Nederburgh, I.A. - Tjilegon.-bantam-java. Iets Over Des Javaans Lasten En Over Zijne Draagkracht.

's-Gravenhage, Nijhoff, 1888. sm. 8°. orig. lettered wraps. 55pp. tabs. in text and full-p. at end (as so-called 'bijlagen'). A rare brochure on the detoriated economic position of the Javanese population, especially of the Javanese Tani; caused by lower prices for coffee, economizing of large agricultural estates, detoriation of prices of indigenous rice-production, and last but not least extreme heavy taxation of the Javanese population. This all in view of the so-called 'cultuur-stelsel'. The author argues that the fundamental problemlies in private indigenous landownership, presenting some actual cases in order to illustrate his argumentation. (lower-right corner of upper wrap torn-off, some light fraying of rims of wraps).