See also:

• BILLITON (Dutch Blitoeng)

BILLITON (Dutch Blitoeng)  , an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of the Dutch See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Indies, between See also:

• BANKA (BANCA, BANGKA)

Banka and See also:

• BORNEO

Borneo, from which it is separated respectively by Gaspar and Karimata straits . Politically it is under an assistant See also:

• RESIDENT

resident . It is roughly circular in See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, its extreme measurements being 55 M. by 43, and its See also:

• AREA

area 1773 sq. m . In See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical structure and in products it resembles Banka; its coasts are sandy or marshy; in the interior an extreme See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation of 167o ft. is found . The See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

geological formation is Devonian and granitic, with laterites . The mean See also:

• ANNUAL

annual See also:

• RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

rain-fall is heavy, 102 to 126 in . The See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day temperature varies from 8o° to 87° Fahr . The nights are very cool . Like Banka, See also:

• BILLITON (Dutch Blitoeng)

Billiton is chiefly noted for its See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of See also:

• TIN (Lat.- stannum, whence the chemical symbol " Sn "; atomic weight =117.6, 0=16)

tin, the island forming the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern limit of the occurrence of this See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal in this locality . There are upwards of 8o mines, which employ some 750o See also:

• WORK

work-men, and have produced more than 65oo tons of tin in a See also:

• YEAR

year . See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

Iron is also worked . On the rocks along the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast are found tortoises, trepang and edible birds'-nests, which are articles of export .

The forests See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood of different kinds for See also:

• BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat-See also:

• BUILDING

building, in which the inhabitants are See also:

• EXPERT (Lat. expertus, from experiri, to try)

expert; and also provide See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in See also:

• COCOA

cocoa-nuts, See also:

• SAGO

sago, See also:

• GUM (Fr. gomme, Lat. gommi, Gr. Kµµ1, possibly a Coptic word; distinguish " gum," the fleshy covering of the base of a tooth, in O. Eng. gbma, palate, cf. Ger. Gaumen, roof of the mouth; the ultimate origin is probably the root gha, to open wide, seen in

gum and other produce . The See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population is about 42,000, of whom some 12,000 are See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese . The natives belong to two classes, the Orang Darat, the See also:

• ABORIGINES

aborigines, thought to be akin to the See also:

• BATTAS (Dutch Battaks)

Battas and other branches of the pre-Malayan or See also:

• INDONESIAN

Indonesian See also:

• RACE

race; and the Orang Sekah, See also:

• PEOPLE

people of Malayan stock who live in boats . The coast is as a See also:

• RULE

rule difficult of See also:

• ACCESS (Lat. accessus)

access, being beset with rocks and See also:

• CORAL

coral See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks, and the best See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour is that at the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• TOWN

town of Tanjong Pandan on the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west coast . The island was formerly under the See also:

• SULTAN (an Arabic word meaning " victorious " or " a ruler," sultat, dominion)

sultan of Palembang, by whom it was ceded to the See also:

• BRITISH

British in 1812 . As no mention was made of it in the treaty between the British and Dutch in 1814, the former at first refused to renounce their See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession, and only recognized the Dutch claim in 1824 . Till 1852 Billiton was dependent on Banka .