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PADANG MACASSAR

MAATSCHAPPY VOOR HANDEL & INDUSTRIE,

Import and Export Industrie

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Cable Ad: į

MY. T. V. D. Z. VAN HOUTEN STEFFAN & Co., Import and Export Weaving Plant, -Padang, Sumatra; Teleph. 27; Cable Ad: Steffan: Codes: Acme, Bentley's, A.B.C. 6th edn. and Private

W. J. Hanekuyk, director D. J. Gramer, proxy

Agencies

Lloyds, London,

Samarangsche Zee- & Brand Ass. My. Nederlandsche Lloyd

Oost-Indische Zee- & Brand Ass. My. Brand Verzekering My. "Mercurius" Royal Insurance Co. Queensland Insurance Co., Ld.

N.I.L.L.M.Y.

Ophir-Estates of the Koloniale Bank

West-Sumatra Rubber and

Cultuur My.

Koffie

Cultuur My.Taloeg Goenoeng." Cultuur My. "Talamau

Cultuur My." Danam Gadang", Poly-

phonwerke A. G. Berlin

Dunlop Rubber Co. (Far East), Ld.

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Nippon Yusen Kaisha

PASSER, & ZONEN, M., Importers

M. Passer, partner

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SOCIETA COMMISSIONARIA DI ESPORTAZIONE E DI IMPORTAZIONE V/H SOCIETA COMMIS-

·SIONARIA ORIENTALE, General Importers

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STANDARD-VACUUM OIL CO-Cable Ad:

Standvac

TELS & Co.'s HANDEL MY. L. E., Importers

·N. V. GEBROEDERS VETH'S HANDELMAAT-

SCHAPPY, Importers and Exporters

F. F. Anema, head manager

A. H. van der Pijl, mgr., import R. J. Veth, manager, export

Managing-Directors of

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Nederlandsch-Indische Portland Ce-

ment My.

Mynbouw My. Barisan

Agencies

Ocean Steamship Co.

Nederl. Stoomv. My. "Oceaan" China Mutual Steain Nav. Co., Ld. Cunard Steamship Co., Ld.

Nederlandsch Indische Handelsbank Palatine Insurance & Co.. Ld. Assurantie My." Veritas". "Union" Assurance Co. Amsterdamsche Maatschappy

Levensverzekering

"Fatum" Ongevallen Verzekeringmy-

WEHRY & Co.; GEO., Importers

MACASSAR

Macassar, the capital of the "gouvernement" Celebes and Dependencies, is situated 119° 24′ E. longitude and 5° 8′ S. latitude. The population numbered in the end of 1933 about 84,855, of whom 5,200 were Europeans, 61,665 natives, 18,000 Chinese and 500 foreign Orientals. These figures do not include the floating population of native coolies working in the docks,

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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 Southern end of the waterfront is connected by a highway, several kilometres long, with the business quarters and warehouses. 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 busi- ness centre consists of Passar Street, Wilhelminakade, and Julianakade. The pleasan- test living quarters are General van Daalen weg 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

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