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PADANG
Padang, the capital of the West Coast of Sumatra, is situated 100 deg. 20 min. 30 sec. E. longitude and 59 min. 30 sec. S. latitude. The population, numbered 51,976 of whom 2,624 (1,313 males, 1,309 female) Europeans, 40,694 (23,084 male, 17,610 female) Natives, 7,212 (3,945 male, 3,259 female) Chinese, 1,456 (753 male, 703 female) other foreign Orientals according to Census, 7th of October, 1930. Padang has a splendid natural harbour, the “Emmahaven," with up to-date wharfage facilities. The place is an important market for Import and Export articles. The produce of the West Coast, such as coffee, copra, cassia-vera, rattan, gum damar, rubber, hides, nutmegs, mace, cloves, etc., are shippe to the different ports of the world. The beautiful highlands, with the centre Fort de Kock, offer plenty of opportunities for walking and motoring trips amidst most gorgeous scenery. Padang is one of the healthiest places on the Coast, land and sea breezes contributing materially to lower the temperature. Owing to the absence of anonsoons no division of the year into a dry and a wet season can be made, the rainfall being more or less equally divided over the whole year. However June and July are considered to be the dry period.
Padang is now linked up with Medan-Deli on the North East coast by an excellent motor road which passes through a great variety of primeval and beautiful scenery. Comfortable hotels and rest houses are distributed along this 850 kilometer length of road, so that the journey is warranted free from hardship.
Within short, Padang will be an aerial port so that tourists will be enabled to enjoy a birds-eye view of this richly verdured tropical island. Padang has two good hotels and a Rotary Club.
DIRECTORY
MUNICIPALITY
Mayor-Dr. W. M. Ouwerkerk, LL.D.
Secretary--Dr. S. Blankstein, LL.D.
Treasurer-J. M. van der Wal
Director of Public Works J. F. Kipperman,
C.E.
Director of Electric Light and Power
Service B. van der Weerdt
Veterinary Surgeon A. H. P. van der
Put, VET. B.
KAMER VAN KOOPHANDEL EN
NYVERHEID
(Chamber of Commerce and Industries)
Chairman-A. Nagel
Vice-President-M. Passer
Members-R. B. Meyer, J. A. Voor-
thuis and F. F. Anema
Secretary-M. H. Bruyn
HANDELSVEREENIGING
(Commercial Association)
Chairman-R. B. Meyer
Members of the Board-A. Nagel and
N. F. Spier van Zwicht Secretary-M. H. Bruyn
KAMER VAN KOOPHANDEL EN NIJVERHEID TE PADANG (Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Padang)
President-A. Nagel
Vice-do. M. Passer
Members-R. B. Meyer, F. F.
Anema and J. A. Voothuis
Secretary-M. H. Bruyn
BANKS
CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUS. & CHINA
Javasche Bank, agents
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