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“...the
Fu River, and 170 odd salt junks.
Lawless state Kuanghsi seems to suffer from a state of chronic disorder of a
of the more or less serious nature, and last year witnessed the usual
country. outbreak of disturbances in various parts of the province. Pre-
datory raids on small towns and villages, and the plundering of
cargo boats in the districts around Liuchow and north of Nanning,
were of frequent occurrence, and for a month or two a feeling of
nervousness and uncertainty prevailed among merchants "which
much impeded the progress of trade. Large quantities of mer-
chandise had to be warehoused at Nanning, which is the great
distributing centre for that part of the province and portions of
Yunnan and Kueicliow, till the security of the trade routes was
to some extent restored, After a time the bandits were temporarily...”
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“...of thoroughly suppressing
them is likely to prove a difficult and expensive one for the
provincial authorities to accomplish. As a consequence of these
troubles transit trade north of Nanning is, for the time being,
almost at a standstill.
H.M.S. " Sandpipersucceeded in June in making the ascent Mis-
of the river to Nanning, but in order to do so was obliged to wait cclllneoU3'
below the dangerous rapids about half way in order to take im-
mediate advantage of a rise of the river, ancl had to hurry back
immediately after arrival lest she should be unable to descend by
reason of a sudden fall. From the experience obtained on this
occasion and the previous year, when an unsuccessful attempt to
go up was made, it seems to be clear that navigation by steamer
above Kuei lisien (150 miles from here) is impossible in the present
state of the rapids.
Some silver, lead and copper mines farther up the river are
being worked by a Chinese company with the assistance of a
British engineer, who thinks...”
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“...10
WUCHOW.
There is also a similar school at Nanning, under the control of
French missionaries, where two Frenchmen are employed as
teachers.
I am indebted to Mr. Alabaster, the Commissioner of Customs,
for early access to the returns of trade.
Annex I.—Retukn of Principal Articles of Import into Wuchow
during the Years 1900-01.
1001. 1900.
Articles.
Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value.
£ £
Foreign Goods.
Colton goods—
Shiriings, grey ... ... ... Pieecs ... 85,017 37,738 Co,989 30,720
,, white... ... ... ... 04,302 46,031 70,184 40,305
,, dyed, plain ... 11 62,593 23,781 37,123 15,924
,, figured ... i. 5,BIO 3,524 7,227 4,266
T-oloths...... ... ... 38,665 12,6b8 41,167 12,088
Culton damasks, dyed ... ... »i ... 11,354 10,580 4,312 4,043
Velvets ...... ... it 3,46<1 3,437 3,073 4,008
Cotton Italians ... ... ,, ... 2,240 6,000
,, flannel ... ... ... ii ... 6,432 3,178 '5,202 2,671
„ yarn, Indian ... Lbs. ... 14,183,733 311...”
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