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MANILA-ILOILO

YNCHAUSTI & Co., General Merchants and Ship Owners; Rope, Paint and Sugar Manufacturers-845, Muelle de la Industria, San Nicolas; Teleph. 22792; P.O. Box 121; Tel. Ynchausti

YOSHIDA, H., Importer and Exporter-

381, Juan Luna; P.O. Box 882

503-511,

YUILL & Co., LTD., G. S.

Echague, Quiapo; Tel. Ad: Storage

Proprietors-

Philippine Cold Stores Agents

Austranian Oriental Line, Ld.

YUTIVO SONS HARDWARE Co., Hardware Merchants-Yutivo Building, corner Nueva and Dasmariñas, Binondo; Telephs. 21828, 22170 and 22179; P.O. Box 47; Tel Ad: Yutivo, Codes: Bentley's complete phrase, Western 5-letters, Western Union and A.B.C. 5th edn.

ZAMBALES LUMBER Co., Lumber Manufac- turers-934-952, Juan Luna, Tondo; Telephs. 49927-8; Tel. Ad: Zaluc. Con- cession Saw Mill, Port Matalvis, Masinloc, Zambales

Dee Hong Lue & Co., Inc., proprs.

ZEITLIN, WM., Manufacturers' Agent

People's Bank Building; Binondo; P.O. Box 22395

ZUELLIG, INC., F. E., Merchants (Successors to Lutz & Zuellig)-90, Rosario; P.O. Box 604; Tel. Ad: Fez, Manila. European Correspondents: F. E. Zuellig, Zurich, Switzerland Tel. Ad: Fezag, Zurich

ZULUAGA & ERQUIAGA, Exporters Hemp & Copra ---Filipinas Building, Binondo; Teleph. 22627; P.O. Box 2053; Tel. Ad: Zuerg, Manila, Legaspi, Tabaco, Guino- batan, Ligao, Iriga, Babaguan, Bulan

ILOILO

Iloilo, the largest town of Panay and the capital of the province of the same name, is the most important port of western Visayas. The exact location of the city is latitude 10° 41′ 39′′ north, and longitude 123° 34′ 12′′ east. It is situated on the border of the narrow Iloilo Strait, formed by the south-eastern curve of the island of Panay and the adjacent Guimaras Island. It is distant 340 nautical miles from Manila, 175 from Cebu, 243 from Zamboanga, 295 from Jolo, and 24 from Bacolod.

The port is on a narrow arm of the sea, commonly called the Iloilo River. Its harbour is well protected and has good anchorage for steamers of any size. The minimum depth of the river is 17 feet, and the minimum and maximum depths of anchorage are 80 feet and 120 feet, respectively. The entrance channel to the harbour has a minimum depth of 42 feet. The port has four-fifths of a nautical mile of water- front. Vessels can anchor at the river wall close to the Custom House and the ware- houses of the leading commercial firms.

Iloilo is an important commercial centre. It is one of the Philippine ports opened to the commerce of the world. Vessels from the ports of eastern and southern Asia, Europe, and the United States call for sugar and copra. The port has also bi-weekly steamship connections with Manila, and there is a regular steamship service with Cebu, and Dumaguete. In addition to this service, two steamers ply daily between this port and Occidental Negros. The Philippine Railway, which extends from Iloilo to Capiz, a distance of 73 miles, practically bisects the Island of Panay, and traverses an exceptionally fertile stretch of country. Each end of the line passes through alluvial plains devoted to the cultivation of rice, sugar-cane, corn, garden and minor products; while the central portion, being higher, is utilized for cattle- raising, the cultivation of tobacco, hemp, coffee, cacao, sugar-cane, cocoanuts, and other tropical products. Roads from almost all the towns of the province also enter the city. Besides being the leading sugar port, Iloilo is the centre of the sinamay industry.