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NETHERLANDS INDIA

The Netherlands Royal Navy in these Colonies numbers 340 officers and 1,668 European and 2,450 native non-commissioned officers and sailors, and 125 militia-men, and consists of about 40 men-of-war. There is, besides, the Government Marine con- sisting of 15 smaller ships with 145 Europeans and 710 natives, employed for civil service duties."

EDUCATION

The educational system distinguishes two kinds of instruction: (I.) Instruction is given in the Dutch language; (II.) Instruction given in a vernacular language. To the category (266

specially for natives and 116 for Private) elementary schools, amongst which are 366

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there 64 private) mediate schools; 14 public and 5 private secondary schools, which find their continuation in the universities in Holland and in the institutions for higher education in the Dutch East Indies the college of technical science at Bandoeng and the colleges of law and medicine at Batavia, the certificates of which colleges are equal to those issued by the universities in Holland; 7 private secondary schools for girls, and 55 private Fröbel schools. In addition, the following professional schools fall within the same category: 2 schools of medicine, 1 training school for civil-service officers, 5 schools for native officials, 3 agricultural schools, 1 school of veterinary medicine, 6 (1 private) commercial schools, 6 (2 private) teclinical schools for architecture, mechanical electro-technical and mining engineering, 2 trade schools, 19 (12 private) training schools and some courses for higher qualifications, supplying European teachers for the elementary schools and a number of the intermediate schools. For Chinese teachers there is a school with instruction in the Dutch language, for native teachers there are 12 (4 private). Fur- thermore, there are 1 public and 5 private training schools for kindergarten teachers (Fröbel) 1 school for post and telègraph officials, 1 school for chemist-assistants, 1 course for analysts, 1 school for chief mates and naval engineers, 11 (7 private) schools for occupations for women. In category II. there are almost 19,000 (2,500 private) elemen- tary schools with 1,500,000 pupils, besides a number of trade schools and agricultural schools and a marine-school for the Navy at Macassar. Furthermore, there are 20 public and 15 private normal schools and 276 elementary courses for training native teachers in vernacular language. The other schools are Mohammedan religious schools (18,000 with 450,000 pupils) and a number of schools for Chinese and for Arabians (with 50,000 pupils).

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TRADE

Tandjoeng Pinang and Sabang 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, Sourabaya, Padang, Palembang, Belawan, Manado, Gorontalo, Ternate, Amboina, Neira (Bandaneira), Macassar and Koepang.

The value of private imports in 1930 was in Java and Madoera... 545,461,000 guilders

In the other islands...... 314,182,000 The value of private exports in 1930 was from Java and Madoera... 572,268,000

From the other islands

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594,639,000 ")

Import duties are imposed in the whole of Netherlands-India, except the Island We (Sabang) (Government Atjeh and Dependencies), and the isles belonging to the Residency Riouw and Dependencies. The import duty is fixed ad valorem or according to the weight or the quantity dimensions, most of the goods being separately mention- ed 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 kerosene-oil, gasoline and benzine, ou beer and on matches of all kinds; moreover on inland arrack in Java and Madoera and on Java and foreign tobacco imported in Borneo.

PUBLIC WORKS

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On December 31st, 1930, there were in Java 2,903 kilometres of State lines gauge 1.067 m. and 79 kilometres gauge 0.60 m., and 2,548 kilometres of private lines (621 kilo- metres gauge 1.435 m., 2,259 kilometres gauge 1.067 m., and 32 kilometres tramways gauge 1,188 m.); in Sumatra 1,334 kilometres of State lines (813 kilometres gauge 1.067 m., and 521 kilometres gauge 0.75 m.), and 496 kilometres private lines gauge 1.067 m. and in Celebes 47 kilometres of State lines gauge 1.067 m, The Celebes line was closed at the end of the month of July, 1930.