Batavia

the cla ical name for the country the Rhine and the Waal, known also as Batarorum, and forming now all or the part of Holland. Batavia, 2 port on the north coast of the island Java, the capital of all Dutch territory in the Archipelago. It stands in a swampy plain the head of a large bay, and is divided in two by river Jacatra or Tjiliwong, which fills numerous intersecting the streets. The low-lying old is extremely unhealthy, but the new quarter higher ground affords a pleasant abode for and contains many fine buildings, in the government house, schools, hospitals, banks, etc. Several suburban villages beyond the town limits, and but small are left of the old ramparts. The harbour not very good, as ships of much burthen cannot within a mile or two of the shore, but Onrust, 6 miles distant, there is a large float dock and facilities for making commercial A railway has been made 40 miles inland, tramways connect the different quarters. The pulation is very diversified, comprising Dutch, Portuguese, Malays, Arabs, and China- Though Singapore is a powerful rival, 395 Batch i an. ( 365 Batavia does an enormous trade collecting exports from all the islands of the Archipelago, and distributing to them imports from Europe, India, China, and elsewhere. ‘The site was first occupied by the Javanese town of Sunda Colappa, then Jacatra took its place, and in 1619 the Dutch established their settlement. The British captured it in 1811, but restored it at the peace of Paris.