This study was suggested by Dr H. R. C. Wright's artic1e "Muntinghe's Advice to Raffles on the Land Question in Java".1 It does not pretend to be exhaustive. I have not examined the working of the land rent system during the British administration/~ nor, in deed, have I carried the story further than the early months of 1814. I hope that at some future date it may be possible to analyse t…