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NETHERLANDS-INDIA
S. N. Guinea. The import duty is fixed ad valorem or according to the weight or the dimensions, most of the goods being separately mentioned in the tariff. Most of the metals, machinery, raw materials, as lime and wood, and articles of art and science are free of import duty. Export duty is only paid on a few articles according to value of quantity: f.i. hides 2 or 5 per cent., birds' nests 6 or 10 per cent., or 1.2.25 for 1 K. G. birds' skins 10 per cent. caoutchoué, getah-pertja, damar, benzoin, camphor, and other kinds of gum and resin, and rotan, 5, 8 or 10 per cent. of the value, tin £.3.50 for 100 kilogramines. Transit cargo is free.
An excise is charged on inland arrack (only in Java and Madoera), kerosene oil, gasoline and benzine (f.2.50 per hectolitre), on matches of all kinds when each stick has only one head f.0.70 per gross of boxes each box containing no more than seventy- nine sticks (f.005 per gross of boxes more for each additional number of five sticks or part thereof), when each stick has two heads f.1.10 per gross of boxes, each box containing no more than seventy-nine sticks (f.0.10 per gross of boxes more for each additional number of five sticks or part thereof) and on tobacco exported from Java to Borneo.
Commercial intercourse is much advanced by the Steam Navigation Company "Koninklyke Paketvaart Maatschappij," possessing 67 ocean-steamers plying across the whole Archipelago, and 4 wheelboats for the inland trade. These steamers have splendid accommodation for saloon passengers.
PUBLIC WORKS
On the 1st Jan., 1910, there were 2,173 kilometres of railway in Java and 323 kilo- -metres in Sumatra; 2,250 kilometres of tramway in Java and Madoera and 602 kilometres in Sumatra. The gross earnings during the year 1909 were: (in millions of guilders) Government railways 20.5, Government tramways 0.8, Private railways 6.3, Private tramways 103. The Government telegraphs extend over 9,255.23 kilometres, the Govern
Government ment telegraph cables over 5,237.41, together 14,492.64 kilometres. telephone systems were in operation on the 1st January, 1910, in the districts of Batavia, Semarang, Soerabaja, Sockaboemi, Tjiandjoer, Bandoeng, Garoet, Taikmalaja, Djokja- karta, Soerakarta, Madioen, Djombang, Modjokerto, Pasoeroean, and Probolinggo, The balance of revenue and expenditure of the Post and Telegraph services showed a profit of f.217,837.15; of the Government telephony it showed a
profit of f. 340,214.25. The number of stations was 482 for Java and Madoera and 218 for the other islands. The number of Government telephone-exchanges was 53, and that of the subscribers 4,837, with 5,463 telephones.
DIRECTORY
BESTUUR VAN NEDERLANDSCH-INDIE.
Gouverneur-Generaal-A. W. F. IDENBURG
Adjudant van Z. E.-C. M. Kan, Majoor der Artillerie,
tevens intendant der Gouvernements-hôtels
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---D. A. de Ronde, Luitenant-ter-Zee der 2 de klasse Do. --V. F. J. Boumeester, 1st Luitenant der Infanterie.
RAAD VAN NEDERLANDSCH-INDIE
Vice-l'resident-D). F. W. van Rees Leden-Mr. C. H. Nieuwenhuys, Liefrinck, Mr. J. G. Pott, R. H. Ebbink A, J. Caron Quarles de Quarles Secretaris-0. A. Uhlenbeck
ALGEMEENE SECRETARIE
Algemeene Secretaris-G. J. Staal
Eerste Secretaris van het Gouvernement—
Jhr. A. C. D. de Graeff
Secretarissen van het Gouvernement---
A H. Rusman, W. V. Smeets
ALGEMEENE REKENKAMER Voorzitter-H. M. la Chapelle
Leden --W. A. P. F. L. Storm van 's Gravesande, F.A. Leclerqde Courcelles, A. Suermondt, C. F. Julius, H. W. Kloos A. J. G. A. Wiemans, B. Th. W. van Hasselt (tijd). Secretaris-W. Brouwer
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DEPARTEMENT VAN JUSTITIE
Directeur-J. Reepmaker
Secretaris-W. Sonneveld
RECHTSWEZEN
HOOGGERECHTSHOF VAN NED. INDIE President-A. L. E. Gastman
Vice-President-S. J. Hirsch
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