Commercial press geography of China . Pavilion of the Five Hundred Philosophers, Soochow THE PROVINCE OF ANHWEI 25 ANHWEI i^m^) Area 54,800 square miles -CAPITAL, ANKING {^MB) Anhwei is a fertile rice-producing province lying on bothsides of the Yangtse River. Many provinces are fed withAnhwei rice. The wealth of Anhwei is principally agricultural,the province producing rice, wheat, tea, hemp and cotton. The northern part of tlie province is drained by the HwaiEiver (^ 7jC., whose many branches make trade easy. The. DONKKY AND DeIVER Hwai, however, is also a source of danger, as sometimes ther
Commercial press geography of China . Pavilion of the Five Hundred Philosophers, Soochow THE PROVINCE OF ANHWEI 25 ANHWEI i^m^) Area 54,800 square miles -CAPITAL, ANKING {^MB) Anhwei is a fertile rice-producing province lying on bothsides of the Yangtse River. Many provinces are fed withAnhwei rice. The wealth of Anhwei is principally agricultural,the province producing rice, wheat, tea, hemp and cotton. The northern part of tlie province is drained by the HwaiEiver (^ 7jC., whose many branches make trade easy. The. DONKKY AND DeIVER Hwai, however, is also a source of danger, as sometimes thereare disastrous floods. There are many lakes in the north andeast of the province. In the south of Anhwei are large coal deposits. When theAnhwei railway is built from Wuhu (^ ^ ^) on the riverto Kwangtehchow (M ^ M) in the mountains, Anhwei will bericher. 26 GEOGRAPHY OF CHINA The railway from Tientsin to Pukow runs for a short waythrough northeastern Anhwei. It will help to bring theproducts of northern Anhwei to river and sea. Wuhu is thr great rice-port. Many ocean steamers comehere to load rice. The commerce of Wuhu is being madegreater by improvements. New wharves will allow steamers tolie close by the land. Tatung (:fc ii), on an island in the Yangtse, is a customsstation where the salt tax is collected. Anking, the capital, on the Yangtse River, is a port of callfor river steamers. Hweichowfu m. M J^) is a rich city in the southern part ofthe province. Its district produces much tea and bamboo. Fengy
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