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Wilhelminakade and Julianakade. The pleasantest living quarters are Heerenweg and Hospitaalweg, where houses with colonnades give the impression of a town in southern Europe. Around the European settlement the natives have made their villages. The surrounding country is low and marshy, covered with rice-fields and kampongs. The mountains, with the Peak of Bonthain in the distance, afford a fine spectacle, especially in the evening, when they are not covered by the fogs that rise from the plains. Beautiful sunsets are to be seen every night from the Harbourmaster's landing-stage.
The city of Macassar is administered by a Municipal Council with a Burgomaster as president. The Council has 17 members (10 of European origin, 5 Natives of Macas- sar, and 2 Chinese). Technical affairs, grounds and the public sanitary service are managed, under the supervision of the Municipal Council, by an Engineer Director of Municipal public works (Ingenieur-Directeur Gemeente werken). The municipal gas plant is managed by a Director (Directeur der Gemeente-Gasfabriek) under the supervision of the Gasworks Committee, nominated by the Municipal Council. The electric lighting plant is in the hands of the Ned. Indische Gas-Maatschappy.
The harbour (Government property) has been constructed at a cost of about twelve million guilders (£1,000,000) and is administered by a Harbour Board (Commissie van bijstand) with the Engineer Harbour-Director (Directeur der Haven) as Presiden', under the supervision of the Departinent of Public Works at Batavia. Marine and shipping affairs are managed in collaboration with the Harbourmaster and pilots by an administration named "Haven-beheer," (i.e., Harbour-management).
Macassar is connected by a double telegraph cable with Sourabaya (Singapore, Br. India, e.s.o.), and by a single cable with Balikpapan (east coast of Borneo) and Menado north-east peninsula of Celebes), and has consequently connection, also, with China, Japan and the Pacific Coast of the U.S.A.
A wireless telephone plant with Sourabaya is in operation.
The first State tramway was opened on the 1st July, 1922 (Macassar-Takalar), an important step for the development of the interior of the island Celebes. The con- struction of new lines has been postponed owing to the curtailment of construction programine.
ACCOUNTANT
B. J. A. Saeijes
APOTHECARIES AND CHEMISTS
DIRECTORY
BROKERS
F. J. Stuurman
A. Vunderink
BUILDING CONTRACTORS
Najoan Bros.
Rathkamp & Co.
BANK AGENCIES
Chartered Bank of Ind., Aus. & C.
Michael Stephens & Co., Ld., agents International Banking Corporation Agents-Schmid & Jeandel, Ld. Javasche Bank
Ned. Handel Maatschappij Ned. Ind. Escompto Maatschappij Ned. Ind. Handelsbank
BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS
C. H. Bosman
J. van Hoeve
C. van Nieuwenhuizen
.AA. H. Pet
.M. R. Rinkel
.AA. W. Scholtens
J. van der Zee
Mesman de Munnik
Volker & Hondijk
GAS COMPANY
Ned. Ind. Gas Maatschappij (Electrical
Department)
IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS
Borneo-Sumatra Handel. My. Catz Java Trading Co., Ld.
Handels Compagnie Th. Dircks & Co. W. R. Groskamp
Jacobson v. d. Bergh
Japan India Trading Co.
Kawahara & Co., Ld.
Ledeboer & Co., W. B.
Makassar Produce Co., Ld.
Manders Scemann & Co.'s Handel Maat-
schappij, Ld.
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