CANTON

(23° 12’ N., 113° 15’ E.), city, China; capital of Kwang-Tung province; port on C. River; surrounded by walls; has inner wall dividing it into old town on N. and new town on §.; great number of natives live in boats; educational center; has two remarkable pagodas, one 1,300, other 1,000 years old, and great number of temples; manufactures silk, hardware, cotton, porcelain, gla , paper, ivory carving, etc.; exports silk, sugar, tobacco, matting, gla bangles, buttons, eggs, tea, ca ia, camphor, silverware, etc.; imports opium, paraffin, metals, flour, general_goods; taken by British, 1857; held by Brit. and Fr, allies till 1861. Canton was the capitol of the Southern Republic in 1921-2. See