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though) could be catalogued in this manner. Various circumstances seem to make the fulfilment of this undertaking within a reasonable span of time improbable. Therefore the present description of one of the oldest of the buda manuscripts of the Mackenzie collection is now published in the catalogue of the Leiden University Li brary, where the photocopies have been deposited with the graceful consent of the Assistent Keeper. In this manner this re markable collection is at least partly brought to the notice of interested scholars.

photocopies in portfolio

Javanese (and some Malay) Letters and Reports, about 70 items, correspon dence of Javanese princes, officers and

regents with general H.M. de Kock, the commander-in-chief of the Dutch forces fighting the insurgent paqéran Dipa Nagara in the Java war. Most letters are dated in 1828 and 1829. The collection contains be sides a majority of letters written > n Javanese script also several Javanese and Malay letters written in Arabic script (pégon). Some of these were written by the Sultan of Sumënëp who sided with the Dutch government. The idiom is the so- called bazar-Malay which was the popular means of communication in regions where Dutch political influence was strong. A small number of the Javanese letters is provided with Dutch paraphrases. The originals belong to the State Archives (Algemeen Rijksarchief) at The Hague, collection de Kock. The photocopies were made at the request of Dr Carey, of Ox ford, about 1975, and afterwards presented by him to the University library. See the collection Carey in the KITLV library, which is described hereafter.

Collection Hooykaas-Ketut Sarjka

Bali Project, Second Part, registered between 1972 and 1976