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— Mftlay and Vysk nlike — rallied round tlio English drove out the 
reheilious niiucrs, and triumphantly restored his power, By patiencej and 
freedom from prejiuliL-c, the Snrawnk Govenimeiit have hnragbt peace 
and salety and comparuti%'e prosperity, in the plucc of piracy and tribal 
warfare and oppresifion. Kuchiug is the t-Wwi' lown of y*irfivvuk, and v.on- 
t:itns a pr>puhitiou of about The Bfijii's Palace or Astana" is 
situated hrrc. as also the r»isliop'j! Ilousr*, the ordinary rcsideaee uf the 
Bishop oi: the Diocese of yingapore, Labuau and SarA wuk, 
Produets,—The country is rich ia minerals, producing jrold, silver, 
diamonds, antimowy, quicksjlvcr, coal, gutta-percha, india-rubber, excel- 
lent eane^t and rattans^ camphor, hees* wax, hirda' nests, m);o, tapioea» 
pepper, and gambier. The revenue in 1883 amounted to ^266/J39 
and tlie expenditure to $24£),o2fi. Value of im[)orts and experts during 
1881 was S;5,66'ij908. The principal sources of revenue are the Opium, 
Gambling, An aek and Pawn Farms, producing (1881) $9 1.797. 
Gtwerume/it.—ThQ Govornment of San^wnk may bo termed con- 
stitutional, its arrangements being, io their geuenil fcattires atn! oflt;<it, nut 
unlike the constitution of a Crovrn Colony. Tbi^ Raja is the absolute Head 
of the State, and retains full power of spoutaueous and independent 
action. Tins power is, however, rarely exercised, and for all pnn^ticai 
purposes of local and general j^ioverjimeat, he isi ji:uided by his Lc*;islative 
Council, co1nJ)o^ed of two Eurfjpeans and five native Malay Chiefs. 
A large assembly or ctmneil is penodlcully lield, oomposed of the 
principal repreaentatives — Native as well as Kuropcaii — of the several 
districts. It numbt-rs betweeu 5l) and Gl) members, and sits once in 
three years, or when specially summoned to dt>?eu.s3 im]>ortan t and press- 
ing business. Any itn|iortanl change in the law, or modification of native 
custom, Wiiuld bu consitkred by the General Council, 
The Government of the various di.striets and ouUtationSj forts, and 
rivers, h mainly eutrtisted to European Officers, who are turmcd Kcsi- 
dcnts, a-ssi.^tcd by subordinate or AtsJiistunt Htsiilenfc*, and by IVative or 
Kurasian and Chinese clerks. The total number of the European staff 
is now about twenty. 
A system of mild slavery exists in the country, but the general 
teudency of the Sar^iwak Governraint has been to abolish it gradually and 
eft'eeiivdy mthunt disturbance, and to reduce it withiu the narruwcsi 
limitit, pending its total abolition, which is uow imminent. 
The eapitnl town of Sarilw ik is Kilfhinjjj, situated on the Sarawak 
river, h bout miles inland, in Lit. T 32' N. and long. 110'' 28' K. This 
l iver has a bur like the of hers, but is nfu-ii^able fur ^niali sf earners. Ku- 
cliiug is now a pLce of counderable trade, londueted chiefly with Singa- 
pt»re. It is, as sUvUd j;hovc, the sent of ( iovcninicnt and the 
rC'iue'iee of some fvw Eui-o}»eun merchants, TS'heu Brooke bou;itHB 
Kyja, the town had oaly a very small pujudatiu'i. In 1818 it itas 
estim-ited at 6,000, while it has now increased to 15,000 or 20^001), 
It dots a larg:(? tnide, and is steadily growing in importaTic*. 
