The History of Java, v. 1-2Raffles, Thomas Stamford, Sir
History
The History of Java, v. 1-2
Raffles, Thomas Stamford, Sir
Java (Indonesia) -- History
No data are given in the report
from _Pakaláng'an_ to ascertain the additional quantity of rice lands
brought into cultivation; but an opinion is expressed, that it has
increased; and an assurance is afforded, that the culture of indigo
and tobacco has sensibly extended. As an evidence that the means of
subsistence are raised in greater abundance than formerly, their price
has very considerably diminished.
A commission which was appointed to inquire into the state of the
revenue, report from _Japára_ the great facility there was in
collecting the revenue under the amended system, and certify its
beneficial effects in extending cultivation, securing tranquillity,
promoting industry, and diminishing crimes. The same commission
conclude their report of _Grésik_ with similar assurances of the happy
results of the revenue, and judicial arrangements for the prosperity
of that province. The Resident of _Rembáng_ gives an increase of
cultivation of fifty-two _jungs_ of _sáwah_ and about thirteen of
_tégal_ land, and accounts for the smallness of this increase from
the comparative sterility of the soil, and the precarious supply of
water. Indigo had not increased, but tobacco had to a great degree. The
vigilance of the police, and the ameliorating effects of the revenue
settlement, are seen, it is said, in the improved state of morals. In
_Surabáya_ it is stated, that during the time the amended system had
been in action, there had been an increase of three hundred and twenty
government _jungs_, making upwards of two thousand English acres. In
the residency of _Pasúruan_ there is an increase of cultivation to
the amount of three hundred and six _jungs_: this, however, does not
comprehend the whole advantage that the new system produced in that
province, for industry had been so much promoted by it, as to obtain
two crops within the year, on many of the lands where the cultivator
was formerly content with one. It is needless to enter into any further
particulars, to shew the advantages of the regulations adopted with
regard to the settlement of the landed revenue.
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