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
The returns for the following year have not been received, but they are
estimated to exceed either of the two former years, and not to have
fallen much short of one hundred thousand tons; and it may be noticed,
that during one year after the first accounts were received of the
successes of the allied armies against France, no less than thirty-two
ships, measuring fifteen thousand tons, cleared out, and carried
cargoes, the produce of Java, to the London market.
The average annual tonnage which cleared out from the port of
_Surabáya_, for the three last years, amounted to about thirty thousand
tons, and the native tonnage trading to the neighbouring port of
_Grésik_ is estimated to have even exceeded that quantity.
At the small port of _Súmenap_, situated at the east end of _Madúra_,
which is a principal resort for the native trade, the tonnage which
cleared out was
_Small prahus and vessels._ _Tonnage._
For 1812 3,765 15,230
1813 4,752 33,769
And the estimated value of the same,
_Imports._ _Exports._
For 1812 Rupees 625,628 Rupees 396,820
1813 740,080 492,020[56].
The value of the imports and exports of _Semárang_, on which duties
were actually collected at that port, were
_Imports._ _Exports._
For 1812 Rupees 555,044 Rupees 167,101
1813 1,530,716 985,709
1814 686,330 549,038
The native tonnage which cleared from _Rembáng_ was as follows:
In 1812 862 vessels or 8,058 tons.
1813 1,095 ditto 8,657
1814 1,455 ditto 12,935
The trade from the other minor ports was inconsiderable, the effect of
the regulations passed in 1813 being yet hardly felt. From _Pakalúngan_
the tonnage which cleared was for 1812, 5,962 tons, and for 1813, 4,679
tons, the imports being about 150,000 rupees, and the exports 300,000
rupees in each year; from _Tégal_ for 1812, 2,445 tons, and for 1813,
1,926 tons, the imports being about 50,000, and the exports about
60,000 rupees in each year.
The amount of tonnage which touched at _Anyer_, on the way through the
Straits of _Súnda_, to and from Europe, Africa, and America, was
In 1812 73 ships 29,450
1813 73 37,546
1814 125 56,942
By an official return made in March 1816, it appears that the total
quantity of tonnage in vessels boarded on their passage through the
Straits of _Súnda_, amounted in 1812 to 45,000 tons; in 1813, to 56,000
tons; in 1814, to 64,000 tons; and in 1815, to 130,000 tons; to which,
adding a third for vessels which passed without being boarded, the
whole amount of tonnage for these four years, would be 390,000, the
quantity in the fourth of these years being nearly triple that of the
first.
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