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NETHERLANDS : — EAST INDIES

ImiMrts

Year

Government

Pi'ivate

Grand Total

Merchan- dise

Specie

Total

Merchan- dise

Specie

Total

1892 1893 1894 1895 1896

1892 1893 1894 1895 1896

6,633,294 6,585,534 6,711,597 8,185,091 6,746,332

26,298,479 20,377,312 17,022,361 22,281,009 14,325,256

2,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000

615,000

8,633,294 7.585,534 7,711,597 8,185,091 7,361,332

26,208,479 20,377,312 t 17,022,361 22,281,009 14,325,256

152,225,378 159,473,640 158,557,897 145,051,045 152,055,300

Exports

178,119,132 171,023,668 182,184,679 201,652,239 184,413,534

10,030,052

10,298,297

8,945,735

8,294,158

8,932,001

10,536,893 1,030,671

878,777 1,154,562

891,921

162,255,430 169,771,937 167,503,632 153,345,203 160,987,301

188,656,025 172,054,339 183,063,456 202,806,801 185,305,455

170,888 724 177,357,471 175,215,229 161,530,294 168,348,633

214,954,504 192,431,651 200,085,817 225,087,810 199,630,711

The principal articles of export are sugar, coffee, tea, rice, indigo, cinchona, tobacco, and tin. With the exception of rice, about one-half of which is shipped for Borneo and China, nearly four-fifths of these exports go to the Netherlands.

The subjoined table shows the value of the trade of Java with the United Kingdom, according to the Board of Trade returns, in each of the last five years

—

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

Imports into

£

&

£

£

£

U. K. from

Java.

1,352,512

505,248

870,419

746,233

318,052

E x p r t s of

British pro-

duce to Java

1,902,389

1,799,620

1,740,565

1,891,543

1,803,416

The chief and almost sole article of import into the United Kingdom is un- refined sugar; in 1882 of the value of 3,579,119^. ; in 1894, 380,232^; in 1895, 675, 822^. ; in 1896 677,750Z ; in 1897, 218,229?. The staple article of British liome produce exported to Java is manufactured cotton ; including cotton yarns, of tlie value of 1,376,851?. ; machinery, 70,430Z. ; iron, wrought and unwrought, 76,208Z. ; coals, 40,033?. ; woollens, 33,477?. ; manure, 60,173?., in the year 1897.

Shipping and Communications.

The following table shows the navigation at the various ports of Nether- lands India in 1895 and 1896, and the share of England in it : —

Year

1895 j

1896 1

—

Entered

Whereof, from England :

Number

3,418 215

3,692 213

Tons

Number

Tons

Steamers Sailing vessels

Steamers Sailing vessels

1,368,564 139,476

1,469,808 133,812

370 33

317 34

417,366 50,268

438,960 49,560 1