The Archive · 1899

A Railway Needed

Kintéchen is represented on most of the maps of China as a small insignificant place, as compared with Lochoufu and Foulianghsien, while the facts are, Kintéchen is twice as large as both the above pi put together, and has a hundred-fold more trade. Railay syndicates should have their eye ea this place in making their surveys, A railway. touching this place would largely control the transportation of this porcelain throughout China. Again, this city is near the green ten district in Southwest Anhui, and Eastern Kixngsi, the black tea belt la North-western Fukien, and atill nearer the great coal region along the Kuansui river.

24th April.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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