Stories from Deli

1863 Jacobus Nienhuys, on behalf of the Association Van den Arend cs, lands in Deli on 5 May; begins
job recruitment of Chinese in Singapore.

1864 First shipment of 5o pn. tobacco, sold in Rotterdam; yield 48 cents. per half kg, from
kampong Mertoeboeng. – New Board structure with Auditors in Siak, Panei and Bila, Batoe Bahra and Deli (JAM of Cats Baron de Raet).

1865 Expedition to Asahan, Serdang and Temiang. – Sultan of Serdang recognized Empire of Siak as
sovereign; to its territory only Serdang and Perbaoengan. – Deli’s old claim on Pertjut, Denai, Bedagei and Padang maintained; Temiang River border between the Siak and Aceh Empire. – Tungkoe Pangeran India di Radja Amir Radja from Langkat, Poeloe Kompai and Temiang. – The three first leasehold contracts issued by the Sultan of Deli to Nienhuys (2000 construction at Kloempang), to Breker and to Von Mach.

1866 Nienhuys concludes first contracts with workmen for work in Borong.

1867 Also placed an inspector in Asahan. – Von Mach opens nutmeg garden “Carlsruhe”; Breker
and Mots start tobacco cultivation on ‘Königgratz’ (later Helvetia). – Janssen, Clemen and Nienhuys close a company. – In Deli are 6 Europeans (3 Dutch, 2 Swiss and 1 German).

1868 Establishment of 5-day English sailing service Penang-Deli.

1869 Founding of Deli Maatschappij by Tansseix, also on behalf of Nienhuys and Clemen and the Nederlandsche Handel-Mij. – Administrator established in Medan Poetri.

1870 Deli Maatschappij obtains first contract in Langkat (the former “Firstfruit “, now Kwala Pesilam), large 2000 build. – H. Naher and Grob get the first contract in Tandjong Morawa in Serdang.

1871 Nienhuys repatriates; succeeded by JT Cremer Deli Mij. the first European physician, Dr. H. Sanders Ezn. – Expedition to Goenoeng Tinggi against the Pertoean Nan Lobeh.

1872 The British India Steam Navigation Cy. opens a service between Calcutta and via Deli and Riouw Singapore. – Batak War; expedition against the Datoe’s Ketjil and Djalil. – Sultan’s statement that all Europeans, Chinese and Klingalese and others aliens employed by agricultural enterprises are government subjects. – First planters’ meetings. – First Javanese recruitment – 13 companies in Deli, 1 in Langkat and 1 in Serdang. In Deli there are 75 Europeans, 4000 Chinese coolies and a few hundred Klingalese and Javanese.

1873 East Coast of Sumatra Separate Residence; first Resident J. Locker de Bruijne, established on
the island of Bengkalis; Assistant Resident of Deli with Controller from Laboean; Batoe Bahra at Asahan under Contr. at T. Balei; Laboean Batu remained under Contr. at Laboean Batoe and div. Siak under Contr. at Siak. – On the initiative of Cremer request der planters, for justice or police force. Ass.-Res. case law on Chinese and others Vr. O. – Death of Toengkoe Mahmoud from Deli. – Tungkoe Maarnoen installed as Sultan of Deli – N. Ind. Steamship. opens coastal navigation between Riouw and the East coast. – Main force military occupation in Medan.

1874 Ordinary police jurisdiction over Natives assigned to den Resident (Residentiegourt). – For serious offenses and crimes Bengkalis Residence Council. – Europeans under the jurisdiction of the Council of Justice in Batavia.

1875 Establishment of Deli Batavia Mij. – Taxes and Fees taken over by the government from Sultans of Siak and Deli; concerned import and export duties, opium lease, spirits, games of dice and pawnshops and leased taxes on fresh and dried fish. – First post office in Laboean. – Entry of Liberia coffee culture in Serdang.  – Foundation of the first large Medansche firm Hüttenbach & Co.
1876 ​​Addition Board Formation: Deli and Serdang directly under an Assistant Resident; Langkat and
Tamiang under Controller at T. Poera, subordinate to Ass.-Res. from Deli. – Police reinforced with 33 men, including Eur. Magistrate; nevertheless, crimes are on the rise. – Gajoe raids in Langkat. – Government takes control of tax and duty levies from Serdang and Langkat. – Opposition of the planters to the repeal of art. 2 No. 27 of the Police Criminal Code. – Cremer writes: “A word from Deli to the Lower House of the States General” against Mirandolle motion.

1877 Establishment of Tabak Mij. “Arendsburg”. – ‘Residence law also delegated to BB inspectors – In addition to Bengkalis, Deli will have a Residence Council.  -Planters agreements (no buying of tobacco from Natives and no recruiting). – Straits Government states Protector or Chinese for emigration to Deli. – Police expansion. -First model contract agricultural concessions.

1878 Model contract for agricultural concessions established by Government.  – In case of transfer, agricultural contracts must correspond to the new model; protests.

1879 Founding of Deli Planters Vereeniging. – Foundation of ADC – Seat Ass.-Res. from Deli from
Laboean to Medan. – Established several government buildings; offices, prison, etc. – First post office in Medan. – Establishment of the White Society.

1880 First Coolie Ordinance. – Establishment service Ocean Steamship Cy. Singapore Deli. There are
7 coffee companies in Deli .

1881 Provisional railway concession to Deli-Mij. granted. – Deli department 6 sub-divisions:
Medan, Laboean Deli, Serdang, Langkat, Timbang Langkat and Tamiang. – New expansion of police with 150 men. America buys tobacco for the first time in Amsterdam.

1882 Opening of the first tobacco companies in Padang and Bedagei.

1883 Founding of Deli Spoorweg-Mij. – Government contract with Sultan of Deli on subjection and jurisdiction.

1884 Siak relinquishes all rights to Western affairs to Government. – Definitive frontier arrangement between Deli and Serdang, and agreements with the Batak districts. – At Deli 44 companies, Langkat 20, Serdang 9, Bedagei 2, Padang 1. – First petroleum drilled at Telaga Tiga (Telaga Said).

