BATAVIA..
O f the splendour akid magnificence which procured for this capital
the title of the Qpieen of5 the East, little is now to be found. Streets have been
pulled down, caials h at filled up, forts lfomolished;. and palaces levelled
with the dust. The stsid-house, where the supremêjcoUrtr of justice' aid
magistracy still assembly remains; merchants- transact their business in the
town during the day, and its warehouses still' cóótafli the richest productions
of the island, but few Europeans of respectability sleep within i^ Ifjnits. ^
The following table comprizes all fixed: residents within foe .city and ^ts
immediate suburbs, to the7 distance of aboUt4wb iffileV. -Thé municipal
regulations of this part of the island having-been continue A im T o ^ and
the execution of them; for Hie most party delegated fo IJijR# a|thtófos*|iH
isf to be apprehended that the return of the population now given may be
found1 deficient in aeeuracyr A poll tax bW g^e v^-an ~^ ^iges§/and
other town duties rendering- it foe] interest of the parties] to-;wifoh$d-dnfdr-
mation asAö their exact numbers, it is also .probable that-foe total-amount
considerably ëxéeeds'foat now given: cér.tainlyit doés nSt fEll shcirt-Af it;
Account o f the Population o f the City o f Batavia and ife-StfBURBS.
• Males. Females.'; ;-:^ |S p E \ ;
i . 367; ■ m ■ 543 '
; . ' f o r : 779 ! '4 1,485 D e s c e n d a n t s o f I ? u fb p e a n s boFfif in t b e C o lo n y * • • • • • 11 197 121 318 4? . I l f
' y f o ö * 1,399 ' 13,155
- 1,782 — 3,331
B 4 ‘ l , t f32y ® l i . 1,148' ' 881 '
• 4,063” - - 3 ,6 ö f ... 7 j7 g g
141 I 01 ■ ] 232
112" l i l [ r 223
. 57' - 25 ;8 " 82
C S Ü 24
248 ' 6,076
_ 35.7 605
' 4,273 11,249
; 7,001,
] 7,238 14,239
G r a n d T o t a l . . . . . . 47,217'
Ol'j&JVMtONg’OE B A TA VIA .
The lands comprehended- trader the- denomination-of the Batavian environs
(pmrnelqnden)f£originally .formed the principal part of .the Jahatra
dominions, th e nativelchiefsvwire early depr^dlof the administration by
thejcajtioUs policy, of tije Dutch, and g l a n d s Subsequently sold in property
to EuropdaUs and othgftj; fcAfeording tq an pfficial valuation in 1818,
Environs of
Batavia*
the amount of pjroperty i f hlukes and lands,"belonging to individuals, in the
b>i<y of Batavia' and its.en«irons,jnd.uding-Jije_prpate estates near Buiten-
jporg, exceeded] eleven millions ofrix-dollars silver,‘,and the taxes were levied
on that e^trmaie, J Various system^ o f government’Had' b’e'eu attempted in thi$
district before the arrival of foe British is. lfe jU but so inefficacious werq
they, that; it wa?( considered pnsafe for ^uropea^ytj) travel without arips. As|
Jfa measure ofpolice, apojfon of this division, formerly comprized within the
Qmmelanden, was recently "apnexedr to H fiigeicy- of Buitenzorg-, and
formed into a separate administration. Ep? '„foe(.population .of thg&e two
^ivisios^.a^ they_now, stand, s^ee pqneral^yable^ ^ol. I, PfS®
B A TA V IAN ojr PRIANGEN ! REGENCIES,
of 'these regesciesi was administered by a natlwn chief* immediately
dependant Qp.goyernm.erit,; apd .without, any power beyqnd his disjg^t. The]
•chief's' however]1'werempstly allied i by frequent intermarriages, and traced!
their desfcenf frpm differ^ftt chieftaii§?of :Sle airciqnt“empire of Pujqjfoan.
Separated, on. thq one hand, from the .dominions otitb&fiimnan and Sultan
by the country o£ Chqribon, andpnthe other from |Bantam by foe Batavian
emnronjsftbleifpoweij neyeriaeqame formidable the European government.
The coffee Monopoly In foil Weit'ern~DartcFs'Tiaving been maintained
bfi its former prindplh dmin^lriphrlod offoe British administration, the-
inhabitants of these districts were preeluded-from feeling- foe effects of foe
system introduced into foe more eastern districts; but as it was m contemplation,
eventually, to render the change general throughout the island,
preparatory measures were taken,, and a survey of these districts being
made, the annexed statistical table was framed. The produce, stated in
the table is estimated according to the native returns j these districts
likewise furnish an annual quantity of about seventy-five thousand hundred-
weight of coffee for the European market.
Batavian or
Priangen Regencies..