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“...obtainable in Wuhu comes from Hankow, and when freight and
charges have been paid it costs about 13 dol. 40 c. a ton (say
11. 7s.). There is Anhui coal on the market, at a much lower
price, but it is not of good quality.
The second enterprise has not proceeded as yet beyond the
stage of land purchase. Some 7 or 8 acres in the Fan Ch'ang district
(20 to 25 miles south-east from Wuhu) were acquired in March
by a Scottish gentleman, who, later in the year, left this part of
China to settle in Manchuria. He found others, however, to take
over his interest in the land, and during the autumn several other
plots were acquired. Two companies, called the lli Coal Mining
Company, Limited, and the Yangtze Land and Investment Com-
pany, Limited, were floated in Hong-Kong. Deeds of " perpetual
lease " for the purpose of coal mining were stamped by the local
a-ithority, and the usual certificate was attached bearing the
provincial treasurer's seal.
Ge eml. The province of Anhui is one of those in which...”
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