Pakhoi, a seaport of China, opened to foreign trade in 1876, stands on the northern shore of the Gulf of Tonking. The harbour is shallow. Trade does not flourish. The imports—cottons, woollens, opium, rice—average £809,700 per annum; the exports—tin, sugar, indigo, aniseed, hides, ground-nut oil—£229,700. Pop. 25,000.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 702
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