TOUR FROM SOURABA.YA, THROUGH KEDltU, 87 
the middle of the day we reached the abode of Mr Martherus 
at Bandar J4jer, and did not proceed further on our route 
till the next morning. Bandar J6jer is a small estate, and 
consists of waste lands leased from the government some 
15 years ago. There is a dirty little sugar establishment, 
where the cane is ground in cattle mills of the most primitive 
construction, presenting a striking contrast, with the tine 
machinery and buildings which now-a-days are everywhere 
so common in Java. In the afternoon we were supplied with 
horses to visit the private estate of Mr Johan, about 6 or / 
pauls off the road and towards the foot of the Klut. Here 
we found one of the neatest and cleanest private sugar works 
that exists on Java. The place yielded upwards of 4,000 
piculs last year, and there is every prospect of increase this. 
We found the owner on Bis property who politely showed us 
about the place. This estate also consists ol waste lauds 
which, about 15 years ago, were leased out by government, 
and now Isas a population of about 2,000 souls. The land 
is good and well w atered, but population being scanty, makes 
agricultural operations expensive. The name ot the place 
where the mill stands is Gudu, but the Estate generally 
is called Sukawati. Not far fr^n this neighbourhood is 
another small estate of leased lands belonging to Sh 
Goolen, who has a population ot 1,400 souls, and who has 
devoted bis attention to other matters than realizing a for¬ 
tune by agricultural speculations. He is said to have con¬ 
verted his people to Christianity, and lives with them almost 
in the native fashion. How sincere these people may be in 
their conversion, it is difficult to learn, as the matter is 
talked of rather in ridicule, and Coolen himself was a tew 
years ago placed under the curatorship of the court ot jus¬ 
tice. 
We had a pleasant ride back to Bandar Jejer by moon¬ 
light, and ere the next day dawned we were off to join our 
carriage at the post station at the boundary, between the 
Residencies of Sourabaya and Kediri; this is found just 
beyond the 65th paul. The horses are kept about a quarter 
of a paul off the main road, at a ferry which crosses the 
Kediri river to Kerto Sono, and on the opposite bank is 
seen the dwelling of the controleur. 
The change of residency was soon perceptible in the less 
kept up state of the roads and fences. Gollee is here the 
great object of government cultivation, and for convenience 
is planted in regular gardens, shaded with dadap, on either 
side of the road, not extending inwards on either side very 
