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NETHERLANDS INDIA
324 Government schools, and 64 private schools; 11 public and 19 private colleges are devoted to the instruction of native schoolmasters, seven to the instruction of sons of native officials, and, at Batavia and Soerabaja one to the education of native physicians, and one to the education of native magistrates, while 1,202 Governinent vernacular schools and 2,461 private vernacular schools give instruction to upwards of 320,000 pupils and 4,440 desa-schools to 310,000 pupils. The greater number of these private schools are managed by missionaries. In Samarang is a private European school for mechanical engineers. Batavia, Semarang and Soerabaja have each a technical school for natives. In Buitenzorg and Soekaboemi there is an agricultural school for Europeans and natives and in Buitenzorg a veterinary school for natives.
In a great many places private persons can be admitted into the military hospitals, while in the large towns general hospitals are maintained for poor natives and Chinese, and other hospitals for infectious diseases. Asylumns for the insane are maintained at Buitenzorg and Lawang.
TRADE AND NAVIGATION
Riouw, Bengkalis, Sabang and Merauke are free ports. The other ports are open for either general trade or only for native coasting navigation. Godowns where goods can be stored and sold, and from whence they can be exported without payment of import or export duties, are established at Batavia, Cheribon, Semarang, Soerabaja, Padang, Siboga, Baros, Singkel, Menado, Gorontalo, Ternate, Amboina Neira (Banda) and Macassar
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The value of imports in 1915 was in Java and Madoera 282,734,755 guilders
In the other islands in 1914 124,060,395
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The value of exports in 1915 was from Java and Madoera... 440, 37,000 guilders
and from the other islands in 1914 319,167,780
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The mercantile marine of Netherlands-India, fishing boats, vessels not exceeding 74 cubic metres nett and river-trade ships not included, consisted in July, 1915, of 4,780 ships and vessels, of which 189 were steamers, with a total tonnage of 368,373 cubic
metres.
In 1915 there arrived from abroad :-
7,682 steamers
3,872 sailing vessels
25 barges
tonnage 11,630,335 cubic metres
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Total... 11,579 vessels with a tonnage of...
and in the same year there departed
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tonnage 12,084,306 cubic metres
7,177 steamers
3,682 sailing vessels
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36 barges
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10,895
609,531 104,224
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12,798,061
Import duties are imposed in Java and Madura, the Residencies Sumatra's West-coast, Tapanoeli, Benkoelen, Lampong Districts, Palembang and Banka and Dependencies, the assistant-Residency Billiton, the Residency Djambi, the Division Indragiri of the Residency Riouw and Dependencies, and also in the District Kateman, with Danei now forming part of the Division Karimoen, the Government Sumatra's East-coast, for as much as it forms part of the customs' sphere, the Government Atjeh and Dependencies (Island Wě not included), the Residencies Western-Division and Southern and Eastern Division of Borneo, the Government Celebes and Dependencies, and in the Residencies Menado, Ternate and Dependencies, Amboina, Timor and Dependencies and Baliand Lombok, but not in the islands of the Riouw Residency and the Assistant-Residency 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, and 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 or quantity. Transit cargo is free.
An excise is charged on inland arrack (only in Java and Madoera), kerosene oil, gas- oline and benzine, on matches of all kinds and on tobacco exported from Java to Borneo.
Commercial intercourse is much advanced by the Steam Navigation Company, "Koninklyke Paketvaart Maatschappij," possessing 86 ocean-steamers and 5 motor-boats plying across the whole Archipelago, and 4 wheelboats for the inland trade. The steamers have splendid accommodation for saloon passengers.