NETHERLANDS, (THE). 



NEVADA. 



605 



Colonies. Inhabitants. 



Java and Madura 18,649,680 



Sumatra (Western Coast) 1,070,753 



Borneo " " 841,073 



Do. Eastern Coast 610,679 



Celebes 294.413 



Timor. 907,184 



The number of Europeans living in tho Dutch 

 East Indies, is 33,194, of whom 27,565 were 

 born in the colonies. But this number does 

 not include the East India army, which com- 

 prises 12,474 Europeans. The number of 

 Chinese in the East India colonies is 234,263. 

 In the Dutch West Indies, slavery was 

 abolished on July 1, 1863. Before that date 

 the slave population amounted to 35,371. The 

 budget for 1865 estimates the revenue at 103,- 

 348,076 guilders; the expenditures at 103,652,- 

 597 guilders. The public debt amounted, in 

 1865, to 999,266,882 guilders. The budget for 

 the colonies showed, in 1863, a surplus of 

 8,780,609 guilders. The army consisted, in 

 1865, of 1,837 officers, and 59,249 men, The 

 East India army numbered in 1862, 24,544 

 infantry; 2,823 artillery; 624 cavalry; 937 en- 

 gineers; 1,264 officers. The fleet in 1865 con- 

 sisted of 154 vessels, carrying 2,150 guns. The 

 value of imports amounted, in 1863, to 442,- 

 438,906 guilders (from the United States 

 8,661,955) ; of exports, to 374,730,947 guilders 

 (to the United States 3,279,722). The move- 

 ment of shipping was as follows : 



The merchant navy consisted, in December, 

 1863, of 2,231 vessels, of an aggregate tonnage 

 of 510,152. 



The leading measure of the session of the 

 States-General which closed in 1865, was the 

 repeal of the Municipal Excise Act an act 

 which authorized every municipality to impose 

 excise duties on whatever articles of consump- 

 tion they thought proper. Thus, scarcely an 

 article of domestic use was allowed to pass any 

 of the city gates without paying tho town ex- 

 cise a system attended with immense incon- 

 venience both to merchants and consumers. 

 The repeal of the Excise Act was to come into 

 operation on January 1, 1866, and its first effect 

 was expected to be to give a great impetus to 

 the trade in French wine with Holland, on 

 which a mere nominal duty was to be placed, 

 in conformity with the recent commercial 

 treaty concluded between France and the Neth- 

 erlands. The great failure of the session was 

 the withdrawal, by the Minister of Finance, of 

 the bill for the repeal of the Newspaper Stamp 

 Act. When this bill was introduced it met 

 with so much opposition that the minister 

 thought it prudent to withdraw it rather than 

 go to a division. The chief domestic event of 

 the session was the withdrawal of M. Groen 



Van Prinsterer, the able leader of the " Chnrch 

 and State " (conservative) party, from political 

 life, in consequence of increasing infirmities. 



NEVADA. The Legislature was convened 

 for its second session at Carson City, on January 

 1, 1865, and was organized by the choice of 

 Republican officers in both houses. It con- 

 tinued in session about two months, and among 

 its proceedings was the passage, on February 

 16th, of a joint resolution ratifying the anti- 

 slavery amendment to the Constitution. There 

 was but one vote in each house in the negative, 

 both being thrown by Democrats. 



An election was held in November for a 

 member of Congress and members of the Leg- 

 islature. The resolutions of .the Democratic 

 Convention endorsed the policy of the admin- 

 istration, and urged a speedy admission of the 

 reconstructed States into the Union. Those of 

 the Republicans were as follows : 



Resolved, That we endorse our national and State 

 administrations, conducted as they hare been with 

 patriotism, wisdom, and economy ; and will, in the 

 future as in the past, give to both that support which 

 they have so well deserved at the hands of the Union 

 organization. 



Mesolved, That there must be no imprudent haste 

 in admitting representatives from the conquered 

 rebel States into the national Congress; and we aro 

 inflexibly opposed to according these communities a 

 position of equality in power and dignity, and par- 

 ticipation in the administration of the Federal Gov- 

 ernment with the loyal States, until most conclusive 

 and unmistakable proof has been furnished of pro- 

 found contrition for the past and devoted patriotism 

 in the future. 



Resolved, That the Government of the United 

 States, alike by virtue of the Constitution and under 

 the laws of nations, as a victorious belligerent, may, 

 in consideration of the withdrawal of its military 

 power and the restoration to their ancient status 

 in the Federal Union of the so-called Confederate 

 States, subject such States to such conditions as 

 may place the peace, integrity, and existence of the 

 nation beyond the hazard of future disturbance ; and, 

 in all its intelligent, earnest efforts to secure this 

 great end, the Union men of Nevada will support the 

 administration of Andrew Johnson. 



Resolved, That, inasmuch as the right of suffrage 

 is limited by the Constitution and laws of the State 

 of Nevada to the loyal white man, we are, therefore, 

 opposed to changing our organic and statutory law 

 in this respect, and are in favor of the Federal Gov- 

 ernment, in the reorganization of the State govern- 

 ments of the so-called seceded States, limiting this 

 right to the loyal white man, until time and experi- 

 ence shall demonstrate that it is impracticable to re- 

 organize said State governments on such basis. 



The following is the result of the vote for 

 member of Congress : 



Delos E. Ashlpy, Republican 8,691 



II. K. Mitchell, Democrat 2,115 



Majority for Ashley 1,576 



The Legislature elected is reported to be 

 unanimously Republican in both branches. 



The public debt of Nevada amounted, on Jan- 

 uary 1, 1866, to $436,500, of which $60,000 

 were due on January 10th ; $49,000 on February 

 1st ; $5,775 on July 1st; and $11,250 on August 

 1, 1866, which would leave the debt on the last- 

 named date $310,475. The third section of tho 

 ninth article of the Constitution provides that, 



