been1 exported tarBombsy. duiing-* thecas ti. four years,. principallycon the
returning ships in ballast touching at Batavia on their way from ,;Qiin a,
and these cargoes'rhave affortled .considerable profit; A lucrative trade in
this articl'd is also‘sometimes carried on, by the Arabs to the Bed Sea,and
particularly do ’Mocha; but Arab traders,rof. sufficient capital,for these
extensive speculations, -have, by the effects efi-the former monopoly ,qn Java,
long been driven out otf the market,'and:-sufficient time has, no|;been. given
for them fo returm ' i
fl ‘The' extensile produce bfi this fine island in. sugar.and coffee ..of,,superior
quality,| and 'the pepper--and various other articles, eifbpr-yielded by it
ofucplleoted . foom the;meighbouringr-countries, jsuohu as; sago,, ftin» Japan
copper, spices, elephants’ -teeth* st-iclac, fopg pepper,. cubibs,. tortoiseshell,
gddy diamonds;: Japan woody ebeny> ,rattans,- indigo,~.&c,, present fine
subjects' for:pommc®dal speculation to all parts,,nf..Burope,and , A meriea>
the Capeldf sGrood Hope, and, the, Mauritius ^ and-the -mor-e,SQ„rag from the
extensive native and European*population, a:very.,cqn§idorable.-and.,$o_nstent
demand exists for the produce and manufactures pf Europe, nqt,,onfy-fpr the
consumption ‘and use of rthe island itself* butifo supply the -neighbouring
Malayanfstafces by Way,of barter.
«-’S^I'lfg quantity-of'-sugar seems to .depend almost entirely up0%tb«Aqm$$il*
atodds liMfely>at alhtimbsitorequa^ it, iewcoiinfeBies -sfibr4ing^fhab%dvp.ntaies
fo r‘4tS*mahafa<dbre>.i Owing to they-want «ef.demand, ifor^thastibandH^
produce,;'for several years antecedent to-thereonquest, many- qf fjthe, mania-,
factories wem'discontinued pvbut .since -the trade has>.jbepq.fGpqja,ed .and
thedemand iTenewod, many <of -thorn f, have agaiRv-cespmqnpqd j forking,
and th e quantity-produced in-the yearr 1815. was ,-not Jess tthan twpntlAwt-,
sand pilculs.
t i ' l t e manufacturers hfangrnn fongatsgpmpellqd rtq d£liwe?<dhqfo>prqducq',to
government}can afford/ to ? selluthe sugar rat'’ Batavia «<at frpmufqim .to.six
Spanish dollarsj^drd&om; twentyr.fo fhktyj^iUinga) .pej. id^lity
being -distinguished into first, .• secondhand third sogt^- of which . the first
may be bought in rthe ;markefofor.7exportation atteix. (Spanish d ^ a rsg p r
pikul, of about twvrity*fiv©isshilUngs:ther hundredweight, pBihb quality of
this* sugar i» altogether different from.the. sugar; JUiBengah and is said to; be
equal td that of Jamaica, being: m aoufaetured- in, a - gr e at- measure, ap,cording
to the-same process.' Whiler.the European* market is ?open «for ppfiee -and
other
tóherdigtó arffob^@:SUgar4>CÉ I h f bW 5;^ | É M S and
large-quantities kaw^en^.hgen^sqldi in the Lqifopn W H as
ninety and ohe nundred ^hillings per hundred-weight.*
.. The quantity of coffee -delivered, tongoyqr nroepfc.in ofoe * year 1815,; ex*. - i n Coffee,
deeded-seventy thousand pikuls^aboat-thirty-thousand.pibuls more may havé
ÜHn Mlofiatby/indiyidijal^1 and the produce is gre'atly on the in'creasè.f j
The -
..„n the quantity of sugar manufactured at ifiatojdf aasbthe various
jresidetcie&flf-the*island of. J n f c &<m * a yearASOW1 appears, that
jjj *.T.t v it-was i
,i Ip thejjtear ISQp., . t t 106,513 j
i, tAii tüp-%ye8£ J-8R1', ^uj'^-lpTiisS,,. ?
fcmjm year <1804 „p. 94,903 o-, -j. i n b ■< 1
Ahatiforing theitot.&UPtaepflofr^cse .yearsi. the; quantity .made, .andxdglAveredi Qye^ tq^the
Gompany m^&'pbit-'tp Holl&ndi api.rsi^i^.amouatecbljO- 'S&S^S^ipiJqiUt or toAn average of
ASlsSSs MMlially;*twn of-these -years, being, almost ,entirfi]y.U3mto,dpGtee,,i0m
payment to^he manufacturers-ofimojjey^to,.enabte them,to/ carry oBstheiiqbusinpss; - > (During
the latter -JhaKiafrfc^WQa, orafrom 17.94, tw 1808* the. quantdyJMPPpfectured . ^ v e r e d
overdfco ^tbedleBipaPy-ara.oun(;ed5 ba P3i7#598^^Mfc,i,awagiBgu65,54&-annuallys, -A Ui#he suS“ r .
for ^export, ..during .this, period, as stated in the text, was deliyered over, at fixed xates to Z
Éoveimnaht,-. and waa-.plasedjinder,la^s. Qfctha^iiotest.fflonopfl!3Lrn*i£b<3i sfeïatóheigrgat practi- 1
«ability o fan increase to.almo^a4y*ext^nq,*e,oiajtpddnefi-J:h,eJsiidden,&tart wtfie supply oe.ca-
sioned'iy,the.-American demand, »11)800.,.. In noaprftöediug.-ye^ vh a.d*hfear;ti^of
been* (Miw*ecbavervtotthii,Gompai}y,to a greater amowntihan lp.ithat.y'ear.^he
quantity .soldaatcBatadajuto4Americans■, ajone,.amouptedi(to<9i ,5 5 k , jasAfes.fiiftfSShBpg^at
years,averaged,lOOjOOO^«^,* and soldfor,-900,000,Java supess, 1
mmcipat p'antirpfttKk,wasimahufec*ured at Batavia^, tj>e quantityrtgap.5jlfA}3»5-f®ipé»,^<:®?l‘a’
m m M s u r e t y and S e v a n g , I M I B M B D H |
fe tfib u ted to Ü B « é ^ a n d ^W a r tif e lè 'h ^ I» 'In m B H I
èupplied m P .disadyfpitage? .under .which, .the ;}gapuf^GtJurier
deliveries afcdaactóqnate,«rates,v.neednofefee
account m an y estimate,ofi.the.attainable increase sf^h^manufac.ture,
i»+_iMB"iïog«do*t*mak^^,fqllawing)Mteervat«)ns qa thg1£offee0apJ4^eppftr,flf4ja^!,:- ^ ^ l 0 '■
<& comparing the p ro d u c e d , the,,lSiest4pdian islaftdsh '
.population,, and.expences of6>ultivation,4 Jj|iayei frequerftly.left^ffli^i^
ddfetiohs am-iiutd thatLjavavoma, very moderate, qalQidstiop^as
<•' yield fifty millions of pounds of coffee annually. , '
, “ Uor a«long .period, :tire planting ofioffee y y a s , a n d P n « «
« lands, '
and spirit of monopoly, hy company and'the government of Batavia have ever been
“ cultivation in the, eastern districts. Ruq&e p«SJ§sissio*re,iii^^0S>i3^6?’i£SfeS®4 4»at e
I «"'cultivation sh o iS l^ ë abolished; and iptfliè mhnth of 'Septembêfqn^he ^ffleyear, this orden
1 ^as