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HOLLAND. Statistics. xiii
land (Leeuwarden), Guelderland (Arnhem), Groningen (Groningen), NW.
Holland (Haarlem), S. Holland (The Hague), Limburg (Maastricht), Over-
Yssel (Zwolle), Utrecht (Utrecht), and Zeeland (Middelburg).
The national colours are red, white, and blue, placed in horizon{al
lines; the motto, ‘Je maintiendrai’.
Cotonres. The most important Dutch colonies in the E. Indies are
Java (capital, Batavia), Sumatra, Borneo, Celebes, and the Molucca is-
lan in S. America, Surinam or Dutch Guiana; and in the W. Indies
Curacao. The total area of these possessions amounts to 766,000 sq. M.,
the population to 39 million souls.
Commerce. The merchant fleet of Holland in 1908 numbered 292
steamers, with a carrying capacity of 1,125,815 cubic métres, and 435 sailing-
vessels, with a capacity of 140,423 cubic métres. The imports in 1908
amounted to 2823 million, the exports to 2171 million florins.
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The Army consists of 1 regiment (afdeeling) of guards, 12 regiments
of Infantry, 4 regiments of Hussars, 4 regiments of Field Artillery, 1 regi-
ment of Horse Artillery, 4 regiments of Fortress Artillery, and 4 corps of
engineers, etc., amounting in all to 34,000 men. Beside the regular army
there is the ‘landwehr’, or militia. — The army in the colonies has a
strength of about 35,000 men, including 12,000 Europeans.
The Navy consisted in 1909 of 71 vessels, including 16 iron-clads,
3 monitors, 41 gun-boats, and 38 torpedo-boats. These are manned by
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