sufficient to make no one desirous of protracting a visit to the place.  The workers are well recompensed by the government, as very many of them earn from six to ten dollars a month for their labor; and as that amount is amply sufficient to provide them with all their comforts, and to leave a large balance for their expenses in dress, &c., they are seldom very constant laborers, and never enter the factory on Sundays, or, at least, on as great an annual number of feast days as there are Sundays in a year.

The Japanese grow a good deal of tobacco for their own consumption, which is very considerable.  They consider that from Sasma as the best, then that from Nangasakay, Sinday, &c.  The worst comes from the province of Tzyngaru; it is strong, of a black color, and has a disgusting taste and smell.  The tobacco from Sasma is, indeed, also strong, but it has an agreeable taste and smell, and is of a bright yellow color.  The tobacco from Nangasakay is very weak, in taste and smell perhaps the best, and of a bright brown color.  The tobacco from Sinday is very good.  The Japanese manufacture the tobacco so well, says Capt.  Golownin, (Recollections of Japan,) that though I was before no friend to smoking, and even when I was at Jamaica could but seldom persuade myself to smoke an Havana cigar, yet I smoked the Japanese tobacco very frequently, and with great pleasure.

The culture of tobacco is a very profitable article for the laborers, seeing that the produce is obtained from grounds which have already given the first crop.  The qualities of Java tobacco are more and more prized in the European markets, the preparation and assortment are not yet all that could be desired, but they have progressed in this branch, and the contracts made with the new adventurers assure them of a considerable benefit.  But before the Java tobaccos can find an assured opening in the European markets, it is necessary that the cultivators should make use of seed from the Havana or Manila.  The residencies of Rembang, Sourabaya, Samarang, Chinbou, and Tagal, present districts suited for its culture; it has been carried on with success for a good many years in the residencies of Treanger, Pakalongan, and Kedu, but only for the consumption of the interior, and of the Archipelago.

Tobacco is cultivated in Celebes, but merely in sufficient quantity for local consumption.  It is exclusively grown by the Bantik population—­the mode of preparation is the same as in Java; it is chopped very fine and mostly flavored with arrack.  When bought in large quantities, it may be had for thirty cents the pound; but in smaller quantities it costs double that price.