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Agencies

PADANG-MACASSAR

Landbouw My. Moeara Laboe Klapper Cultuur My. Toja Lawa 2nd Ned. Ind. Zee en Brandassurantie

Maatschappy

'Sumatra Thee Maatschappy

WEHRY & Co., GEO., Importers

W. J. Ebeling Koning, manager

Asahno

PHOTOGRAPHERS

Koun Chan

Tan Dioe Sien

KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPY

A. van Vollenhoven, agent

GÜNTZEL & SCHUMACHER

Agency

Deutsch Australische Dampfschiff

Gesellschaft

HAACKE & Co.

Agency

Ocean Steamship Co.

STOREKEEPERS

Toko Toyo

STEAMSHIP AGENCIES

INTERNATIONALE

CREDIET & H. VER

"ROTTERDAM"

T. Ph. Bouvin

Agencies

Stoomvaart-Maats. "Nederland

Rotterdamsche Lloyd

Java-China-Japan Lijn

Java-Pacific Line

Holland-Am. Lijn

Java-Bengalis Lijn

H. My. v/h J. Boon, jr.

Boon-Leewens

City Magazine

Hellfach & Co.

Pupke

Stiphout

de Sumatra Bode

PLANER J

N. V. Handel My. de Vlyt

N. V. Tokra-Padangs Warenhuis N. V. de Volharding

Hellfach & Co.

CHEMISTS

Padangsche Apotheek

N. V. West Sumatra Apotheek

MACASSAR

Macassar, the capital of Celebes and Dependencies, is situated 119° 24′ E. longitude and 5° 8' S. latitude. The population numbered in 1920 about 60,000, of whom about 3,000 were of European origin, 10,000 of Chinese origin, 250 Arabs, 150 other foreign Orientals, and 46,600 natives, without the floating population of native coolies working in the docks, which is rather important.

As the principal centre of trade in the north-eastern part of the Archipelago, the place has great importance as a transit port. There is an old wharf 510 metres long (the Wilhelminakade), with custom-houses and godowns for general use and a new concrete quay about 1,400 metres in length (the Julianakade), where the steamship companies have their own waterfront, godowns and offices. The northern end of the waterfront is connected by a highway, several kilometres long, with the business quarters and warehouses. A fifth extension of the harbour is planned. A breakwater 2,700 metres long protects the liarbour from rough seas. Macassar has been closed as a free port since August, 1906. The town is nicely built. A fine thoroughfare, lined with tamarind trees, traverses the principal part, where the Government House and other public buildings are situated, and leads on both sides to large grass-covered squares-- the Koningsplein and Kerkplein. A business centre consists of Passar Street, Wilhelminakade and Julianakade. The pleasantest living quarters are Heerenweg and Hospitaalweg, where houses with colonnades give the impression of a town in southern Europe. Around the European settlement the natives have made their villages. The surrounding country is low and marshy, covered with rice-fields and kampongs. The mountains, with the Peak of Bonthain in the distance, afford a fine spectacle, especially in the evening, when they are not covered by the fogs that rise from the plains. Beautiful sunsets are to be seen every night from the Harbourmaster's landing-stage.