ght and left of
this hall is the billiard-room and the reading-room. The former contains
some twenty or thirty French and English tables; and the latter is well
supplied with European papers and magazines. The two rooms are separated
from the hall by light wooden screens, which allow the air to circulate
freely from one to another, and in this way the whole building is kept
pleasantly cool. The Harmonie was founded in 1815 during the British
occupation. In 1889, shortly before my visit, a dinner was held
commemorating the foundation of the club, and on each menu card an
account of the event was printed, taken from the British Government
_Gazette_ published at the time. Compared with the Concordia, it is a
civilian club; for, although this latter does not by any means restrict
its membership to officers in the forces, the management is entirely in
the hands of the military, who make the neighbourhood of the Waterloo
Plain, where the club stands, a sort of military quarter. The Concordia
gives an open-air concert every Saturday evening and every alternate
Wednesday afternoon.

I went to one of the Saturday evening concerts, and enjoyed it very
much. The air was warm and calm, and it was very pleasant to sit under
the wide-spreading waringin trees and gaze up at the twinkling
brightness of the stars through the screen of leaves. There was quite a
crowd of members and their friends promenading or sitting in easy groups
round the little iron tables. The kiosks were brilliantly lighted, but
through the branches of the waringin trees the soft radiance of the moon
could be seen shining upon the dull blue vault of the sky. The
performance was given by the staff band, which never leaves Batavia, and
is said to be the best in the East Indies. I give the programme:--

I.

1. FUR'S VATERLAND MARSCH _C. Milloecker._

2. WIENER FRAUEN WALZER _J. Strauss._

3. OUVERTURE JELVA _F. Reisiger._

4. GRUSS AUS DER FERNE INTERMEZZO _J. Verhulst._

5. MARSCH UND CHOR A. D. OPER. DIE ZAUBERFLOeTE _W. A. Mozart._

6. FANTAISIE LA REINE DE SABA _Ch. Gounod._

II.

7. OUVERTURE DIE FRAU MEISTERIN _Fr. v. Suppe._

8. DIE MUHLE IM SCHWARZWALD _R. Eilenberg._

9. FINALE