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Indies the Batavian Society possesses an extensive ethnologic and ar- 

 cheologic collection, and also coins and medals and manuscripts. The 

 Government Institutions C 2 and C 4 possess professional museums. 



Travellers are recommended to complete their preliminary studies 

 chiefly in Holland, the libraries and collections being as as rule 

 better provided and arranged there than in the Indies ; an exception 

 are the Government Botanical Gardens. For more up-to-date infor- 

 mations the Indies are of course best suited, for there officials as 

 well as private persons usually show the greatest obligingness 

 towards serious travellers. 



Permit is necessary, even for a temporary stay in the Indies. 

 To acquire this the traveller should apply soon after the arrival 

 of the steamer to the local authorities and have portraits with him. 

 The local authorities also are able to furnish informations as to 

 whether or not travelling in the districts to be visited may be subject 

 to any special conditions. 



Special recommendations to the authorities of the districts which 

 are the objects of study are very desirable. If possible the traveller 

 should try to get them not only from official people, but also from 

 personal friends. The traveller should also keep in mind, that 

 nobody is obliged to help him. Therefore much depends on the 

 behaviour of the traveller himself. As a rule the people in the 

 Indies are quite ready to help, provided the person in question is 

 in earnest and deserving. For instance he should never fail to 

 attend on the local authorities as soon as possible in case of a 

 shorter or longer stay in a place (it is unnecessary if only passing). 

 Not only is this a politeness towards the Government, but the 

 official is often able to serve the visitor in some way, on account 

 of his greater knowledge of country and people. 



In various districts the Government has constructed little buil- 

 dings (pasangrahans), where passing travellers can spend the night 

 and where the native overseer can usually provide a simple meal. 

 The terms are different and posted on the walls. These pasangrahans 

 are not intended for a longer stay but in some cases it is possible 

 to get permission from the Resident under certain conditions. 



For those who want to extend their activities to various islands, 

 or to different remote parts of one of the larger islands, it will 

 be necessary or desirable (except in Java) to travel occasionally by 

 sea. The coast-traffic in the archipelago is for the most part carried 

 on by the large fleet of the Royal Packet Company (K. P. M.), 

 which on application to its head-office at Amsterdam (Prins Hen- 