1885 Productive petroleum drilling at Telaga Toenggal (Telaga Said). – Founded the Deli Courant. –
Opening of the Laboean-Medan railway line for public traffic. – Begin artesian well drilling in Medan and Laboean. – Similarities Sultan of Deli with the Heads of Padang and Bedagei. – Hospital Deli Mij. built. – Founded the Deli Race Club.

1886 First two agricultural concessions in Siak issued. – DSM receives telephone concession; service telegraph lines open to the public. – Founding of Deli Langkat Tabak-Mij. – Auxiliary post offices in Bindjei and T. Poera.

1887 Foundation of the Schweizer Verein. – Medan Hotel and White Society building opened in their present stone appearance. – Seat of the Board of Residentie OvS from Bengkalis to Medan. – Residence divided into 5 sections: Deli, Batu Bahra, Asahan, Laboean Batu and Bengkalis. – Regulations on the Legal System in the Residence OvS, jurisdiction of: Magistraten, Landraden and Residentiegrecht; Landraden at Medan, Bengkalis, Bindjei and T. Balei. – DSM opens track sections Medan-T. Langkat and Medan-Deli Tuwa. – Establishment of Municipal Fund for Medan; ground distance Sultan for housing; leaseholds in Municipal Fund. – Sultan of Labuan to Medan. – Establishment of Immigrant-Asyl der DPV – Opening of the Medan-Padang telegraph line.  – Chartered Bank establishes an agency in Medan. – Tengkoe Soleiman recognized as Raja of Serdang with title Sultan Soleiman Sharief Oei Alam Shah. – Pension fund for Europeans set up by DSM.  – First trials of tea culture at Blimbing and Soengei Kanan in Batoe Bahra.

1888 Establishment of Rotterdam-Deli Mij. • Railway line MedanLaboean extended to Belawan.  – Opening Telephone service DSM – Immigranten-Asyl put into use. – Southern China allows free emigration to Deli. —- Immigrant Bureau established. – Limits of 7 main places set.  – Establishment of StoomvaartMij. Deli (liq. 1892).  – First school for Public Primary Education in Medan. – Sub-agency Ned. Trade-Me. opened in Medan.  – Lodge “Deli” of the Freemasons established.

1889 Senembah-Mij is founded. and United Langkat PI. Cy. Ltd. – Missionary of the Dutch. Missionary
Society in Rotterdam settles in Boven-Deli. – Coolie Ordinance of 1880 amended; objections in connection with Spoorweg-Mij. – Resident grants a permit to steam shipping companies to set up their own pilots in Belawan.

1890 Medan Tabak-Mij is founded. – Could. Ned. Me, to Expl. of Petroleum Sources established in the Dutch East Indies ? DPV establishes leproasyl in Medan. – Government jetties and customs facility in Belawan in use. – Establishment of T. Tinggi-Club.

1891 Establishment of Kon. Paketvaart-Mij .; fourteen-day service Deli-Java. Major crisis in tobacco culture and trade; consequence: closing and downsizing of companies; in Labuan Batu and Siak given up tobacco; in Padang and Bedagei, Batoe Bahra and Asahan a languishing existence. – Land contract between Sultan and Deli-Mij; half of the tribute in Municipal Fund (Grant Number one). . – Deli tobacco shipped for the first time via Batavia with Dutch boats. – Medan-Penang telegraph cable put into use.

1892 Invasion of Acehnese bands in Lower Langkat. – New model act agricultural concession. – Oil-pipeline from Telaga Said to P. Brandan.  – First tanker to use ‘Mürex’: Telegraafkabel Belawan-Oleh-leh. – Association for Support for Europeans in Need was founded.

1893 Tamiang Expedition. – On the initiative of Deli BataviaMij. botanist conducts initial research into pests and diseases of tobacco. – Sultan of Langkat succeeded at his own request by Tungkoe Moentil, installed as Sultan Abdul Azi Abdoeldjalil Rachmat Shah.

1894 Establishment of the “Laboratory for research on the Deli Tabak” (8th div. The Lands
Botanic Garden). – Founding: Deli Cultuur-Mij. and Serdang Tabak-Me. and mine. to Mining, Bosch and Agricultural Exploitation in Langkat. —- The “Royal” obtains Besitang and Aroebaai concessions.

1895 Founded an association for mutual help for Assistants in Deli. – Expansion of coffee culture
in Serdang with 7 companies.

1896 Founding of the Medical Circle (cholera control).

1897 Tasting of tea culture in Serdang. – First tank boats enter P. Brandan. -Deli section divided into 6 sections: Deli, Upper Langkat, Lower Langkat, Tamiang, Serdang, Padang and Bedagei.

1898 Establishment of the first daily newspaper “De Sumatra Post”. – Electricity Me. established in edan. – First Inl. school of the 2nd class in Medan.

1899 Extension of the “Royal” concessions in Tamiang. – Establishment of the Vereeniging voor Ziekenverpleging in Medan. – Temporary quarantine station at Poeloe Berhala. – The Chinese quarter in Medan largely burned down.  – Establishment of Deutscher Verein.

1900 New administrative division: East coast of Sumatra 10 divisions; jurisdiction for the Land Councils at T. Balei, Bindjei, Medan and Bengkalis. – Opening Eur. Hospital Timorstraat in Medan.

1901 First package shipping service between Deli and den overwal. – English sports team visits Deli. –
Ver. to Conservation Fröbel School.

1902 Hoetink investigation into the method of compliance with the KoelieOrdonnance. – Brochure of Mr. van der Brand.  – Establishment of the first post of the Rotterdam mission on the Hoogvlakte. – Sanatorium ADC Bandar Baroe established. – Opening of the Perbaoengan-Bamban and Selesai-Kwala railway line. – Dr. Schüffner and a planter hatch a Benz car. – Establishment of the Upper Serdang Club.

1903 Rhemrev study. – Expansion of DSM with Bamban-Rantau Laban and Bindjei-Stabat.
Government repository for leprosy sufferers in Medan. – Tobacco transport partly via Sabang. – The mission is introduced on the East coast on the Plateau and in the Siantarsche.

