CH. XVI.] 



Bornean Products. 



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The products of the island may be tabulated as 

 follows : — 



PiODTjCTS OP Borneo. 



Vegktable. 



Mineral. 



Pearls. 



Mother - of - Pearl 

 Shell. 



Trepang, Beche de 

 Mer, or Sea Slug. 



Edible Swallows' 

 nests. 



Tortoise SheU. 



Ivory. 



Hides. 



Fish in abundance. 



Bees' Wax. 



The large animals 

 are elephant, rhi- 

 noceros, deer, pigs, 

 wild cattle, alli- 

 gators. 



Sago. 



Camphor. 



Dammar. 



Benzoin. 



Gambler. 



Pepper. 



Cloves. 



Ginger. 



Cinnamon. 



Eattan canes. 



Timber. 



Lamba fibre. 



Cotton. 



CofEee. 



Tobacco. 



Indigo. 



Cocoa. 



Vanilla. 



Spices. 



Cocoanut oil. 



Fruits [tropical 

 of nearly all 

 kinds, many in- 

 digenous.] 



Vegetables [prin- 

 cipally Ciinese 

 varieties, edible 

 ferns, bamboo 

 palm cabbages, 

 &c.] 



Gutta-percha. 



Caoutchouc, or 

 India-rubber. 



Tapioca. 



Eice. 



Maize. 



Musa fibre or 

 MauUla hemp 

 (J/?«a textilis). 



Coal. 



Iron. 



Tin. 



Copper. 



Cinnabar. 



Antimony. 



Gold. 



Diamonds. 



1 Plumbago. 



The vegetable products are mostly indigenous, and ob- 

 tainable in the primseval forests. Some few, however, 

 such as cotton, tobacco, coffee, and cocoa have been 

 introduced, and are only cultivated by the natives in a 

 desultory manner. Under systematic culture, and with 

 Chinese coolie labour, nearly all the vegetable products 

 of tropical countries might be grown. 



The mineral products are known to exist, but it is not 

 as yet determiued whether the lodes are workable, or if 

 the metals exist in remunerative quantities. A great 

 drawback to mining operations is the enormous rainfall. 

 The want of British protection, and the dijB&culties of 

 travel or transit inland, are against colonisation. The 



