Dutch Borneo
Americannoun
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This corporation has since amalgamated with the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company controlling the extensive wells in Dutch Borneo, and together they supply large quantities of liquid fuel for use in the Far East.
From Project Gutenberg
The 7,083 islands of Manuel Roxas' steaming land are part of the off-Asia continental shelf, running 1,120 miles from Chinese Formosa in the north to British and Dutch Borneo in the south.
From Time Magazine Archive
From Manila he hurried to Dutch Borneo, then to Singapore.
From Time Magazine Archive
Indigo, coffee and pepper have been cultivated since 1855 in the western division of Dutch Borneo.
From Project Gutenberg
Coal has been found in the neighbourhood of Cowie Harbour and elsewhere, but though its quality is believed to be as good as that exported from Dutch Borneo, it is not yet known whether it exists in payable quantities.
From Project Gutenberg
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