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Agent te Batavia

NETHERLANDS-INDIA--BATAVIA

Agent te

Do. Weltereden

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Do. Tandjoeng Priok

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Semarang

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De

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Soerabaja

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Padang

Scheepsagentuur

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Emmahaven

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Sabang

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Makasser

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Singapore

Do. Tjilatjap-Rouwenhorst, Mulder&Co.

Do. Penang-Huttenbach, Liebert & Co.

Do.

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Oelée-Lheue-J. F.J. Fels

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Medan-Van Nie & Co

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Pekalongan Hana-Mullemeister en

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Co. Pasoeroea Afscheep.-en commissiezaak voorheen J. F. Esser

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Do. Probolingo Larssen en Co.

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Panaroekan Maatschappij "Pana- | Agent te

roekan"

Pekalongan-G.A.van Putten& Probolingo-Larsen & Co. Sabang De Scheepsagentuur Semarang-De Scheepsagentuur Soerabaja-De Scheepsagentuur Tandjoengpriok-De Scheepsa-

gentuur

Tegal--G. A. van Putten & Co. Weltevreden De Scheepsa

gentuur

Anping-Tait & Co.

Amoy-Butterfield & Swire

Canton-Wendt & Co.

Chefoo-Anz & Co.. Foochow--Bathgate & Co. Iloilo Figuras Hermanos. Keeling-Samuel, Samuel & Co. Kobe--Ed. L. van Nierop & Co. Macao-Herbert Dent & Co. Hankow Kolkmeijer & Rock-

stroh Manila Meerkamp & Co. Moji-Ed. L. van Nierop & Co. Nagasaki--Holme, Ringer & Co. Newchwang-Bandinel & Co. Saigon-Diethelm & Co. Shanghai-Holland-China-Han

dels-Compagnie

Shimonoseki—Ed. L. van Nieron

& Co.

Swatow-Butterfield & Swire

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THE EAST ASIATIC COMPANY, LIMITED Agenten-Erdmann & Sieleken

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(Batavia, Samarang, en Soerabaja)

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TRAVELLERS' & TOURISTS' OFFICE, LIMITED

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W. H. J. Keuchenius, manager

Naamlooze Vennootschap Bureau voor

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Handel-en Reisverkeer te Batavia

Director - Dr. F. Schöppel

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Singapore-De Scheepsagentuur

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JAVA-Bengal Line

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Takao-Tait & Co.

Agent-De Scheepsagentuur

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JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LINE

Do.

Do.

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Agent te Makasser-De Scheepsagentuur

Muntok-A. W. van Andel

Do.

Padang-De Scheepsagentuur

Yokohama-Ed. L. van Nierop

& Co.

JAVA-BRITISH-INDIAN LINE

Do.

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JAVA-AUSTRALIË LIJN

Agent te Batavia-De Scheepsagentuur

Cheribon-G. A. van Putten & Co.

Do. Emmahaven-De Scheepsagentuur

Tientsin-Holland China Han-

delscompagnie

Tsintau-Antz & Co.

Vladivostok - Brijner, Kousnet-

zoff & Co.

Panarockan- Maatschappij | Agent-Maclaine, Watson & Co.

"Panaroekan

Pasoeroean-Afscheep-en com-

missiezaak voorheen J. F. Esser Agents :-De Scheepsagentuur

BATAVIA

Batavia, the residence of the Government of Netherlands India, is situated in 106 48′ E. longitude and 6° 7′ S. latitude. The old city is built in the ancient Dutch style and was till the beginning of the 19th century surrounded by fortifications, which have since been demolished. It has always been unhealthy. 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 buil

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