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the population was not much more than 2,000,000. At 

 the end of 1892, it was certainly not much less than 

 24,000,000, and that there is room for still further 

 increase is evident from the fact that not more than 

 one-third of the entire island is under cultivation. 



The following are the names of the provinces and 

 their capitals : — 



Total area of Java, 48,638 square miles; of Madura, 

 2033 — total, 50,671 square miles. There are three 

 towns with over 100,000 inhabitants — Surabaya, Sura- 

 karta, and Batavia. 



After Batavia, which, with its hill station, Buitenzorg, 

 demands a separate notice, Sukabaya (pop. 129,000) is 



