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CEBU-BORNEO

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Code Portwood Canning Co. S. F. Cal.,

"Tansan"

Borden's Condensed Milk Co.

Owners

Steamer "Dalupaon"

U. S. POST OFFICE

Postmaster-Tobias Eppstein Clerk-F. P. Warren

Do. --Andrés Campos Chief Operator-J. Ñ. Weir Asst. Chief Operator-E. H. Welch Operators-J. Gerado, C. Gerado, M.

Abella, S. Cano

VISAYAN ELECTRIC CO.

Martin M. Levering, president

W. O. Bingham, sec. general manager Alfonso Sy Cip, treasurer

Jos. J. J. Addenbrooke, supdt.

WARNER, BARNES & Co., Ld., Merchants; Telegraphic Ad: Warner. Branches in Iloilo, Samar, Leyte, Albay and Lagoney

A. C. Glinister

Agencies

Royal Excl. Ass. Corp.

Law, Union & Crown Insurance Co. State Fire Insurance Co., Ld. Maritime Insurance Co., Ld. Western Assurance Co.

Yangtsze Insurance Association, Ld.

Bureau of Navigation

Tokyo Marine Insurance Co., Ld. Manufacturers' Life Insurance Co. International Sleeping Car and Ex-

press Trains Company

The Great Trans-Siberian Route China & Manila Steamship Co., Ld. Bucknall S. S. Lines Ld.

Great Northern S. S. Co.

Nippon Yusen Kaisha White Star Line

Bibby Line

American-Asiatic Steamship Company China Express Co.

Geo. W. Wheatley & Co's Express United States Express Co.

Neale & Wilkinson Express Co.

YAP TICO, Imptrs. and Exptrs., Commission. and Shipping Agts.; Branches: Manila and Iloilo; Tel. Ad: Yaptico; Teleph. No. 44; P. O. Box 48

Agencies

Yan On Marine & Fire Insce. Co., Ld. Fook On Assce. & Godown Co., Ld.

I On Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Ld. Yek Tong Lin Fire & Mar.Ins. Loan Co., S. S. "Manzano"

[Ld.

S. S. "Gonzales S. S. "Francisco" S. S. "Bais"

BORNEO

After Australia this island is the largest in the world. It extends from about 7 deg. N. to 4 deg. S. latitude, and from 109 deg. to 118 E. longitude. Its length is about 850 miles, its greatest breadth 600 miles, and its average breadth is estimated at 350, miles. Its vast interior consists of almost impenetrable forests, which teem with animal life, but are sparsely populated by man. The soil is fertile, and in some parts near the coast the land is marshy. It was discovered by the Portuguese in 1526 and they as well as the Spaniards, Dutch, and English formed settlements on different parts of the coast, but none of these were long maintained. The Dutch claim sovereignty over the greater part of the south and west of the island, along the coast of which they maintain establish- ments; the territories of the British North Borneo Company, the Rajah of Sarawak and the Sultanate of Brunei (now administered by the British Government) extend over and along the north and north-eastern coast. The Native States are insignificant and in a backward condition. The total population of Borneo is roughly estimated at 3,000,000. The productions are many and varied, and the mineral resources believed to be great.

The Chinese, who have been settled in most Bornean towns for generations, conduct all the trading operations. The country generally is in an undeveloped condition. The natives are of the Malayan type, and are, as a rule, indolent and wanting in enterprise. A British Protectorate exists over Sarawak and the territory of the British North Borneo Company.

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