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