Kwangsi is situated on the upper part of West River known also a Chu-Kiang or Pearl River. Many branches of it run throughout the province which makes water communication rather easy and Nanning and Wu-chow are two river transport centres.
From Nanning there is the route Yung Wu of about 1,062 Li. The water rather shallow in certain places and the bed is mostly rocky. Motor boats (burning crude oil) travel backwards and forwards and. the sailors are quite familiar with this route. It lakes two days and two nights to from Wu-chow to Nanning but from Nanning to.Wu-chow is down stream and quicker. There are also the Yung-Pa route from Nanning through Yiu-kiang (ihe Right River) to Pax Tsha about 740 1, and the Yung-lung. route from Nenning through Cho-kiang the left river) to Lung-chow of about 630 li. When the water is deep, motor boats can be used.
Telephone System Wuchow is the gateway of Kwangs, Province through which one can eastward by steamer to Canton and Hongkong and westward by utilizing the west river which passes throught the towns and_joins the Chian-kiang at Kwel-pin from whence one can reach Liurchow by boat. In the winter, however, the water is low and only She-Lung can be reached. Another route is by Kwel-kiang which! pastes through Pin Lo Yang-Shuo to Kweleling. There are a few hundred junks on the river by which, when the tide is high, motor boats can reach, Pin-Lo.
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