GENERAL ACCOUNT OF THE POPULATION OF BANTAM.
Num​­ber of Prin​­ci​­pal Vil​­lages.Num​­ber of Houses.Ho​­use​­hold​­ers.Mar​­ried Wom​­en.Children.To​­tal Pop​­u​­la​­tion in each Dis​­trict.Num​­ber of Buf​­fa​­loes.Ploughs.Settlement, 1815.Com​­puted To​­tal Pop​­u​­la​­tion
Males.Fe​­males.Males.Fe​­males.Sep​­a​­rate Leases grant​­ed for 1815.Quantity of Land.
Báhus.Chang​­kala
ESTIMATED POPULATION of the SOUTHERN DISTRICTS9890
Parunkujang 1800 To​­tal Population 231604
Binwangan 2200
Parayan 1140
Somang 1305
Sajira 1745
Kosik 1700
9890
Tenára912771221226983101764240893063645731363935452
Pontang233620261810302594276623261133498016351170233440214112
Ragas1198084218075875475032357646104908483983835
Tambakbaya241281869392791752669347379675893915931344073
Panénan251248822427788108992140476675785989384424547
Charoas371639132349711501294984524870964869712061986200
Kalodran141506112935211301123918465282888380015212785200
Chépété1411199162008866435583203519487826119433400
Bántam1218181786409167761474952353062312373613265699
Chebaning8107384223083978857932785988073535164513578
Sirang or Siram425396439998043494826413918693230327872764310848419793
Pakam1610629371089305984493022457399741109423321
Baros5123102888384279518251266915818512033233427231469536
Cheomas4126902266414226790272365725221872275536401676972
Sardang26270019907311846215519918713944804124716991688914
Jawána51179908271883106695240805555156739594644390
Taraté151842142543613571312110256325164855148582696400
Chelegon3447673825101036853512321215244253123351321272440315744
Bujenagára12269320254611964219820968744100912298171710309034
Anyer414765471049047464346366017952237516954341243718018151
Charita3​—​—​—​—​—​—4143​—​—8803593894143
Chéringbin32266724721932403188214548404210511403846173019915384
Panimbang1144340538399306207185853​—​—​—​—1957
Minés155635442952537928917563823866732843581906
Kanánga246685912557530524817444193738082911951890
Chemánok3215581389148140988880246361178106014061468335237
Kadulósong2659659674596290107166394177220552241674320
Chekek2099376723073949248227105985517107563112841
Pandéglang20102079423478061148929086256229328051383329
Chadasári392347222732121651576133176201323123320391247758154
Pamaryan​—​—​—​—​—​—​—​—2174​—5085434492174
Underándi116565708853742339920174994594263601782217
Chikándi115174637043336032916553743243325982711763
Kolelet1862458612856935934119833562856346922202535
Chrangasa​—​—​—​—​—​—​—2403​—​—10256013822403
Konchang1610179101098534704002742626555980792483110
Total7385863150055108654840140921456241939463128928915414444212254221714

BATAVIA.

Of the splendour and magnificence which procured for this capital the title of the Queen of the East, little is now to be found. Streets have been pulled down, canals half filled up, forts demolished, and palaces levelled with the dust. The state-house, where the supreme court of justice and magistracy still assemble, remains; merchants transact their business in the town during the day, and its warehouses still contain the richest productions of the island, but few Europeans of respectability sleep within its limits.

The following table comprises all fixed residents within the city and its immediate suburbs, to the distance of about two miles. The municipal regulations of this part of the island having been continued in force, and the execution of them, for the most part, delegated to Dutch authorities, it is to be apprehended that the return of the population now given may be found deficient in accuracy. A poll-tax being levied on the Chinese, and other town duties rendering it the interest of the parties to withhold information as to the exact numbers, it is also probable that the total amount considerably exceeds that now given: certainly it does not fall short of it.

Account of the Population of the City of Batavia and its Suburbs.
Males.Females.Total.
Europeans367176543
Descendants of Europeans Born in the Colony7067791,485
Arabs197121318
Moormen7148119
Maláyus1,7561,3993,155
Javans1,7821,5493,331
Búgis1,0328311,863
Makásars1,1488812,029
Bálians4,0633,6577,720
Sumbáwas14191232
Mandharese112111223
Ambonese and Bandas572582
Timorese and Butanese16824
Pernákans or half-caste Chinese357248605
Chinese6,9764,27311,249
Slaves7,0017,23814,239
Grand Total47,217

ENVIRONS OF BATAVIA.

The lands comprehended under the denomination of the Batavian environs (Ommelanden), originally formed the principal part of the Jakátra dominions. The native chiefs were early deprived of the administration by the cautious policy of the Dutch, and the lands subsequently sold in property to Europeans and others. According to an official valuation in 1813, the amount of property in houses and lands, belonging to individuals, in the city of Batavia and its environs, including the private estates near Buitenzorg, exceeded eleven millions of rix-dollars silver, and the taxes were levied on that estimate. Various systems of government had been attempted in this district before the arrival of the British in 1811, but so inefficacious were they, that it was considered unsafe for Europeans to travel without arms. As a measure of police, a portion of this division, formerly comprized within the Ommelanden, was recently annexed to the regency of Buitenzorg, and formed into a separate administration. For the population of these two divisions, as they now stand, see General Table, Vol. I, page [62], Table II.

BATAVIAN OR PRIANGEN REGENCIES.

Each of these regencies was administered by a native chief, immediately dependent on government, and without any power beyond his district. The chiefs, however, were mostly allied by frequent intermarriages, and traced their descent from different chieftains of the ancient empire of Pajajáran. Separated, on the one hand, from the dominions of the Susúnan and sultan by the country of Chéribon, and on the other from Bantam by the Batavian environs, their power never became formidable to the European government. The coffee monopoly in the Western Districts having been maintained on its former principle during the period of the British administration, the inhabitants of these districts were precluded from feeling the effects of the system introduced into the more eastern districts; but as it was in contemplation, eventually, to render the change general throughout the island, preparatory measures were taken, and a survey of these districts being made, the annexed statistical table was framed. The produce stated in the table is estimated according to the native returns; these districts likewise furnish an annual quantity of about seventy-five thousand hundred-weight of coffee for the European market.