Mss Eur Mack Private 79

p. i: Samarang [=Samarang] & N.E. Coast.

1, pp. 1-181: Samarang, 26 October 1761. Memorandum Drawn on behalf of the Right Honorable Willem Hendrik van Ossenberg Governor General in Councel of the Dutch Settlements in India, and also of the Northeast Coast of Java; delivered to his Excellency by the Right Honorable Nicolaas Hartingh Governor General in Council of the Dutch Settlements in India, on his departure for Batavia. The chief subjects dealt with are:- p. 1: Importance of Eastern Java ; its condition in 1754 and 1761 ; services of the writer ; p. 6 : Bali and its trade with Java (principally in slaves) ; Balambangan and its produce ; Lumajang and Malang, and the Balinese rebels there ; Banger ; Pasuruan and its fort ; Bangil; p. 11: Surabaya ; the fort, court of justice, officials, and native chiefs there ; character of the chiefs and inhabitants ; contingents of produce deliverable ; p. 15 : Madura, including Sumĕnĕp and the Kangean islands ; the native chiefs there ; population of Sumĕnĕp; character of the chiefs ; contingents of produce deliverable ; fort ; visits of British trading ships ; Pamekasan ; the native chiefs there ; contingents of produce deliverable ; the rest of Madura ; the native chiefs there ; character of the Madurese people and chiefs ; fort of Madura ; contingents of produce deliverable ; island of Bawean ; p. 28: Grĕsik, its situation, Dutch and native officials, contingents of produce deliverable, &c. ; Lamongan ; Sidayu ; Tuban ; Lasĕm ; and Rĕmbang ; with similar information and some notice of the timber cutting industry ; p. 37 : Juwana ; Paṭi; Chĕngkal Sewu ; Kudus ; Japara ; with similar remarks and a notice of the sugar manufacture ; Karimon Jawa (supposed to be capable of development as a pearl fishery) ; Dĕmak ; p. 48 : Sĕmarang; improvement of the town and fort ; general information as to its buildings, canals, Government offices and departments, courts of justice, administrative boards, public tnstitutions, inhabitants (Malays, Chinese, &c.), native chiefs, &c. ; p. 72 : Kali Wungu; Kĕndal; Batang; Pĕkalongan; Wiradesa; Ulujami; Pamalang; Tegal; Brebes; with the usual items of information thereon; p. 86: Mode of appointment of Regents and their position under the Company; products deliverable by them (rice, indigo, timber, &c.); farming the taxes; compulsory labour; p. 107: Position of the Dutch officials subordinate to the Governor; their objectionable attitude towards the natives, pomposity, greed, and extortion; p. 111 : Condition of the forts and warehouses; suggestions for improvements in the method of delivering produce ; p. 117 : Garrisons; prevalence of piracy and suggestions for its suppression ; p. 122 : Depressed state of the Company's trade; statistics of the contingents of produce deliverable; p. 131 : Surakarta ; character of the Susuhunan and his wife ; his financial position ; his relations with the Company's officials ; some account of various chiefs of Surakarta ; p. 147: Mataram ; character of the Sultan ; his family, chiefs, &c. ; p. 157 : Relations of the two reigning princes to the Company and to the Chinese revenue farmers ; Dutch Residents at the two courts, their bodyguards, forts, &c.; p. 167 : Relations of the Governor with the two courts, exchange of complimentary presents ; advisability of non-intervention in the differences or the native rulers ; the writer regrets that the Company did not remain simply merchants without territorial ambitions ; the difficulties of Military operations in Java, with special reference to the recent wars ; concluding with a few remarks on various minor matters. Translated from a Dutch original, of which 53. 1 and 76. 11 supra are copies. The English title is a mistranslation: Nicolaas Hartingh was the outgoing Governor of Eastern Java and W. H. van Ossenberg his successor in that post. Neither was ever Governor-General but both were extraordinary members of the Council of Netherlands India.