1904 Labor Inspectorate officially established; Coolie Ordonnance design by Hoetink. – Railway expanded with L. Pakam-Bangoen Poerba and Stabat-P. Brandan.  – Founded the “Planters Association East Coast of Sumatra”. – Schüffner initiates hookworm disease.

1905 Establishment of a pension fund for the coolies of the ADC – Establishment of Waterleiding-Mij. “Ajer Bersih”.  – First cases of plague on the East Coast. – Establishment Serdang Doctor Fund. – Foundation of Roemer VisscherVereeniging in Medan.

1906 In Asahan, Batoe Bahra, Langkat and Serdang large-scale hevea plantations (practical beginning of large culture).  – Institution of the Deli Department Council, to whom, among other things, takes care of Medan. – Founding of Pathology Laboratory. – By Gouv. and Mission of leprosy -Kf-Lao Si Momo founded. – Begin Gambir culture in Asahan. 

1907 Visit GG Van Heutsz on the East Coast. – Fire service certificate for Medan; foundation Medansche Voluntary Fire Department.  – Railway Kampong Baroe Arnhemia. – Division council decides to construct Belawanweg. – Establishment of Bataafsche Petroleum-Mij. – Cremer’s first trip with Spijker cars to the Plateau. -New political contract with the Self-Governors of Siak,
Deli, Serdang and Langkat. – Scheme Ballot rights to substitution grounds. – Javasche Bank in Medan, T. Poera, T. Balei and Bengkalis. – Currency clearance (expulsion of the dollar). – Belawan inland port for Inland vessels. – Establishment of Rubber Cultuur-Mij. “Amsterdam; the Unifed Serdang Rubber Pit. Ltd .; the Hessa Tabak Me. (after 1920 Hessa Rubber Mij). – Kuenen starts a poker company in the Path. Lab. – Corporate and income tax for Government members.

1908 Establishment of the Council of Justice and an Orphan and Estate Agency in Medan. – Branch of Budi Utomo established in Medan. – Reorganization of the Labor Inspectorate. – Culture and industry exhibition in Medan. -Establishment of the Bataksch Institute. – First rental car at Verwey and Lugard in Medan. – Schüffner’s initial investigations on mite fever. – School for secondary education in P. Brandan. – DSM sets up Pensioenfonds Inl. Press. on.

1909 Founding of Deli Automobiel-Club. – Trade association for Assistants in Deli founded; Organ
“De Planter” appears. – Establishment of the Agricultural Association “Asahan”. – Recruitment ordinance. – Dissolution of Deli Departmental Council; institution of Local Council for the Cultural Area and institution of Medan Municipal Council. – Medan-Sabang direct cable. – Establishment of Rubber-Mij. “Si Boelan”. – Beginning of the “rubber tree”. – Successful trials with tea at Tebing-Tinggi Estate lead to the establishment of Rubber Plant. Inv. Trust Ltd.

1910 Note to the Planters Committee on the possibilities of colonization. – Report Kraus and De Jongh about Belawan Ocean Port. – Establishment of the Algemeene Vereeniging van Rubberplanters ter OvS – First planting of oil palm as a cultivated crop on Tanah Itam Oeloe by the Schadt brothers. – Establishment of Deli Batavia RubberMij. and Bandar Rubber-Me. – First mail boats St. Me. “The Netherlands”, which visit Deli. – Janssen’s initiative to build single-family homes in a dessa context. —1 Medical Opposition to Draft Work Regulations Mr. From Blommestein. – Schüffner introduces tea to workers to prevent amoebic dysentery. —1 Quarantine Ordinance. – First trials of laokeh recruitment. — School for Public Education in Bindjei. – Establishment of Methodist Boys’ school in Medan. – Major Tjong Yong Hian establishes the Chinese Trade Association.

1911 Establishment of Hollandsch-Americanche Plantage-Mij. – Hallet starts palm oil cultivation on Soengei Lipoet and Poeloe Radja. – The first pilot (Küller) in Deli – Quarantine station of the DPV opened at Poeloe Brayan. – Founding of Deli Sport-Vereeniging. – Javanese colonization expanded. – • Last major cholera invasion in Deli. – Ordinance on free work regulations. – First Service of Municipal Works in Medan. – At Medan The first entertainment tax introduced. – Agricultural expert on Hoogvlakte by the Bataksch Institute.

1912 Introduction of opium production. – Establishment of Handelsvereeniging in Medan. – First elections for the Medan City Council. – Establishment of Delischen Kunstkring. .— Start construction Belawanweg. – DPV makes a definitive start with laokeh recruitment in Java under the control of Soesman’s Emigration Office. – • AVROS establishes Java Immigrant Bureau. – Police reorganization; institution of the Armed Police Corps. – Two electoral unions and a division for women’s suffrage set up in Medan. – The “Java” starts dredging work Belawangeul. – DSM hands over port authority to Government.

1913 Medan municipal slaughterhouse. – DPV opens office bokeh recruitment in Semarang. – Army des Heils establishes a leper colony on Poeloe Si Tjanang. – Deli Proefstation building put into use. – <Commission of Assistance set up for Belawan port and appointed Director.  – Dir. BOW makes road plan for Sumatra. – Preparations for establishing a Rubber Testing Station; advisor of AVROS – Deli Estates Engineering and General Union Ltd. establishes construction workshop in Gloegoer. – DSM takes over telephone operation Beneden-Langkat; opening telephone office in Bandar Baroe. – Bernard report on the tea culture in Siantar.

1914 World War; rice purchases Planters’ associations and Government for food supply. – New Recruitment Ordinance. – Opening bus service to Hoogvlakte. – First local automobile ordinance Culture Council. – Start Elaeis culture in Serdang. – BPM takes the P. Soesoe ship-off installation on the Aroebaai into use. – Beautiful buildings are being built in Medan, including the Council of Justice, Harr. & Crosf., Vd Pol. – Ned. Ind. Handelsbank establishes an agency in Medan. – Establishment of the craft school in Kaban Djahé by the Bataksch Institute.

