The Southern herald., 1899-03-31

to soon become Of greater importancS
among the Philippine ports.
The next ports Of Importance to the
south of sual are Silanguin and Subie.
The harbor Of Fort Silanguin is COM
paratively small when compared with
others along the coast. 1t is about two
miles deep and half a mile wide at the
entrance. Anchorage is found in Is
fathoms of water, and vessels are pro-
tected from all but west winds.
Port Subie stretches inland for seven
miles and forms two excellent harbors,
0longopo and Subie. At the entrance
Is Grand island, which protects the
harbor from the southwest winds.
These ports are but few miles distant
from Manila, ard for that reason will
probably not receive the attention such
a harbor would if further away.
At the present time the southwest
and the east coasts of Luzon are not
considered of great Importance, and
the harbors given but little attention,
excepting in their relation to the trade
between the capital city OF the islands
and the islands to the south. There
are, however, several safe anchorages
for vessels, which may in time develop
into important harbors. The first of
these is Port Jamilo, which runs inland
about ia miles and is net over half a
mile wide at the entrance. A river of
some Importance discharges its waters
into this bay, and Is navigable for small
vessels for some distance.
Still further TO the south Is Nasugba
bay, into which flows the River Liam.
Sand bars detract from the otherwise
excellent qualities of the harbor, but
the bay is important as an anchorage
for vessels caught in the track of the
tropical storms. On the shore of the
bay is the town of Nasugba, place OF
some 4,000inhabitants, and the coasters
have found it valuable place of call
during the years of Spanish dominion.
1t is sufficiently removed from the
larger towns to the north TO make II
valuable harbor in time.
Other ports on the coast of Luzon
are Talin bay, Looc bay, Pagapas bay,
Balayan bay, Batangas bay, Tayabas
bay, Kolokonto bay, Pagbiloa bay, and
Port Tilig on one OF the small islands
near the coast OF Luzon. tits safe am
chorage for vessels at all seasons, and Is
entirely protected from the storms
which frequent this section of the
world
On the Gulf of Ragai several good
harbors are found, the principal of
which ere Pusgo and Pasokao bays.
Others of the Philippine group have
equally as good harbors as Luzon. On
the island of Mindanao the only open
port has been Zamboanga. The town is
the capital Of the province of the same
name, and consists of over 10000 peo-
pie. 1t has naval station and bar
racks, and is considered one of the best
ports of the southern islands. Along
the southeast coast Of this island are a
number of large bays, all of them af-
fording good harbor facilities. They
are Sibuguei bay, Mallga bay, Illina
bay and Palnk harbor, into which flows
the Mindanoa river, which is navigable
for 80 miles by vessels drawing not over
3la feet Of water.
On the southern coast Sarangani bay
is of the most Importance. 1t has ON en-
trance seven miles wide, and extends
far inland. On the west coast is Pujaga
bay, which extendsinland for more than
ten miles. Its principal fault as har-
Dor is its great depth of water, aside
from that, it is considered the best in
the entire island.