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to be seen a monument of the battle of Waterloo, another monument to General Michiels, and a bronze statue of Jan Pieterszoon Coen, which was unveiled when the 250 years' existence of Batavia was celebrated. On the right and left of the palace are Supreme Court and Military Club
the Waterlooplein is another and larger square Concordia. At a short distance from
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the Koningsplein, each side of which is one kilometre long. The square is surrounded by elegant comfortable houses, the residences of the higher officials and wealthy merchants. There is also a fine church, Willemskerk, near the railway station, and the museum of the Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences.
The old city and the new are connected by three railways, two train ways, and wide roads for carriages Different Banks and Banking Corporations have offices at Batavia viz The Netherlands Trading Society (Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij), Netherlands-India Commercial Bank (Nederlandsch Indische Handelsbank), and the Netherlands India Discount Company (Nederlandsch Indische Escompto Mij). There are also agencies of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, of the International Banking Corporation, of the Taiwan Bauk, Ltd., of the Yokohama Specie Bank, and of the Mercantile Bank of India, Dtd.;
The population of Batavia consisted on October, 7th 1930, of 31,340. Europeans 71,867 Chinese, 6,399 foreign Orientals, and 327,837 natives; total 437,433.
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BUITENZORG
The usual residence of the Governor-General is at Buitenzorg, at a distance of nearly one hour by railway from Batavia. The botanical gardens near the palace of the Governor General were made, in 1817, and are well known not only for their beautiful arrangement, but especially for the great services rendered to science and agriculture under the management of the eminent directors, Teysmann, Dr. Scheffer, and Prof. Dr. Treub, All experiments for the introduction of exotic plants into Netherlands-India are made here, with the result that many useful plants from foreign countries are reared and flourish in Java as in their native soil.
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DIRECTORY
ALBRECHT & Co., N. V. ELECTRISCHE
DRUKKERIJ V/,,Molenvliet Oost 8,
Batavia-Centrum
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