CINA DI UJUNG TIMUR JAWA

DARI PEMEGANG KONTRAK SAMPAI BUPATI PADA AKHIR ABAD XVIII HINGGA AWAL ABAD XIX

Abstract

The Chinese was considered the foreign people in Besuki Residency, despite of they had
settled in Java northeast coast, even some had become administrators in the private land of
the area. This article identifies and describes why they were able to be the administrators
in the area from the end of 18th to the beginning of 19th century. The problems to discuss
are the relationship between Chinese administrators and the indigenous government and
their relationship to the people. This study shows that there were differences and similarities
between Chinese contract handlers (Chinese landlords) and Chinese as administrators.
They were differentiated by the way of earning wide land and the way of getting power.
The landlords had the right to manage wide land by renting or buying from the colonial
government. Meanwhile, Chinese administrators were promoted as the head of area because
their merit for colonial government. However, in managing the rented district both of them
had similiar tendency; governing by feudal manner from which they considered themselves
the owners of the land.