Batavia

Of the splendour and magnificence which procured for this capital the title of the Queen of the East, little is now to be found. Streets have been pulled down, canals half filled up, forts demolished, and palaces levelled with the dust. The state-house, where the supreme court of justice and magistracy still assemble, remains; merchants transact their business in the town during the day, and its warehouses still contain the richest productions of the island, but few Europeans of respectability sleep within its limits.

The following table comprises all fixed residents within the city and its immediate suburbs, to the distance of about two miles. The municipal regulations of this part of the island having been continued in force, and the execution of them, for the most part, delegated to Dutch authorities, it is to be apprehended that the return of the population now given may be found deficient in accuracy. A poll-tax being levied on the Chinese, and other town duties rendering it the interest of the parties to withhold information as to the exact numbers, it is also probable that the total amount considerably exceeds that now given: certainly it does not fall short of it.

Account of the Population of the City of Batavia and its Suburbs.

Males. Females. Total.

Europeans 367 176 543

Descendants of Europeans Born in the Colony 706 779 1,485

Arabs 197 121 318

Moormen 71 48 119

Maláyus 1,756 1,399 3,155

Javans 1,782 1,549 3,331

Búgis 1,032 831 1,863

Makásars 1,148 881 2,029

Bálians 4,063 3,657 7,720

Sumbáwas 141 91 232

Mandharese 112 111 223

Ambonese and Bandas 57 25 82

Timorese and Butanese 16 8 24

Pernákans or half-caste Chinese 357 248 605

Chinese 6,976 4,273 11,249

Slaves 7,001 7,238 14,239

Grand Total 47,217