British North Borneo by Owen Rutter The author was an employee of the North Borneo Chartered Company, a private enterprise, which controlled present day state of Sabah from 1882 to the Japanese Invasion in 1942. In this book he sets out what he sees as the effects of the first 40 years of the company's administration as well as giving a detailed survey of the country in the early 20th century. 404 pages with black and white plates and a fold out coloured map. The Contents include - I- Geography,
- II - Residences,
- III - Native Population,
- IV - Early History,
- V - The British North Borneo Company,
- VI - Administration,
- VII - Punitive Expeditions,
- VIII - The Jungles,
- IX - Agriculture,
- X - Minerals,
- XI - Native Customs & Folk-Lore,
- XII - Native Affairs,
- XIII - Travel,
- XIV - North Borneo Day by Day
- as well as three appendicies of economic statistics and one appendix compaing local dialects.
Weight 1.2 Kg. Airmail postage to Asia Pacific countries: $18, to Central Asia, Europe & the Middle East: $25 and to Africa and North & South America: $34. Surface mail worldwide $12. Postage within Malaysia is freePublished by Opus Publications, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. 1922. 2008 Reprint. ISBN: 9789833987139 Condition: Hardcover New. This is a faithful facsimile reprint of the original with a contemporary introduction by Danny Wong Tze Ken. Powered by |
