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OIL MILL
Oliefabriek "Archa”
OPTICIANS
J. H. Goldberg Rathkamp & Co.
R. J. Schock & Co.
BATAVIA-SOURABAYA
PASTRY-COOKS AND CONFECTIONERS
G. H. Brasz
Burghgraef en Donse Froscher & Co. Stam en Weyns
Maison Versteeg en Rikkers
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Charles & van Es F. van Felde
RICE MILLS
Rijstpellerij "Kampong Moeka"
SAVINGS BANKS
Algemeene Spaar-en Depositobank
Dir.-J. H. Kievits & Zoon Bataviaasche Hulpbank
Bataviaasche Spaarbank
STEVEDORES
Stevedoor Maatschappij Priok (Tand
joeng-Priok)
H. Nierop (Tandjoeng-Priok)
N. I. Steenholen Handel Mij.
TAILORS
Jah. Kemper Franken A. Herment
Mij. Onderlinge lulp G. Kerner & Co. M. de Koning Oger, frères Aug. Savelkoul J. F. Scheltens P. Smits
TANNERY
A. C. Buisson
TIMBER MERCHANTS
The Borneo Co., Ld. Koloniale Handel Mij. H. Mij. P. Landberg & Zn San Liem Kongsie Sioe Liem Kongsie Houthandel Mij. "Singhel"
TOBACCONISTS
Sigarenmagazijn Louis Dobbelman Ned. Ind. Sigarenmagazijn E. Dunlop
& Co.
Winkel Mij. Onderlinge Hulp
Ant. Justman Tabak Mij. Sigaren Magazijn Java
Sigarenmaganzijn "Het Moortje "
TOURIST OFFICES
Official Tourist Bureau
Tourist Office Lindeman
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SOURABAYA
Sourabaya is the capital of the Residency of Sourabaya, in the island of Java, and is advantageously situated for commercial purposes on the Sourabaya Strait, directly opposite the island of Madura. The largest city on the island, it is the centre of Java's commercial activities. It is also the naval headquarters of the Dutch East Indies. Among its principal buildings are a fine Government house a naval arsenal, and several shipbuilding yards.
Sourabaya's position is naturally protected and it lies on the low alluvial delta of the Kali Mas river which empties into the Madura strait. This strait is the narrow division between the island of Java and that of Madura. Sourabaya, therefore, is the outlet in a trade way for exceptionally rich districts. It has been pointed out else. where that Java is naturally divided into three producing districts, each of which, while yielding much the same products, yields a different grade. This is due to climate as well as to soil. Much of the soil of Java is of volcanic origin and therefore exceedingly rich in deposits of a nutritive value. The eastern portion of the island, of which Sourabaya is the seaport proper, contains about 2,000 square miles of agricultural land, most of which has been under cultivation for many years. About 71 per cent. of the population is agricultural. Among the foreigners the Chinese play an important part. In 1925 there were 23,620 Europeans, 38,326 foreign Orientals, 187,015 natives; total 248,961.