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NETHERLANDS, THE. 



NEVADA. 



William L, is fifty-one miles long, very tortuous 

 and narrow, and was only available for vessels 

 drawing sixteen feet of water or less. The 

 idea of making a more direct communication 

 had long been entertained. 



Disturbances occurred at Amsterdam. August 

 llth and 12th, in consequence of the abolition 

 of the annual Kermesse, or fair. Bands of the 

 lower classes of the populace paraded the 

 streets, and broke the windows of a number 

 of houses. The troops were called out, and, 

 with the help of the communal guards and the 

 police, suppressed the disturbance. 



In June the city of Amsterdam celebrated 

 the six-hundredth year of its existence as a 

 city by a grand historical exhibition of art, in- 

 dustry, trophies, and relics. 



The conduct of the crown-prince has been 

 the occasion of a great many unfavorable re- 

 marks. Complaint has been made that he 

 lived in Paris, that his palace at the Hague was 

 closed, and that all endeavors to induce him to 

 return to the Hague had failed. This discon- 

 tent, however, found no public expression till 

 August, when Heer Mock, a well-known Con- 

 servative politician, in proposing a toast at a 

 dinner, openly reproached the prince for going 

 into voluntary exile, and for spending on the 

 boulevards time which ought to be given to 

 his country, over which he would perhaps one 

 day reign as William IV. Heer Mock further 

 expressed his regret that the crown-prince had 

 not yet given the nation the opportunity to 

 welcome a crown-princess. This speech and 

 its. publication in full in the Conservative jour- 

 nal, Dagblad, created a great sensation. The 

 Liberal papers condemned Heer Mock's lan- 

 guage as disloyal. But Prof. G. W. Vreede, 

 of the University of Utrecht, applauded the 

 speech, and said that if the prince did not lis- 

 ten to these words, which were spoken at a 

 banquet, it would become necessary that more 

 emphatic language should proceed from the 

 benches of the Representatives. 



The situation at the seat of war with the 

 Achinese in Sumatra does not appear to have 

 materially changed during the year, either 

 for better or for worse. At the beginning of 

 the year the troops had taken their positions at 

 Bitalantemin and Samboug, and had set out on 

 their advance. On the 24th of January the 

 submission of the chiefs of the district Mockim 

 was reported, and shortly afterward the sub- 

 jection of the district Daroe. General Pel, 

 the commander of the forces, died February 

 24th, of cholera. His death was a great loss to 

 the army. He had taken command when the 

 force was in a very critical situation, had forti- 

 fied its position, driven from the neighborhood 

 the enemy who were threatening it, put it on 

 the advance, nnd had won and received the 

 universal confidence of the troops. Major- 

 General Wichers van Kerchem was appointed 

 to succeed him. Lamba i- oe was taken after 

 active resistance, and a fort was begun at Ka- 

 joeto. The occupation of Gualla Gighem gave 



a large region into the power of the Dutch. 

 On the 29th of February the chief of Pedir 

 swore allegiance, and agreed to raise a Dutch 

 flag which was sent him. Pedir is one of the 

 strongest states on the north coast. On the 

 22d of April the enemy with a considerable 

 force attacked the post at Lansprit. and were 

 repulsed. Late in the summer, the Prince of 

 Gighem, who had surrendered to the Dutch, 

 again allied himself with the Achinese against 

 them. His ports were blockaded. In Septem- 

 ber the troops at Parseu Kurung Tjut were 

 building bridges, fortifying themselves, and 

 establishing communications with Lampheit. 

 A patrol of twenty men, under command of 

 Captain Nuysink, had had a hand-to-hand fight 

 with the enemy, dispatched fourteen of them, 

 and put the rest to flight. The captain and four 

 of his men were wounded. Toward the end of 

 the year the Rajah of Simpangolim withdrew 

 his submission to the Dutch and took to flight. 

 He was consequently deprived of his dignities. 

 The reports of the general health of the army 

 showed an improvement in its sanitary condi- 

 tion over that of former years. An engage- 

 ment took place in Celebes in October, between 

 a force under the command of Lieutenant 

 Brass, of the cavalry, and the native insurgent 

 chieftain Kraeng-Bonto Bonto. Two of the 

 sons of this chief and two of his nephews, 

 Patata Daeng Patanga and Seraug Daeng 

 Maroe, were taken prisoners, nnd Daeng Lai- 

 vela surrendered, severely wounded. This was 

 the first decisive blow as yet inflicted after a 

 long campaign against the insurgents, and 

 caused much gratification. 



NEVADA. The general condition of the 

 State in 1876 was prosperous. The follow- 

 ing are educational statistics for the year : 

 number of children between six and eighteen 

 years of age, 8,475 ; pupils enrolled in pub- 



6TATE SEAL OF NEVADA. 



lie schools, 5,581 ; average daily attendance, 

 8,832 ; number of free public schools main- 

 tained without rate - bill, 83 ; valuation of 

 school-houses and furniture, $160,494; whole 



