It is satisfactory to hear, in the midst of so many war alarms and small disturbances, that the disturbance in North Borneo is practically finished, a telegram in the morning paper from Singapore dated 25th instant ing thatthe rebel chief at Salle It is interesting to learn that recent negotiations between the Governor of North Borneo and the sultan of Brunei have resulted in the cession to the North Borneo Government of the districts of Mengkubong, Menggatal, and Api Api, opposite Gaya. This will not only. Consolidate the. British territory, but will be a valuable addition as coal abounds, and the country is fertile. It twas from thence that Mat Salleh chicly drew his levies when making his raids on Gaya and Ambong.
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