Equally inconsistent and oppressive in its consequences was a measure by which, on the one hand, the wages of private labour and services were raised to an unusual price, while on the other, the public works, the public transports, and the plantations of coffee, were carried on either gratuitously or at the former inadequate rate. This regulation raised the price of all the first necessaries of life, and principally of rice, which the common classes of the inhabitants felt as a heavier grievance than any they had ever experienced from the former system. Till then, the colonial administration had always, as far as was consistent with their own monopoly and forced delivery of produce at fixed rates, taken particular care to keep down the price of rice and salt as much as possible.

But a measure, still more pernicious in its consequences, was that by which the native regents were each of them subjected to a contribution in hard cash, while at the same time the power of levying taxes on the inhabitants of these districts was left in their hands; a system which, in all cases, afforded them a pretext, and in many an apology, for the most vexatious oppression.

The commendation which is due to this administration is rather founded on those arrangements which had a tendency to prevent peculations in the inferior European servants in every department, and on the abolition of the subordinate governments of Semárang and Surabáya. Fixed salaries were allowed to the residents; they were prohibited from keeping private vessels, and from all trade in the products of their districts. The sale of the government farms and duties was made public, and in a great measure free from corruption, by which means they were immediately raised to more than three times the former amount: each branch of public expenditure and receipt was fixed and ascertained; new and practicable roads were established; the appointment of every native, from the first rank as low as a Demáng, was reserved to the government alone; the Javan custom of pawning the person for a small sum of money was prohibited; fees and presents were abolished. By such measures, a much more regular, active, pure, and efficient administration was established on Java than ever existed at any former period of the Dutch Company.

JAVA.

The following tables are abstracted from the detailed reports furnished during the course of the survey made by the British government. In some particulars they may be deficient and inaccurate, as sufficient time had not been given to complete the detailed survey of the country directed by the Revenue Instructions; but the general results may, for the most part, be depended upon.

