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William II became king of The Netherlands in October 1840 on his father’s abdication. Although he lacked William I’s abilities as a statesman and financier, he was fortunate in his choice of F.A. van Hall as finance minister. Van Hall stabilized the public finances and, helped by profits from Dutch colonial ventures in the East Indies, achieved the country’s first surplus in 70 years in 1847.
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