POSSESSIONS IN THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO, 
itself 3,905 less than in 1840. The grounds in fallow offer an ex* 
tent less by 21*165 bdhus than in 1840. 
3rdly. That in the 18 residencies the total produce of the crop 
has furnished an increase of 2,537,295 piculs of paddy, and that the 
average produce of a bahu has exceeded by a \ picul the produce of 
1840* 
4thly. That the gross amount of the land tax has produced 
Jt. 528,359 more than in 1840. 
This comparative summary shows that the culture of the rice in¬ 
creases yearly, and that the average produce of the fields is continu¬ 
ally increasing. These results have been obtained by the attention 
paid to the proper irrigation of the soil fit for this culture; and to 
the hydraulic works which the Government executes on its own ac¬ 
count, in the parts of the island where rice fields can be established, 
and where they are required to feed a population whose number 
is still increasing yearly. 
The official tables which present the results obtained by the other 
cultures appear here under the form of extracts; the most remarka¬ 
ble details will be pointed out; 
Culture of Coffee. 
• 
1840. 
1841. 
Residencies in which this produce has been 
cultivated in 1840 and 1841,.. 
20 
20 
Number of families destined for the labour, 
470,673 
453,289 
Trees which have yielded a crop,. 
196,913,894 
216,085,600 
Trees which produced the average quanti- 
ty of a picul of 125 ibs Dutch,. 
280 
248 
Quantity of coffee furnished to the godowns 
in piculs, 
706,258 
877,441 
Trees according to the reckoning made in 
the month of March 1841 and 1842,.. 
336,922,460 329,898,936 
The comparative result of this table shews that in the year 1841 
the coffee has been gathered from 19,000,000 trees more than the 
number in 1840, and that the crop has increased by 171,000 piculs. 
2nd. That in the month of March 1842, there were above 7 mil- 
* The increase of the produce has been much more remarkable from 
1839 to 1840 ; this produce is, for the whole crop piculs 2,653,855, and 
and the average produce per bahu presents a difference of two piculs* 
