I.F. Verbeek - Politiek Beleid En Bestuurszorg In De Buitenbezittingen. Tweede Gedeelte B. Hoofdstuk Iv: Verklarend Overzicht Der Politieke Overeenkomsten.

. Batavia, Landsdrukkerij, 1909. [II], 272 pp. register. Orig. clothbacked boards. Folio. Good copy . Handbook for colonial Dutch civil servants dealing with self-governing local rulers in the so-called 'Outer Provinces' (i.e. outside Java and Madura) of Indonesia. These rulers were, however, submitted by contracts or treaties to the Central Government in Java, and this book contains the political guidelines along which the contacts with the self-governing landscapes had to be formed, together with numerous examples of standard contracts (in Dutch and the local language) used in various regions such as in Sumatra (Aceh), Celebes, the Moluccas (Ternate), etc. Though part of a series this volume is complete in itself. Not in the trade and for internal use only (this copy from the library of the eminent government advisor on 'indiginous affairs' in Batavia dr. G. A.J. Hazeu). Rare.