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and the cessions obtained comprise the whole northern 

 portion from Kimanis on the north-west coast to Sabuco> 

 on the east, the total area being computed at 20,000 

 square miles. 



It seems to me, however, that Borneo is too far fr'om 

 the great highway of eastern commerce to attract any 

 but the most sanguine of planters and capitalists. I saw 

 very good land in Jahore on Gunong Puloi, and recent 

 explorations in Perak by Mr. Mmiion of Singapore (as 

 also by practical coffee planters from Ceylon, and tobacca 

 growers from Province Wellesley) prove that, so far as 

 soil and climate are concerned, Perak, Quedah, and 

 Jahore offer equal advantages for land cultui'e, besides 

 being much neai'er to Singapore and the great sea-way 

 between England and the East. 



