Rajah Charles Brooke, The Central Borneo Company, and Oil Prospecting in Brunei.
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THE SARAWAK MUSEUM JOURNAL |
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Title :
Rajah Charles Brooke, The Central Borneo Company, and Oil Prospecting in Brunei. |
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Author :
AVM Horton |
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Abstract:
This paper deals with one aspect of the contest between the British Government and the second Rajah of Sarawak for influence within Brunei. Sir Charles Brooke had long been anxious to incorporate the remnant of the venerable sultanate within his own territory, but the British Government eventually came to prefer the introduction of a Residential System Instead. After the 1905-1906 treaty between Sultan Hashim and the United Kingdom had given effect to the latter scheme, Brunei's main hope of escaping from stagnation and financial embarrassment lay in the discovery of a valuable resource, such as a paying oilfield. It was in this strategic area that the Rajah chose to intervene in 1914-1916 (sections 9-10). He asserted unexpectedly that exclusive rights to all minerals in the Abode of Peace were vested in his youngest son, Mr Harry Brooke, by virtue of two concessions, the one originally granted to a Mr AH Everett in 1883, the other to the Central Borneo Company in 1890 (secttons 4-8). The Brunei Government successfully contested the Brooke claim, which turned out to have been based on defunct documents. All these developments are placed within the context of the International oil industry (section 2) and the broader history of Brunei (sections 1 and 3). Vol. XLIII No. 64 December 1992 https://museum.sarawak.gov.my ©
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| DOI: XXXX |
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How to cite:
AVM Horton. (1992). Rajah Charles Brooke, The Central Borneo Company, and Oil Prospecting in Brunei. The Sarawak Museum Journal, XLIII (64): 231-264 |
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