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NETHERLANDS

-DUTCH EAST INDIES

The population of the six principal towns of Java was in 1918 :-

Chinese, Arabs

—

Europeans

Natives

and other Orientals

Total

Batavia

24,000

180.140 1

30,557*

234,697

Samarang

8,875

77,911

20,066

106,852

Soerabaya

15-20,000

115,817

24,984

160,801

Soerakarta

2,000

128,382

7,500

187,882

Djokjorkarta.

3,396

88,736

4,926

97,058

Bandoeng

8,245

43,453

6,951

58,649

1 Figures for 1917. The whole population of the colony is legally divided into Europeans and persons assimilated with them, and natives and persons assimilated with these. The former generally live under the same laws as the inhabi- tants of the mother-country, while in the government of the latter the Indian customs and institutions are considered. The Governor-General, however, is, in agreement with the Council, authorised to make individual exceptions to this rule.

Religion.

Entire liberty is granted to all religious denominations. The Reformed Clmrch counted, in 1920, 37 ministers and 30 assistants, the Roman Catholic 31 curates and 82 priests, not salaried out of the public funds. In 1920, about 559 missionaries of various societies were at work.

The bulk of the natives are Mohamedans ; there are also some millions of converted Christians and Animists, and a small number of Buddhists.

Instruction.

There are public (Government) primary schools, where instruction is given through the medium of the Dutch language, for (1) Europeans and persons assimilated with them (a 7 years' course) ; (2) Chinese ('Dutch-Chinese schools,' with a 7 years' course); and (3) Natives (' Dutch-Native schools,' with a 7 years' course). Public schools where instruction is given through the medium of a native tongue are (1) the ' second class ' schools (with a 3, 4, or 5 years' course) ; and (2) 'Desa schools' (with a 3 years' course of extremely elementary instruction). Besides, there are schools with an extended primary instruction (in the Dutch language) with a 3 years' course, open to all, without distinction of race. Side by side with the public schools, there are various private schools.

For secondary education there are public secondary schools. In addition to the Govern- ment institutions there are private secondary schools for girls with a 3 years' course. Higher education is given at the Technical High School at Bandoeng, erected in 1920.

The following table shows the number of schools, the school attendance, the teaching staff, and the expenditure on education in 1920:—

Schools

Number, ^Jj?* Pupil.

Cost (in florins)

Public European primary schools

Publio Dutch-Chinese ,', Private „ „ ,, Public Dutch-Native,, „

I'.'O 58 88 11

141

SCO

Bit

204

56

883

■J7,31o 9,189 7,461 1,551

28,080

I 11,019,999

Private ,, ,, ,, Public second-class for Natives Private schools for Natives Desa-sohools. . . . Publio Mulo-schools Private ,, ,,. . . Public secondary schools Private ,, ,,

43

1,755

2,677

6,058

15

4

6

5

198 6,759 3,701

114 18

179 64

6,186

232,313

123,535

357,688

2,129

214

2,463

263

0,444,236 850,000

1,799,000

1.033,880 61,000

1,902,087 102,900