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STEVENSON & Co., INC., W. F.,
Merchants, Shipping and Insurance Agents-Cable Ad: Stevenson, Ma- nila and Cebu.
R. J. Hughes
E. S. Piquet-Wicks
Agencies
Ben Line of Steamers Blue Funnel Line
Osaka Shosen Kaisha L. Everett, Inc.
STANDARD - VACUUM OIL COMPANY-
Gotiaoco Building
H. Gilhouser, manager
C. A. Larsen, actg. mgr. H.. J. Hawkins, assist. mgr. G. A. Hanaford, lubricating oil
dept.
H. P. Byrd, marketing assist.. F. M. Rich, installation superin-
tendent, Opon..
TEXAS CO. (P.I.), INC., THE
Norte.
America and Legaspi; Teleph, 143
A. F. Walker, manager
VISAYAN ELECTRIC CO., S. A., Electric Light, Heat and Power-106, Morga; Telephs. 82 and 433; P. O. Box 134; Cable Ad: Electric; Codes: Western Union and Bentley's
WALKER, H. B. Fire & Marine Insurance, Agents & Public Accountant-Pond and Deen Building, Calle; Norte Am-
; erica; P.O. Box 100; Cable Ad: Ostrich; Codes; A.B.C. 5th and 6th edns., Western Union 5-letter edu. and Bentley's
WARNER, BARNES AND CO., LTD., Im- porters and Exporters, Shipping and Insurance Agents-Cable Ad: Warner; Standard Codes
P. Boncker, agent B. Trebol
ZUELLIG, INC., F. E., Merchants (Successor to Lutz & Zuellig)-Pond & Deen Building, Norte America; Teleph. 271
European Representatives: F. E. Zuellig, A. G. Zuerich, Switzerland
Cable Ad: Fez
Agencies
Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen Prudential Assurance Co., Ld.
ZAMBOANGA
Zamboanga is located on the south-western extremity of Mindanao, Island in latitude 6 deg. 55 min. north and longitude 122 deg. 5 min. eást, being 512 nautical miles south of Manila. It has a population of about 30,798. Since the opening of the Port of Davao its volume of business has dwindled considerably. Once a transhipping point for hemp there is now practically no hemp exported from Zamboanga. Copra, lumber, desiccated coconut and cutch are the chief exports. The harbour is partially protected by two small islands and is never visited by severe storms, as it is south of the typhoon belt. It has a good anchorage for steamers of any size, and the wharf will accommodate steamers drawing 25 feet. The climate is characterized by a remarkable evenness of temperature and a comparatively small rainfall which increases rapidly as one goes a few miles from Zamboanga in any direction.
Communication with other ports is assured by inter-island steamers. There are five sailings a week to Cebu and Manila, among them being the Philippine Inter- Island Steamship Company's 22-knot steamer "Mayon" with most luxurious appoint- ments and excellent service. Overseas Steamship Lines making regular calls at Zamboanga are: Sabah S. S. Company fortnightly to Sandakan, British North Borneo; Royal Packet Navigation Company (K. P. M.) every four weeks to South Africa via Manila, Bangkok and Batavia. The Oceanic and Oriental S.S. Co., the States S.S. Co., the Tacoma Oriental S.S. Co. and the Dollar S.S. Co. place freighters. as Cargo offers Telegraphic communication with various parts of the Archipelago is secured by a wireless station connecting with cables and land lines.
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Zamboanga was founded by the Spaniards in April, 1635, for the purpose of inter- cepting Moro corsair fleets which were accustomed to pass the Strait of Basilan from southern Mindanao to the Visayan Islands. The town was repeatedly attacked by the
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