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NETHERLANDS-INDIA
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.
The value of imports in 1920 was in Java and Madoera... 812,306,000 guilders
In the other islands
303,907,000
752,213,000
The value of exports in 1920 was from Java and Madoera...1,501,778,000 guilders
From the other islands
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The mercantile marine of Netherlands-India (fishing boats, vessels not exceeding h cubic metres nett, and river-trade ships not included) consisted in July, 1921, of 5,750 ships and vessels, of which 184 were steamers or motor-ships, with a total tonnage of 614,050 cubic metres nett.
In 1921 there arrived from abroad 16,259 vessels with a tonnage of 16,220,521 cubic metres.
In the same year there departed 13,865 vessels with a tonnage of 15,981,662 cubic metres.
Import duties are imposed in Java and Madura, the Residencies Sumatras. West-coast, Tapanoeli, Berkoelen, 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 We not included), the Residencies Western Division and Southern and Eastern Division of Borneo, the Government Celebes and Dependencies, and in the Residencies Menado, Amboina, Timor and Dependencies and Bali and Lombok, N. Guinea, 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, 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.
PUBLIC WORKS
On the 1st Jan., 1922, there were in Java 2,757 kilometres of State lines (2,355 kilometres railways, gauge 1.067 m.), 282 kilometres tramways (gauge 1.067 m.) and 120 kilometres tramways (gauge 0.60 m.); and 2,277 kilometres of private lines (210 kilometres railways and 2,067 kilometres tramways); in Sumatra 1,043 kilometres of State lines (265 kilometres railways and 778 kilometres tramways) and kilometres private lines (271 kilometres railways and 144 kilometres tramways).
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The gross earnings during the year 1921 were (in millions of guilders):-State railways in Java, 71.2 (58.9 in 1920); State tramways in Java, 0.7 (1.5 in 1920); State railways in Sumatra, 5.6 (5.0 in 1920); State tramways in Sumatra, 3.9 (3.2 in 1920); Private railways, 5.5; Private tramways, 17.3; and in Sumatra private railways, 3.7; and private tramways, 1.4.
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On the 1st Jan, 1922, the Government telegraph land lines extended over 11,330 kilometres, the Government telegraph cables over 12,402 kilometres together, 23,732 kilometres. The Government telephone service extends over 24,782 kilometres. balance of revenue and expenditure of the Post and Telegraph service showed a loss of F.4,760,401; on the Government telephones it showed a profit of F.44,491. The number of Post and Telegraph stations was 667 for Java and Madoera, and 401 for the other islands. The number of Government telephone exchanges was 277, with 26,800 subscribers and 35,100 telephones.