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specially for natives and 106 for Chinese. Furthermore, there are 62 (30 private) inter- mediate schools; 12 public and 13 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; 6 private secondary schools for girls, and 66 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, 3 schools for native officials, 3 agricultural schools, 1 school of veterinary medicine, 5 (1 private) commercial schools, 6 (2 private) technical schools for architecture, mechanical electro-technical and mining engineering, 2 trade schools, 18 (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 (5 private). Furthermore, there are 1 school for post and telegraph officials, 1 school for chemist-assistants, 1 course for analysts, I school for chief mates and naval engineers, 11 (7 private) schools for occupations for women. In category II. there are about 19,600 (2,700 private) elementary schools with 1,919,000 pupils, besides a number of trade schools and agricultural schools and a school for nautical instruction at Macassar. Furthermore, there are 20 public and 13 private normal schools and 280 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 Arabs (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.

Import duties are imposed in the whole of Netherlands-India, except the Island Wē (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, on matches of all kinds; on cigars, cigarettes and cut tobacco (except inland cut tobacco) and on inland beer; moreover on inland arrack in Java and Madoera.

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PRINCIPAL HARBOURS

Island of Java

Tandjong Priok.-The old harbour of Batavia, which is situated on the north of the Tji Liwoeng serves only for prahus and lighters. In the year 1877 new harbour works were constructed for ocean going vessels at Tandjong Priok, 9 kilometres eastward from the old harbour. Those works consist of an outer harbour comprising a water area of about 1,400,000 sq. metres, formed by two moles of dumped stone built out into the sea and having a length of 1,700 metres each. The harbour gives accommodation for mooring on buoys, with an area of about 850,000 square metres for ships with a draught of 9 metres and is in open connection with three inner harbour basins. The first inner harbour basin is 1,100 metres long and 185 metres wide. Along the western side seven large storage godowns have been built, on a quay of 1,000 metres length. Along the eastern side is a quay of 125 metres length with one godown, north of this quay a new quay of 200 metres will be built, the rest being provided with screw pile jetties, with a total length of nearly 300 metres which serve for coal, tin and salt. The quays give accommodation to ships with a draught of 8 metres. The second inner basin wide 150 metres has a length of 1,000 metres and is on both sides pro- vided with a quay wall of a length of 1,000 metres. Six large godowns are erected on the western side and two godowns and one open shed on the eastern side. The quay walls of the second basin give accommodation to ships with a draught of 9 (about 1,700 metres) and for the rest of 9.50 metres. On the Westside of the third basin is a quay of 500 inetres. In the land-tongue, broad 300 metres, between

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