BACHIAN (Dutch Batjan)

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BACHIAN (Dutch Batjan) , one of the Molucca Islands, in the residency of Ternate, Dutch

East

EAST
EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

Indies, in the Molucca Sea, in 0013'0055' S. and 12722'128E With its subordinate islands, Mandioli, Tawali and others, it lies west of the southern peninsula of the island of Halmahera or Jilolo, and has an area of 914 sq. m. It is of irregular form, consisting of two distinct mountainous parts, united by a low isthmus, which a slight subsidence would submerge. The island is in part of volcanic formation, and the existence of hot springs points to volcanic activity. There are, however, especially in the southern portion, ancient and non-volcanic rocks. The highest

elevation

ELEVATION

occurs at the

south

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

of the island, the mountain of Labua reaching 6950 ft. Coal and other minerals have been discovered. A large portion of the island is richly wooded, and sago, cocoa-nuts and cloves (which are indigenous) are abundantly produced. Bachian is remarkable as the most eastern point on the globe inhabited by any of the Quadrumana, a black ape occurring here as in Celebes. The island is very rich in birds and insects. The interior of the island is uninhabited and none of the dwellers on the

coast

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

are indigenous. They consist of the Sirani or Christian descendants of the Portuguese, of Malays, with a Papuan

element

ELEMENT (Lat. elementum)

, Galela men from the north of Halmahera, immigrants from Celebes, with some Chinese and Arabs. The total number of inhabitants is about 13,000. The

chief

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

village

VILLAGE

, called Amasing by the in-habitants, but also called Bachian, is situated on the west side of the isthmus. Bachian is the most important island of a group formerly governed by a sultan, but since 1889 by a committee of chiefs under the

control

CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

of a Dutch conlroleur. From 1882 onwards a Batjan company attempted to exploit the island, but
unsuccessfully, owing to a deficient knowledge of the soil and its capabilities and a lack of labourers.
BACK-BOND, or BACK-

LETTER

LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

, in Scots law, a deed qualifying the terms of another deed, or declaratory of the purposes for which another deed has been granted. Thus an ex facie absolute disposition, qualified by a back-bond expressing the limited nature of the right actually. held by the person to whom the disposition is made, would constitute what in England is termed a deed of trust.
BACK-CHOIR, RETRO-CHOIR, a space behind the high altar in the choir of a church, in which there is, or was, a small altar

standing

STANDING

back to back with the other.

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