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BORNEO

This island is one of the largest in the world. It extends from about 7 deg. N. to 4 deg. S. latitude, and from 109 deg. to 118° E. longitude. Its length is about 850 miles, its greatest breadth 600 miles, and its average breadth is estimated at 350 miles. Its vast interior consists of heavy forests, which teem with animal life, but are sparsely populated by man. The soil is fertile, and in some parts near the coast the land is marshy. It was discovered by the Portuguese in 1526, and they, as well as the

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We can also supply the following goods at competitive prices:- Bacon, Hams, Frozen Meat, Dry Fruits, (Currants, Sultanas & Lexias), Fresh Fruit, Wheat, Flour, Leather and other Australian produce.

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In 1888, a British Protectorate was established, and in 1890 the Rajah took possession of Limbang, which was approved of by H.M. Government in August, 1891. In 1905 the Lawas district was also added to the Sarawak territory. The present Rajah, H.H. Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, G.C.M.G., who was born 26th September, 1874, and was married on 27th February, 1911, to Hon. Sylvia Brett, succeeded his father H.H. Sir Charles Brooke in May, 1917.

The country produces gold, silver, antimony, quicksilver, coal, petroleum, gutta- percha, india-rubber, canes, rattans, camphor, beeswax, birds' nests, sago, pepper, and gambier. The principal towns are:-Kuching, the capital of Sarawak, situated on the Sarawak river, about 23 miles from its mouth, in latitude 1 deg. 33 min. N., longi- tude 110 deg. 20 min. E. Baram, the principal town and fort on the Baram river, is about 60 miles inland. Bintulu, situated at the mouth of the Bintulu river, is famous for its sago and bilian timber. Muka, a few miles up the river of that name, is also noted for its sago. Oya, which lies about 11⁄2 miles up the Oya river, and Matu, about five miles up the Matu river, are both noted for their sago. Sibu is situated

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