SOURABAYA
1267-
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The climate is typically tropical there being only three-quarter of an hour's difference between the longest and the shortest day. The climate, however, shows one marked difference from that of other tropical regions for the influence of the sea and mountain-breezes moderates the heat during the day and prevents too fast cooling- off at night. The pressure is constant with a mean temperature of 80 F. maximum 95° F. and a rainfall of 130 inches. The wet season covers the period from November to January, the dry one from May to August.
Sourabaya is extremely fortunate in point of shipping, thanks largely to its geo- graphical position. Besides a modern, well equipped harbour, Sourabaya is provided with an excellent and safe roadstead. The entrance to the roads is 1,500 feet in width at the west, and the depth of water at low-tide is 32 feet. At the East entrance, which widens to the open sea, the depth is about 16 feet and in the roads about 42 feet. Since 1910 very important works, such as a broad breakwater, warehouses, etc., have been constructed. The breakwater, with later constructed piers, encloses a basin of about 197 acres in area, leaving a channel of about 1,150 feet, which forms the entrance from the roads. The outer quay, from the north pier, called the Rotterdam quay, is about 3,900 feet long, with a depth of water of above 50 feet, while the inner quay, called the Amsterdam quay, is about 2,620 feet long and admits ships with a draft of 25 feet. With another small quay (the Ymuiden quay) there is at present in use for ocean-going vessels a length of 7,200 feet. Other harbour works are in course of construction. The harbour is equipped with all modern facilities, including three floating docks, with lifting capacity of respectively 1,400, 3,500 and 14,000 tons, which are electrically driven, warehouses, and cranes up to 50 tons.
Convenient roads and railroad tracks, too, have been constructed.
BANKS
DIRECTORY
EXPORTERS
CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA
AND CHINA
R. Macpherson, agent
ESCOMPTO MAATSCHAPPIJ, Ned. Ind.
R. F. Bohelmon, agent
HANDELSBANK, NED. Ind.
C. R. P. Schaffer, agent
HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING COR-
PORATION
M. Knott, agent
JAVASCHE BANK
-, agent
MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. P. Thorougood, agent (act.)
NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MIJ.
W. H. Groskamp, agent
TAIWAN, LTD., THE BANK OF
T. Hamano, agent
YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD.
S. Okudai, agent
"AMSTERDAM" HANDELSVEREENIGING
A. v. d. Eyh
APCAR & JORDAN
H. Apcar and G. Jordan, partners
BEHN, MEYER & Co., N. V. HANDEL
MAATSCHAPPIJ
H. Overbeeck
BERGVELT, J. A.
A. Bakker
BOASSON & VAN OVERZEL
C. Monfoort
BURNS, PHILP & Co., LTD.
C. V. Allom
CRONE, H. G. TA.
P. J. M. Sylmans.
EDGAR & Co.'s HANDEL MIJ., M. J.
E. W. Edgar
ERDMANN & SIELCKEN
N. H. Mallet
FRASER, EATON & Co.
R. D. Macindoe
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