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COMPENDIUM OF GEOGRAPHY AND TRAVEL 
inhabited by people of Malay stock, who carry on a trade 
in coco-nuts, sago, and mats with Ehio and Singapore. 
Great Natuna is the principal island. It is about 40 
miles in length, and has an estimated area of about 600 
square miles, most of which is covered with forest. 
These groups are under the administration of the “ Resi- 
dency of Rhio and Dependencies,” but the Dutch have 
no resident officials on any of them. 
The value of the exports from Dutch Borneo in 1890 
amounted to £400,000, of which £245,000 was from 
“West Borneo/’ and £155,000 from “South and East 
Borneo.” In the former province the following articles 
head the list:—copra, £90,572; gutta, £77,207 ; rattan, 
£35,618; and coco-nut oil, £15,275. In the latter, 
gutta, £134,975; and rattan, £7568, are the most 
important items. 
