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BATAVIA
The old city and the new are connected by three railways, two tramways, and wide roads for carriages. Different Banks and Banking Corporations have agencies at Batavia, viz. - The Netherlands Trading Society (Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij), Netherlands-India Commercial Bank (Nederlandsch Indische Handelsbank), and the Netherlands-India Discount Company (Nederlandsch Indische Escompto Mij.). There are also agencies of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, of the International Banking Corporation, of the Taiwan Bank, Ltd., and of the Yokohama Specie Bank.
The population of Batavia consisted on the 31st December, 1917, of 20,766 Europeans, 30,557 foreign Orientals, and 180,140, natives; total 231,463.
BUITENZORG
The usual residence of the Governor-General is at Buitenzorg, at a distance of a little more than one hour by railway from Batavia. The botanical gardens near the palace of the Governor-General were made in 1817, and are well known not only for their beautiful arrangement, but especially for the great services rendered to science and agriculture under the management of the eminent directors, Teysmann, Dr. Scheffer, and Prof. Dr. Treub. All experiments for the introduction of exotic plants into Netherlands-India are made here, with the result that many useful plants from foreign countries are reared and flourish in Java as in their native soil.
BANKS
JAVASCHE BANK
President-E. A. Zeilinga Azn
DIRECTORY
Directeuren-K. F. van den Berg, J. F.
van Rossum
Plaatsvervangende Directeuren - F. H.
Gerritzen, L. H. van den Briel President Commissaris-H. s'Jacob Commissarissen-S. Baron van Heemstra,
A. A. Galestin, P. J. Stephan Gouvernements Commissaris-E. P. Wel-
lenstein
Agencies at Semarang, Soerabaja, Padang, Macassar, Cheribon, Soera- karta, Djokjakarta, Pontianak, Medan, Bandjermasin, Bengkalis,
Bengkalis, Tandjong Balei, Tandjong Poera, Bandoeng, Palembang, Menado, Malang and Kosta Radja
NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ FACTORIJ TE BATAVIA
President J. L. van Houten Leden-C. W. A. M. Groskamp, P. Lagaay Secretaris-J. A. F. Marmelstein Agencies at--Soerabaja, Semarang, Medan, Hongkong, Shanghai, Kobe, Rangoon, Calcutta, Bombay and Singapore
Sub-agencies at — Cheribon, Tegal, Peka- longan, Tjilatjap, Weltevreden, Padang, Palembang, Kota-Radja, Bandjermasin, Makassar, Djember, Bandoeng, Djok- jakarta, Solo, Pontianak and Penang
NEDERLANDSCH-INDISCHE ESCOMPTO
MAATSCHAPPIJ Directeuren--Th. C. Sandrock, F. Meyjes,
J. Stroobach Commissarissen-H. s'Jacob, J. G. H. de Voogt, F. H. Gerritzen, S. Caron van Heemstra, L. J. Harmsen, N. van Zalinge Onder-Directeur-W. A. van Cuyk Agencies at Soerabaja, Semarang, Padang, Macassar, Bandoeng, Cheribon, Weltevreden, Djocja, Tegal, Medan, Soerabaja-Simpang, Palembang, Kediri and Menado
NEDERLANDSCH-INDISCHE HANDELSBANK Gedelegeerde van de Raad van Commis-
sarissen-C. van der Linde
Plaatsvervangend id.-E. G. Wesselink Beheer Overzeesche Kantoren- Onder-Directuren-E. J. H. van Delden, G. Vermey, T. L. Leuftink, E. G. J. Gimbrére
Secretaris-G. K. W. F. de Vaynes van
Brakell Buys