The British Possessions. 23 



The Britisli Possessions in Borneo are 

 inconsidcrablc outside tlic kingdom of 

 Sarawak. This kingdom covers a large 

 stretch of territory along thc nnrlh coast 

 of Borneo. It is governed by Rajah 

 Brooke, a romantic ngure who inherits the 

 kingdom from an unclc, an adventurous 

 young man who, Jcaving the service of the 

 Iwlian Govertiment, carved out for him- 

 sclf a wide kiiigdom amongst the savage 

 peoples o£ this great island. Thc prcscnt 

 Rajah Brooke is now over seventy years of 

 age, bnt he is a vcry vigorous man who is 

 illustrating what profound advancc can be 

 made amongst the wildest people by a reso- 

 lute and intelligent admiuistration. 



Tns Dutch Indiks. — Much the widest 

 area of these East Indies is under the ilag 

 of Holland. The grcater portion of the 

 islands of Sumatra, Java, South Bornco, 

 thc Celebes, the Molucca Tslamls, and West 

 New Guinea is owned by the Dutch Gov- 

 ernment. Here is an area of about eight 

 hundred thotrsand miles. with a population 

 of abont fifty million. These Dutch Islands 

 have been a source of great wcalth to Hol- 

 land uniil recently, but now increasingly 



