ad: Texaco

學大陵金立私 Chin ling da sho

UNIVERSITY OF NANKING

Chinese Language, Literature, History,

Philosophy, Western Subjects,· Agri culture and Forestry, etc.

WING CHONG Co., Universal Providers-

19, Dah Mar Road; Cable Ad: Wing- chong

YANGTSE HOTEL-Telephs. 41414 and

41887; Cable Ad: Yangtse W. Brydon, proprietor

YEE TSOONG TOBACCO DISTRIBUTORS, LTD.

-San Chai Wan;- P.O. Box 4; Cable Ad: Powhattan

Y.M.C.A.+22, Chung Hua Lu; Teleph.

51238; Cable Ad: Flamingo

Gen. SecPeter S. T. Shih i

Asso. do. Geo. A. Fitch

YUNG HSING STATIONERY CO.-144, Tai

Ping Road

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WUHU

Wú-hú

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This port (the name of which signifies grass and lakes," i.e., 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 Anhwei, between Nanking, the Na- tional capital city, and Kiukiang, being distant 84 km. from the former by water. 85 km. by road and 90 km, by rail, and 312 km. from the latter by water. It is well 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 win- ter and more than double that in the summer, connects the port with the important city of Hsuancheng (recently known as Ning-kuoh-fu) 80 km. distant. Another canal runs inland for over 170 km. in a south-westerly direction to Taiping-hsien an extensive tea district. This canal, which is only navigable in the summer, passes through Nanling and King-hsien, where the cultivation of silk is carried on, and may some day be of importance. These silk districts are situated within 80 km. of Wuhu. Besides the canals leading to Hsuancheng and Taiping, there are two others com- municating with Ssu-an in Chekiang and Tung-po.

Coal is now becoming an important article of export from Wuhu, both Government and private interests having been directed to the great coalfields of the province. The most important mines now under operation are in Lohochen on the right bank of the Huai river, near Pengpu, managed by the National Reconstruction Commission. A railway right from the colliery to Yuchikou, on the left bank of the Yangtze some 11 km. down river from Wuhu, has been built by the Commission and recently opened to passenger as well as to cargo traffic on January 20, Another important mine in Shuitung in south Anhwei is now operated with private capital. This mine possesses a light railway connecting the coalfields with the Wuhu-Sunchiapu railway at the latter terminus. The Mantoushan coal mines, also a private concern, occupy a better geographical position in that the mines are on the brink of the Yangtze a few km. above Tatung. Shipments are frequently made by specially chartered steamers to Shanghai for transhipment there.

1936.

Exports of iron ore, which constitutes the most important direct trade of the port with foreign countries, increase yearly. Three private concerns are now engaged