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' A 'C ^ f fU 1ST T
t h e Se v e r a l p r in c ip a l d iv i s io n s
JAVA AND MADURA.
■ In several parts of-this work, and in particular when treating c f [agriculture
and1 revenue, reference* has.hefen made toittbe changes introduced! by" the (
British Government in the internal' management o f the country, and-to the
information of a statisticalinature. >which,was/gdld^iSdwitfr 'rigaf^wiFits:,,
resoufc'es..-::-
I t may Trfo&ibe-un'interesting*?fp- the reader to ’/possess, in ta^ijonipressed
form,. the:i'es’i i f - o f the-®fve^ahdvin4uirM whinhrwe’e^^m®^ori!
far as the-same'were, compleated .ate th«cl'dse*<?)f the British aamimstra'fiSfi t
o n Java. The Appendix L . contains.#copy \o|l the, proclamation and-o f me
general instructions issued«cby theiGovernment^ snip la tter.«Sksuffifcient-1
■ ly explain the principle on which the^fables for the.Eastern.DittiftoWwere
compiled. ■
. BANTAM.
..Bantam, once rich.in.its ^pepper..plantations,ahd^the^empbrium.pf the,Bantam-
Archipelago, had, in' cohseq'uence.mf'the, rest rictigmof,' we March company
and the vicinity of Batavia, lositall- it&drade and’i^nrtarice^dongTbefpre
the^arrival of ;the-British.! ..
-cu.Tha succession of thedhrohe ;of. Bantam was.generally ^disposedimf by the
influence of. the Dat’d! government :Jbut. ,the;,admiriistratioh of ttKhcopntry
and the.collection of] the port duties! weredifofify lately-entirelyr erttpistedito
■t. him.;. This.European influence,Ahodghstrpngly^eghtedvi^iie-Jrstinstaiice,
had beendong. acquiesced, in, till,an. attempt ojfjcthe Dutch government, in
the .year 1808y„ta drawl additipnaVtenehtsfromjl^^pipyi^c^-J^ve mceasion.
to andnsurrectift^ .The. .successive>pleasures r . cAtttro^ueitigit themultiyation (
of feoffeeinto that part of the island, of opening the communication by means ,
von. ii. f i t • I ■ of