Travels in the East Indian archipelago

Chapter 23: APPENDIX E. Trade of Java and Madura during 1864.

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A first-person travel narrative records voyages across the East Indian archipelago, from Java's coasts and colonial port cities to islands such as Celebes, Timor, Amboina, and the Banda group. It combines systematic natural-history collecting—especially shells—with descriptions of tropical flora and fauna, volcanic geology, and climatic patterns. Ethnographic detail covers temples and religious practices, marketplaces, local modes of travel and industry, and relations under colonial rule. Practical observations, sketches of daily life, and mapped itineraries are interwoven with excursions, scientific notes, and vivid scene-setting throughout.

APPENDIX E.
Trade of Java and Madura during 1864.

COUNTRIES.	No. of ships.	Tonnage.
ARRIVALS.
From Holland	197	143,250
From other parts of Europe	69	34,193
From the United States	24	12,610
From the Cape of Good Hope	7	4,132
From India	18	9,060
From China, Manilla, and Siam	128	45,067
From Mauritius	4	1,034
From Japan	4	843
From Australia	68	29,548
From the eastern parts of the archipelago	2,138	141,462½
Total	2,657	423,083½
DEPARTURES.
For Holland	396	267,260
For other parts of Europe	9	3,338
For the United States	3	2,258
For India	8	4,755
For China, Manilla, and Siam	73	22,508
For Japan	5	1,878
For Australia	20	4,338
For the eastern parts of the archipelago	2,245	151,066½
Total	2,759	577,401½

TOMB OF THE SULTAN—PALEMBANG.

See page 131.