2, pp.187-220: Provisional or Abridged View of the Regency of Samarang [=Sĕmarang] and of its Dependancies. A pencilled note attributes the authorship to [J.] Knops, and gives the date 1812. It was translated from a French original (contained in Mack. Class XIV, 25) sent in by the author as his report to the Java Committee (see 35 supra). The main subjects dealt with, as distributed under sub-headings, are :- p. 187: Chief (i.e., the native Regent and council) ; Limits ; Subdivisions ; Population (with statistical tables) ; p. 190 : State of the Country ; Mountains ; Rivers ; p. 193 : Management ; Management & its Subdivision (i.e., the native official hierarchy and administrative system); p. 198: Culture (i.e., agriculture, land tenure, various k,inds of produce, especially rice and fruit trees, customary services, division of the natives among the chiefs, duties of the latter, the lands assigned to them, taxation, statistical tables of land of different qualities) ; p. 209 : Contingent in Productions (i.e., the amounts of produce deliverable compulsorily, including rice, coffee, &c.) ; Cultivation of Sugar ; p. 210 : A Glance on the Regents & Regencies generally (i.e., further particulars as to the native official hierarchy, with a brief historical retrospect. of its development) ; Regents who are here at Samarang, either Pensioners & Dismissed & the Source of their Maintenance ; p. 216 : Lands for Sale (with a rough statement of the conditions governing the tenure of the purchasers and their relations to the cultivators, a reference by the author to property purchased by himself at Japara in connexion with which he had a grievance, and concluding with an expression of his preference for a system of freedom in agriculture, navigation and trade).

3, pp. 223-92: Description of the City of Samarang [=Sĕmarang] of its Campongs [=kampong], of its Environ, & of its Population. A pencilled note adds: " translated from the original French of Mr Johan Knops." The original is Mack. Class XIV, 32. The main subjects dealt with, as distributed under sub-headings, are :- p. 223: On the City (an historical and descriptive account); Environs of the City of Samarang; the Town of Samarang (with statistical tables of population, by race, sex, age, occupation, &c., description of the streets, water supply, climate, tides, &c.) ; p. 237 : The Old Government House ; Poor-house (i.e., the orphanage); the House of Old People changed into the House of Invalids (i.e., almshouse and infirmary) ; the Hospital ; the Artillery School, formerly the Marine School; the Stadthuis or Town house; the reformed Church (with its establishment ; it was also used for Roman Catholic services, for which a priest was paid by the Government) ; p. 249 : The theatre, Government warehouse and barracks, tavern, &c. ; Artillery Park ; the Vryheid or Liberty (official residence and garden), the Government house at Bodjong [=Bojong], Powder Mill, Canon Foundry, Chinese Hospital ; Church Yards or Burying Ground ; p. 261 : Police, Colleges, &c. (being an historical account of the administrative system of this part of Java in its different departments, with special reference to the changes made by Daendels and the state of things in 1812) ; the Orphan Chambers named Wees & Boedelmeester-Kamer ; the several treasuries ; p. 267 : The quarters inhabited by the different nationalities, Chinese, Balinese, Muhammadan Chinese, Malays, Arabs, Javanese, &c with statistical tables of population, and some account of their several characteristics and customs ; p. 280 : The ceremonial privileges, sumptuary regulations and etiquette connected with various native chiefs (including the ruling princes of Surakarta and Jokyakarta) ; p. 286 : Improvement of the suburbs of Sĕmarang ; trade, traffic, markets, "Salangers" handicrafts and professions; character of the Javanese, their sources of employment; habits of the Chinese ; p. 292 : Legendary account of the Slangengat (Serpent's Cave) ; p. 295 : Commerce & Navigation ; its extension owing to the British conquests ; trade with Malacca, Palembang, Borneo, the Moluccas, Timor, Bali, Sumbawa, Bima, Batavia, &c. ; Imports (from a number of places, of a variety of articles named, the quantities being stated in some cases) ; coasting trade.