Kediri .consists of a plain bounded by mountains on the n., e., and west. The navigable river Brantas, which flows through a great part of the residency before fall ing into the sea of Surabaya, affords great trading facilities. The people, however, are low in the scale of activity and morality, which may partly result from Kediri hav ing been, under the former Javan princes, a penal colony. They are greater slaves to opium than any other people in the Indian Archipelago. Kediri, the seat of the resi dent, is situate on the right bank of the river Kediri, 600 ft broad, which higher up is called the Brantas. The streets are broad and planted on botli sides with tamarind trees.
Pasoeroewan, which is washed by the strait of Madura, has important fisheries, and is famed for its race of horses. Pasoeroewan, the capital of the residency, is situated near the sea, on the river Gemboug, in 112° 55' 2" c. long., and 7° 38' 40" s. tat.
The Preanger regencies are partly occupied with mountains, forming 'two chains. Between these are many extensive valleys of the richest soil. The mountains a•e of basalt. There are many rivers, of which five are navigable. The numerouslakes give good supplies of fish and water-fowls. The bays on the coast are also frequented by fishing-boats. The mountains are covered with coffee plantations to 3,000.ft. above the sea-level, while the low and marshy grounds produce rice abundantly, mid the villages are hid with cocoa-nut palms and other fruit-trees. In no other residency is the tea culture so extensive. The forests produce good timber, the bamboo attaining a height of -80 feet. There are rhinoceroses, tigers, harts, wild swine, etc., and birds of 'great variety and beauty.- The natives are honorable, simple, and obedient, and subsist from
the growing of coffee, rice, fruits, etc., the rearing of horses and buffaloes, making spinning-wheels, mats, gold and silver work, etc. The women weave very beautiful cotton cloth. Coffee and tea, and, later, also cinchona, are the only products raised for the government.
Probolinggo, in 1874, produced 400,686 cwts, sugar and 43,359 cwts. coffee. Forests containing many-teak trees cover the s. coast. There are tigers, wild dogs, monkeys, squirrels, etc Probolinggo, the capital, lies on the coast, in 109° 21' 45" e. long., and and 7° 23' 22" s. lat., and and populous. From this port much of the prod uce of the land is shipped for the Netherlands.
Rembang produces the usual crops. The northern parts are dry and sandy; and in the s. are extensive forests, abounding in teak and other valuable timber trees. The. residency is washed by the Java sea. and the people on the coast find their living by trade, fishing, and ship-building. Rembang, the capital, is regularly built, and the public offices, has a small Protestant church, a government school, and an instit Lion for the education of girls.
See SAMARANG, SURABAYA, and StmAKARTA.
Tagal is very fertile. It is washed on the n. by the Java sea, and the fisheries Important. In the s. of the residency is the volcano Slamat, 11,320 ft. high, which it clothed with forest to the height of 8,500 ft., and on the southern side descends by regu. far terraces to the bed of the river Serajoe. Tagal, the capital, is a small but neatly built town, with a considerable coasting trade. The natives are industrious and good handicraftsmen. - _ _