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ORIENTAL COMMERCE. 



[Java 



European or Indian power, as likewise from selling the productions of his 

 territories to any other tlrnu to the Company. 



Trade. — The commerce carried on between Bantam and other parts 

 of India and China is very trilling, the trade centering in Batavia, to which 

 the pepper* and other produce of the territories of the King of Bantam, 

 are sent, and from whence the foreign articles necessary for the consumption, 

 are imported. 



Coins. — Those current are Spanish dollars, ducatoons, rupees, schil- 

 lings, dubbeltjees, doits, and cash ; the King having no coin of his own. 

 The cash vary in their value. Accounts are kept decimally, thus : — 



10 Peccoes equal to 1 Laxsan 



10 Laxsans * I Catty 



10 Catties I Utu 



10 Utas 1 Rahar. 



The peccoe should contain 1000 cash, but they are frequently deficient 

 The price varies from 25 to 35 per Spanish dollar. 



Weights. — The weight for gold, musk, Sec. is the tale, equal to 1055 

 English grains; nearly double the Chinese tale. 



Of the great weights 100 catties make a pecul ; and 3 peculs 1 bahar, 

 which weighs 396 lbs. avoirdupois: but the babar of pepper is 2 -0 k 

 or goelacks, and weighs 375 lbs. Dutch troy, or 407 lbs. avoirdupois. A 

 coyang of rice is 200 gan tarns. The gantani is 8 bamboos, or 32 catties. 

 The coyang weighs 8000 lbs. Dutch troy, or 8681 lbs. avoirdupois. 



The pecul at Cheribon weighs 125 lbs. Dutch troy, or 135 lbs. 

 10 oz. avoirdupois; and the tiayang of rice is 2000 catties, or 2640 lbs. 

 avoirdupois. 



Measures. — The long measure is the has La, which is 18 English 

 inches. 



For further information consult the ensuing article. 



BATAVIA, the principal settlement of the Dutch in the East Indies, 

 and to which all others are subordinate, is situated at the bottom of a large 

 bay formed by the points Ontong, Java, and Crawang, and is in latitude 

 6° & S., and longitude 106° 52* E. It is considered one of the best harbours 

 in India, having a number of small islands about two or three leagues from 

 the city, which shelter the bay from N. W. to N. E., the principal of 

 which are Onrust, Edam, Cooper's Island, and Purmerend. Large ships 

 generally ride at single anchor in the roads, at about 1 4 mile from the shore, 

 in six fathoms, the dome of the principal church bearing about S. ; but 

 smaller vessels approach within a mile of the shore. Fronting the small 



