Weekly national intelligencer., 1847-09-18

n about sixty miles from the sea- is the port Of Pekin and
supplies that capital with the great of M
grain and salt M Gutzlaf says that more than five hun
dred unks arrive here annually by from the south Sy
see silver great article of trade. province
the native country of Conucus lies south and east of Pc
Chill he population Is overgown here, and would hsh
laboIers to our Pacific agrcutuss The coal mines here
are said to be valuable g. South of this province liz those
OF keang-soo and Gan-hwuy or Keanp 500 with popua
uon OF seventytwo millions upon 81 500 square miles Il
Is exceedingly fertile contains Nankin the ancient cap
a and the celebrated Soochoo and other large cities The
inhabitants possess both skill industry and are celebrated
for their literary talents we'll for their rich manufactures
Of silks &C. Nankn is probably the most celebrated as
manufacturing town of any in the world The great river
Hoangho the upper part Of this province and emp
ties into the at 800 north lat The mighty Yane-tse
keang flows through the whole of this province and
empes into the in north lat about 3e There are other
navgbe streams which pass through the province and empty
into the sea and the great canal its entire length com
bning in this province all the Of this empire
Tor every thing from the south and west pass on its
way to and from Pekn; and in this province lust to the
south Of the island Tscoogmng and at the mouth Of the
mighty Yang-tsekeang is the great city Of Chang open
to foreign commerce. and must time be the largest and most
important emporium of all ASIA M Gutzlaf says more than
athousand unks anchored in the A. The province
Of Honan lying inland west by north Of the latter contains
twenty millions of inhabitants The capital is Kai-fune
foo The great Hoangho flows through the entire province
and is navgabe the whole distance. s. Advancing south on
the coast we come to Chang province the land silks and
green teas contains twentysx millions ofnhaban on an
area Of 81 200 miles, hcky populated citizens
are perhaps the finest and polished in the empire The
island OF Chusan is directly its 'front.' Nngpo, the port
open TO foreign commerce. almost directly opposite Chsan
is emporium Of first rank and has good harbor Hang
choo its capital hundred miles west of Chusan bordering
he ist tho
next to Pekin, and the of industry population
wealth. and luxury This province the very centre Of the
silk manufactures and of tea cultivation Chusa is called
lea Island Amongst the Chusan group are excellent
harbors, sheltered against all winds The great canal COM
mences in and passes through part of this province
canal also from the terminus of great canal here and
joins the Yangtse Keang branch forming the canal which
between Canton and Pekn. g. South Of the
last province is that of ken containing near fifteen mill
lions OF inhabitants 57 $50 square miles, The island of
Fomosa is directly opposite and under its Jurisdiction This
particularly the black dsrct-has many good habors
carries brisk trade, inhabitants very enerprsnp and
emgrate In great numbers decidedly commercial people
Annoy, the principal emporium, and open to foreign COM
mece the residence of merchants owning more
than three hundred unks with which they carry on trade
with the other ports Of China and with the Malay Arcbpea
Annoy in north lat. 243o Foo-chowf foo is the capi
tai province, in north lat 260 the Spn hichis
naNBapie large within ten miles the
great emporium for the black trade The island Of For
mosa directly opposite said have made great advances
IN trade it is of the fertile islands in the world
producing large quantities of sugar. rce camphor &c. and
said to be rich In minerals and Goals of good quality in abun
dance This and the Chikang province produce the great
staples of teas and silks, and NJ Gutzla says that thew
much cheaper here than Canton Canton now is the
depot of all the trade Of these Provinces but at immense ex
pense being carried overland which makes the of every
picu of 1873 lbs S4l7 per hundred lbs All this EXPENSE
has to be incurred to suit the interests of British India trade
This enormous expense amounts So 1885, 900 annually
The monsoons which blow up and down this coast six months
each way, make very difficult for vessel to make head
against it while vessel sailing from or to our side Of the
Pacific would have the wind avorable-that what the sail
ors term, on the wind, and desirable Though the
two last named provinces directly the sea- the COM
of teas prohibited by by the Chinese them
selves q Keang is directly the two last provinces
1t has fertile soil and overlooking population Its extent is
600 square miles, with thirty millions inhabitan,s II
has some large cities The mighty Yangsekeang crosses
its northern frontier and the southern branch extends through
its entire length north md SOUTH the Meln Mountains and
pass forming the canal to and from Canton. g. Directly west
of this last mentioned province that Of Houquanp-noy
Hoo-ph, and Hoonan population thirty millions upon an
of l6S 800 square miles fertility highly extoed by the
Chinese The Yangsekeang passes entirely through this
province, besides which there many lakes all
navigabe 8. Proceeding south pass the Meln Noun
tains to the province OF Quangong fronting the China sea-
1t has 97 100 square miles, with twenty millions of in
habitants The principal city of this province is Canton
one of the greatest empora in all ASIA and till the peace
Of 1912 the only place legally open foreigners in the Chi
empires its population said one million nhab
tants industrious and sklful is situated sevenyve miles
inland from the Chookeang Pear river which has
its in the Men pass and is as the only CONNER
cia channel with all the northern northwestern Provinces
The entire foreign Of the empire Until ls43 has
been carried at this CITY, "The British trade with China
has progressively and rapidly increased since l7eO and the
great mass of the foreign ESTIMATED at eighty mil
lions of dollars yearly carried on" says Mr. McCuoch
/" by the English and Americans" Canton as we before re-
marked, lies the parallel latitude with the outlet of
the Gulf OF California TO- Kwang the province Of note
lies west OF the last and is communicated with by means of
large navgabe river through the province Population
upon 81 500 square miles produces abundance of
grain mountains rich in The policy of Chinese
ernment does not allow the working Of the gold Mines for fear
of Withdrawing the attention of the people the cultivation
OF the soil.
This great country is drained by immense rivers
exceeding great Mississippi and Missouri Thus it will
be that this empire slopes the and to u.s.
with its whole territory incrseced by canals and navigabe
streams, all uniting with tributary the mighty Yang
and Whaonn H..