Stage 11. Lan-chou Fu (10 miles). General Direction: W. 
The road continues to ascend the right bank of the Yellow River, 
passing Tung-kuang at 5 miles, and K’uei-hsing-t’un at 6 miles, and 
crosses a sandy; poorly-cultivated plain to the town. 
Lan-chou Fu is the capital of Kansu, and the seat of the Viceroy 
of Shénkan. It has a population of about half-a-million. It is a busy 
commercial centre, and a considerable amount of cloth is manufactured 
in the neighbourhood. There is a telegraph office at Lan-chou, and 
communication eastwards with Hsi-an Fu, via Ku-yiian Chou, and 
north-westwards with Kuldja ahd Kashgar, via Liang-chou Fu, Yung- 
chang Hsien, Kan-chou Fu, Kao-t’ai Hsien, Su Chou, and An-hsi 
Chou, at all of which towns there are telegraph offices. There is also 
a Branch Post Office (Lanchowfu). The Yellow River is crossed N. 
the town by an iron bridge. 
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