1915 Residence East coast of Sumatra elevated to Government. • DPV opens its own office in Swatow for China emigration. – DSM opens line section Rantau Laban-T.Balei and Deli Toewa-Batoe. – Covenant between Government and Culture Council on roads. – Medan-Belawan road completed. – Nienhuys fountain inaugurated. – Review Coolie Ordinance. – Association for the promotion of Trade Education opens evening courses in Accounting, Dutch and English. Trade Association begins issue of monthly “Notices”. – Opening Medan’s Department Store in Medan. – ‘PW Janssen’ was put into service to transfer passengers from Belawan to shore. – Established water boards for the Belawan, Deli and Pertjoet rivers; first Water Board Ordinance Culture Council.  – Opening tea culture in Asahan. – Opening Pasar Petisah in Medan. – East Sumatra Football Association founded.

1916 Sultan Mohamad Mushin Shah of Asahan passed away; succeeded by Tengkoe Regent Alang
Jahja.  – Introduction of road tax Cultural area. – ADEK recruitment of DPV and AVROS —- Inl. Craft school established in Medan. – Request for Planters’ and Handelsvereeniging’s Committee: Belawan Ocean Harbor. – DSM. opens line section T. Tinggi-Siantar. – NI Escompto Mij. settles in Medan. – Information Office for the Tobacco Culture ter OvS (in 1918: Tobacco Bureau) founded in Amsterdam.  – First “Announcements” Deli Test Station. – In Sibolangit a Afd. van ‘s Lands Botanic Garden; agricultural teacher for the Region.  – New building regulation for P. Brandan, T. Poera, Bindjei, Belawan, L. Pakam, T. Tinggi, Kisaran and T. Balei. – Bagan Si Api Api connected to Belawan by telegraph cable. – Telephone line Kota Tjané-K.Djahé. – Establishment of Eur. school association in Siantar. – Industrial School for Inl. girls, Sekolah Derma, at Medan. – Laboean-Belawan road inaugurated. – 30th anniversary of Major Tjong a Fie. – Establishment of the Resistance Association: “Je Maintiendrai”. – Opening of the Medan Tennis Club club building. – Establishment of the East Coast of the Sumatra Institute in Amsterdam and the East Coast of the Sumatra Committee in Medan.

1917 APA Director appointed. – Open letter Kasteleijn to the House of Representatives Committee against intervention development free labor. – The HVA introduces the fiber (Agave siselana) on Laras. – Harbor doctor at Belawan. – Great difficulties in tobacco shipment; partly direct shipping to US – Deli-Cinema in Medan. – Reinforcement of the General Police on the East Coast. – Contracts for street lighting Municipality of Medan with El. Me. “Medan” and NIGM – Municipal Councils established in Bindjei, T. Tinggi, T. Balei and P. Siantar; Tinggi and T. Balei boundaries revised. Supplementary contract between the Government and the Sultan of Siak. – Establishment and expansion of various native associations. – Ss. ‘Roggeveen’ of the KPM first ocean steamer at the jetty at Belawan. – Own agency KPM in Medan. – Medan garrison patrols Batak countries in connection with Parhoedamdam movement in Tapanoeli. – Majoor Tjong a Fie donates Tjiong Yong Hian bridge to Municipality. – Golf club established. – No more new agricultural concessions in Simeloengoen, Langkat and part of Asahan.

1918 Minor plague epidemic on the East coast. – First trials with business schools. – Ground transfer through Sultan of Deli to Medan Municipality; Bureau of Land Affairs established. – Company ‘Grotius’ commences construction of the Ocean Harbor quay wall at Belawan. – First session of the Volksraad; first member for the East Coast Ketner. – First Mayor of Medan D. Baron Mackay. —Goods jam at Belawan. – HVA also starts tea culture at Balimbingan. – Rental committee set up in Medan. – Municipal afternoon course for Dutch-Inland education. – Establishment of Ver. “Pro Juventute”. – School association in T. Tinggi. – Influenza epidemic claims many victims. – Establishment of Sumatra Veem. – Japanese boat for the first time at Belawan. – Rubber producers Vereeniging. – Snijders and Stoll studies on Rhinoscleroma.

1919 AVROS research station in Kampong Baroe in use. – DSM opens line P. Brandan-Besitang.
– Ver. from Eur. Press. in service with the DSM. – Notes DPV and AVROS about the free work scheme. – Establishment of a Consulate of the United States in Medan. – Kampong Building Ordinance in Medan. – NIGM opens gas factory. – Christian school established. – Medan levies first Municipal income tax. – Difficulties with the food supply. – Senembah-Mij. starts youth work in business schools.
1920 Decreased purchasing power of the population; early crisis. – New DSM main building taken into use. – DSM staff strike – Water boards in Serdang and for the Wampoe and Batang Serangan.
– Tabros sewage plan for Medan. – Municipal soup kitchens.  – Systemizing educational problems.  – Construction of public houses by the Municipality. – Medical traffic regulation; first ‘traffic nuts’ on the roads. – Neutral school association in Medan. – Institution municipal German course. – Medansche Leasehold Ordinance.  – Deli Port Authority established. – Requests from “Je Maintiendrai” and Handelsvereeniging to Army Commander Java-Medan flight; Lieutenant Verploegh Chassé descends with seaplane at Perbaoengan. New telephone exchange opened in Medan in old DSM main building – Fusion in the tobacco and rubber culture. – The “Ambon”, Stv’s first steam engine. Me. “The Netherlands”, at the jetty in Belawan. – Brastagi Hotel opened. – Big fire in Bagan Si Api Api.

1921 Crisis continues. – Major Tjong a Fie passed away. – Liquidation Deli Bank; help Javasche
Bank. – The “Rembrandt”, first mail ship, at the jetty in Belawan. – Association for the promotion of the Inlandsche Ziekenverpleging in Medan. – Introduction of card credit system. – Gouv. Experimental garden fruit culture in Gedong Djohore.  – Loan from the Municipality of Medan at NILL Mij. – Build Eur. and Inl. municipal houses in Kampong Djati Oeloe; finishing semi-permanent homes Kampong Skip. – Ground exchange agreement Medan and Deli-Mij. – Establishment of the Vereeniging voor Inlandsche Ziekenverpleging. – China emigration from Swatow transferred to Hong Kong.

