LRichard's ..Comprehensive geography of the Chinese empire and dependencies ..translated into English, revised and enlarged . {.f, capital of the Piovince ; the two others, on the oppositebank: Hanhmv \p^ P, on the left bank of the Han-ho j^ ^pf,and Hanyang Fu ^^, ^ ^, on the right. fVUCH*ANG FV^^^^f^. — Population, 500,000 large walled city, well constructed and inhabited chiefly byofiicials. The Viceroy of Hukwang ^ ^ resides there. The cityhas a military academy and an agricultural school. llank^ow ^ p. — Population, 870,000 inhabitants. This city, reckoned as one of the four
LRichard's ..Comprehensive geography of the Chinese empire and dependencies ..translated into English, revised and enlarged . {.f, capital of the Piovince ; the two others, on the oppositebank: Hanhmv \p^ P, on the left bank of the Han-ho j^ ^pf,and Hanyang Fu ^^, ^ ^, on the right. fVUCH*ANG FV^^^^f^. — Population, 500,000 large walled city, well constructed and inhabited chiefly byofiicials. The Viceroy of Hukwang ^ ^ resides there. The cityhas a military academy and an agricultural school. llank^ow ^ p. — Population, 870,000 inhabitants. This city, reckoned as one of the four emporiums ^ (Chen) of theEmpire, is governed by a special ofFicial of Taotai rank, whois Superintendent of Customs and resides there. 126 SECTION II. THE CENTRAL WUCHANG 1^ ^, HANYANG AND HANKOW ^ p CHAPTER III. HUPEH. 127 Besides the Chinese quarters, the city has also severalForeign Settlements: English, Russian, German, French andJapanese. Hankow is the most commercial of the three it, the river is 1,300 yards wide, and the largest stea-mers can come alongside its docks. It is connected either direc-tly or indirectly with the most important waterways of the Em-pire. Through the Yangtze ^^ ^ iX, ^^d the Han-ho ^ ^,Hankow receives : rice, sesamum, tobacco, sugar, medicinalplants, tea, Musk and furs come from Tibet; petroleumfrom the United-States, Russia and Sumatra; cotton piece goods,cotton-yarn and sugar from Hongkong ; opium and silk fabricsfrom Szechwan jg j||. Its chief export article is «ea, two-thirdsof which is produced in Hupeh ^ }\^ and llunan ^ |^, andone-third in Kiangsi fX. M- This tea is re-exported chiefly toRussia. Hanyang Ft* i^\^}^- — Population, 400,000 real Hanyang Fu is about a
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