THE GEOGRAPHICAL GROUP 0F BORNEO. 
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Among the States named above the following belong directly to 
the Netherlands. 
Berou, 
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Tan ah bumbu. 
Tan ah laut, 
the Dussung, 
the great and little Dajaks and Kapuas 
Mendawei, 
Sam pit, 
Pembung and 
Kutto-war i n gin 
The remaining ones belong indirectly to the Netherlands rule, 
Fourthly.—All the authorities and functionaries in Borneo are or¬ 
dered, under their responsibility to be careful, that the Supreme Go¬ 
vernment’s Rights of the State in the Lands and Districts, within 
the circumference herein stated, shall be honoured, and that the re¬ 
cords, contracts and treaties, upon which these rights are based, 
attended to and followed. 
The parts of Borneo on which Netherlands does not exercise any 
influence are: % 
a. The states of the Sultan of Bruni or Borneo-proper; extend¬ 
ing from Tanjong Datu on the west to the river Kemanis on the 
east, situated on the north west coast, 
h. The State of the Sultan of the Sulu islands, having for boun¬ 
daries on the west, the river Kemanis, the north and north east 
coasts as far as-3® N. L. where it is bounded by the river Atas, 
forming the extreme frontier towards the north with the state of Berow 
dependant on the Netherlands. 
c. All the islands of the northern coasts of Borneo. 
The first Dutchman who landed on Borneo was Olivier van Noort 
of Utrecht; he arrived on the 13th September 1598 with four ves¬ 
sels ; on the 14th December 1000 he sent two Spanish vessels and 