1922 Still crisis in trade; recovery in the cultures; continued concentration in tobacco and
rubber culture. — Assistant Scheme introduced. – Stichting Ris-Fonds of AVROS as a scholarship East coast students TH – Research Vervoort about leptospira pyrogenes. – Transit home for the insane in L. Pakam. Government declares that covenant with Cultuurraad ends over the roads; Buffart’s protest in Volksraad. – Establishment of Medansche Volksbank. – Khoe Tjin Tek installed as Major of the Chinese. – Major freight reduction KPM – Report Handelsvereeniging decline in standard of living. – Latex and sprayed rubber (Boenoet) are emerging. – Transfer of Electricity-Mij. “Medan” opened at NIGM – Inland Women’s Hospital in Medan. – “Good-Year” initiates rubber culture in D. Merangir. – Rental car regulation Cultural area. – Medan buys private fish pasar. – Installed Committee for Agricultural Affairs.

1923 Reign Jubilee Queen Wilhelmina; exhibition.  – Opening of the Deli Renvereeniging track on
Polonia. – Opening of the Batak Hospital in K. Djahé. – Dairy company ‘Sikambing’.  – Rott. Lloyd relocates India’s line over Belawan. – JT Cremer passed away. – Determination of the boundaries of P. Siantar; land donation Self-government to Municipality. – Labor Inspectorate housed at the Office of Labor. – New Panglong Rules. – Tengkoe Besar Amaloedin takes control of the Deli Sultanate. – Training school for Inl. Teachers at Medan.  – Kampong report from Medan. – El. Central plant in Gloegoer opened. – Medansche Volksbank established. – Establishment of Afd. Medan of the IEV • – New concessions are being issued in Simeloengoen, Langkat and part of Asahan. – Kota Pinang Cultuur-Mij, initiates fiber on Soemoet. ‘Tasting with wheat on the Plateau. – Establishment of Amateurs Fotografen-Vereeniging. – Road tax Culture Council withdrawn and replaced by Automotive and Corporate Tax. – Establishment of Vereeniging voor den Détailhandel.

1924 Sultan of Deli Maarnoen Al Rashid Perkasa Alam Shah dies; Tengkoe Besar’s successor as Sultan
Amaloedin Sani Perkasa Alam Shah.  – Establishment of Medansche Zwemvereeniging.  – Change of assistant scheme and Coolie Ordinance. – Quay wall at Belawan with a length of 85 m completed. – Radio station in Medan for traffic with ships opened up. – Recommendations on the closure of the municipalities of T. Tinggi and Bindjei. – Record tobacco harvest yield of over 88 million guilders. – Van der Hoop, Van Weerden Poelman and Van den Broeke descend in Medan on a flight Holland-Indië.  – Publication of weekly magazine “Sumatra”. – Levy of goods money in Ned. Ind. ports. – Opening Hotel Belvedère in Brastagi. – Instituted European Labor Fair in Medan. – Establishment of Afd. Medan Association for Tourist Traffic.

1925 Visit GG Mr. D. Fock on the East Coast. – Opening of the Medansche Secondary School course. –
First Radio-Omroep experiments in Deli. – Armed police replaced by Field Police. – Permanent Labor Commission established. – Opening telephone traffic DeliAtjeh. – Establishment of DPV and AVROS Dactyloscopic Bureau – Communist action; harbor coolies strike at Belawan. – Monument flight HollandIndië established. – Boarding school founded in Siantar. – Corporation tax. – Export duty population rubber. – Bataksch Museum in Raja opened. – KPM reopens Pakan Baroe-Singapore line; weekly service Belawan-Bagan Si Api Api. – Association for Fire Insurance in Medan. – Shipment of palm oil in bulk; transport to Belawan in barrels. – Municipality of Medan has decided to take over ‘Ajer Beresih’. – Government pawn shop replaces the leased pawn shop service; 19 pawnshops on the East Coast.  – Start of boom. —- Establishment of swimming association in Siantar.

1926 In Belawan 2 palm oil tanks 5oo tons from the Société Financière des Caoutchoucs.  – Opening planters’ school PSV in Brastagi. – Dr. Heinemann and Dr. Pirngadi open outpatient clinic for TB sufferers. – Babura river bridge in Ceintuurbaan in Medan opened. – Padang River water board established. – Medan gets a weapon. – “Ajer Beresih” finds no reason to transfer more business to the Municipality. – Appointment two aldermen and deputy. councilor in Medan. – Avg. T. Balei signs loan for electrification. – Bindjei electrically lit. – Assistants scheme also applies to other areas in Sumatra. – Several companies set up pension plans for employees. – As a result of communist action on Java tightened control in Deli.  – Soemoet operates fiber factory. – Calibration office opened in Medan. – First taxis in Medan. – Gouv. craft school opened in Medan. – School association Simeloengoen opens boarding school in Siantar. – Montessori School in Medan. – RK boarding school in Medan. – Van Stein Callenfels’ first investigations in the archaeological field in Deli. – First visit “Deterdingers”.

1927 J. Nienhuys passed away. – Visit GG Jhr. de Graeff on the East coast. – Regular radio correspondence Medan-Java.- Founded several East Coast shooting clubs. – Information service DPV and AVROS set up. – Japanese consulate on the east coast. – Geyssendorffer and Scholte land with American Van Lear Black. – Government starts telephone operation in South Asahan.  – Sultan of Langkat, Abdul Aziz Abdoeldjalil Rachmat, passed away; Tengkoe Machmud succeeds his father as Sultan Machmud Abdul Djalil Rachmat Shah. – HAPM headquarters plaque with bust for Ketner, who died in 1925, unveiled. – First Aldermen of Medan in office. – T. Balei electrically lit. – Government will start oil palm culture on Majang.  – ‘Housing shortage in Medan; part. construction and housing exploitation. – Esplanade in Medan closed to sports; racing terrain still partly in use. – AVROS starts recruitment through free emigration. Statutory regulation of the employment contract comes into effect.  -Guardianship council set. – On Boenoet next to the sprayed rubber crepe factory. – The USRC is introducing revertex (reversible latex). – Establishment of Deli Tank Company for palm oil in Belawan. – DSM begins construction of South Asahan line. – First official radio broadcast of Techn. office Jansen; i5o listeners in Medan. – Opening craft school Deli-Mij. on under. Belawan. – Hotel Brastagi burned down.  – Trial cultures with Pinus Merkusiï on the Plateau (Aek na Oeli). – dept. Medan Ver. established for the Protection of Animals.

