BUITENZORG

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BUITENZORG , a hill station in the residency of Batavia,

island

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

of Java, Dutch

East

EAST
EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

Indies. It is beautifully situated among the hills at the foot of the Salak volcano, about 86o ft. above sea-level, and has a cool and healthy climate. Buitenzorg is the usual residence of the

governor

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

-general of the Dutch

East

EAST
EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

Indies, and is further remarkable on account of its splendid botanical garden and for its popularity as a health resort. The botanic gardens are among the finest in the world; they origin-ally formed a part of the park attached to the palace of the

governor

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

-general, and were established in 1817. Under J. S. Teysmann, who became hortulanus in 1830, the collection was extended, and in 1868 was recognized as a government institution with a director. Between this and 188o a museum, a school of agriculture, and a culture garden were added, and since then library, botanical, chemical, and pharmacological laboratories, and a herbarium have been established. The palace of the governor-general was founded by Governor-General van Imhoff in 1744, and rebuilt after being destroyed by an

earthquake

EARTHQUAKE

in 1834. Buitenzorg is also the seat of the general secretary of the state railway and of the department of mines. Buitenzorg, which is called Bogor by the natives, was once the

capital

CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

of the princess of Pajajaram. Close by, at Bata Tulis (" inscribed stone "), are some Hindu remains. The

district

DISTRICT

of Buitenzorg (till 1866 an assistant residency) forms the southern part of the residency of Batavia, with an area of 1447 sq. m. It occupies the northern slopes of a range of hills separating it from Preanger, and has a fertile soil. Tea, coffee, cinchona, sugar-cane,

rice

, nutmegs, cloves and pepper are cultivated.
BUJNURp, a town of Persia, in the province of Khorasan, in a fertile plain encompassed by hills, in 370 29' N., 570 21' E., at an

elevation

ELEVATION

of 3600 ft. Pop. about 8000. Its old name was Buzinjird, and thus it still appears in official registers. It is the

chief

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

place of the

district

DISTRICT

of same name, which extends in the west to the borders of Shahrud and Astarabad; in the north it is bounded by Russian Transcaspia, in the east by Kuchan, and in the

south

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

by Jovain. The greater part of the population consists of Shadillu Kurds, the remainder being Zafranlu Kurds, Garaili Turks, Goklan Turkomans and Persians.

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