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MANILA ILOILO
Semarangrthe Zee-en Brand Assurantie Mij. Shanghai Life Insurance Co., Ld.
Sindicato Marselles de Seguros Maritimos South British Fire and Marine Ins. Co.
St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company State Fire Insurance Company, Limited Sun Insurance Office
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada Swiss Marine Insurance Companies, combined Tokyo Marine Insurance Company, Limited.. Triton Insurance Company, Limited Union Assurance Society (Fire), London Union Insurance Society of Canton, Limited Union Marine Insurance Co., Ld
United Rhenish Marine Insurance Co., Cologne United States Lloyd.......
Vaterländische Transport Vers. Action Ges.... Verja Beemer See Vers. Gesels., Bremen Vorin Hamburger, Assecuradeure, Hainburg West of Scotlana ince, Office, Ld., of Glasgow... Western Assurance Company
Western Assurance Company (Marine)
Wilhelma in Magdebarg Allgemams Vers. Gies. World Marme Insurance Company Yangiszo Insurance Association, İzl. Yorkshire Insurance Co., L. ...
Behn, Meyer & Co. Hijos de J. S. Tuason Froehlich & Kuttner Smith, Bell & Co.
Union Ins. Society of Canton Warner, Barnes & Co., Ld. Ker & Co.
Smith, Bell & Co. Ed. A. Keller & Co. Warner, Barnes & Co., Ld. Smith, Bell & Co. Macleod & Co.
L. T. Easton, acting agent Ker & Co.
Sprunghi & Co.
Warner, Barnes & Co., Ld. Ed. A. Keller & Co. Struckmann & Co. Strackmann & Co. Lurz & Co.
Behn, Meyer & Co. Warner, Barnes & Co., Ld. Ed. A. Keller & Co. Macondray & Co.
Warner. Barnes & Co., Ld. W. F. Stevenson & Co.
ILOILO
This port, which is the chief town of the populous province of the same name in the island of Panay, is situated in lat. 10 deg. 48 min. W., near the south-eastern extremity of the island, dose to the sea, on the border of the narrow channel, some three and a half miles wide, formed by the opposite island of Guimaras. Hoilo is the largest town on the island of Panay and is considered the second city of the Philippine Islands. The harbour is well protected and has good anchorage for steamers of any size. The river is dredged to 24 ft. low water with a rise of 6 ft., and stemmers can now enter and load full cargoes alongside the wharves. The high ground of Guimaras forms a kind of funnel with the Panay shore and the result is that a calm is of rare ocearrenes, there b ́ing almost always a breeze. In the old Spanish days it was one of the health resorts of the Islands. The population is about 40,000. The better class honses are built of reinforced concrete, while the poorer classes live in flimsy structures of cane and nipa. The means of communication are excellent, there being a station of the Eastern Extension Cable Co., while for communication with the interior it is possible to communicate over the line operated by the Bureau of Posts ta practically all the towns in Panay, while the Cable Co. have a branch line to Bacolod, the principal town on the east coast of Negros. As regards shipping there is a bi-wkły service to and from Minila, which is some 250 miles distant, and mails are carried still more frequently owing to U. S. Army Transports calling at least once a week brin zing mails. The town is lit up by electricity and a telephone system exists Hoilo is the centre for the sugar industry which for the most part comes from the island of Negros, and over 2,099, 09 piculs pass through the port each year; owing to revent fa ·ilities granted by the United States, whereby it is allowed in free of duty, the gruat or part of it is shipped thre. Rice is grown on a large scale, but owing to loonses, which are abun lant enough, is not raised for consumption, and large importations are necessary fron Saigon and Hongkong. There is a weekly service between Hongkong and Hloilo via Manila.
On the 23rd December, 1898, the Spanish Governor-General resident in Tile resigned, giving, over the care of the town to the Mayor, or Alcalde, of Iloilo, preparing with his troops and Government officials, naval, military civil, to evacuate the