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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 925 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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KRAWANG , a residency of the See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of See also:

JAVA

Java, Dutch See also:

East Indies, bounded E. and S. by CharibGn and the See also:

PREANGER

Preanger, W. by See also:

BATAVIA

Batavia, and N. by the Java See also:

Sea, and comprising a few insignificant islands. The natives are Sundanese, but contain a large admixture of See also:

MIDDLE

Middle Javanese and Bantamers in the See also:

north, where they established colonies in the 17th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century. Like the residency of Batavia, the See also:

NORTHERN

northern See also:

HALF

half of Krawang is See also:

FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat and occasionally marshy, while the See also:

SOUTHERN

southern half is mountainous and volcanic. Warm and See also:

COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold See also:

MINERAL

mineral, See also:

salt and See also:

SULPHUR

sulphur springs occur in the hills. Salt is extracted by the See also:

government, though in smaller quantities now than formerly. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal products are See also:

rice, See also:

COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

coffee, See also:

SUGAR

sugar, See also:

VANILLA

vanilla, See also:

INDIGO (earlier indico, from Lat. indicum, the Indian sub-stance or dye; the Sans. name was niti, from nila, dark blue, and this through Arab. al-nil, annil, gives " aniline ")

indigo and See also:

NUTMEG (from " nut," and O. Fr. mugue, musk, Lat. muscus)

nutmeg. Fishing is practised along the See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast and See also:

FOREST

forest culture in the hills, while the See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries also include the manufacture of coarse See also:

LINEN

linen, sacks and See also:

leather tanning. See also:

Gold and See also:

SILVER

silver were formerly thought to be hidden in the Parang See also:

mountain in the Gandasoli See also:

DISTRICT

district See also:

south-See also:

west of Purwakarta, and See also:

MINING

mining was begun by the Dutch East See also:

India See also:

COMPANY

Company in 1722. The largest See also:

PART

part of the residency consists of private lands, and only the Purwakarta and Krawang divisions forming the middle and north-west sections come directly under government See also:

CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control. The See also:

REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of the residency is divided between the Pamanukan-Chiasem lands occupying - the whole eastern half of the residency and the Tegalwaru lands in the south-western corner. The former is owned by a company and forms the largest See also:

ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate in Java. The Tegalwaru is chiefly owned by See also:

CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese proprietors.

Purwakarta is the See also:

capital of the residency. Subang and Pamanukan both See also:

lie at the junction of several roads near the See also:

BORDERS, THE

borders of See also:

CHERIBON

Cheribon and are the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief centres of activity in the east of the residency.

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