8 DIFFICULTY ABOUT PASSPORTS. 



the residency, the Resident being at his country- 

 house on the hills. We found the Secretary also 

 was from home. The only military force at Passa- 

 rouan was a party of fifty native troops, under the 

 command of a first lieutenant. 



Our pass had not yet arrived, but on consultation, 

 we determined to go on next day to Probolingo and 

 take our chance. It appeared from what we heard 

 this evening that some of the authorities were rather 

 puzzled how to act with regard to us. Our going 

 into the country at all, without an order from the 

 Governor-General, was quite contrary to all rules, 

 and even to actual laws. Masters of merchant ves- 

 sels who wished to go merely to Passarouan on busi- 

 ness from Sourabaya and back again, had been re- 

 fused permission ; as we, however, belonged to a 

 man-of-war, the regulations were relaxed in our 

 favour. The Resident of Sourabaya, moreover, was 

 a liberal man, and a favourite at head -quarters, and 

 did as he pleased. The Resident of Besuki, also, 

 in which Probolingo is situated, was described as a 

 liberal person, with whom we should have no diffi- 

 culty. It appeared, however, that the Resident of 

 Passarouan was more one of the old school, and 

 moreover, was rather afraid of losing his post, as his 

 is the richest residency in the island. His salary 

 indeed, is only 1,500/. per annum, but it appears 

 that each Resident* has a per centage on the 



* As also every other officer — native and Dutch. 



