Alden's Handy Atlas of the World / Including One Hundred and Thirty-eight Colored Maps, Diagrams, Tables, Etc. - John B. Alden

SOCIETY ISLANDS, 1882.

IMPORTS.		EXPORTS.
General Merchandise	$702,475	Gen. Mdse. (re-exp'rt'd)	$358,604
Cotton, copra, mother-of-pearl shell and other produce		Cotton, copra, mother-of-pearl shell, etc.	516,583
Cotton, copra, mother-of-pearl shell and other produce	367,975	Fire Wood & cocoanuts.	1,041
Total	$1,070,450	Total	$876,228

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, 1883—Domestic Exports.


Sugar	114,107,155 lbs.	Rice	11,619,000 lbs.
Molasses	193,997 gals.	Coffee	16,057 lbs.
Paddy	1,368,705 lbs.	Bananas	44,902 bunches.

NETHERLANDS INDIES.

The Netherlands Indies are by far the most important colonial possessions of the Netherlands. They cover all the Dutch possessions in the East Indies, and include Java, Madura, Banca, Sumatra, Bingtang, Billiton, Celebes, the Moluccas, Lombok Bali, and many smaller islands and parts of New Guinea, Borneo and Timor. Area of the colonies estimated at 636,329 square miles; population, 27,784,959. The superior administration is in the hands of a Governor General, assisted by a Council of 5 members.