Author: Felix
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An American in Deli
Stuart Hotchkiss, 1924 The area, about which I am going to speak and from which our experience has been gleaned, comprises 110,000 acres. Of this area, 88,000 acres are in Sumatra and 22,000 acres in the Federated Malay States. There are planted about 50,000 acres in Sumatra and 10,000 acres in the Malay States. In…
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Emigration in Deli
Boersma, 1870-1920 In response to the frequent complaint, the English committee had carried out its investigation in 1876, and in 1877 a “Chinese Protectorate” was established: a European official in Singapore and an assistant in Penang, who supervised the recruitment. Depots were set up for the enlisted people, and each coolie signed the contract for…
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East Coast of Sumatra
J.L. Vleming Jr. 1926 The government of the East Coast of Sumatra is divided into five afdeelingen: Deli and Serdang; Langkat; Asahan; Bengkalis; Simalungun and the Karo lands. We will return to the division of Bengkalis in our discussion of Riau and its surrounding area. In the 1860s this region was poor, thinly populated and…
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Bagan Si Api-Api
J.L. Vleming Jr. 1926 Bagan Si Api-Api is a subdivision of Bengkalis region, the most significant fishery in Sumatra’s East Coast. Besides the capital town of Bagan Si Api-Api, there are many smaller places in the estuary of the mighty Rokan river such as Panipahan, Kubu, Sinaboi, Sungai Siandam and Pulau Halang, where fishing and…
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A visit to Deli
Gorton Angier, 1908 A few words may be devoted to another district amongst the many rich islands comprised in Netherlands India. Foreigners as well as Dutchmen are interested in tobacco estates on the east side of Sumatra. Deli is the chief district, and is reached in a night’s steamer run from Penang to the port…
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On fallow and land use
Boersma, Deli in 1870-1880 The rule was that the land used for tobacco was to be left for ten years, to be able to make an annual planting of 300 fields, the planter had to dispose of about 3,000 baoe. If he had less and still wants to plant his 300 fields, he had to…
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Chinese demonstration
On Sept 4 , 1946 In Medan, a 2 km long procession. More than 12,000 Chinese victims of Republican violence demonstrated for the Dutch and Chinese authorities. They demanded the maintenance of Dutch troops in the liberated area and a strong diplomatic policy of the Chinese Government in the Security Council.Banners were carried to underline…
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1930 and the global economic depression
Ann Stoler, labor in 1930 Through 1930 labor unrest still showed no signs of subsiding. The total number of assaults and threats on supervisory personnel remained virtually the same as in 1929. On the Bah Boetong estate and several neighboring plantations in the far western district of the cultuurgebied, 400 workers participated in a work…
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Report from Imperial Ching’s Envoy
Yen Ching Wang on 1886 Chinese fact finding mission In the last two decades of the nineteenth century, China had diplomatic representatives stationed in most Western capitals. The first imperial Chinese consulate was set up in Singapore at the end of 1877. All Chinese diplomats were required by the Ch’ing government to report regularly to…
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