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PAKHOI.
Since this was published the West River has been opened as
far as Wuchow, and a system of bonded warehouses, as we have
seen, established in Tonkin for goods in transit. As regards the
proposed railway here—which should connect Pakhoi with
Nanning, a distance of some 90 miles—there never was much
probability of its construction, and the opening of the West River
will defer it indefinitely.
(3) The West The extent to which the opening of that river is affecting
River. Pakhoi cannot yet be fairly gauged, since the Wuchow returns for
September quarter only are to hand. There is, however, in those
returns a certain significance, as the following table of the
principal cotton goods will show :—
Pakhoi. Wuchow.
Articles. September, 1896. September, 1897. September, 1897.
Indian yarn Shirtings, white grey T-cloth...... Turkey reda Velvets Lbs. Pieces » >> .. 3,878,000 8,666 14,515 18,172 .., 6,318 .. ; 3,864 1 944,000 3,483 6,691 8,961 2,810 1,195 1,844,267 10,393 18,216...”
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