830
NETHERLANDS : — EAST INDIES
Area :
"PnirliaVl
Population at
square miles
the end of 1897
Java and Madura ....
50,554
25,697,701
[ Sumatra, "West Coast
31,649
1,353,315^
Sumatra, East Coast
35,312
335,432-
Island of j Benkulen ....
9,399
158,767-
Sumatra 1
Lampongs ....
11,284
137,5011
Palembang ....
53,497
692,3171
i Atjeh
20,471
531,705-
Riau-Lingga Archipelago
16,301
107,861-
Banca
4,446
93,6001
Billitou
1,863
41,5581
Borneo, West Coast
55,825
370,7752
Borneo, South, and East Districts .
156,912
809,8033
Island of / Celebes ..... Celebes \ Menado ....
49,390
1,448,722^
22,080
549,138-^
Molucca Islands ....
43,864
399,208-
Timor Archipelago ....
17,698
119,239-
Bali and Lombok ....
4,065
1,044,757=*
New Guinea to 141° E. long.^ .
151,789
200,000='
Total
736,400
±34,090,0006
1 Tolerably accurate. 2 Approximately. 3 Mere conjecture.
5 New Guinea belongs to the residency of Ternate, Molucca Islands, ti Approximate total. The population of several unexplored countries is not included. In the official records the population is given every five years.
The total number of Europeans and persons assimilated to them at the beginning of 1896 was 35,134 males and 32,022 females; of these 29,666 males and 25,389 females were Dutch, of whom 23,295 males and 22,435 females were born in the East Indies ; of the remainder, 1,183 were German, 246 French, 236 English, 187 Swiss, 236 Belgians ; the remainder being mostly Austrians and Armenians. Of the remaining population about 460,000 were Chinese, 24,000 Arabs, and 27,000 other Orientals, and about 32,000,000 natives.
The movement of population between Europeans and persons assimilated to them, by marriages, births, and deaths, was as follows : —
1891
1892
1893
fJava and Madura \ Outposts .
f Java and Madura | ^ Outposts . /'Java and Madura
I
Outposts
-■on. rJii'Va and Madura 1^^^ I Outposts . . iQQ- /Java and Madura ^^^^ \ Outposts .
Man'iages
Perl.OOO
Births 2,135
Perl.OOO 45-8
Deaths
PerljOOOj
429
9-2
1,673
35-9
78
6-7
665
57-2
443
38-0
469
10-0
2,296
49-0
1,408
30
74
6-3
. 595
51-1
382
32-8
493
10-3
2,387
49-8
1,485
310
69
5-9
677
57-9
418
35-7
484
9-8
2,343
47-3
1,192
24-1
66
6-7
/ 691
59-9
387
33-6
497
—
1,835
1,381
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524
435