1928 Ocean harbor quay Belawan fully completed and in use. Establishment of VEDA (free emigration DPV and AVROS) – Commodity money scheme comes into effect. – Government opens Karolanden telephone network.  Unveiling of JT Cremer statue. -Reorganization Techn. Cultural Council.  – Offer Deli-Mij. and AVROS airfield at Medan accepted; site in use; six Dutch mail planes descend there. – Pasar report and cemetery report submitted to Medan. – Transfer of various “irreconcilables” to Upper Digul. – Establishment of Afd. Medan from “Our Fleet. – Flotilla vessel “Flores” to Bagan Si Api Api to combat piracy. – Opening of Landscape Hospital in P. Siantar. – SF des Caoutchoucs opens its (sixth) oil factory on Bangoen Bandar. DSM Kisaran-Poeloe Radja freight line opened. – Government opens HBS 5-y. at Medan. Craft school established in P. Siantar; Senembah Me. opens craft school on T. Morawa. – Boarding school for students HI school in K. Djahé. – dept. Medan der N.-I. Natuurhistorische Vereeniging founded. Fire in a derrick on Poeloe Krapoe at P. Soesoe. Medansche Athletiekvereeniging founded; originated from Deli Athletiekbond. – Establishment of Berthold animal park.

1929 DSM opens the Kisaran-Membang Moeda line section.  – Regular fourteen-day postal flights
resumed in September.  – Rental committee in Medan dissolved.  – Medan will build central pasar; close passport loan. – Establishment of Afd. Medan Vaderlandsche Club. – Laying of the foundation stone of St. Elisabeth Hospital in Medan. – Establishment of an eye sufferers clinic. .- Safety Supervision Inspectorate established.  – Mrs. Landzaat murdered; great unrest and protest meetings in planters’ circles; extensive discussion of safety in the Press and Volksraad.  – Establishment of Sumatra Culture Bond.  – New HAPM lint tanks in Belawan.  – Vereeniging voor den Détailhandel releases “De Schakel”.  – Union Kampong in Belawan.  – The “PW Janssen” sold to Palembang. —- Start of construction Daïriweg. – Roemer VisscherVereeniging and Mrs. Botter-Kamp open girls’ vocational schools.  – Division among Christian Bataks; Hoeria Christen Batak versus Rijnsche Zending. – Opening municipal sports field on Kebon Boenga. —Zone clips on N. Sumatra.  —Third councilor in Medan. • – Water Works Regulation Cultural Area. – Banking crisis in America; general commitment and decline.

1930 General crisis in cultures, trade and traffic. – dept. Medan van de Nicro was founded. – Agreement between Government and Medan with ‘Ajer Beresih’ for water supply at Belawan. – Medan opens Municipal Hospital; old Stadverband expired. – Institution Inspection Dept. Nd. Sumatra van den DVG – NIGM staff strike – Establishment of the Resilience Corps in Medan. – Expansion of field police and criminal investigation department. – Opening St. Elisabeth Hospital in Medan.  – Landscape hospital in T. Balei. – KLM and KNILM open regular scheduled services for Medan; also airport at Pakan Baroe. – Establishment of unemployment benefit fund by VvAiD — Trichins discovered in Batak pigs.  – Oil Exploration in Serdang by Colonial Petroleum Mij. – Boarding house of Ned. Missionary Society opened at K. Djahé; establishment of the ‘Boarding Association’. – In P. Siantar independent Reformed Church. – First Raja Conference; repeated annually. • – Medansche Orkestvereeniging founded. – Establishment of Medansche Hockeyclub. – Hotel Belvedère in Brastagi burned down. • – Visit K XIII with Prof. Vening Meinesz. – Introduction of tea restriction.

1931 Fourteen-day Holland-Indies airmail service replaced by weekly; sightseeing flights KNILM; opening airport L. Roekoe.  – Short visit GG Jhr. de Jonge. – The Tengkoes Otteman, Amiroedin and Radji Anwar visit the Netherlands. – Tengkoe Anwar from Serdang to Tengkoe Mahkota elevated. – Bindjei takes out loan for establishing waterworks. – P. Siantar prepares Municipal Arms. – DSM opens the Membang Moeda-Milano line. -• WHM Schadee passed away. – First scheme Administrative reform. – Opening of water pipe at Bagan Si Api Api. – Dr. Paneth opens sanatorium for the lungs in K. Djahé. – Major revision of the Coolie Ordinance. – Tobacco culture renounces indentured labor. – Discussions Mr, Einthoven regarding colonization. – Spontaneous colonization in Simeloengoen. – Revision AR and statutory employment contract. – Downsizing of the Labor Inspectorate. – Crisis support measures: Central Aid Committee; VvAiD and Ver. EUR. Press. DSM% pCt. salary; VC and IEV local aid funds; Relief fund for needy Europeans, Hüttenbach Foundation, Region. Commission of Arms and Diaconies of the Prot.-, Ger.- and RK churches, all active. – Merger of VvAiD and SCB – Establishment of Bond van Bedrijfs-autohouders. – Downsizing of the tobacco culture. – dept. Medan Anti-Usury Association founded.  – New pilot lightship at Belawan. – Belawan affiliated with ‘Ajer Beresih’. – Radio-telephone connection Deli-Java; trial conversations with Holland. – Merger schools Roemer V.-ver. and Mrs. Botter in Neutral Medansche Vocational School for Girls. – Establishment of a school association in Siantar to expand work on Rijnsche Zending. – Khalsa English school opens school building in Medan. – Radio-telephone connection Nd. Sumatra, the Netherlands; also from home connections. – Setting the weather forecast service for aircraft. – Begin annual tours of Religious-Liberals. – Institution Office Football Competition.

