CHAPTER IX

PRESENT CONDITION OF NORTH BORNEO—LOVELY COUNTRY—GOOD HARBOURS ON WEST COAST—FORMATION OF NORTH BORNEO COMPANY—PRINCIPAL SETTLEMENTS—TELEGRAPHIC LINES—THE RAILWAY FROM PADAS—POPULATION—TOBACCO CULTIVATION—GOLD—THE PUBLIC SERVICE—THE POLICE OF NORTH BORNEO—METHODS OF RAISING REVENUE—RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE—TRADE RETURNS—EXPORTS—INTERFERENCE WITH TRADERS—A GREAT FUTURE FOR NORTH BORNEO, 232

APPENDIX

MR BROOKE’S MEMORANDUM ON HIS PROPOSED EXPEDITION TO BORNEO, WRITTEN IN 1838, REPRINTED FROM VOL. I. OF ‘THE PRIVATE LETTERS OF SIR JAMES BROOKE, K.C.B., RAJAH OF SARAWAK.’ EDITED BY J. C. TEMPLER, BARRISTER-AT-LAW (BENTLEY, 1853), 259

INDEX, 291

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PORTRAIT OF SIR JAMES BROOKE, AFTER THE PICTURE BY SIR FRANCIS GRANT, P.R.A., IN THE POSSESSION OF THE AUTHOR, _Frontispiece_

MAP OF SARAWAK AND ITS DEPENDENCIES AT THE CLOSE OF SIR JAMES BROOKE’S GOVERNMENT, _To face page 49_

MAP OF BORNEO AND PART OF THE EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO, SHEWING BRITISH TERRITORIES, BRITISH PROTECTORATES AND FEDERATED MALAY STATES, _To face page 96_

Rajah Brooke