. Java, Sumatra and the other islands of the Dutch East Indies . symbols of eternity and power, unite thesevarious buildings. Surakarta contains 109,808 inhabitants, of whom 1,512are Europeans and 6,532 Chinese. The Europeansinclude a Resident and an Assistant Resident ; theformer being entrusted with all important politicalaffairs, while the latter is more especially qualified toadministrate the monopolies granted to Holland, andto watch over the rights of Europeans and Chinese. The European houses and the Protestant church aregathered around the magnificent Residency, in theshadow of the for
. Java, Sumatra and the other islands of the Dutch East Indies . symbols of eternity and power, unite thesevarious buildings. Surakarta contains 109,808 inhabitants, of whom 1,512are Europeans and 6,532 Chinese. The Europeansinclude a Resident and an Assistant Resident ; theformer being entrusted with all important politicalaffairs, while the latter is more especially qualified toadministrate the monopolies granted to Holland, andto watch over the rights of Europeans and Chinese. The European houses and the Protestant church aregathered around the magnificent Residency, in theshadow of the fortress constructed in 1799 and restoredat the time of the war. All the Europeans in the prin-cipality—planters, officers, or officials—are under theobligation of presenting themselves at the Residencyonce a year, in order to celebrate the Dutch national Javanese nobility ; and here both language and religion have mostfaithfully preserved their original form. (H. H. van Kol, Soerakarta,Indische Gids., 1904, ii.)* Kali, in Malay and in Javanese, means ARAB MOSQUE, SURABAJA.
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