200 TC'UIt PROM SOURABAYA, THROUGH KEDIRI, &C. 
are kept locked. Here the Regent’s family find their last 
abode. 
Kedirl was one of the new residencies formed in 1830, 
at the close of the Java war, it having hitherto formed part 
of the conjoint territories of the courts of Solo and Jugjo, 
but was now, with other districts, brought under the imme¬ 
diate dominion of the European Power. The population in 
proportion to the superficies of the Residency is still small, 
but has enereased considerably with the rest of Java, since 
the restoration of peace, and regular, quiet government. The 
population in 1832 was made out to be 184,876 souls whilst 
in 1845 the figure has risen to 235,243. It has of course 
been necessary to introduce the government forced system 
of cultivation more cautiousl ■ than in other parts, coffee 
and indigo having formed the chief objects. The only con¬ 
tracts for sugar have been hitherto in the hands of a China¬ 
man, who has in the Residency 10 small cattle mills producing 
together about 20,000 piculs. The Chinaman in now anxious 
to get a new contract from Government, by which one large 
establishment worked with a water wheel should supersede 
all the rest, but it appears his project is not favorably re¬ 
ceived at head quarters, where the policy now-a-days rather 
leans towards the exclusion of this class of contractors. The 
cultivation of sugar, however. Government are about to 
encrease in Kediri, and for that purpose are giving up some 
of their indigo establishments in the Regency of Bdrbek 
where they have lately granted to Mr Blankenhagen a large 
contract for the manufacture of sugar, and where he will 
have to grind canes in 1849. 
We were detained two days and two nights in Kediri, as 
the controleur of Blitar, who happened to be at the provincial 
capital, had to return before we could get the use of the post 
horses, or before we should be able to find any one to assist us 
in procuring the needful for our journey. Soon after day light 
of the 23rd June we started for Blitar, the next object of our 
visit. The road leads southward up the valley of Kediri, and 
along the eastern side of the great river, though it is not seen 
except close to the town. The greater part of the first 16 
miles is through a forest of dadap trees which shelter the 
coffee, or else through the original jungle and wilderness, where 
numerous gangs of the Lutung monkey chatter as you pass. 
This confined state of the road makes the journey rather dull, 
as you do not get even a distant view of the mountains. The 
road runs on a very slightly rising plain, the whole way, pass¬ 
ing through the district of Jambean, till at the post station 
