or LA PEROUSE. 34^ 



a moderate fum the allowance that they grant 

 to the different governors in the Ifland of Java; 

 but they tolerate the abufe^ refulting from the 

 very ample coriipenfation which moll: of thcin 

 find means to procure, by levying on the na- 

 tives contributions much heavier than tlicfe 

 which fliould be thrown into the Company's 

 llores, and converting the furplus to their own 

 emolument. 



The Chinefc are, in a manner, the only per- 

 fons emploved in the manufacfture cf fugar. 

 They niake fcarccly any fugar-candy ; ai^d they 

 have not permii'^v-n ir fell it, except to t]:e 

 governor, who purchaf. it on account of the 

 Dutch E a ft - 1 n d ia Com pa n y ; 1 j u t b. e f re q u c n : ! y 

 forces thcfe unfortunate Chincfe to lei iiini 

 have it at half the price which he charges the 

 Company; nevcrtheiefs t.^ey obtain :"r at a very 

 ciieap rate, about twciity cenLiu'ic. for each 

 cemi -kilogram. 



The contributions, which the governors re- 

 ceive in money, yield them a pretty large 

 profit, when, keeping tiiis fpccie, they re'm- 

 burfe the Corrpany in bills of exchange. Tlicy 

 could, in th:s iViamicr^ g'-if^ twentv per cent, at 

 the period of my iTay in th.e Kland or J:' '.a. 



The appointiiK'nt of the -ativc^s to cbii^rent 

 p1a, 'T'S !3 alfo anor.her iburce of forti'.n^ v hu.'h 



7. 4 in any 