1932 VvAiD establishes garden village in K. Djahé for crisis support; establishment of the Committee to Support Inl. crisis victims; Salvation Army opens Elim home, Tabak-Mijen and AVROS support via Ind. Ond. Bond; 8 Committees work under Central umbrella committee. – Registration Chamber in Medan. – Ordinances regarding notice period and return upon termination of employment contracts. —1 Colonization Committee report, criticism from planters side; temporary Ass.-Res. in Deli for the colonization problems. – Introduction of North Sumatra time. – Bindjei signs water contract with ‘Ajer Beresih’.  Closure of Ass. Residents seat in Langkat. – Laboean Deli disbanded as Administrative Resort. – Publication of the Organ Nd.-Sumatra of VC – Period of flourishing of the Inlandsche Associations. – Reduction of field police; reinforcement garrison at Medan.• – Riots between Chinese and Bataks in Brastagi. – Stichting Doorgangshuis pupils Pro Juventute. – Establishment of the Association for the Fight against TB on the East Coast.  – Downsizing and merging hospi-languages. – Establishment of youth health brigades. – Acquisition of the polyclinic for eye sufferers in Medan by Landschappen. – Establishment of Vereeniging van Sultans and Vereeniging van Tengkoes and Datoeks. – AVROS leaves the Intelligence Service. – Establishment of Directors’ Union; personnel actions against position deterioration. – Harvest shrinkage tobacco. – Establishment of the Housewives Association.- Belawan port made a first class port. – New railway bridge over the Kwala Deli opened. – Establishment of Alg. Far. Radio-Broadcaster Medan (Avrom). – Medan levies a motor vehicle tax.  – Cutbacks in Education, including: conversion of HIS into standard schools; closure of folk schools. – Taman Siswa schools conflict. – Roman Catholic boarding school for boys opened in Medan.  – Grand Hotel Brastagi opens swimming pool. – Opened golf course in Prapat. – PW Janssen bank in Medan unveiled.  – Sultan of Deli refuses Muhammadijah to use mosque: “Masjid Lama”. – Publication of the Huisvrouwenvereeniging organ: “De Huisvrouw in Deli”.- Establishment of water boards in Simeloengoen. – Establishment of IEV Jongeren Bond.
1933 The Tengkoe Regent, Alang Jahja of Asahan hands over administration to Sultan Su’ibun Abdul Djalil Rachmat Shah.  – Crisis culture ordinance for the protection of experimental stations; establishment of 4 Crisis Culture Centers. – Central pasar in Medan opened. – Introduction of tea restriction. – Road traffic ordinance; local arrangements. – Municipal coat of arms P. Siantar established.  – Bindjei water pipe in function. – Lower and Upper Langkat one ward below Assistant Resident in Bindjei. – Deli Maatschappij opens palm oil factory Sawit Sebrang. – Batak Hospital transferred to the Mission. – Opening Landscape Hospital in T. Poera. – Opened landscape water supply at P. Brandan. – Colonization-report Brokx. – Vacancy village VvAiD inaugurated. – KLM relocates route from Medan to Singapore; protests. – Vereeniging voor den Détailhandel becomes: Middle class association “Medan”. – Establishment of the Federation of Chinese Trade Associations.  – Ver. of homeowners and mortgagees. – Collaboration between Nicro and Avrom. – Propaganda Islam in the Batak countries. – Paintings by HM de Koningin exhibited in Medan. – Deli Zoo gets an aquarium. – Hotel opened in Sioehan.  – Sumatra Athletics Association founded.  – Establishment of Watersportvereeniging Prapat. – Great pasar malam at Medan. – NSB action on the East coast.
1934 Sultan of Langkat moves residence of T. Poera to Bindjei. – Review of “Long Contracts” of the Self-Governors. – DPV ceases China Emigration. – KLM back to Medan. – Opening of Brastagi airport.  – Establishment of Ver. for Aviation Nd. Sumatra. – Introduction of rubber restriction. – Agency Post Savings Bank Service opened in Medan. – Institution Europeeschen Ambachtleergang in Medan. – Decentralization of popular education.  – Proposal to close the Municipality of T. Balei. – Closure of Local Fund in Kisaran. – Bagan Si Api Api electrically lit. – dept. Medan IKP secedes; Far. of Catholic Voters established in Medan. 1 Publication of the NSB Organ ‘Hou Zee’ – Progress of Native political associations. – Detachment Field Police in Medan disbanded. – Closure of prisons at Laboean, Arnhemia and temporary closure in L. Roekoe, T. Tinggi, P. Brandan and L. Pakam.  – Institution “ Monday-cent” to combat TB – Transit home for insane people opened in former Quarantine Station in Gloegoer. – Closure of Landraad and Residence Courts in Bindjei; that too T. Tinggi transferred to Siantar. – No presales and tobacco for one year.  – 5ooo pn. nameless Deli tobacco traded directly on Eastern markets. – The Netherlands is lowering import duties on tea. – Threat of palm oil due to import duties in America. – Meyer’s Omroep voor Allen (Mova) founded in Medan. – New Prot. Church in Siantar. – Establishment of Roman Catholic churches in Siantar and Medan (the last for Chinese). – Sultan of Deli mosque issue with Muhammadijah resolved. – DKK will have exhibition space in the old Stadsverband.  – Opening of the DLSV site at Poloniaweg in Medan. – Korfball competition set. – Establishment of Deli Jacht Club. – New fire in Bagan Si Api Api.

