. Java, Sumatra and the other islands of the Dutch East Indies . fraction of itsformer dimensions, while the Sultans authority is prac-tically illusory; it is under the English protectorate,and sandwiched between the two heirs to its pastsplendour. To the east are the territories of the BritishNorth Borneo Company, which in the first place wereceded by Brunei to certain Americans, but were thensold by the latter to the English company. To the westis the Rajahlik of Sarawak, which was created by aSultan of Brunei in 1841 for the celebrated JamesBrooke, and is still governed by a member of his f
. Java, Sumatra and the other islands of the Dutch East Indies . fraction of itsformer dimensions, while the Sultans authority is prac-tically illusory; it is under the English protectorate,and sandwiched between the two heirs to its pastsplendour. To the east are the territories of the BritishNorth Borneo Company, which in the first place wereceded by Brunei to certain Americans, but were thensold by the latter to the English company. To the westis the Rajahlik of Sarawak, which was created by aSultan of Brunei in 1841 for the celebrated JamesBrooke, and is still governed by a member of his familyunder the wholly nominal suzerainty of Brunei. AHthis part of Borneo—fertile, well watered, with a richsubsoil—has undoubtedly profited by English rule ; ithas been methodically explored, as much for scientificas for economic reasons ; the population has increased,and towns have sprung up. Although England has notsucceeded, as she had hoped, in making another Singa-pore of the island of Labuan, she possesses in Borneoa valuable and flourishing GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HOME, BORNEO.
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