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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 855 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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WUHU , a See also:

DISTRICT

district See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city in the See also:

province of Ngan-hui, See also:

CHINA

China, about 1 m. from the S. See also:

BANK

bank of the Yangtsze-kiang, with which it is connected by a straggling suburb. It is about 50 M. above See also:

NANKING (" the southern capital ")

Nanking, and in 1858 it was marked out as a treaty See also:

PORT

port, but was not opened to See also:

trade until 1877. It is connected by canals with the important cities of Ning-Kwo Fu, T`ai-p`See also:

ING

ing Hien, Nan-See also:

LING, PER HENRIK (1776-1839)

ling Hien and Ching Hien, the See also:

SILK

silk districts in the neighbourhood of the two last cities being within 5o m. of Wuhu. See also:

COAL

Coal to a considerable extent exists in the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country See also:

ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round. At first its commercial progress was very slow, the older ports of Kiu-kiang and See also:

CHIN

Chin-kiang militating against its success; but of See also:

LATE

late there has been a distinct improvement in the trade of the port, the See also:

NET

net value of which was about £3,000,000 in 1906. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal exports are See also:

rice, See also:

cotton, See also:

wheat, See also:

TEA (Chinese cha, Amoy dialect t€)

tea, furs and feathers, For the See also:

PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of feathers large quantities of ducks are reared in the surrounding districts. Of imports, See also:

OPIUM (Gr. amov, dim. from Orbs, juice)

opium formes the most considerable See also:

ITEM (a Latin adverb meaning " also," " likewise ")

item; other imports being matches, needles, See also:

SANDALWOOD (from Fr. sandal, santal, Gr. oitvraXov, atw&sXov, Pers. sandal, chandan, Skt. chandana, the sandal tree; the form " sanders " is probably an English corruption)

sandalwood and window See also:

glass. The city, which is one of the largest of its See also:

RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank in China, was laid desolate during the T'ai-p'ing See also:

REBELLION

rebellion, but has been repeopled, the See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population being estimated (1906) at 137,000. The streets are comparatively broad and are well paved. The See also:

LAND

land set apart for the See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

settlement, advantageously situated, was little built upon. A new See also:

general See also:

FOREIGN

foreign settlement was opened in 1905.

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