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EASTERN GEOGRAPHY, 



somewhat summary maimer on bin unruly subjects. Owing to- 

 pWWial auttpnthy to the Chinese, be encourages immigration of the- 

 enterprising Bugis from South Celebes, who ure slowly developing 



the resource* of the country^ Alony; tlm law and swampy case i-L 



there are tin natural' havens, bo that Samerinda and Tnvfaronig, the 

 only trading: places of any importance in the Kutei residency, are 

 both situated somewhat inland above tint Makakkaat dulla* 



Human Sktllemknits ev 1!orm:o. 



Sarawak — Thia territory, which now OTtfenda 400 miles ciLst and 

 west from Mount Mulu (0000 ft) to Mount Poi (G000) with a, mean 

 breadth inland of nearly 100 miles, has a total area of some 40,000 

 e-marc mi Us, with a mixed n-umhition of 300,000 Dynks, Dufiuns 

 Malays. ( 'liim-m:, and others. It lies mi the iioriti-tvu.*L cmist, and ia 

 watered by lite Ib-jan^, I tit mm, Halang-Lupar, and sen-red other 

 streams, some of which are navigable for a considerable distance 

 inland. 



The government of this territory, which has now lasted over forty 

 years and vwhi* firmly L-4ablisbi.-d, was ai -quired from tin- sultan of 

 Brunei in 1841 by Sir James Brooke, better known as Eajah Bmokc 

 of Sarawak, In 1961 a second cession of territory waa obtain i d 

 including all tin- rivers and land from the RamnlMwan river to 

 Kudiirong Point ; and in 16S"2 a third cession of 100 miles of coast- 

 lands, with all the riverain tracts between Kaduxnng Point and tho 

 Baram, or rather three mile* to the n<-rth-cast nf ihat riwr. Tin- 

 present rajali, H. II. Charles John Hon Brooke, wlm is a nephew of 

 Sir .Tame*, succeeded in May 1868. 



The fiiir.eeKH of tlii.H L-i hiking was shown during the Chinese in*urrcC' 



tinn in IS"*?, wlicti tja> ivho-le indigenous Pyak and Malay population 

 rallinrl round the English R-ijah, drove out the unrnly miners, and 

 triumphantly restored Inn power. By persevering in a liberal and 

 i! nliij] il^ord policy, the ivijnb h gownum-nt has brought peace and safety 

 and comparative prosperity in tlm place of piracy, tribal warfare, and 

 (HcmnutaiL 



KrU-hhi'ji the rliief town, Eh a thriving pltftftof iconic 30*000 inhabitants, 

 with tin; "A.Htana," or rajah's palace, and the bishop's house, the 

 ordinary r^id-a-v of t li*- IHrx-esau of Singapore, Lshnm, a ad S.;:..w.l1;. 

 Jt lies about twenty-three miles up the Sarawak river, which has a bar 

 like other stream*, but is accessible to this point for small steamers. Tho 

 trade [ H e.hb>fly with Singapore, to which it exports gold, silver, diamonds, 

 antimony* uuicksilvt-r, coal, gutto, india-rubber, canes and rattans, cam- 

 phor + WW, Diids'-ncsts, sago, tapioca, peppor, gambler, and other local 

 produce. 



The govcrnmant of Sarawak may be termed constitutional, resembling 



