LANDRETE DI KARISEDENAN REMBANG PADA MASA KULTUURSTELSEL

Abstract

Landrente (Land rent) was one of the Dutch Colonial government policies implemented during the Cultivution System (Cultuur Stelsel). The basis philosophy of the system is the opinion that basically land is owned by the state. Peasants have to rent from the governmenL In this system the farmers have to pay land rent annually to the government. Because the scarcity of money, the farmers could also pay the land rent with rice. The quantity of rental payment depended on the level of soil fertility. For this reason, rice field were classified into as two categories namely irrigated rice field and unirrigited rice field. Land rent was put into effect in every village and head village took responsible for this mechanism. This paper discusses land rent in Rembang Residency during the Cultivation Systems period. Historical method and socio-economic approach are used to answer how land rent inxplemented in Rembang Residency. It is also used to answer the question on whether the land rent impacted to the deterioration of economic life of the people in Rembang.