BRITISH NORTH BORNEO COMPANY.

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Views of North Borneo, with a Brief History of the Colony, First edition of this commemorative publication produced 18 years after the company's founding, advertising "progress" in trade and railway construction. Investors are urged to apply to the company's offices in Leadenhall Street for land and concessions.The photographs are predominantly the work of two of the company's officers, Dr G. N. Johnstone and A. J. West. They include "The first train in North Borneo, 3rd February, 1898" (the train was named "Progress"), "Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee, June 22nd, 1897", "The Sultan of Sulu and Suite", "Chinese mummers", and portrait photographs of prominent British officials.

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