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than that of conquest. In 1774, we find one of the 

 terms of agreement between the Sultan of Borneo and 

 the government of Balambangan, the settlement 

 established by the English in the previous year, 

 respecting the establishment of a trading factory in 

 Bruni, to be, that the English should protect his 

 kingdom against his enemies the Soolus, on condition 

 of having the monopoly of the Bornean pepper. 

 Neither parties, it is said, fulfilled the agreement 

 contracted by Mr. Jesse, though the residency at 

 Borneo was continued for several years after the aban- 

 donment of Balambangan. It was finally withdrawn, 

 the intestine troubles of the state, and consequent 

 anarchy, rendering it unproductive. 



Of the Javanese settlements on the west and south- 

 ern coast, Sucadana and Banjarmasin have been the 

 most considerable. The territory of the former was, 

 as has been previously mentioned, ceded to the Dutch 

 by the Sultan of Bantam in 1778. It was destroyed 

 by them, and the new and rival state of Pontianak, 

 where they established a fort and factory, was en- 

 couraged, but soon fell into insignificance under their 

 protection, and was abandoned by them after an occu- 

 pation of fourteen years. In 1823 they again returned 

 to Pontianak, and purchased the monopoly of the 

 diamond mines of the sultan for 50,000 dollars : 

 they have since retained possession of the place, though 

 it is not supposed to be profitable to them. 



Banjarmasin, in the south of Borneo, is another 

 Javanese state which, on account of its exports, has 



