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NETHERLANDS-INDIA

The Netherlands. Navy in these Colonies numbers 254 officers and 1,247 Europed and 1,591 native non-commissioned officers and sailors, and 99 militia-men, and consis of 33 men-of-war. There is, besides, the Colonial Navy, consisting of 20 smaller ship with 154 Europeans and 783 natives, employed for civil service duties.

EDUCATION

The educational system distinguishes two kinds of instruction: (I.) Instructio carried out in the Dutch language; (II.) Instruction given in a vernacular. To the fir category belong 598 (203 private) elementary schools, amongst which are 286 specially fo natives and 62 for Chinese. Furthermore, there are 35 (12 private) intermediate school 7 public secondary schools, which find their continuation in the Universities and Hig Schools in Holland and in the institution for higher education in the Dutch East Indie —the Technical High School at Bandoeng and the High Law School at Batavia, that wa opened in October, 1924; and 7 private secondary schools for girls. In addition, thi following professional schools fall within the same category: 2 schools of medicine, training school for native jurists, 1 training school for civil-service officers, 8 schools fo native officials, 3 agricultural schools, 1 school of veterinary medicine, 3 (1 private) com mercial schools, 5 (1 private) technical schools for architecture, mechanical and minin engineering, 1 trade school, 5 public training schools and some courses for higher quali fications, supplying teachers for the elementary schools and a number of the intermedi ate schools. Furthermore, there are 1 public and 2 private training schools for kinder garten teachers (Fröbel) and one for Chinese teachers, 1 school for post and tele graph officials, 1 course for chemist-assistants and analysts, and 1 military school, whil a course for marine officers is held on board one of the Government steamers. category II. there are almost 15,237 (2,541 private) elementary schools with 1,107,62 pupils, besides a number of trade schools and agricultural schools and a marine-schoo for the Navy and Government marine at Macassar. Furthermore, there are 13 publi and 3 private training schools for native teachers, at which instruction is given in the Dutch language, and 20 public and 21 private normal school for training teachers for the vernacular schools. The other schools are Mohammedan schools (17,664 with 420,210 pupils) and a number of schools for Chinese and for Arabians (with 22,395 pupils).

TRADE

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Tandjoeng Pinang, Bengkalis and Sabang are free ports. The other ports are oper 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, Sourabaya Padang, Siboga, Baros, Singkel, Manado, Gorontalo, Ternate, Amboina Neira (Banda), Macassar and Koepang.

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The value of private imports in 1924 was in Java and Madoera... 467,195,000 guilders

In the other islands...... 217,899,000 The value of private exports in 1924 was from Java and Madoera... 909,946,000 From the other islands 629,513,000

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Import duties are imposed in the whole of Netherlands-India, except the Island We (Government Atjeh and Dependencies), the coast of the district of Siak (Govern ment Sumatra's East Coast) and the isles before this coast, and the isles belonging to the Residency Riau and Dependencies. The import duty is fixed ad valorem or according to the weight or the quantity 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, gasoline and benzine, on matches of all kinds and on Java and foreign tobacco imported in Borneo.

PUBLIC WORKS

On the 1st January, 1924, there were in Java 2,848 kilometres of State lines (2,253 kilometres railways, gauge 1.067 m.), 475 kilometres tramways (gauge 1.067 m.) and 120 kilometres tramways (gauge 0.60 m.); and 2,509 kilometres of private lines (205 kilometres railways and 2,304 kilometres tramways); in Sumatra 1,145 kilometres of State lines (265 kilometres railways gauge 1.067 m., 369 kilometres tramways gauge