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Report on Brunei in 1904 / by M.S.H. McArthur ; introduced and annotated by A.V.M. Horton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McArthur, M. S. H. (Malcolm Stewart Hannibal), 1872-1934.
- Series:
- Monographs in international studies. Southeast Asia series ; no. 74.
- Monographs in international studies. Southeast Asia series ; no. 74
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- Brunei--History.
- Brunei.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 283 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Center for International Studies, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 1987.
- Summary:
- In 1904 the British Protectorate of Brunei had reached the nadir of its fortunes. Reduced to two small strips of territory, bankrupt, and threatened with takeover by the Rajah of Sarawak (Sir Charles Brooke), Brunei received M. S. H. McArthur who was dispatched to make recommendations for Brunei's future administration. As a result of McArthur's Report on Brunei in 1904, the British government decided to underwrite the separate existence of the sultanate, thus giving a reprieve to the "dying kingdom." The report is the most important document in the history of modern Brunei and is here annotated and given historical context by A. V. M. Horton.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Brunei 1904-1908: M.S.H. McArthur and the Foundation of the British Residential System / A.V.M. Horton 1
- The Purpose of McArthur's Mission and the Reaction of the Rajah of Sarawak 3
- McArthur in Brunei: 3 May to 10 November 1904 6
- M.S.H. McArthur (1872-1934) 8
- Background of the 1904 Mission 11
- Notes on A Visit to the Rivers Belait and Tutong 14
- Report on Brunei in 1904 23
- McArthur as British Resident in Brunei (1906-1908) 39
- Part 2 Notes on a Visit to the Rivers Belait and Tutong, June-July 1904 / M.S.H. McArthur 73
- Population 79
- Character 80
- Condition 80
- Trade 81
- Political Situation 83
- Part 3 Dispatches Covering McArthur's Report on Brunei in 1904 89
- Sir John Anderson to Marquess of Lansdowne 18 February 1905 91
- C.P. Lucas to Undersecretary of State 17 May 1905 94
- Part 4 Report on Brunei in 1904 / M.S.H. McArthur 97
- Climate 100
- Soil 101
- Minerals 101
- Communications 101
- Constitution 102
- Districts 105
- Population 110
- Trade 122
- The Government 126
- The Ruling Class 130
- The Succession 136
- The Limbang Question 138
- The Lawas District 144
- Revenue 149
- The Future 155.
- Notes:
- Bibliography: pages 265-273.
- ISBN:
- 0896801357
- OCLC:
- 15629773
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