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by a Governor in Borneo and a Court of Directors
in London.
In January, 1906, the native Sultan of Brunei
handed over his country of about 4,000 square
miles on the northwest side of Borneo to Great
Britain.
In 1842 the Sultan of Brunei gave to Sir James
Brooks a grant of land on the west side of Borneo.
Various other concessions were made from time
to time until this country has grown to be an in-
dependent kingdom known as Sarawak, with 42,-
000 square miles of land and a population of 500,-
000 people. The ruler is His Highness Charles
Vyner Brooks, The Radja. This country is under
the protection of Great Britain.

British Until September 12th, 1914, the
New Guinea island of New Guinea was divided
or Papua into three parts; one belonging to
Holland, one to Germany and one
belonging to Great Britain. But in 1914 the Aus-
tralian troops captured the territory belonging to
Germany and known as Kaiser Wilhelm Land, and
since that time it has been administered as was
the other part of British New Guinea, from Aus-
tralia, through a Lieutenant Governor.

Netherlands Holland controls all of Sumatra,
Indies Java, two-thirds of Borneo, half of
Timor, Celebes, one-third of New
Guinea, and nearly all of the smaller islands of
the Archipelago.
The colonies are governed through a Governor
General residing in Java. Batavia is the capital.
The islands are divided into residencies, with a
Resident and an Assistant Resident in charge.
Holland utilizes in a large measure the native gov-
ernmental machinery, under the direction of the
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