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PADANG-MACASSAR

STEAMSHIP AGENCIES

INTERNATIONALE CREDIET & HANDELS

VERG. "ROTTERDAM'

Agencies

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Stoomvaart-My. “Nederland Rotterdamische Lloyd Java-China-Japan Lyn.

Java-Pacific Line

Holland-America Line Java-Bengal Line

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KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ

L. Vernède, manager

HMY. GUENTZEL & SCHUMACHER

Agency

Deutsch Australische Dampfsch. Ges.

Gebroeders Veth

Agencies

Ocean Steamship Co.

Nederl. Stoomv. My. " Oceaan"

China Mutual Steam Nav. Co., Ld. Cunard Steamship Co., Ld..

STORES

Boon Leewens, hardware

City Magazine, A. Jesinowsky, genl. stores. Hellfach & Co, chemists and druggists Pupke, photographic & ophthalmological

supplies

Sumatra-Bode, booksellers and printers Toko Orient, tailors and outfitters Handelmij "De Vlyt"

Padangsch Warenhuis "Tokra," general

stores

De Volharding, printers

CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS

Hellfach & Co.

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 1926 about 53,590, of whom 3,326 were Europeans. 39,571 natives and 10,693 foreign Orientals. These figures do. not include the floating population of native coolies working in the docks,

As the principal centre of trade in the north-castern 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 harbour 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.

The city of Macassar is administered by a Municipal Council with a Burgomaster as president. The Council has 17 members (10 of European origin, 5 Natives of Macas- sar, and 2 Chinese). Technical affairs, grounds and the public sanitary service are managed, under the supervision of the Municipal Council, by an Engineer Director of Municipal public works (Ingenieur-Directeur Gemeentewerken). The municipal gas. plant is managed by a Director (Directeur der Gemeente-Gasfabriek) under the supervision of the Gasworks Committee, nominated by the Municipal Council. The. electric lighting plant is in the hands of the Ned. Indische Gas-Maatschappy.