geographical description of borneo—british and dutch settlements on the island—its mountains, rivers, lakes, and volcanoes—the eruption of tomboro—coal found in the island of labuh-an—the mode of working antimony ore—minerals in borneo—gold found in sarawak—the mode of working it in the island, and its produce estimated by sir stamford raffles—gold an export of sarawak—diamonds in borneo.

Borneo, one of the largest islands of the world, occupies portions of both the first and second grand divisions of the Eastern Archipelago, as established by Mr, Crawfurd; the eastern boundary of his first or western division, 116° of east longitude, running through the island a little to the eastward of the town of Bruni, more commonly known as Borneo Proper, so that the western and greater portion of the island belongs to his first and most favoured division, which includes also Sumatra, Java, and the Malayan peninsula. That part, east of the above-named meridian, is comprised in the second division, which also includes the island of Celebes and others, to the meridian of 124° east, and to the parallel of 3° north latitude. A portion of the island enters the fourth geographical division of the above-named author, but this appears to be a superfluous one, as the inhabitants and productions of Magindanau, Soolu, &c., very much resemble those of the second division; the vegetables on which stress is laid, particularly the nutmeg and sago, being abundant on those parts of Borneo which are included in the former divisions: the first of them, however, is not the kind so valued for its aromatic flavour, and though there are several species, they are all valueless in commerce, the fine ones being confined to the Moluccas.