Commercial press geography of China . nnot produceenough food for her own needs. She has a good supply ofhorses, oxen and sheep. THE PROVINCE OF PUKIKN 15 FUKIEN (jji ^ % Area 46,300 square miles CAPITAL, FOOCHOW m m) Fukien has an irregular coast line, with some good harboursand many small islands. The rivers of Fukien run rapidlyfrom the mountains to the sea, and, excepting a part of the MinRiver (gg ft), are not good for commerce. The people livingnear the coast are skilful and brave fishers and sailors. A largepart of the province is so mountainous that agriculture isdifficult. Fukien is a
Commercial press geography of China . nnot produceenough food for her own needs. She has a good supply ofhorses, oxen and sheep. THE PROVINCE OF PUKIKN 15 FUKIEN (jji ^ % Area 46,300 square miles CAPITAL, FOOCHOW m m) Fukien has an irregular coast line, with some good harboursand many small islands. The rivers of Fukien run rapidlyfrom the mountains to the sea, and, excepting a part of the MinRiver (gg ft), are not good for commerce. The people livingnear the coast are skilful and brave fishers and sailors. A largepart of the province is so mountainous that agriculture isdifficult. Fukien is a great tea province. If the tea trade of Chinawere prosperous, Fukien would be rich. But at present theexport of tea is falling off, because other parts of the worldproduce tea without having to pay so much for freight andtaxes. Many Fukien men have gone to the countries south ofChina, and some of them have become very rich. Fukien produces tea, bamboo, timber, sugar, sharks fins,paper, lacquer, fruits, salt, woven cloth and TkE Beidoe- of Tbn .Thocsakd -Ajsbi?, iKoacHo-w. 16 GBOSRAPHY OF CHINA Fukien has three treaty ports,—Foochow, Amoy (g R)and Santuao (H W fll)- Foochow, the capital, is some miles above the mouth of theMin River. Steamers anchor near the arsenal at Mamoi orPagoda Island (J^ ^ ^), on the river a few miles below. Themouth of the river is guarded by forts. Foochows commerceis not so great as in the time when the tea trade was flourishing. Amoy is a fine harbour, which formerly had a great trad©in tea. It has much steamer trade with Formosa (§ ^) andHongkong, andlaunch trade withnearby people ofFukien are build-ing a railway torun inland fromAmoy. Santuaois more importantfor naval than forcommercial pur-poses. Smallsteamers carry teato Foochow. In the time ofthe Yuan Dynasty,Chuanchow (^ iH*])was a great port,from which shipssailed to all coastsof Asia.
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