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ibe oiliest trading settlement in Borneo ; but tint district still rvtaainft 

 under the nominal rule of a unlive sultan. Tin, gold, and diamond* 

 are obtained from the numerous mints of this district worked by tlia 

 Chinese. Hintwuj on the Upper Km puns river in the «eat of an 

 ns,*i-*tunt 'resident, wliu.-v j n r i 1 i. ■ t i ■ ii i exU-Jids <»wr llm riiiiiii'n'UH 

 Dyuk tribe* of the interior. 



Bajyer-Utaain, — This ia by far the largest residency, including 

 the greater part of Borneo south of tlie equator, the Kwiin country, 

 and tin- Mili-rcjfidi-in-h-H of Ammthil ;m<l MiirULpura, with a 1otal 

 pnpulution i-f rib. nit 000,000, nmstly Dyaks. The capital, Banjer- 

 AItt*iu t litB «uiiiw fifteen mih* up (he otnary of the Barilo river, 

 which is occupied 1 iy Dutch forta for 2QQ miles as far as Ltttontur, 

 at tho Tewcb confluence near tfcfi equator. Thus the whole of the 

 extensive Buritu lia*in in avluvIy held, although in many places the 

 direct authority of the Dutch extends very little beyond tho range of 

 the siratejgical stations In the interior, the most important trading 

 place is Bakontinui, one of these stations about sixty miles up the 

 Bnrito at the continence of the Nagara. its great allluent from the 

 north-east. Here «re collected most of the timber, gold-duet, gutto, 

 resin, wax, edible birds'-nests, rattans darnnr, and other local pro- 

 duce forwarded for export through Banjer-Atasin. To the latter 

 place the neighbouring district of Mnrtnpttra. also noils its diamonds, 

 the. fh'wf r.-iiiiiiudities received in exchange bring European wares, 

 such as coloured print*, cotton cloths, beads, and copper wire, 

 besides tulmceu, opinm, salt, gambler, and Chinese earthenware. 

 Although not m populous aa Ponti&nak, Eanjer-Maain is at present 

 the largest, m well as one. of the oldest trading ports in Borneo. On 

 the south const the chief seaport is Tabnnuin l not far from the 

 capital 



Sutei, ov Ooti, the eastern residency, comprises the extensive 

 lluvial basin of the Kntd (Muhakkam) river, with a total area of 

 little less than 40,000 square miles, There is an assistant-resident 

 at the Bugts settlement of Tn\>jarotuj y thirty miles up the nurin 

 -i ream, ami the wbult vi&i ..••••;i>t from Scbatoban in Tanali Bumbn 

 to Kanyiingan in 1* 3' K\ lat, is directly under the Patch Govern- 

 ment. NVivti hides*, tin- native J I a lay Milmu, Mohammed SulituAn 

 Kali fat ul Muinenin, who reside* at Tengarong, *till exercises the 

 royal functions, and even possesses autocratic jurisdiction over bis 

 Mohammedan and Dyak subjects. While recognising the Dutch 

 suzerainty, he keeps his own court* surrounds himself with various 

 functiiinarics, levies nixes, :md even infl ids capital punishment in a 



