ECONOMIC CONDITION OF JAVA. 



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deficit, sLowino- once more that monopolies end in the ruin of states as well 

 as of the plundered Of late years, the system has been gradually modified. 



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Statute labour has been abolished, at least on paper, except for works of 

 public utility, such as roads, harbours, canals and administrative buildings. 

 Lands held by the communes in virtue of hereditary right have been ceded to 



