但是初期很少有外商前来投资。1882年英国怡和洋行前来拟租界内一块滩地,该地长久以来被芜湖木商堆放木排,木商拒绝交出土地。1901年,怡和洋行通过英国驻华公使馆对清政府施加压力,敦促时任芜湖关道吴景祺迅速解决英洋行租地问题。吴会商英国驻芜湖领事柯韪良(Sir William Pollock Ker)提出要明立章程,方可动员木商搬迁。此时美、法、俄、日等国也要求尽快设立租界。1902年吴拟定《芜湖通商租界章程草稿》,经柯韪良和安徽巡抚聂缉椝修改,于1904年中英正式签订《芜湖各国公共租界章程》。1905年5月16日,清外务部批准该章程。同年6月28日,芜湖租界举行开辟仪式。
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