. The pagan tribes of Borneo; a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition, with some discussion of their ethnic relations. d from him the desired confirmation of theaction of his agent Muda Hasim. The way inwhich the raj of Sarawak has since been extended,until it now comprises a territory of nearly 60,000square miles (approximately equal to the area ofEngland and Wales), will be briefly described in alater chapter (XXH.). The northern end of Borneo had long been ahunting-ground for slaves for the nobles of Bruniand Sulu, whose Sultans claimed but did notexercise the righ
. The pagan tribes of Borneo; a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition, with some discussion of their ethnic relations. d from him the desired confirmation of theaction of his agent Muda Hasim. The way inwhich the raj of Sarawak has since been extended,until it now comprises a territory of nearly 60,000square miles (approximately equal to the area ofEngland and Wales), will be briefly described in alater chapter (XXH.). The northern end of Borneo had long been ahunting-ground for slaves for the nobles of Bruniand Sulu, whose Sultans claimed but did notexercise the right to rule over it. In 1877 Dent, a Shanghai merchant, induced thetwo Sultans to resign to him their sovereignrights over this territory in return for a moneypayment. The British North Borneo Company,which was formed for the commercial developmentof it, necessarily undertook the task of pacifica-tion and administration. In 1881 the companywas granted a royal charter by the British Govern-ment ; and it now administers with success anda fair prospect of continued commercial profit aterritory which, with the exception of a small mi-.
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