British Borneo

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Excerpt from British Borneo: Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North BorneoErroneous ideas as to the objects of the Company. Difficult to steal High landers' trowsers. Natives take no thought for the morrow.' The Company does not engage in trade or agriculture. The Company's capital is a loan to the country, to be repaid with interest as the country developes under its administration. Large area of land to be disposed of without encroaching on native rights. Land sales regulations. Registration of titles. Minerals reserved. Tranfer from natives to foreigners effected through the Government. Form of Govemment - the Governor, Residents, &0. Laws and Proclamations. The Indian Penal, Criminal, and Civil procedure codes adopted. Slavery - provision in the Charter regarding. Slave legislation by the Company. Summary of Mr. Witti's report on the slave system. Messrs. Everett and Pryer's reports. Commander Edwards, r.n., attacks the kidnapping village of Teribas in h.m.s. Kestrel. Slave keeping no longer pays. Religious customs of the natives preserved by the Charter. Employment of natives as Magistrates, &c., Head-hunting. Audit of Heads Account.' Human sacrifices. Native punishments for adultery and theft. Causes of scanty population. Absence of powerful warlike tribes. Head hunting - its origin. An incident in Labuan. Mr. A. Cook. Mr. Jesse's report on the Muruts to the East India Company. Good qualities of the aborigines. Advice to young o¿icers. The Muhamadans of the coast, the Brunais, Sulus, Bajows. Capture by Ba jows of a boat from an Austrian frigate. Baron Oesterreicher. Gambling and cattle lifting. The independent intervening rivers. Fatal a¿'ray in the Kawang river death of de Fontaine, Fraser and others. Mr. Little. Mr. Whitehead. Bombard ment of Bajow villages by Captain A. K. H0pe, r.n., h.m.s. Zephyr. Captain Alington, r.n., in h.m.s. Satellite. The Illanuns and Balinini. Absence of Negritos. The tailed people. Desecration of European graves. Muhamadans' sepulture. Burial customs of the aborigines.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.