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OFFICES

MANILA ILOILO

AGENTS

Queen Insurance Co. of America

Smith, Bell & Co.

Royal Exchange Assurance Corpn. (Fire and Marine) Warner, Barnes & Co., Ldi

Royal Insurance Co.

Royal Insurance Co., Ld.

Salvage Association, London

"Schweiz" Allgem. Vers. Akt. Ges, Zurich

Scottish Union and National Insurance Company...

Sea Insurance Co.

Sindicato Marselles de Seguros Maritimos

South British Fire and Marine Ins. Co.

South British Insurance Co., Ld.

St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company State Fire Insurance Company, Limited

Sun Insurance Office

Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada

Swiss Marine Insurance Companies, combined Switzerland General Insurance Co.

Tokyo Marine Insurance Company, Limited.... Triton Insurance Company, Limited Union Assurance Society (Fire), London Union Insurance Society of Canton.....

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Unione Continentale Societa Italiana d'Assicurazioni)

e Riassicurazioni Generali, Turin...

United States Insurance Co. of Sydney United States Lloyd..

Vaterlandische Transport Vers.-Akt.-Ges., Elberfeld Verein Bremer See Vers. Gesels., Bremen

Verein Hamburger, Assecuradeure, Hamburg Western Assurance Company (Marine)

World Marine Insurance Company

Smith, Bell & Co. Forbes, Munn & Co. Ker & Co.

Struckmann & Co.

W. F. Stevenson & Co., Ld. Smith, Bell & Co. Froehlich & Kuttner Smith, Bell & Co.

Meerkamp & Co. (sub-agency) Union Ins. Society of Canton Warner, Barnes & Co., Ld.

Ker & Co.

Smith, Bell & Co., financial agents Russell & Co.

Ed. A. Keller & Co.

Ker & Co.

Warner, Barnes & Co., Ld. Smith, Bell & Co. Macleod & Co. L. T. Easton, agent Struckmann & Co.

Warner, Barnes & Co., Ld. Warner, Barnes & Co., Ld. Struckmann & Co.. Struckmann & Co. Struckmann & Co. Warner, Barnes & Co., Ld. Macondray & Co.

Wurttembergische Transp. Vers.-Ges., Heilbronn A/N. Struckmann & Co.

Yangtsze Insurance Association, Ld. Yorkshire Insurance Co., Ld.

Warner, Barnes & Co., Ld W. F. Stevenson & Co.

ILOILO

This port, which is the chief town of the populous province of the same name in the island of Panay, is situated in about lat. 11 deg. N., and long, 123 E., near the south-eastern extremity of the island, close to the sea, on the border of the narrow channel, some three- and a half miles wide, formed by the opposite island of Guimaras. Iloilo is the largest town on the island or Panay and is considered the second city of the Philippine Islands. The harbour is well protected and has good anchorage for steamers of any size. The river is dredged to 24 ft. low water with a rise of 6 ft., and steamers can now enter and load full cargoes alongside the wharves. The high ground of Guimaras forms a kind of funnel with the Panay shore and the result is that a calm is of rare occurrence, there being almost always a breeze. In the old Spanish days it was one of the health resorts of the Islands. The population is about 40,000. The better class houses are built of reinforced concrete, while the poorer classes live in flimsy structures of cane and nipa. The means of communication are excellent, there being a station of the Eastern Extension Cable Co., while for communication with the interior it is possible to communicate over the line operated by the Bureau of Posts to practically all the towns in Panay, while the Cable Co. have a branch line to Bacolod, the principal town on the east coast of Negros. As regards shipping there is a weekly service to and from Manila, which is some 350 miles distant. The town is lit up by electricity and a telephone system exists.