The following are the rates of duty levied on imports of electrical
equipment into the Netherland East Indies:
Cables (telegraph and telephone), 12 per cent ad valorem.
Copper (copper and brass wire for electrical conducting), 6 per cent ad
valorem.
Factory and steam-plant equipment, 6 per cent ad valorem.
Machinery, 6 per cent ad valorem.
In addition to these tariffs there is a statistical duty, which is
levied irrespective of the countries of origin, in the form of a stamp
tax, which requires stamps to the value of 5 Dutch cents (approximately
$0.02 in U. S. currency) on each 20 florins (approximately,
$8) or part thereof, calculated on the aggregate value, expressed in
full florins, of the goods included in the entry.
POWER PRODUCTION AND RESOURCES
An indication of the increasing demand for electrical energy in the
Netherland East Indies by private industries and by Government
and public-utility companies 1s shown in the increase in the installed
capacity of the central power plants at the end of 1929 as compared
with 1924. The increase during these years is over 60 per cent. In
1924 the official estimate of the total installed capacity of the principal
power stations was 139,300 kilowatts, while at the end of 1929,
new plants and extensions to the existing plants had brought the
total up to over 225,000 kilowatts.
Fortunately, the increased demand for electrical energy presents
no problem to the Netherland East Indies as regards fuel supply.
The islands, particularly in the Outer Possessions, are rich in natural
resources, and coal and oil production is more than sufficient to take
care of local needs ,while the water-power resources are just beginning
to be utilized. In east Java, the center of the sugar industry, which
is probably the most important private industry making use of electrical
energy, the majority of sugar centrals use bagasse for fuel.
At the present time approximately 65 per cent of the electrical
energy supplied by the principal central power stations is generated
in steam or oil plants, while the remainder is developed in waterpower
plants.
ToraL INsTALLED PRIMARY PowER IN THE NETHERLAND East INpims, 19291
In kilowatts]
tem
Public utilities:
Javea
Quter possessions. .......
Total oceans .
Government power plants:
Supplying to public utilities—
Java. ieee mem mm emma ——— a
Outer possessions. ..o..ocooo.oo
Supplying to Government factorias—
TRY cco spams mms SRE RR SR
Quter possessions._.._
Total. mee-..
Private plants:
TOUT ccc gm oo gr SR
Outer possessions. ._..oo__c_.c... CRRA
otal... uummmsusunnumnyn -
Grand total._.._
Hydroelectric
23, 500
5 200
23.700
42 600
400
+, 600
44. 600
18, 000
4,000
G2. 300
Steam or
oil
25,700
12,400
38,100
1,700
2.000
1,400
26,100
31.200
40, 400
26,000
76,400
Total
49, 200
12,600
61, 800
14, 300
2,000
1, 800
27, 700
75. 80G
58, 400
32, 000
90, 400
! Figures for the installed capacity of publi¢c-utility and Government power plants compiled from data
furnished by the Bureau of Water Power aud Electricity, Baudoeng. Figures shown for private plants are
pstimates bv the author.
