Samarang

Samarang, a seaport on the north of Java, 255 miles E. of Batavia, is the principal port for the trade of Middle Java. Since 1873 it has been connected with Jokjokarta and Surabaya by railway. The European quarters have all the appearance of a typical Dutch town. The more important buildings are a military hospital (550 beds), the town-house (1854-64), and Christian churches and schools. A fort and a coast-battery provide defence for the town. The river is silted up at its mouth; but a canal, constructed in 1879, serves as a harbour. The roadstead is exposed during the west monsoon. Pop. 69,894.—The residency has an area of 1998 sq. m. and a pop. of 1,376,806, and produces rice, coffee, sugar, tobacco, and timber.