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flood-tide. In the harbour is a screw pile jetty with a length of 250 metres equipped with a hand-crane of 6 tons. When there is no room available for ships at the wharf, they remain at anchor in the river and can load and discharge on both sides by means of lighters.
Island of Celebes
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Makasser.-Makasser, the most important harbour in the eastern part of the Archipelago is situated on the southwest point of Celebes.. It possesses a road well protected by several coral islands and two breakwaters, approximately parallel with wharves at the shore, at a distance of about 1,200 metres. The wharves consist of a quay-wall with a length of 1,340, metres where ships of 9 metres draught can moor even at low tide and a screw pile wharf, 500 metres long and 10 metres broad, with a depth alongside of 7.50 metres at low tide. A harbour for sailing boats and native vessels with an area of 20,000 squard-metres and 26 little screw pile jetties has been made. The harbour is equipped withy sheds; fiquis fuel and coal can be obtainerAt the end of the year 1932 altogether a sum of Fis. 14,000,000 had been devoted to the construction of the Makasser harbour works apart from the costs of the railway con- nections.
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Island of Borneo
Pontianak Pontianak,, which is situated at the Kapoeas river, is the principal trading centre of the West Coast of Borneo. There is a wharf nearly 300 metres long. behind which sheds are built.
Bandjermasin→Bandjarmasin is situated near the South Coast, of Borneo on the Martapoera-river, a few kilometres above the junction of that river with the Barito- river. The accommodation exists of a screw pile wharf with a length of 150.netres and sheds behind it..
CIVIL AVIATION
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The civil airlines, which are run by the Royal Netherlands Indian Airlines Com- pany (K.N.I.L.M.) form an important and valuable supplement to the other means of transport. The following lines are now in regular exploitation.
Batavia-Semarang-Sourabálya, vice-versa (670 km.idaily) Batavia-Bandoung, vice versa (110 km. bidaily) di Batavia-Palembang Singapore, vice-versa (1,135 km weekly) Batavia-Palembang-Pakai Baru Medan, vice-versa (1,500 km. weekly)
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Moreover the Company does other aerial work, eg, taxi-flying, joy-riding, photo- graphy, dusting, etc.
3-Engined 'Fokker monoplanes are in use. There are about 50 landing grounds the archipelago.available for civil aircraft.
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Since September 1931 Java is connected with Holland by the weekly air service of the K.L.M. (Royal Airlines Cy.), which covers the distance, of over 14,000 k. ¡m. in about 9 days. The line is flown with Dutch planes by Dutch pilots with a marvellous "regularity. The connection is highly appreciated by all Dutch people in the Far East and the home country, who use the anline for the quick transport of mail and goods. The planes contain ample room for the comfortable transport f passengers. The traffic to and from other European countries, the U.S.A. and the countries along the route is rapidly increasing.
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