| EASTERN DISTRICTS? 1
Tfae; 0>u,içli ii^cqinrif|r tlfqsef extensive ^nR‘'^IüàbfiTpito^Sës-oû. tlie
seaiict^ti wqre IspnsijneriP-M rate right as had I f 8-!
viously (been -.enjbÿed by the natite-aov§eignst’ and deeine# it'advisable te
cofatinul the lon^estaJ>lis|ed- principles-and l’omis of n atiy Ç e n t.
In rife-same manner, rtherefore,~ajrtbe e mperors of"!ava .were looked- ïmbn
as :themltimate proprietors' of thq land in ^thew'4om..ipioess0^q I^utch. Company
were considered as possessing the Same right with respect to Jp*
provinces under their immediate adniinisfratmin; Cnd tl^er^ridces ^,'^ava
having-been in -the habit of eûffustîn^-Æè’-gôvernmen^pOÏie^ ançi rcSSh
nue o f,the-different provinces,*to inferior chiefs, the jamgxsVs^h pyas .adhered
wm3 è r the Dutch. ; J|^^^||^wg^^^Lim«dr-awipg agaSn the revenues
of government from Th^eTpfejtox chieftains, 'by means bf- tcôntribû-
tions .in .kind, in money,- and Tby occasional -.fees and Ipresents, Was also
maintained ; a portion of, the common .class nfânhabitànfe 'uiirder thgfnmiæ,
government being assigned tpj.be pefiTormam.ce^fldifferent so|ts_of public
works, transports for goverhment, the repair of* the ipads^he^opstilacfraîr
of -public, buildings, the .guarding of pubijpsstores..-.the Iba^ingiand unloading
of government iveïseta the, cutting ôf Wrassj ïthe K^ttapg wipm
the- keeping .a police -guard, Sana omet Was
addptèd>®der’ the management of TneL Dutch', 'inn-t^ f^ fe ^ l^ im ^hative
form of administration .a reward *for dhese [feudal s^rvine^wa^'n-ranffA :p.by
the us^of ah assignment of Trice fields affiyfed. çïthef ire? individuals or
to certain 'classes of workmen, hut withdrawn from them” asïiôonî as. the
public ’diïtyceased ' to Tie“ performed, The same"mMë^f"'remunëratiM«wâs‘
aïs© adopted by The Dutch.
These principles .of administration .being,-^ambined-',with.:thë mercantile
interests of the Dutch Company, gave rise . to. jmrtainjcontmcts,.. which. the
native chiefs of the different districts (termed by the Dutch îlegents) were
compelled to enteï-infôl'dn their appointment, Ton The antfu’al delivery to
the Company, either without payment, • which was called 'a contingent, or
for a price far* below that of thë, market, which was tertppd \-foffëd de?
lioery at g fixed price, of such quantitÿyof rice, jpegpêr, cotton, itidigo, and
othteartielesy as the market andpresent [state -of trade and commerce made
most desirable p while the planting of ‘coffee and the cutting df teak Skn*
her
ber was alwaysjfcbfi'sideied'ias’, a^end5|feenweey tfot Which,»^besides1 thfe rise of
a ■-cfert'aSni'portipnjfJjfjfeice-fielc(s, i-allotted tobttei individuals' of» • villagers-em»-
plbyed^iaicert^fn ipaym|ia'i!?was »made;,sabcmtl eqjiiv<fl!e%^'td'rfhfeilexJ>etts^nof
-transportation/ to « t h e e t ' 5»
4sd®h^*arimihistratianxi®ffB1ih'epjEastei'n B’is%riet5jsdii.nGludipg> Maditna, was
tested’in ‘^'goxiemonrxmd hounMk^rith&m&^tJt^ekst’^odsty^'Sctoa: | The.'go-
'uejtebr was, at th& gyfo&time,
-at? j S e m d r m g ordinateido ?£his igovernment’ was 'that? called '@ma$fieb-
:fer‘vandmersicih" established.1 iatl'5^BoS®y^rtfclae rlcb&fiijflaceiof-thef eastlpoint
sbfffiFava?»} while rirritMe/pfehhr principal i'dlstric'ts along the coast, as »at Tegal
'&aMlmgan;i dtijxma, bTawtem'’ ',&Q'»»^ridfeats wer'gtffiserdh !no dif esst/ icotf-
'respon3:OTEeerfronijthe»-eastem“partsi ofifBhe island was^maintained with;.the
'government ofi'HBataviaj^e'X^ept by <the--^ogerpor/"usually'Termed- the ‘ gob
-veinor: o f sJhva, o r < byfthergoVeCTOT 'and'.pQuixoil.'' Even th e residentbiat the
ha€ve»iCourts' (ofySuna, ^KArta' -and Y&gya M.6rta, onlyackuntnunicated with
g o v e rnm en t through • hiruvni B y dpmd tbiei usuccesriom Ttteh®■ ThroneAof "-the
‘^BuSknwfj. and-of -the’. Sultan was'generahyrdeterinii^d.yv,the .appointments tof
miaftygi ch-iels land regents werejrnad'e’5®mstprQposal'?5 the Company’s »farms
'an ilS 'd h ti'fW .fo r -E a s te rn 1 ’Distrieteiwmeqsahbsiby. him 'pand n th su g lfr iB
litefallyfh'adbn© usalary.-whatever r f t o n thertreasurymf ^governments hre> was
S^^5sed#ondraw frotp’ fhiSisiMatiOtt^ ybariynfevenne o f jbetwee-n^tiirteand
fyav hufidfed tHoaSand-dollafS^i At-'thCJsarffe! time the:cbrrespmidenoe^with
IMhEaslerftcpjis^Bte WaSneiSfeJ vSfytregulkr-'nnrfv^yiExpedi-tioiiisJiiand-.the
management" o^thej^otnpanv’s^a'fiatts^ in those distrtKts-;was;<as .much a
■ tnyster^ t&i&S .ghife'f g'overnm’mitiat »Batavia, aaihe.- gotetnomof:■ Semdmng
‘?es|bgs teimafe#!® Sfi
do TfciMi'lgy^tefip t c'Cntihtiedj- > -’withopt -any» essehtial'n alterariony iidhtib v after
^hstafrivisl o f Mstrshal ^^»endals ip,5il>8©8ili I
ef bfjth'l co'ntingenfsilsaehnasvindig'o,* cotton byarn, pepper,! E&g: lto
Wlficfe, -however, the "regents ihad »Withd* great! reluctance- suHmitted'-fhr
toSrhy ye'i-rS,tj vvete'thfeiafih’deedfpkiftially !aboMriaedi:j»'T but,» on> theibther ihand'j-<all
the peculations cif the Dutch servants residing along the Coast, who had for
their' owia private' -emolument raised The deliveries, chiefly, of ric.ep:at some
places' to double, and ’ at others to more than double the quantity »legally
fiagfessed on tfee?nreg6fitSi' atr-tb’S setmh-time paying'ifor» themijat-some- places
^Wotthifd's, and "at ptheas-only half» the» prjpe'J<a&signed byitfeecgovernment,
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