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Of these duties one half was paid to Rajah 

 Japhar, the Vice-roy of Rhin, according to a sti* 

 poiation entered into with that prince on theSGth 

 November 18lft, up to tlie month of June 1SI9, 

 when Captain Elout. the Re^ident of that settle- 

 mentt being authorized by the Netherlands go- 

 vernment, entered into another arrangc^ment with 

 that prince, whereby the uhole of the duties was 

 secured to the Dutch. I will now consider the 

 gambier quefition in a!l its bearings. 



On the inth December 1BI8, the Dutch go- 

 vern n>eut of Malacca passed two resolutions with 

 regard to the trade of Hbio, which were both 

 brought into play on the 1st January 1319. 

 The first of tliese was an import and export tax 

 of 4 per cent upon all Dutch and Foreign ships, 

 and the second wus that, while the Import • of 

 gambier and pepper was free; an exorbitant du- 

 ty was levied upon the exportation of these ar- 

 ticles, viz. u pon black pepper one florin and fif* 

 tfjen htivers, and upon gambier fifteen stivers 

 per picui, or 5 per cent 



Grasping as the Dutch colonial admjnistratioii 

 undoubtedly is. it at length discovered that the 

 road to wealth does not lie in immoderate duties 

 and excessive taxation. This fundamental prin- 

 ciple of political economy they appear to have 

 arrived at very slowly, for k was not until the 9Lh 

 July 1822, a period of three years and a half, 

 that these regulations were modified, and the 

 interests of the state more clearly understood. 

 At this time a proclamation was penned, and 



• The inaport tltitif^s on the priduM <if Bincang't • portion lyf rhe Re- 

 fid Qcy m Mh'io^ should Iiaw bvtn l«vicd «t J&va, and tke lUArkcti tM 



