exp end iture. :
Rix-dollars. Rix-dollars-.
Rent of land ._ j *; » ■ ri j j - d Civil appointments # B n FjjQQ©^)00
Produce of.land, unfarmod. ■, 1 -ÖQO^OOQ., Land forces^, jr, ... l^ ^Q QO
Sgleo^opium * - ■ • . . ljisoLom L. j^u iifa c tó ry of powder,.. foun-
Money , .. . . . , .. . . - -Mö^OÖp. ' dery o f ball’s, aria a rsen a l .
Coffee, éB’ChÓöè pilwfe,’ a t SO ' 'HosptfalS ? t ■ . . ;
'-Hiddollars--. - . 7 • 1 ■ . 4,50(1,000'
Pfeppo'r^ 3&,0Q0;piku!s! ~ - v ï6Öy00G r ’( 'D-Fórtifieatiari^. &c„ J i V;t:'ïÉio,eho
Pin, . n 3§'ß0Q.pifciel$: .> , , 400,000 djN’ew works i .. ,, *.-■ , ■mOf&o
Jap a fr Copper, J!S$Q0 pikuls .„ J nshce.and.poli^e; ;v ;;. ^ ^ \ Ü&QßQ%
Spices . • ,« . . . . . . < 1,000,060!, g Transports and .freights - „ .
Forests .. . . . . . . . . .. . . s s p jm ^ Transport of Cptóbariyls" sdr-;
Sale of rice . . . . . . s%ooo . : - ' vants^ r em m e r dd® from
.Europe' 'x-'w- 'i-': ƒ ' f i l l ®
/ ■ - Purehaseiöf native articles *
/ s,-. Package i 100,000
, In te re s t• ..».. .$ ■ . a .A O ijM
Unforeseen charges - : v- ï4.
iS $ S Ê Ê
iGf,79(r,0bo--.': Which being substracted fÈöri£/lrÓ]7S'05ÖÖO
1 Leaves a n ett profit^ R ix -dO lL ^ ^ ^& it
a*rI«>anofe on this source of revenue, Marshal Daendels says that he "is sensible of the evil?
arising from the-use of this drug, but that the-Javans are so addicted tolt, that n t prospect of
success could 'be entertained from any project for redueing/its consumption. Yet even while
he is makirig this observation, he tells us tfiat the Commissioners fixed the sale at 1-fiQO chests,
WÊ. that he his estimate ha» onlytakife it at 800. It was afterwards reduced to less than 30Ö
chests, without any fear of disturbance or any danger of illicit trade.
• -AN '
A c c o u n t
OF . THE r
I S L A N D OF JAVA.
C H A P T E R I.
Situation ( f J am .—Name.—Extent and Form^Divisions.
-rHq^bpv^sy—Mountains and; Volcanos.—Rivers and Lakesi—G'eriéral
^Appearance o f the Country.—Mineralogical Constitution.—Seasons and
Climate. Metals.—Minerals: —Soil.— Vegetable* and Animal Kingdoms.
JL ±1 JA c o u n try Known- to Europeans under the name o f J ava,
Major, . and to the Natives' under those' of Tana (the land) Jdwa, or
Nusa> (the island) ls.oneWf the largest o f what'modern geographers
call the' ;ShNX)a islands. It- is sometimes1 considered one' of the Malayan
Islands, and .forms..a part of that division of the> Oriental Archipelago'
which it. has, been .lately proposed to1 designate as the Asiatic I sles
lb ; extends -eastward^ with a- 'slight delation to' the- south, from
05 1-1- to :fl4° SS'rof longitude east of Greenwich,- and lies' between
the laMude,« 52- aid 8= 46, g « Qn ^ g 3 K £ g west g k
i J r 6 Indian '° cean'i on the. north-west by a channel- called the Straits of
Sunday which separates-it from Sumatra, at a-distance in- one point of only
foupteen-mdes ;■ and on the-south-east by the Straits of Bdli, only two miles
wide,, which, diyide-.it' from« the island of that name. These' islands, and
others, stretching, eastward, form with-J a v a - a-gentle curve* of more than
tw# thousand geographical miles, which with less regularity is continued
B from
Situation of the
Island,