Author: DUTCH COLONIAL INDONESIAN NEWSPAPER -
Title: Javasche Courant, Officieel Nieuwsblad. Dinsdag 7 September 1897, no. 71.
Description: Batavia, Landsdrukkerij, 1897. Folio, in-plano quadruple folded. Royal Dutch State Coat-of-arms printed at head. [12]pp. (page [769-780). WITH: extra-supplement loosely inserted being meteorological observations at Batavia August-September 1897, a table in 14 collumns, printed on recte only, sized 28.5x22cm., centre-folded. Official Weltevreden Post-office stamp in upper margin of front-page, dated 7 september 1897 (7-9-97). An odd issue of the semi-official newspaper Javasche Courant, published twice a week, with the extra supplement. Listing official Government decrees and regulations, mutations with the civil and military service, trade and commerce, information on Weltevreden and Batavia Post-and telegraph offices, deadlines for collecting post trhoughout Indonesia, incl. i.a. mail to Penang, Singapore and Europe, publ. annlouncements, incl. of Junghuhn's Map of Java in 4 sheets, all with prices, local indigenous administration, &c..&c..In very good condition.

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