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BRITISH BORNEO:

SKETCHES OF
BRUNAI, SARAWAK, LABUAN,
AND
NORTH BORNEO.

 

BY
W. H. TREACHER, C.M.G., M.A. Oxon.,
Secretary to the Government of Perak,
Formerly Administrator of Labuan and H.B.M. Acting Consul-General in Borneo,
First Governor of British North Borneo.

 

Reprinted from the Journal of the Straits Settlements Branch
of the Royal Asiatic Society.

 

Singapore:
PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING
DEPARTMENT.
1891.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.    Pages 1-11.
The Hudson's Bay Company's Charter, 1670. British North Borneo Company'sCharter, November 1881, as a territorial power. The example followed by Germany.Borneo the second largest island in the world. Visited by Friar Odoric, 1322, byBerthema, 1503; but not generally known until, in 1518 Portuguese, and in 1521Spanish, expeditions touched there. Report of Pigafetta, the companion ofMagellan, who found there a Chinese trading community. Origin of the nameBorneo; sometimes known as Kalamantan. Spanish attack on Brunai, 1573.First Dutch connection, 1600; first British connection, 1609. Diamonds. Factoryestablished by East India Company at Banjermassin, 1702, expelled by natives.British capture of Manila, 1762, and acquisition of Balambangan, followed bycession of Northern Borneo and part of Palawan. Spanish claims to Borneo abandonedby Protocol, 1885. Factory established at Balambangan, 1771, expelled bySulus, 1775; re-opened 1803 and abandoned the following year. Temporaryfactory at Brunai. Pepper trade. Settlement of Singapore, 1819. Attractedtrade of Borneo, Celebes, &c. Pirates. Brooke acquired Sarawak 1840, the firstpermanent British possession. Labuan a British Colony, 1846. The Dutch protest.Their possessions in Borneo. Spanish claims. Concessions of territoryacquired by Mr. Dent, 1877-78. The monopolies of the first Europeans ruinedtrade: better prospect now opening. United States connection with Borneo.Population. Malays, their Mongolian origin. Traces of a Caucasic race, termedIndonesians. Buludupih legend. Names of aboriginal tribes. Pagans andMahomedans.
CHAPTER II.    Pages 11-33.
Description of Brunai, the capital, and its river. Not a typical Malayan river.Spanish Catholic Mission. British
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