United States Bureau of Naval Personnel, Ports of the world - Canton (1920)
“ WATI, a suburb of Canton, standing on the south bank of the Chukiang River, contains among other industries a shipbuilding plant, where sampans and other native Chinese craft are built for use by the river population of Canton. The city of Honan, really a section of Canton, stands on an island of the same name rising from the Chukiang River near Shameen and Namkwan. Honan has a population of about 100,000 people, most of them natives, employed in small factories, shops, warehouses, in the shipyards—where sampans, small and large steamers are built—and in the river trade. ”
