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NETHERLANDS INDIES

Island of Celebes

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Makasser.-Makasser, the most important harbour in the eastern part of the Archipelago is situated on the south-west point of Celebes. It possesses a road well protected by several coral islands and two breakwaters, approximate- ly parallel with wharves at the shore, at a distance of about 1,200 metres. The wharves consist of a quay-wall with a length of 1,340 metres where ships of 9 metres draught can moor even at low tide and a screw pile wharf, 500 metres long and 10 metres broad, with a depth alongside of 7.50 metres at low tide. A harbour for sailing boats and native vessels with an area of 20,000 square metres and 26 little screw pile jetties has been made. The harbour is equipped with sheds; liquid fuel and coal can be obtained. At the end of the year 1932 altogether a sum of Fls. 14,000,000 had been devoted to the construction of the Makasser harbour works apart from the costs of the railway connections.

Island of Borneo

Pontianak.-Pontianak, which is situated at the cipal trading centre of the West Coast of Borneo. 300 metres long behind which sheds are built.

Kapoeas-river, is the prin- There is a wharf nearly

Bandjermasin.-Bandjermasin is situated near the South Coast of Borneo on the Martapoerariver, a few kilometres above the junction of that river with the Barito river. The accommodation exists of a screw pile wharf with a length of 150 metres and sheds behind it.

CIVIL AVIATION

The civil airlines, which are operated by the Royal Netherlands Indies Airways (K. N. I. L. M.), are an important and valuable supplement to other means of transport. The following services are now in operation (in both directions):

1. Batavia-Bandoeng; twice or thirce daily according to wet and dry mon-

soon (65 miles-3/4 hour).

2. Batavia-Samarang-Surabaya; one, twice or three times daily (408 miles-2

hours).

3. Batavia-Palembang-Singapore-Saigon; weekly (1,169 miles-8 hours).

4. Batavia-Palembang-Pakan baroe-Medan; twice weekly (888 miles-6 hours)

of which services one is led over Singapore.

5. Surabaya-Bandjermasin-Balikpapan; (526 miles-4 hours) twice weekly, with once a week an extension to Tarakan (329 miles from Balikpapan). 6. Surabaya-Denpasar (Bali); two times weekly (203 miles-2 hours).

7. Surabaya-Macassar (Celebes)-Ambon (Spice Island)-Manokwari (New

Guinea); fortnightly (1,885 miles-13 hours).

8. Surabaya-Macassar-Ambon-Ternate-Menado

nightly (2,286 miles-15 hours).

(Celebes )-Macassar; fort-

9. Batavia-Sydney (Australia); weekly (4,000 miles-20 hours).

Besides operating regular air lines, the K. N. I. L. M. engages in aerial cartography and photography and in taxi-flying. Douglas and Lockheed machines are used on all services except those to the Moluccas and New Guinea, which are operated from Macassar by Grumman amphibians.

The Royal Dutch Airlines (K. L. M.) maintain a weekly service between Batavia and Lydda, Palestine (6,276 miles).

The British flying boats operated by Qantas Empire Airways provide a bi-weekly service between Australia and Egypt, calls being made at Koepang, Surabaya and Batavia in the Netherlands East Indies.