THE ISLAND OF JAVA. 177 
Houses. 
Within the Avails ' «- ' - - - I993 
In the south suburbs - - - - 508 
In the suburbs near the Rotterdam gate - - 732 
In the suburbs near the Utrecht gate, chiefly inhabited 
by Javanese and free Malays - - - 76O 
In the Chinese town on the western side - - 1277 
Making in the whole 5270 
AVhich, together with the villages and villas within a circuit 
of ten miles round Batavia, contain a population of about 
116,000 souls, consisting of 
East India Company's servants of every descrip- 
tion 800, and with their families - - 3,300 
Burghers or free citizens 1138, and with their 
families - - - - - 5,660 
Javanese and free Malays - _ - 68,000 
Chinese - - - - - - 22,000 
Slaves - - 17,000 
Total 115,960 
But the total population within the extent of the govern- 
ment of Batavia is reckoned at 150,000 souls ; that of all the 
other Dutch settlements on Java collectively at 230,000 ; 
and of the whole island, which, however, is little better 
than a guess, at 2,000,000. 
