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OIL MILL

Oliefabriek "Archa"

OPTICIANS

J. H. Goldberg Rathkamp & Co.

R. J. Schock & Co.

OXYGEN-FACTORIES

BATAVIA-SOURABAYA

N.V. W. A. Hoek's Zuurstoffabriek Zuurstoffabriek West-Java

PASTRY-COOKS AND CONFECTIONERS

G. H. Brasz Froscher & Co. Stam en Weyns

Maison Versteeg en Rikkers

PHOTOGRAPHERS

Charles & van Es F. van Felde

RICE MILLS

Rijstpellerij "Kampong Moeka"

SAVINGS BANKS

Algemeene Spaar-en Depositobank

Dir.-J. H. Kievits & Zoon Bataviaasche Hulpbank Bataviaasche Spaarbank

STEVEDORES

TAILORS

Joh. Kemper Franken Mij. Onderlinge Hulp G. Kerner & Co. M. de Koning Oger, frères Aug. Savelkoul J. F. Scheltens Sien & Co. P. Smits

TANNERY

A. C. Buisson "Reptilia"

Bataviasche Leerlooiery

TIMBER MERCHANTS

The Borneo Co., Ld. Koloniale Handel Mij. H. Mij. P. Landberg & Zn San Liem Kongsie Sioe Liem Kongsie Houthandel Mij. "Singkel "

TOBACCONISTS

Sigarenmagazijn Louis Dobbelman Ned. Ind. Sigarenmagazijn E. Dunlop

& Co.

Winkel Mij. Onderlinge Hulp Ant. Justman Tabak Mij. Sigarenmagazijn "Het Moortje "

Stevedoor Maatschappij Priok (Tand TOURIST OFFICES

joeng-Priok )

N. I. Steenkolen Handel Mij.

Official Tourist Bureau

Tourist Office Lindeman

SOURABAYA

Sourabaya is the capital of the "Provincie" Oost-Java, in the island of Java, and is advantageously situated for commercial purposes on the Maanra Strait, directly opposite the island of Madura. The largest city on the island, it is the principal centre of Java's commercial activities. It is also the naval headquarters of the Dutch East Indies. Among its principal buildings are a fine Government house a naval arsenal, several shipbuilding yards and a naval flying-base.

Sourabaya's position is naturally protected and it lies on the low alluvial delta of the Kali Mas river which empties into the Madura strait. This strait is the narrow division between the island of Java and that of Madura. Sourabaya, therefore, is the outlet in a trade way for exceptionally rich districts. It has been pointed out else- where that Java is naturally divided into three producing districts, each of which, while yielding much the same products, yields a different grade. This is due to climate as well as to soil. Much of the soil of Java is of volcanic origin and therefore exceedingly rich in deposits of a nutritive value. The eastern portion of the island, of which Sourabaya is the seaport proper, contains about 2,000 square miles of agricultural