Sandalwood Island

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 141

Sandalwood Island, called also Tjindana and Sumba, one of the Sunda group belonging to the Dutch East Indies, has an area of 4385 sq. m. and a pop. of 200,000. The produce consists chiefly in sandalwood and cotton, horses and poultry. The island belongs to the residency of Timor.

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