X COMPENDIUM OF GEOGRAPHY AND TRAVEL 



CHAPTEE IV 



The Dutch East Indies 



PAGE 



Extent and importance — Dutch policy and its effects on the native 



populations — Sj-stem of government of Netherlands India . 97 



CHAPTER V 



Java 



General features — History — Volcanoes, geology — Climate and meteor- 

 ology — Flora and fauna^Inhabitants and language — Religion 

 and education — Antiquities — Trade and agriculture — Govern- 

 ment : revenue — Population, provinces, and towns — The capital 101 



CHAPTER VI 



Sumatra 



General features^History — Geology and orography — Eruption of 

 Krakatau — Plains, valle^^s, lakes, and rivers — Climate and meteor- 

 ology — Fauna and flora — Inhabitants and language — The delta 

 and other islands — Bangka — Blitong — Religion and antiquities — 

 Products, trade, and agriculture — Population and political divi- 

 sions — Chief toM'ns ...... 154 



CHAPTER VII 



Borneo 



General features — History— Geology and jDhysical features — Climate 

 — Fauna and flora — Native races — Agriculture and products — 

 P.ritish North Borneo — Labuan — Brunei — Sarawak — Dutch 

 Borneo . . . . . . . .213 



