Isles of the East : an illustrated guide : Australia, New Guinea, Java, Sumatra . eady in existence before the estab-lishment of the old East India Company in Java. This Companyregulated all economic questions at its own discretion, limiting the outputof the \arious mills, which in 1710 numbered 130 to 300 piculs for eachfactory. This measure reduced the existing number of mills to 65, when the company decreed that the number should be 70. In this arbitraryway the company controlled the production for a number of years, andin 1777 a delivery of 64,000 piculs was enforced, increasing each yearu
Isles of the East : an illustrated guide : Australia, New Guinea, Java, Sumatra . eady in existence before the estab-lishment of the old East India Company in Java. This Companyregulated all economic questions at its own discretion, limiting the outputof the \arious mills, which in 1710 numbered 130 to 300 piculs for eachfactory. This measure reduced the existing number of mills to 65, when the company decreed that the number should be 70. In this arbitraryway the company controlled the production for a number of years, andin 1777 a delivery of 64,000 piculs was enforced, increasing each yearuntil in 1808, 95,000 piculs was demanded. These restrictions had adepressing effect on the industry, and upon the liquidation of the com-pany the Government assumed control, abolishing these measures. Anew system was introduced by which the natives were compelled tocultivate certain areas and to sell the yield to Go\ernment at fixed mode proved unsatisfactory. The industry underwent numeroustrials under a variety of conditions, none of which had the desired Sugarcane Transport, 1892 the last traces of the old ctiltivation system had dis-appeared, and, private enterprise being encouraged, a gradual improve-ment in the cultivation and working methods was the again, however, menaced the industry, the selling priceof sugar falling (causing heavy losses) and the appearance of thesereh disease in the cane. This disease spread rapidly and almost para-lysed the industry. The Government, instead of fostering the industry,regarded it with disfavour and it was only after long delay that theheavy excise duty on land was abolished. An experimental station whichhad started at Pasoeroean was refused a subsidy three times by the 71 Government, while little attention was paid to the reduction of freightson the State railways. Finally the proper remedy to combat the serehdisease was discovered by Dr. Soltwedel, , the selection and grantingof
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