optieperceel (English: “option plot”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Plots on which preferential rights (voorkeurs-rechten) are established in connection with ongoing explorations.
Translation
option plot
Description
Plots on which preferential rights (voorkeurs-rechten) are established in connection with ongoing explorations. 13 perceelen totaling 287,000 H.A. as of end 1937.
Significance
The term optieperceel is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.
See Also
Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 198.