341 



Some idea may be formed of the rapid decline 

 of Rhio from the simple fact that the farms, which 

 in December 1826, (vide Table, page 1 13), brought 

 174,000 guilders, sold in December 1827 for on- 

 ly 126,060 guilders, exhibiiijig a decrease, in 

 that short period, of 47,340 guilders. The poll 

 tax of 12 guilders on Chinese" returning to their 

 native country, (which in 1824 brought 3,240, 

 and in 1825 2,900 guilders), could not in this 

 year be farmed out to any individual, as the Rtag- 

 uation of trade, induced by the oppressive im- 

 port duty levied on gambier at Java, had depriv- 

 ed this industrious class of a large portion of 

 their property, which was invested in the trade 

 of this article, and consequently blasted all pros- 

 pects of a return to China. 



The failing off of the trade, of course, affected 

 the import and export duties, which amounted 

 in 1^25 to guilders 00,412 17 8 but, in 1826, on- 

 ly yielded 86,132 15 9, exhibiting a decrease of 

 guilders 4.280 1 13. 



1 now come to the population of the Residen- 

 cy of Rhio, of which the rollo\> ing is an approxi- 



matmg estimate. 



Europeans or their descend- 

 antji, 



Portuguese or Native Chris- 

 tians, 

 Arabs. 

 Buggisses, 

 Moors. 

 Chinese. 

 Malays. 

 Javanese, - 



Total, 







22 



38 



25 



26 



8 



8 



552 



640 



70 



22 



10,855 



1 3,63a 



8,0C0 



8,000 



100 



16 



J 9,632 



22,3^5 



