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alty has happened to any of our Chinese 

 inimigrants. 



The early dimculties of this colony, iar 

 removed as it is from all help, were even 

 greater than those in Malaya. But cver 

 since thcre was sent them a resident mis- 

 sionary aiul his wife, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. 

 Hoover, the colony has thriven f and gives 

 promisc of being' a most rlourishing center 

 of Chincse immigration to thc capacious 

 lands of Borneo. Already pepper gaulens, 

 gTeat rice nelds, rubber rauches, and cocoa- 

 nut groves begin to appear, and the future 

 of the colony seems as bright as human 

 hope migiit wish for. Tt is contidently pre- 

 dicted that in this Rcjang basiu there will 

 ultimately be several millions oi prospcrous 

 Chinese iamilies with all thc devclopment 

 that comcs from the labor of this thrifty 

 and liardy race. It is Uie joy of the Mis- 

 sion that from the beginning the Gospel 

 of Jesus Christ has been preached and thc 

 priuciples of this Gospel very largely enter 

 into the nascent life of this Rornean State. 



Along side of the Chinese in Borneo are 

 the Malays and the wilder tribes of the 

 land, tlic Sibus and the Dyaks. These wild 



