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hi which all affairs of a general interest are treated of, whilst the spe¬ 
cial matters of each branch remain devolved on the director, without 
requiring a preliminary reference to the council. 
Tnc dhector of cultures has under his orders many inspectors 
who have the duty, independently ol some others, of verifying upon 
the spot the origin or the accidental causes of unfavorable results to 
one or other culture, which the comparative estimates serve to esta¬ 
blish in a province or in a district: he ought for this end to put 
e. The Auction Department.* 
f. The Stamps. 
9 * The duties on Successions and Transfers. 
h. The general management of the Tin mines, Birds nests, and Salt, 
until their delivery into the Head Depots. 
i. # The sale of Government lands in general, 
tc. The Pilotage. 
DIRECTION OF PRODUCTS AND CIVIL WAREHOUSES. 
To this direction belong principally, ' « 
«. The management of the produce of the lands. 
b. The providing the necessary goods aud provisions by distribution 
from the godowns, or through farms and contracts. 
c. The collecting and sellingof goods and produce. 
d. The superintendence of the lading and chartering of vessels. 
e. ihe administration and the sale of the Salt delivered into the Chief 
Depots. 
f. I he superintendence oF all Government water works, civil buildings, 
timber yards, and wood saw mills. 
g. The superintendence of the construction—godown [civil and military 
arsenal at Surabaya.] 
h. The management of the Post office. 
i. The government priming office. 
A. The trade to Japan. 
DIRECTION OF CULTURES. 
To this appertains, 
a. Rice culture. 
The land revenue, as 
Uncultivated estates. 
Duties on professions. 
Gardens and ISipa forests. 
Fish ponds. 
c. The Coffee cultivation, spices, pepper, nopal, manufacture and pre¬ 
paration of sugar, indigo, cochineal, silk, tea, tobacco, cinnamon, 
and other products adapted to the European market. 
d. Forests. 
e. The selling and granting of grounds or lands, so far as this comes in¬ 
to connection with the cultures. 
f. The breeding of cattle and the improvement of the breed of horsed. 
iS’o public auction can take place in Java or the other Dutch possessions 
save through the auctioneer appointed by Government. At Batavia, Sa- 
marang and 3urabaya there arc seperatc departments for auctions. 
