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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 854 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WUCHOW , a treaty See also:

port in the See also:province of Kwang-si, See also:China, opened to See also:foreign See also:trade in 1897, and situated on the See also:left See also:bank of the Si-kiang (See also:West See also:river) at its junction with the Fu or Kwei-Kiang (See also:Cassia) river. It is 2 20111. above See also:Canton, with which it is in navigable connexion for vessels See also:drawing up to 8 ft. of See also:water. In 1908 the value of the trade passing through the maritime customs amounted to £1,566,000, representing, how-ever, only a portion of the trade. Of this See also:total, two-thirds were for imports, consisting principally of See also:cotton and cotton goods, kerosene oil, woollens, &c. See also:Sugar, various See also:oils, hides and aniseed were the See also:chief exports. The native See also:population is estimated at 65,000. At Shuihing the river flows for 5 M. through a deep See also:gorge bordered by See also:limestone cliffs 2000 ft. in height. Farther up the river threads its way through a See also:series of rocky defiles, forming at intervals w,'_at seems an inland See also:lake with no apparent outlet. During summer floods the water thus pent up by the See also:gorges rises at Wuchow 50 or 6o ft. In consequence of the variation of river level, the See also:principal offices and shops are built upon pontoons which are moored alongside the river-bank. The situation of Wuchow makes it the natural distributing centre between Kwei-chow, Kwang-si and Canton. See also:Great things were therefore expected of it as a treaty port, but disorders in Kwangsi delayed the fulfilment of the hopes.

Trade, however, has improved, and a large native passenger See also:

traffic has sprung up between it and Canton. It is connected with Hong See also:Kong and See also:Shanghai by See also:telegraph.

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