. The international development of China . sea, the undercurrent will run quicklyand drain off the flood water more rapidly. Besidesthe deepening process, both shores should be regulatedso as to give a uniform width to the channel. Mid-stream shoals and islands should be removed. The East River Valley does not suffer so severelyfrom floods as those of the other two rivers, the Westand the North, and its remedy will be provided inthe regulation of the river for navigation. This willbe dealt with in that connection. Second, the problem of navigation in the CantonDelta in connection with the thre
. The international development of China . sea, the undercurrent will run quicklyand drain off the flood water more rapidly. Besidesthe deepening process, both shores should be regulatedso as to give a uniform width to the channel. Mid-stream shoals and islands should be removed. The East River Valley does not suffer so severelyfrom floods as those of the other two rivers, the Westand the North, and its remedy will be provided inthe regulation of the river for navigation. This willbe dealt with in that connection. Second, the problem of navigation in the CantonDelta in connection with the three rivers. In deal-ing with this question we commence with the WestRiver. In former days the traffic between the WestRiver Valley and Canton always passed through Fat-shan and Samshui, a distance of about 35 miles. Butsince the silting up of the Fatshan Channel below Sai-nam, the traffic has to take a great detour by descendingthe Pearl River southeastward as far as Fumen, thenturn northwest into the Shawan Channel, then south- i + ^ MAPX/. raeaff :■■^° c^ V^ #* ^ ^.f*^ ^^-* MAPM / N (^FirstClassPoH ® foreign Ocamei Port HoiuyHo + P
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