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Singapore that piracy should be suppressed, and Mr. Bkooke's efforts, 
upon making Singapore his head- quarters, were so warmly supported by 
them that he at last succeeded in procuring the assistance of English 
abipa of war in this object. Thia led to political intervention ^ and in 
1846-7 the Sultan of Brftnei ccdetl Liibuan, and agreed to make no cession 
of territory to any nsition or inclividual without British conftent. The 
afl Vance of the Dutch was thus checked, but this only in creased tbeir ac- 
tmty on the South and East coasts. In 184i tlie SoUan of Kutei had 
acknowledged their protectorate and the area of their ad in iuiwt ration 
around those coasts has constantly increaaed. At the present time, they 
have a nominal suzerainty over two -thirds of the island ; of which, how- 
ever, scarcely one-tenth can be said to be actually under their control 
or iufluence. The English claims have always been con lined to the 
North and Norlh-cast coasts. 
