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Table 33. — Crops of the Dutch East Indies. 



[Source: Jaarcijfers voor het Koiiinkrijk der Nederlanden, Kolonien; issued by Bewerkt door het Centraal 

 Bureau voor de Statistiek. These statistics for acreage begin as early as 1881; for production, as early 

 as 1876.1 



„ 



Indigo 

 (Java and 

 Madura). 



Rice (rough) Dutch 

 East Indies). 



Sugar 

 (Java). 



Tobacco. 



Year. 



Area. 



Area. 



Production. 



Production. 



Area, 

 Java and 

 Madura. 



Production, 



Dutch 

 East Indies 

 (Java and 

 east coast 

 Sumatra). 



1911 



1,000 acres. 

 32 

 26 

 25 

 21 



1,000 acres. 

 5,896 

 5,862 

 6,310 

 6,346 

 6,546 



1,000 lbs. 

 12, 339, 472 

 11, 643, 369 

 12, 880, 691 

 12,678,162 

 12, 901, 274 

 12, 817, 435 

 13, 483, 460 



1,000 tons. 

 1,627 

 1,468 

 1,578 

 1,503 

 1,481 

 1,785 

 2,056 



1,000 acres. 

 422 

 461 

 413 

 395 

 429 



1,000 lbs. 

 190, 983 



1912 



111, 670 



1913 



164, 295 



1914 



123, 804 



1915 



125, 603 



1916 





140, 267 



1917 









101, 848 



















Production. 









Year. 



Cacao 

 (Java). 



Cinchona 

 (Dutch 



East 

 Indies). 



Coffee 

 (Dutch 



East 

 Indies). 



Mace 

 (Dutch 



East 

 Indies). 



Nutmegs 1 

 (Dutch 



East 

 Indies). 



Rubbers 

 and gutta- 

 percha 

 (Dutch 



East 

 Indies). 



Tea 

 (Java). 



1911 



7,000 lbs. 

 3, 921 

 5,011 

 3,294 

 2,615 

 4,613 

 2,711 

 ■ 306 



1,000 lbs. 

 21, 457 

 27,224 

 16, 516 



18, 734 

 16, 408 



19, 823 

 21, 488 



1,000 tons. 

 47 

 40 

 49 

 50 

 60 

 66 

 61 



1,000 lbs. 

 1,438 

 1,230 

 1,394 

 1,445 



1,000 lbs. 

 7,355 

 5,903 

 7,370 

 6,956 



1,000 lbs. 

 5,516 

 7,392 

 14, 249 

 28, 490 

 40, 744 

 ,71,120 

 87, 452 



1,000 lbs. 

 55, 814 



1912 



64 S43 



1913 



52, 336 

 66 014 



1914 



1015.... 



90, 166 



1916 







94, 155 



1917 







87, 559 











1 Native exports and prepared nuts, produced on private lands, etc. 



Table 34. — Number of live- stock in Dutch East Indies (Java and Madura only). 

 [Source: Jaarcijfers voor het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden: Kolonien. 



Year. 



Cattle. Buffaloes. Horses. 



1905 (census) . 

 1915 (census) . 



2, 654, 000 

 3, 243, 000 



2, 187, 000 

 2, 541, 000 



364, 000 

 304, 000 



Table 35. — Net imports or net exports of leading farm products, for the Dutch East Indies . 

 [Source: Statistiek van den Handel en de In- en Uitvoerrechten in Nederlandsch-Indie.] 



Year. 



Barley, 1 



net 

 imports. 



Corn, 2 

 net 



exports. 



Net imports. 



Oats. 2 



Rice. 



Rye. 2 



Wheat. 2 



Butter. 



Cheese. 



1911 



1,000 bush. 



1,000 bush. 



18 



673 



2,308 



3, 709 



6,017 



1,876 



159 



48 

 44 



1,000 bush. 



1,000 lbs. 



1,244,100 



873, 721 



972, 662 



949, 561 



1,206,405 



1, 497, 329 



1,656,701 



1,578,500 



601, 551 



1,000 bush. 



1,000 bush. 



( 3 ) 



1,871 



2,446 



2,041 



1,285 



1,540 



1,453 



1,433 



1,937 



1,000 lbs. 

 4,035 

 4,670 

 4,550 

 4,965 

 4,381 

 5,121 

 4,547 

 4,385 

 5,681 



1,000 lbs. 

 701 



1912 







1 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 ( 3 ) 



771 



1913 







918 



1914 



( 3 ) 

 ( 3 ) 





907 



1915 





820 



1916 



3 

 4 

 3 

 4 



652 



1917 



3 



32 



4 



405 



1918 



261 



1919 



( 3 ) 



974 







1 Including malt, in terms of grain. 



2 Including meal or flour, in terms of grain. 



8 Less than 500 bushels. 

 i Net imports. 



