MANILA-ILOILO
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OFFICES
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society
Orient Insurance Co........
Philippine Guaranty Co........
Phoenix Assurance Company, Limited
Providence Washington Insurance Company
Queen Insurance Co. of America
Queensland Insurance Co., Ld......
Royal Insurance Co...
Royal Insurance Co., Ld.......
Salvage Association, London..
AGENTS
W. F. Stevenson & Co., Ld. Forbes, Munn & Co., Ld. Jose McMickling
Ker & Co. & Union Insurance
Socy. of Canton
Ker & Co. & Union Insce. Socy.
of Canton Smith, Bell & Co. Ker & Co.
Smith, Bell & Co.
Forbes, Munn & Co. Ker & Co.
Scottish Union and National Insurance Company.... W. F. Stevenson & Co., Ld.
Security Insce. Co.........
Sea Insurance Co.
Skandinavia Re-insce. Co.
South British Fire and Marine Ins. Co. South British Insurance Co., Ld....
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St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company State Fire Insurance Company, Limited. Sun Insurance Office......
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada Swiss Marine Insurance Companies, combined Switzerland General Insurance Co.
Tokyo Marine Insurance Company, Limited. Triton Insurance Company, Limited Union Insurance Society of Canton.. Union Marine Insurance Co.
United Insurance Co., Ld.
United States Insurance Co. of New York.
United States Lloyd Insurance Co....... Westchester Fire Insce. Co.
Western Assurance Company (Marine)
Yangtsze Insurance Association, Ld. Yorkshire Insurance Co., Ld.
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Union Insce. Socy, of Canton Smith, Bell & Co.
Union Insce. Soc. of Canton Smith, Bell & Co.
Meerkamp & Co. (sub-agency) Union Ins. Society of Canton Warner, Barnes & Co., Ld. Ker & Co.
Smith, Bell & Co., financial agents Ed. A. Keller & Co.
Ker & Co.
Warner, Barnes & Co., Ld. Smith, Bell & Co.
H. Hunter, branch manager Ker & Co.
Warner, Barnes & Co., Ld. Warner, Barnes & Co., Ld. Warner, Barnes & Co., Ld. Union Insce.Socy, of Conton Warner, Barnes & 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 of 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 48,000. 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
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