Saleyer

Saleyer, a group of islands lying off the southwest extremity of Celebes, in the East Indies, consists of the principal island (area, 170 sq. m.; pop. 20,000) and several small ones (their united area 130 sq. m. and pop. 10,000), and is governed by native chiefs who pay tribute to the Netherlands East India government. Principal exports, cotton, trepang, cocoa-nuts, tortoiseshell, salt, and tobacco. The people, of mixed Malay race, are professedly Mohammedans.