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nishment, are sent to Batavia for trial. Notwitli- 

 standing this small number of convicts, there are 

 no less than three jails, one of which was built 

 in IB24, The allowance from Government for 

 the maintenance of each prisoner was formerly 

 twelve stivers a day. but this, being found in- 

 sufficient, has been latterly a little increased. 



Slavery used at one time to be carried on to a 

 considerable extent in Rhio, as the Vice-roy, Ra- 

 jah Japhiir, had considerable interest in tlie trade. 

 Slaves were bought at either Pulo Pinigad or 

 LiDgga, and imported into Rhio with a certifi- 

 cate from Rajah Jap bar that these unhappy per- 

 sons were either run-away slaves from the anci- 

 ent Dutch, or else their descendants ; but, owing 

 to the precautions lately adopted, their number 

 appears to be on the decline. In 1826, by a re- 

 gister then taken, there were found to be ninety 

 six slaves of eight years old and upwards, and 

 twenty one below that age. 



The religious edifices in the Residency ofRhio 

 are very few, there liot being one place of Chris- 

 tian worship, and of the heathen but two Chi- 

 nese temples, and one mohammedan mosque. 

 Of the former, the first is situated in the Kam- 

 pong of the Canton Chinese, and the second in 

 that oftheFokien; the mosque is situated on 

 Pulo Pinigad, and a Malay teacher performs the 

 service for the Royal Family * therein. The Chi- 

 nese temples are built ofstone with tiled roofs, and 

 are, upon the whole, tolerably elegant buildings. 



Bintang contains some extensive and nearly im- 

 penetrable forests, but no botanist having as yet 



• Vide iNife 



