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Volume 14 Australasia - dana ward's homepage

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184 AUSTRALASIA.quite recent foundation.Till lately Batavia had no harbour, and large vessels wereobliged to ride at anchor in the roadstead, which, however, is perfectly shelteredby quite an archipelago of small islets. The canal was accessible only to smallsteamers and river craft, while the approaches were being yearly invaded by theFig. 75. Batavia and Poet of Tanjono Peiok.Scale 1 : 60,000.32 Feet iupwai csedimentary matter brought down by the Liwong and Angkee rivers. Between 1817and 1874, the shore-line advanced at the rate of 35 yards a j'ear, so that it becamenecessary to remedy the evil by constructing piers in deep water.At first it was proposed to establish the port near the island of Onrust, north-

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