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NETHERLANDS INDIA—BATAVIA
COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES. Agents, Batavia-G. A. Oesinger
Do. Samarang Agentschap Kolo- Do. Soerabaia niale Bank
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVI- GATION COMPANY
Agents, Batavia---Maclaine, Watson & Co.
Samarang-McNeill & Co.
CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED Agents, Batavia-Maclaine, Watson & Co. Samarang-McNeill & Co.
Do.
Do.
Soerabaia-Fraser, Eaton & Co.
OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL S. S. Co. PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY
Agents, Batavia
J. C. MacColl
Do.
Soerabaia
Do.
Do.
Padang
Do. Soerabaia-Fraser, Eaton & Co.
Daendels & Co.
Do.
Moluccos
OOSTENRIJKSCHE LLOYD
Agenten te Batavia-Maintz & Co.
Do. Semarang Agentschap Koloniale
Bank
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD Agenten-Erdmann and Sielcken
(Batavia, Samarang, and Soerabaia)
HAMBURG-AMERIKANISCHE PACKETFAHRT GESELLSCHAFT (HAMBURG-AMERIKA
LINIE).
STOOMBOOT MAATSCHAPPIJ BILLITON President Commissaris-A. Haga Directeuren N. van der Mey, Tjeong A.
Koei
Commissarissen-Phang Tjong Toen
DEUTSCHE DAMPSCHIFFS RHEDEREI Agenten-Erdmann & Sielken
NEDERLANDSCHE StooMVAART
MAATSCHAPPY “OCEAAN"
Agents, Batavia-Maclaine, Watson & Co. Samarang-McNeill & Co.
Do.
Agents-Erdmann and Sielcken
Do.
Soerabaia
(Batavia, Samarang and Soerabaja).
Do.
Pasoeroean
Fraser, Eaton & Co.
Do.
Probolinggo
Do.
Cheribon
DEUTSCH-AUSTRALISCHE DAMFSCHIFFS
Do.
Tegal
G. A. van Putten & Co.
GESELLSCHAFT
Do.
Pekalongan
Agents, Batavia
Do.
Do. Soerabaja Į Maintz & Co.
Do. Samarang Agentschap Koloniale
Bank
Do. Padang Van Houten, Steffan & Co. i
Gorontalo-J. van Hartrop.
THE EAST ASIATIC COMPANY, LIMITED Agents-Erdinann and Sielcken
(Batavia, Samarang, and Soerabaia)
BATAVIA
Batavia, the residence of the Government of Netherlands India, is situated in 106° 48' E. longitude and 67 S. latitude. The old city is built in the ancient Dutch style and was till the beginning of this century surrounded by fortifications, which have since been demolished. It has always been unhealthy, but in 1699 the unfavourable conditions were greatly increased by an eruption of Mount Salak, masses of mud and sand being washed up by the river Tjiliwong, so that drainage became very difficult. On account of this unhealthy condition only very few Europeans remain day and night in the old city. The fine large houses are employed for offices and godowns, and in the afternoon, when business is finished, most of the Europeans retire to the new town, which is situated south of the old city and built in modern style. Broad roads and spacious squares and nice bungalows surrounded by gardens form there a healthy place, It was Marshall Daendels who in the first years of this century began to build the new town with the construction of barracks and the palace that was designed to be the residence of the Governor-General, but has never been used as such. It is now utilised for Government offices. It contains the large assembly room for the Governor-General and the Council for India, which room contains the portraits of all the Governors-General of Netherlands India. The palace is situated on the west side of the Waterloo Square, where are 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 the Supreme Court and the Military Club Concordia. At a short distance from the Waterlooplein is another
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