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NETHERLANDS: — DUTCH WEST INDIES

The principal exports are sugar, coffee, ea, indigo, cinchona, tobacco, rubber, copra, and tin.

Total trade between the United Kingdom and Java (Board of Trade figures for five years : —

Imports from Java to U.K. Exports to Java from U.K.

1016

K

14,3)8,858

7,109,203

1917

1018

£ 5,786,020 5,841,033

1019

& 13,410,672 6,046,741

£ 17,425,359 7,111,561

X 28,760,004 18,412,559

Shipping and Communications.

Year

1018 1010

Steamers Sailing vessels Steamers Sailing vessels

Entered

N T uml>cr

7,543 6,350 8,500 6,558

Tons

2,752,193

360,416

4,424,S19

418,260

Whereof, from England :

Number

Tons

5,455 4,537

5.060 4,676

705,441 236,130

l,:;so,037 273,421

At the end of 1919 the total length of railways (State and private) and tramways was about 3,923 miles (3,130 in Java and 793 in Sumatra) ; the gross receipts (1918) about 79,070,090 guilders ; working expenses, 42,550,106 guilders ; number of passengers about 134,617,698.

The Government telegraphs extended in 1919 over 6,822 miles, the Govern- ment telegraph cables over 6,260 miles, together over 13,082 miles. The number of post and telegraph stations in 1919 was 645 for Java and Madura, and 390 for the other islands, while the numbers of telegrams were 2,610,468 (internal) and 937,232 (foreign intercourse). Internal letters and postcards carried in 1919, 32,063,921, while there were 25,105,163 newspapers, fee.. for the interior.

The Government telephone aerial lines extended in 1919 over 22,565 miles, the Government telephone cables over 21,711 miles. At the end of 1919 there were 228 telephone exchanges and 21,841 telephones, while the number of the long distance calls in that year was 977,241.

Money and Credit.

The 'Java Bank,' established in 1828, has a capital of 6,000,000 guilders, and a reserve on March 31, 1920, of 3,002, 109 guilders. The Government has a control over the administration. Two-fifths of the amount of the notes, assignats, and credits must be covered by specie or bullion. In March, 1920, the value of the notes in circulation was 320,812,220 guilders, and of the bank operations 218,292,580. There are some other Dutch and Chinese banks, besides branches of British, American, and Japanese banks.

In the savings-banks, including the Postal savings-bank, there were in 1917, about 180,000 depositors, with a deposited amount of 26,000,000 guilders.

Weights and Measures.

The Amsterdamsch Pond. = 1'09 lb. avoirdupois.

,, Pikol. . . = 1334 » if

Catty. . . - lj ,,

, Tjcngkal. . . = 4 yards