234  THE  CHINESE  EMPIRE
through  his  agency  the  men  of  Anhwei  were  brought  fonw'
in  official  life  and  in  recruiting  for  the  army,  thus  prev
the  Empire  from  becoming  the  exclusive  pasturage
men  of  Hunan  ;  and  his  family  have  for  ial
nated  the  rice  trade  of  his  native  province.  The  p
capital,  Anking,  is  a  port  of  call  for  Yangtze  s  earn  ,  ^
at  Tatung  is  the  Superintendency  foreign
Collectorate,  the  revenues  of  which  are  pledged  i
loans.  In  the  province  is  one  treaty  port.
Wuhu  (31 0  20'  N.,  118 0  21'  E.),  a  city  of  I37&gt;°
habitants,  was  opened  to  foreign  trade  in  1  ZJl me nt,
twenty-eight  years  there  was  no  concession,  se  afea
or  reserved  area  for  foreign  residence  ;  but  in  1905  a
was  marked  off  for  an  international  sett  einen  ,
administered  on  the  Y  ocho  w  plan.  The  fo  owing
show  the  development  of  trade  :—
Imports.  Exports.
Tls.  Tls.
1884  ..  2,681,697  1,206,793
1894  ..  5,068,450  5,156,090
1904  .  .  9,916,453  13,306,930
The  imports  in  1904  included  cotton  woven
(Tls.1,750,000  for  foreign,  and  Tls.274,000  for  na  ive
ings),  cotton  yarn  (Tls.818,000),  gunny  bags  (  4  &gt;  .  .
kerosene  oil  (Tls.718,000),  and  sugar  (Tls.1,209,
the  exports  included  few  articles  of  much  impor  c  ^
except  rice,  of  which  the  shipments,  ranging  genera  V  ^
2,000,000  to  4,000,000  piculs,  amounted  to  5,621,143  P lC
in  1904,  and  8,438,093  piculs  (502,250  tons)  in  1905.

Total.
Tls.
3,888,49°
10,224,54°
23,223,383

Kiangsu

The  province  of  Kiangsu  is  essentially  a  country  of  ^
plain,  comprising  nearly  the  entire  area  of  the  aim
deposit  of  the  mouth  of  the  Yangtze,  and  the  coast  strjffi
as  far  up  as  Shantung,  of  the  Yellow  River  deposit,
area  is  estimated  at  38,600  square  miles,  and  its  popula  1