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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 535 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BATU , or See also:

RocK ISLANDS (Dutch Batoe), a See also:group of three greater and See also:forty-eight lesser islands in the Dutch See also:East Indies, W. of See also:Sumatra, between o° to' N. to 6° 45' S. and 97° 50'—98° 35' E., belonging to the Ayerbangi See also:district of the lowlands of Padang (Sumatra). They are separated by the strait of Sibirut from the See also:Mentawi group. The three See also:chief islands, from N. to S., are Pini or Mintao, Masa, and See also:Bala. The See also:total See also:land See also:area of the group is 445 sq. m. The islands are generally See also:low, and covered with See also:forest, in which the cocoanut See also:palm is conspicuous. There is See also:trade in cocoanuts, oil, and other forest produce. The natives, about 3000 in number, are of Malayan or pre-Malayan stock, akin to those of the See also:island of See also:Nias to the See also:north-See also:west. Only about twenty of the smaller islands are inhabited.

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