1935 Individual restriction system for population rubber in Cultural Area introduced. – Municipality of Medan designs a 7-year plan for the execution and continuation of extraordinary works. – T. Balei remains municipality. – In P. Brandan a bandjir channel.  – Inauguration of the new main hospital building in K. Djahe. – Preparation for establishment in Medan, Red Cross department; first aid courses; aid stations. – Office for the Conversion established in Medan. – Revision “Long Contracts” has been completed. – Visit Ir. Mussert to Deli. – The Daïrilanden Colonization Foundation. – Elim House closed; IMIW opens craft course for Inl. unemployed.  – Preparation of Additional Planters Arrangement; pro and con Assistent Scheme. – Export duty on company rubber. – Permanangan tea factory burned down. – The SIPEF opens palm oil factory Perlabian. – GoodYear initiates Derris culture on Wingfoot. – AntiWoekervereeniging opens its own office in NILLMij. Building. – BPM opens new drilling site Gebang. – Significant shortening of Brastagiweg at km. 27. – HBS will have a literary-economic department. – Opening building of the Vocational School for Girls in Medan. – Federation of Islamic Societies Foundation. – Sibolangit Botanic Garden declared a natural monument. – Boy Scout development. – Asahan Hunting Club founded. – Belawan matches against RAF Hunting Club from Singapore; new clubhouse DJC – First “four days” distance marches in Deli.
1936 Improvement of the economic situation from the general business cycle and devaluation. – Visits GG Jhr. de Jonge and GG Jhr. Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer. – ADEK recruitment stopped; VEDA recruitment only; new Recruitment Ordinance. – T. Tinggi opens a Municipal sports field. – In preparation for Administrative reform to introduce regional accounts. – Support fund VvAiD liquidated. – Deputations of Delian Self-Governors to Holland; visits ao OvS Institute. – Government stops subsidies for roads. – New Sukamulia bridge in Medan in use. – Agreement Municipality with Ver. tb der Tbc – Siantar is not a municipal El. Central; new power supply contract with IJsfabriek. – Local Poor Relief Ordinances established. – International Soc. in Bindjei becomes Municipal Secretariat; Semi-fire brigade at Bindjei. Establishment of the IEVVO – Vereeniging department “Our fleet department Nd. Sumatra is reviving. – Review Coolie Ordinance. – Additional Planters Scheme adopted by Volksraad; AR will be withdrawn. – Refinery at P. Brandan is being modernized. – Landscapes finance electrification Rantau Prapat, T. Tiram and L. Roekoe. – Serdang River Drainage Channel; start work. – Avrom opens radio broadcaster in Sumatra; task of local broadcasting associations ended. – Major expansion of the airport in Medan; night lighting. – Restoration of mosques rubber money. – DKK agreement with White Society. – First People’s Concert MOV – Vereeniging to Exploitation of Let Zoo in Medan founded. – Severe paddy field destruction by earthquake in K. Djahé. – Chinese pasar malam in Medan; great pasar malam at Siantar. – T. Tinggi Club defunct.

1937 Glorious parties, National Bridal Couple in honor; parades, folk games, outdoor game. – appointed Government Commissioner for Sumatra; Medan future capital. – Group Communities-Ordinance. -• Important commemorations in the Self-Governments Langkat, Deli, Serdang; extensive parties. – Expansion plan Medan; objections of the cultures.  – New Demmeni bridge in Medan. – Opening of the Bindjei Municipal Secretariat building; new street lighting contract with NIGM – Laying of the foundation stone of Queen Emma clinic Ver. tb der Tbc – Advice on the Conversion sent to Government. – Position improvements in cultures. – Wrong desertion proliferates free coolies to rubber regions. – Colonization Council installed. – DSM opens line to M.ilano-Rantau Prapat.  – Contact committee established between DPV companies and tobacco assistants. – Support Committee Eur. Crisis victims in Medan abolished. – Potato disease on the Plateau. – Second half year of economic turnaround. – English Coronation Festivals in the centers of Medan and Siantar. – Due to work at Medan airport landing for DC-3 not safe; KLM temporarily shifts route to Singapore; visit g Glenn Martin bombers. – All Netherlands mail normally by airmail; introduction of a three-weekly service. – Postal values ​​deposits set. – Avrom liquidated; establishment of Nirom Relay Station in Medan. – Aerial mapping by KNILM of Medan and surroundings. – Opening Eur. school at Dolok Sinoembah. – Vondel- commemoration in Medan. – Establishment of Afd. Medan National Youth Storm. – Batak youth conference.  – Entry of Sea Scouts. – MZV registers the sixteen hundredth member. – Salvation Army opens new Eur. children’s home in Medan; existing restored, intended for indigenous children. – Increase in immigration from Java.

1938 Birth of Princess Beatrix; parties in Medan; Public Hearing; visit Stadhuize; Planted orange tree; Baboeraweg renamed Prinses Beatrix-laan; church services; also exuberant festivities elsewhere. – Economic situation less favorable.  – Medan Airport ready and approved; KLM back to Medan. Medan aldermen advocate Medan’s interests at Gouv. General’s audience. – Opening of new road Poeloe Radja-Masihi (shortening 6 km). – RCMA is building a latex installation in Belawan; this company opens the third palm oil factory on the ond. Hengelo (capacity 23,000 tons of oil per year). – Governor General visits Deli; Z.Exc. opens Queen Emma Clinic Ver. tb der Tbc – Commemoration of the 75th anniversary of Deli as Cultuurland; festive commemoration in Medan and in Amsterdam (eg by the East Coast of Sumatra Institute).

RESIDENTS AND GOVERNORS OF THE
EAST COAST OF SUMATRA FROM THE INSTITUTION OF THE SEPARATE RESIDENCE.

1. S. Locker de Bruyne Resident June 1, 1873
2. J. Faes ,27 October 1877
3. L. de Scheemaker, January 12, 1880
4. R. C, Kroesen ,20 February 1881
5. A. A. Hoos ,12 Juni i885
6. G. A. Scherer , 9 October 1886
7. WJM Michielsen , February 22, 1889
8. PJ Kooreman , 2 June 1894
9. HA van der Steenstreets k April 4, 1899
10. G. Sheep , 24 July 1902
11. J. Ballot ,25 October 1905
12. W. J. Rahder ,16 Februari 1910
13. S. van der Plas ,November 29, 1913
    Governor , August 10, 1915
    M- J Grays ,, August 16, 1917
14. LG Westenenk , 2 February 1921
15. CJ van Kempen , 2 August 1924
16. L. H. W. van Sandick ,10 September 1928
17. HEK Ezerman , t, 2 Aug 1930
18. Jhr. BCCMM van Suchtelen , 24 June 1933
19. J. Bouwes Bavinck Resident , February 18, 1936
    A. I. Spits appointed on March 5, 1937 as Government Commissioner for the Administrative Reform in Sumatra.
20. MAYORS OF MEDAN.
21. D. Baron Mackay ,24 April 1918
22. Mr. JM Wesselink , 27 May 1931
23. Mr. G. Pitlo , 15 Augustus 1934