GENERAL ACCOUNT OF THE CULTIVATION AND POPULATION OF TEGAL.
Names of Di​­vi​­sions.Cul​­ti​­vat​­ed Land.Saw​­ah.Teg​­al.Cof​­fee Gar​­dens.Es​­ti​­mat​­ed Pro​­duce.Es​­ti​­mat​­ed Val​­ue of Pro​­duce.To​­tal es​­ti​­mat​­ed Val​­ue.
Pari.Mai​­ze.Cof​­fee.Pari.Mai​­ze.Cof​­fee.
Ju​­ngs.Ju​­ngs.Ju​­ngs.Ju​­ngs.Amats.Amats.Pik​­uls.Ru​­pees.Ru​­pees.Ru​­pees.Java Ru​­pees.
Tegal59205694204213671981633554153855761255198549881
Brebes392433713941591523543152027402234531182026305261578
Pamalang28172378293145114820234992551168403881224491201707
Grand Total126611144389132563437271354583293041326757559941013166
Names of Di​­vi​­sions.To​­tal Pop​­u​­la​­tion.Mal​­es.Fe​­mal​­es.Cul​­ti​­va​­tors.Ho​­use​­hold​­ers not Cul​­ti​­va​­tors.Buf​­fa​­loes.Hor​­ses.Plo​­ughs.JAV​­ANS.CHI​­NESE and oth​­er FOR​­EIGN​­ERS.
To​­tal Num​­ber of Jav​­ans.Mal​­es.Fe​­mal​­es.Buf​­fa​­loes.Hor​­ses.Plo​­ughs.To​­tal Num​­ber of Chi​­nese.Mal​­es.Fe​­mal​­es.Buf​­fa​­loes.Hor​­ses.Plo​­ughs.
REMARKS: Average Value of a Jung of Cul​­ti​­vat​­ed Land, Java Rupees 79.
Tegal123208581856502311693799014689143556851212385722464014146631359568210255185071364​—
Brebes2483393541548555461143531374726682423091181511151997332602583220363911243
Pamalang30374140001634255471549417249118002997813823161234160471179439617721922206
Grand Total1784158153996850227861068224174267310153175446801659524824022256310078200491510891269649
GENERAL ACCOUNT OF THE CULTIVATION AND POPULATION OF PAKALONG'AN, 1815.
No.Na­mes of Dis​­tricts.Num​­ber of Vil​­lages.To​­tal Land.Land in Vil​­lages.Land not in​­clud​­ed in Vil​­lages.Cul​­ti​­vat​­ed Land.Sa​­wah.Te​­gal.Free Land.Cof​­fee Gro​­unds.Teak For​­ests.Gov​­ern​­ment Land.Land in use in Vil​­lages.Ca​­pa​­ble of be​­ing Cul​­ti​­vat​­ed.Un​­fit Land.Jun​­gle Land.Land not in use in Vil​­lages.Es​­ti​­mat​­ed Pro​­duce.Es​­ti​­mat​­ed Val​­ue of Pro​­duce.To​­tal Es​­ti​­mat​­ed Val​­ue.
Pa​­ri.Mai​­ze.Of Pa​­ri.Of Mai​­ze.
Jun​­gs.B.Jun​­gs.B.Jun​­gs.B.Jun​­gs.B.Jun​­gs.B.Jun​­gs.B.Jun​­gs.B.Jun​­gs.B.Jun​­gs.B.Jun​­gs.B.Jun​­gs.B.Jun​­gs.B.Jun​­gs.B.Jun​­gs.B.Jun​­gs.B.Ama​­ts.G.Ama​­ts.G.J. Ru​­pees.St.J. Ru​­pees.St.J. Ru​­pees.St.
1Pa​­ka​­long'​an110710765—​—​—5474​—4974​—500​—1657​—235​—50​—​—7416​—235​—114​—3000​—3114​—149220​—8000​—238752​—1600​—240352​—
2U­lu­ja­mi24725931​—​—1612​—16083312612​—33​—187713023401340168034802512435116528268121165378
3Ba­tang5277970​—​—​—2850​—2750​—100​—1000​—178​—250​—​—4278​—700​—500​—2500​—3000​—82500​—1600​—165000​—500​—165500​—
To­tal1881213281​—​—9936​—93323603129182413​—3033​—1357119652954158401679432797451296435520280262108125223898
No.Na­mes of Dis​­tricts.To­tal Pop­u­la­tion.Ma­les.Fe­ma­les.At­tach­ed to the Cul­ti­va­tion of the Soil.Em­ploy­ed in oth­er Av­o­ca­tions.To­tal Num­ber of Buf­fa­loes.To­tal Num­ber of Hor­ses.To­tal Num­ber of Plo­ughs.JA­VANS.CHI­NESE and oth­er For­eign­ers.
To­tal Ja­vans.Ma­les.Fe­ma­les.Class of Cul​­ti​­va​­tors.Em­ploy­ed in oth­er Av­o­ca­tions.Num­ber of Buf­fa­loes.Num­ber of Hor­ses.Num­ber of Plo­ughs.To­tal Chi­nese.Ma­les.Fe­ma­les.Class of Cul​­ti​­va​­tors.Em­ploy­ed in oth­er Av­o­ca­tions.Num­ber of Buf­fa­loes.Num­ber of Hor­ses.Num­ber of Plo­ughs.
REMARKS: Average Value of a Jung of cultivated land, 52 Rupees, 16 Stivers.
1Pa​­ka​­long'​an58432253983303414000292878045353000573302473032600146002028780051036001102​—300668434425​—
2U­lu­ja­mi2027899471033143515542469126105819968980110167435155424691191058310​—310146164​—7​—
3Ba­tang36732178421889078104236370300327036098174761862278002506170280322063410733662682002050
To­tal1154425318762255261613905166439617328113396520076138926751283216439909787820461078311808662045250