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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 162 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NANNING . a treaty See also:

port in the See also:province of Kwangsi, See also:China, on the See also:West See also:river, 250 M. above See also:Wuchow and 470 M. from See also:Canton. Pop. about 40,000. It is the highest point accessible for See also:steam See also:traffic on the West river. From Canton to Wuchow the river has a minimum See also:depth of 8 It., but on the See also:section from Wuchow to Nanning not more than 3 or 4 ft. are found during See also:winter. The See also:town is the See also:chief See also:market on the See also:southern frontier. Its opening was See also:long opposed by the See also:French See also:government, who had acquired the right to build a railway to it from See also:Tongking, by which they hoped to divert the See also:trade through their own possessions. See also:Navigation by small native boats is open west-wards as far as Paise.

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