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the north, Kertasura on the east, and the native provinces on the 
south and west. Probohngo is the capital. 
9th. Grobogan arid Jipang, comprising twelve hundred and 
nineteen square miles, and sixty-six thousand five hundred and 
twenty-two inhabitants. This division is bounded by Japara on 
the north, Gresik and Surabaya on the east, Kerta Sura on the 
south, and Semarang on the west. Qrobogan is the capital. 
10th. Japara, comprising one thousand and twenty-five square 
miles, and one hundred and three thousand two hundred and 
ninety inhabitants. This division comprehends a peninsula which 
juts out on the north side of the island, at the point of its greatest 
breadth ; it being here one hundred and thirty-five and a half 
miles wide, between the southwest point of Pachitan Bay and 
the north point of Japara. Japara is, of course, washed on three 
sides by the sea ; which, with Rembang, bounds it on the east, 
Grobogan being on its south, and Semarang and the sea on its 
west. Jawana, on its northwest, is the capital. 
1 1th. Rembang, comprising fourteen hundred square miles, and 
one hundred and fifty-eight thousand five hundred and thirty in- 
habitants. This division is bounded by the sea on its north, by 
Gresik on the east, by Jipang on the south, and Japara on the 
west. Rembang, on a river of the same name, is the capital. 
12th. Gresik, comprising seven hundred and seventy-eight 
square miles, and one hundred and fifteen thousand four hundred 
and forty-two inhabitants. This division includes Point Panka, 
the northeastern extremity of the island, at the entrance of Ma- 
dura Strait. It is, of course, bounded on the north by the sea, on 
the east by the strait, on the south by Surabaya, and on the west 
by Rembang. The town qf Gresik, on the strait, is the capital, 
13th. Surabaya, comprising twelve hundred and eighteen 
square miles, and one hundred and fifty-four thousand five hun- 
dred and twelve inhabitants. This division is bounded on the 
north by Gresik, on the east by the Strait of Madura and the sea, 
on the south by Pasuruan and the native provinces, and on the 
west by Jipang. The town of Surabaya, which has an excellent 
harbour, is the capital. It is near the principal mouth of a river 
of the same name, the second in magnitude of the whole island, 
which discharges itself into the Strait of Badua by five outlets, 
which form as many separate rivers. 
