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and larger square, the Koningsplein, each side of which is nearly one mile 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 two railways, one tramway, and wide roads for carriages. Different Banks and Banking Corporations have agencies at Batavia, wiz.:-The Netherlands Trading Society (Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij), with a capital of £.35,783,000, and a reserve capital of f.2,536,444.12 gave a dividend of 6 per cent. in 1897. The Netherlands Indian Mercantile Bank (Nederlandsch Indische Handelsbank), with a capital of f.7,200,000 and a reserve capital of f.1, 373,52870 promotes trade, industry, and agriculture in Netherlands India, ad- vances money to agricultural estates and for the trade in produce. The Colonial Bank, capital f.10,000,000, also supplies capital to estates and promotes agricultural enterprise. The Netherlands Indian Escompto Company, with a capital of £3,000,000 and a reserve capital of f.167,000, does general banking business, advances money on shares, etc. There are also agencies of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corpora- tion and of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China.
The port of Tandjong Priok is in communication with Batavia by railway and by a canal. The outer harbour is formed by two piers 1,850 metres long; the entrance is 125 metres wide, and the depth is 8 metres. The inner harbour has a quay 1,100 metres long and 175 metres wide; the water has a depth of 750 metres. There is extensive accommodation for coaling and in the docks and workshops all kinds of repairs to vessels can be made. The expenses for the construction of the harbour and annexed works amounted to 263 millions of guilders.
The harbour was visited in 1890 by 647 steamers and 53 sailing ships
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The population of Batavia consisted on the 31st December, 1896, of 9,423 Europeans 26,433 Chinese, 2,828 Arabs, 132 other foreign Orientals, and 76,751 natives; total, 115,567
BUITENZORG.
The usual residence of the Governor-General is at Buitenzorg, at a distance of a little more than one hour by railway from Batavia. The population of Buitenzorg numbers about 25,000, of whom 1,500 are Europeans. 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.
PUBLIC COMPANIES
JAVASCHE BANK
President J. Reysenbach
DIRECTORY
Directeuren-J. F. H. de Vignon Vande-
velde,
Plaatsvervangende Directeuren-W. E.
van Charante, H. J. Meertens President Commissaris—M. J. A. van der
Chys
Commissarissen-J. A. van Delden, Mr. J.
Schoutendorp; J. A. Schröder Secretaris-H. R. de Vries
Gouvernements Commissaris-J. Faes Agent te Cheribon-A. A. Keuchenius
Do. Semarang--A. F. van Suchtelen Do. Soerabaia-W. F. J. Keuchenius
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Agent te Soerakarta-J. R. van Alphen
Djokjokarta-M. H. Roos Padang J. Kempen
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Macassar E. M. A. Noothout
FACTORY DER NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ
President-H. C. Soeters
Leden van Bestuur-C. H. C. Byvanck,
J. L. Ludolph Secretaris. H. van Geyt Agent te Semarang-H. Kerbert
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Soerabaia-H. J. Hoogeveen Cheribon—W. L. Waller Diemont Tegal-J. H. F. Beer
Pekalongan-E. R. Haighton
Pasoerocan-J. F. Lankamp
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