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paid ill kind, generally amounting to one fifth of the 

 produce and one day's labour out of five, were not 

 interfered with ; and the Prince being allowed l)ut a 

 limited number of soldiers as a body-guard, and shorn 

 of all real power, which is vested in the Dutch 

 Resident, received not only a certain annual grant, but 

 even, as a further incitement, some allowance on all 

 the crops produced within his district, the whole 

 of which, by treaty, had to be sold and delivered to 

 the Dutch Government at prices fixed by the latter. 

 This, prior to 1824, had been about one-tenth only of 

 the value of such produce in the Amsterdam market. 

 Thence, until 1833, continued warfare reduced these 

 provinces to a very low ebb, and little else but rice was 

 grown during the interval ; after that a more liberal 

 scale of prices was estalDlished, and hence the old 

 system seems to have worked harmoniously to the 

 satisfaction of all parties concerned. 



In order to remedy the annual deficit, which had 

 become chronic, and to enable the Government to 

 liquidate the heavy debt incurred during the period of 

 strife and trouble, it became necessary to adopt strong 

 measures, and it was thus that forced labour was intro- 

 duced in 1830 all over the island, excepting the two 

 so-called protected provinces. Solo and Djokjo ; and 

 henceforth the producing power of the colony became 



