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BATAVIA AND WELTEVREDEN-SOURABAYA
VERKOOPHUIS HET, Weltevreden, Im- porters of Sanitary Articles, Elec- trical Accessories and Household Supplies Cable Ad: Verkoophuis; Codes: A.B.C. 5th
VICK & Co., V. R., General Merchants
and Agents-Java Bankstraat 10
(See Singapore)
VISSER & Co., BOEKHANDEL, Importers of Paper, Stationery and Office Appliances-Cable Ad: Visboek; Codes: A.B.C. 5th and 6th edns.
J. Obdam, director
WAAL & BOOM, Weltevreden, Importers of Provisions, Building Materials and Textile Goods - Cable Ad: Waalco; Codes: A.B.C. 5th and 6th and Bentley's
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WEHRY & Co., GEORGE, Importers of Bicycles, Provisions, Building Mate- rials, Photographic Supplies, etc. Cable Ad: Wehry; Codes: A.B.C. 5th and
6th, Bentley's Mosse,
Western Union and Private
WELLESTEIN KRAUSE & Co., Exporters of General Produce-Cable Ad: Krause; Codes: Bentley's, A.B.C. 6th and Private
WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY OF ASIA, Incorporated in U.S.A.-P.O. Box 52, Batavia-Centrum; Cable Ad: Wecophones, Singapore; Codes: A.B.C., 5th Edn., Bentley s
and Western Electric Private Code
J. S. Frewan, manager
ZIMMERMANN, VICTOR, N.V., HANDELS- VEREENIGING, V/H., Importers of Beer and Textile Goods-Cable Ad: Victor; Codes: A.B.C. 5th and 6th, Bentley's and Simplex
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SOURABAYA
Sourabaya is the capital of the "Provincie" Oost-Java, in the island of Java, and is advantageously situated for commercial purposes on the Madura Strait, directly opposite the island of Madura. The largest city on the island, it is the principal centre of Java's commercial activities. It is also the naval headquarters of the Netherlands India. Among its principal buildings are a fine Government house, a naval arsenal, several shipbuilding yards and a naval flying-base.
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 1930 there were 26,463 Europeans, 44,479 foreign Orientals, 265,872 natives; total 336,814.
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.