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AMOY , a See also:city and treaty-See also:port in the See also:province of Fuh-kien, See also:China, situated on the slope of a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill, on the See also:south See also:coast of a small and barren See also:island named Hiamen, in 240 28' N. and 118° io' E. It is a large and exceedingly dirty See also:place, about 9 M. in circumference, and is divided into two portions, an inner and an See also:outer See also:town, which are separated from each other by a See also:ridge of hills, on which a citadel of considerable strength has been built. Each of these divisions of the city possesses a large and commodious See also:harbour, that of the inner town, or city proper, being protected by strong fortifications. There are dry-docks and an excellent anchorage. Amoy may be regarded as the port of the inland city of Chang-chow, with which it has See also:river communication, and its See also:trade, both See also:foreign and coastwise, is extensive and valuable. The See also:chief articles imported are See also:sugar, See also:rice, raw See also:cotton and See also:opium, as well as cotton cloths, See also:iron goods and other See also:European manufactures. The chief exports are See also:tea, See also:porcelain and See also:paper. The trade carried on by means of See also:Chinese junks is said to be large, and the native merchants are considered to be among the wealthiest and most enterprising in China. By other vessels the trade in 187o was: imports, £1,915,427; exports, £I,44o,000. In 1904 the figures were:—imports, £2,081,494; exports, £384,494. The falling off of exports is due to the decreased demand for China tea, for which Amoy was one of the chief centres. The native See also:population is now estimated at 300,000, and the foreign residents number about 280. A large See also:part of the trade is that carried on with the neighbouring See also:Japanese island of See also:Formosa. The province of Fuh-kien is claimed by the Japanese as their particular See also:sphere of See also:influence. Amoy was captured by the See also:British in 1841, after a determined resistance, and is one of the five ports that were opened to British See also:commerce by the treaty of 1842; it is now open to the See also:ships of all nations.
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