Dutch New Guinea
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Exploration and Development Being Urged by Influential Group
UP till now, the Dutch section of New Guinea (which is more than twelve times as large as Holland itself) has been considerably less developed than other parts of the Dutch Indies, Recently a group of prominent Dutch men have become interested, and have decided that Holland has a great national task to fulfil in this part of her overseas territories. They have formed the “New Guinea Committee,” which aims at pro paganda in favour of the development of Dutch New Guinea.
The committee proposes to study the means available to develop New Guinea, to bring this region under the attention of as many people as possible, to make the results of investigations known to the
authorities, and to promote a systematic exploration of the population and the agri cultural and forest possibilities.
The committee wishes these investiga tions to be carried out, whenever possible, in co-operation with prospecting and min ing operations that are being planned by private companies.
In this way the natural resources of the country may be developed, and the the country, as well as its inhabitants, raised to a higher economic level, accord ing to the best traditions which have marked the method of government of the Dutch Indies.
The members of the New Guinea Com mittee are: D. Fock, State Minister (former Governor-Gene ral of the Dutch Indies), The Hague, president.
Ch. J. I. M. Welter, president of the Board of Employers in the D.E.I., The Hague, vice-president.
P. M. van Bosse, mining engineer, director of the East Borneo Co., The Hague.
J. van den Broek, mining engineer, director of the Billiton Co., The Hague.
G. H. Crone, president of the Chamber of Com merce, Amsterdam.
Mr. J. A. Dunlop, director of the Netherlands- Indian Commercial Bank, Amsterdam.
W. A. Engelbrecht, president of the Chamber of Commerce, Rotterdam.
L. J. M. Feber, M.P., The Hague.
Prof. H. I. Grondijs, mining engineer, Professor of Mineralogy at the Technical University of Delft, The Hague.
Dr. E. Heldring, director of the Royal Steamboat Co., Amsterdam.
A. C. H. Horstmann, director of the Netherlands Colonial Oil Company, The Hague (who is acting as representative of the three oil companies, which have interests in New Guinea).
P. Hovig, mining engineer (former Chief of the Mining Office of the Dutch-East-Indies). The Hague.
Prof. Dr. J. A. A. Mekel, mining engineer, Pro fessor of Mineralogy at the Technical University of Delft, Delft.
P. J. Jansen, mining engineer (advisor for the firm of Erdmann and Sielcken, at Batavia), Was senaar.
M. C. Koning, director of the Steamship Navi gation Company, “Nederland,” Amsterdam.
A. A. Pauw, director of the Nederl Handel Mij, of Amsterdam, Haarlem.
A. Plesman, director of the Royal Dutch Air lines, The Hague.
Jhr, H. K. B. Rendorp, director of the Royal Dutch East Indian Air-lines, Amsterdam.
W. Ruys Bzn, director of the Steamship Navi gation Company, “Rotterdamsche Lloyd,” Rotter dam.
L, H. W. van Sandick (former member of the Indian Council), The Hague.
C. J. Snijders, retired general, Hilversum.
J. Tideman (former Governor of Molucca), Ams terdam.
N. van Zalinge (former president-director of the Royal Packet Navigation Co.), The Hague.
Dr. W. C. Klein, mining engineer, member of the board of the Molucca Institute at Amsterdam (also secretary and treasurer of the committee), The Hague, van Alkemadelaan 328.