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CEBU-ZAMBOANGA

pres.

Dean C. Worcester, asst. to the

Kenneth B. Day, general manager H. U. Umstad, asst. do.

P. L. Sherman, plant manager A. C. Williams, asst.

do.

A. B. Gardner, electrical engineer. C. C. Mitchell, Manila manager

WALKER, H. B., Customs and General

Broker, Public Accountant-23, Calle de los Martires; P.O. Box 100; Tel. Ad: Ostrich; Codes: A. B. C. 5th edition, Western Union, 5- Letter edition Western Union Agencies

Law Union & Rock Insurance Co. China Fire Insurance Co.

Tokio Marine Fire Insurance Co. Yangtsze Insurance Association Fuso Marine Insurance Co., Ld.

Manufacturers' Life Insurance Co.

Atlas Assurance Co.

1383

Employers' Liability Assur. Corpn.

Dollar Steamship Line

Fidelity and Surety Co. of the

Philippine Is.

Philippine Trust Co.

行勝捷 Chiat Shing Hong

YAP TICO, F. M., Importer and Exporter,

Commission and Shipping Agent

Offices: Manila and Iloilo; Teleph. 80;

P.O. Box 84; Tel. Ad: Yaptico

Yap Kaitong, signs per pro.

C. K. Kuan, asst. mgr.

Agencies

Yek Tong Lin Fire & Mar. Ins. Loan

Co., Ld.

S. S. "Hoi-Ching", "M. Yaptico", "Paulino"

ZAMBOANGA

Zamboanga is located on the south-western extremity of Mindanao Island in latitude 6 deg. 55 min. north and longitude 122 deg. 5 min. east, being 512 nautical miles south of Manila. It has a population of about twenty-eight thousand aud, in volume of business, takes fourth place among the open ports of the Philippines, coming after Manila, Iloilo and Cebu. It is situated in a country noted for copra, lumber and hemp production, has excellent shipping facilities, and is the ideal transhipping point for all products of southern Mindanao and Sulu. The harbour is partially protected by two small islands and is never visited by severe storms as it is south of the typhoon belt. It has a good anchorage for steamers of any size, and the wharf, will accommodate steamers drawing thirty feet. The climate is characterized by a remarkable evenness of temperature and a comparatively small rainfall which increases rapidly as one goes few miles from Zamboanga in any direction.

Communication with other ports is assured by weekly nail steamers, bi-weekly transports and despatch boats with Cebu and Manila, monthly steamers of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha with Australia, Manila and the China coast, and bi-weekly steamers of the Straits Steamship Company with Sandakan, Borneo, and Singapore. A coast-- guard cutter, running out of Zamboanga, gives regular communication with other small ports of the Department. Telegraphic communication with the remainder of the Archipelago is secured by a wireless station connecting with cables and land lines.

Zamboanga was founded by the Spaniards in April, 1635, for the purpose of intercepting Moro corsair fleets which were accustomed to pass the Strait of Basilan from southern Mindanao to the Visayan Islands. The town was repeatedly attacked by the Moros. In 1646, it exchanged slots with a Dutch fleet and, in 1798, maintained an all-day bom- bardment with an English squadron. In 1872, for putting down a mutiny of prisoners, Zamboanga was granted by the Madrid government the title "Loyal and Valiant Town." On May 10, 1899, the revolutionists attacked the Spanish garrison in Zam- boanga, which withdrew on May 24. The town was burned during the hostilities. Dur- ing the summer of 1899, the Republic of Zamboanga was in full control, but the town was finally surrendered to the American blockading squadron without bloodshed on November 16 of the same year.

The Department of Mindanao and Sulu, of which the capital is Zamboanga, consists of the seven provinces of Agusan, Bukidnon, Cotabato, Davao, Lanao, Sulu and Zamboanga-all of Mindanao island excluding the small provinces of Misamis and