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CEBU-ZAMBOANGA

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行勝捷 Chiat Shing Hong

VACUUM OIL Co.-(See Socony Vacuum

Corporation)

VISAYAN ELECTRIC CO., S. A., Electric Light, Heat and Power-Telephs. 82 and 433; P.O. Box 134; Cable Ad: Electric; Codes: Western Union and Bentley's

WALKER, H. B., General Broker, Public Accountant-Pond and Deen Building, Calle Norte Amenia; P.O. Box 100; Cable Ad: Ostrich; Codes: A.B.C. 5th and 6th edns., Western Union 5-letter edn. and Bentley's

WARNER BARNES AND Co., Lap., Im- porters and Exporters, Shipping and Insurance Agents-Cable Ad: Warner, all Standard Sodes P. C. Boncker, manager

YAPTICO & CO., LTD., F. M., Importers and Exporters, Commission & Shipping Agts -Offices: Manila & Iloilo; Teleph. 80; P.O. Box 84; Cable Ad: Yaptico; Codes: A.B.C. 5th edn., Bentley's and Preus

C. K. Kuan, inanager

YEK HUA TRADING CORPORATION, Im- porters and Exporters-Main Office 132, Juan Luna, Manila

ZUELLIG, INC., F. E., Merchants (Successor to Lutz & Zuellig), European Represen- tatives: F. E. Zuellig, A. G., Zuerich, Switzerland-Cable Ad: Fez

Hch. Gasser, manager

Agencies

Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen Prudential Assurance Co., Ld.

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 30,798, and, in volume of business, takes fifth place among the open ports of the Philippines, coming after Manila, Iloilo, Cebu and Legaspi. 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 25 feet. The climate is characterized by a remarkable evenness of temperature and a comparatively small rainfall which increases rapidly as one goes a few miles from Zamboanga in any direction.

Communication with other ports is assured by inter-island steamers. Overseas Steamship Lines making regular calls at Zamboanga are as follows:-- Ocean and Oriental Navigation Co., Tacoma Oriental S.S. Co., State S.S. Co. and Osaka Shosen Kaisha (Japan-Philippine Line) — twicely monthly, Isthmian S.S. Line and Dollar Steamship Line (Freighters)-once a month, and bi-weekly steamers of the Straits Steamship Company with Sandakan, Borneo, and Singapore. Telegraphic communi- cation with various parts 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 inter- cepting 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 shots with a Dutch fleet and, in 1798, maintained an all- day bombardment with an English squadron. In 1872, for putting down a mutiny of prisoners, Zamboanga was granted by the Madrid Government the title "Loyal and