These Pacific ports are particularly promising to our western industries. awall imports practically all its lum~ ber and coal through Hono- lulu, the lumber docks of which are shown above. Be- low is a harbor scene at Shanghai, China, modern steamboats replacing junks on the Huang-pu zine 4 ky fhm Bre. Mo dio ll 3 Nam | q 90 Modern carriers, seen im the offing, visit Singapore, the busy Straits Settlement port. Batavia, Java, the great cof- fee and spice island, has fine concrete piers for handling general merchandise, as shown at the left. Dalny, Manchuria (below) has a promising future as a great Pacific port Underwood & Underwood ae ob ; ¥ roar See eR ee ees PE ee Se eee feng ee tO