WHERE" SULTANS BLOSSOM.
Hut?-.’-‘ ..-' ' ‘sfigiig of Brunei, a little Sultanate under British protection, lying on the nOl-thwest coast of British North 8501-seo, should she a happy place, judging from the condition of its finances. The total area of the pfotectorate of about 4000 square milesand its population is about 30,000 (says the Daily News). . A A White. Paper issued recently shows that the revenue of the State for 19.18 was £14,672 and the expenditure was £14,345. A? the native Colliery 29,565 tons of coal was produced at £1 10/4 a ton. An outstanding event was the installation on May 15 of the Sultan Yang di-Pertuan, the ceremony, which is called “the blossoming,” consisting of his Highness appearing in public wiih his C.1'()W11 and receiving homage. This was the firsi‘ “blossomingl” since Brunei’ accepted the residental system. In the ancient formula the Sultau"s subjects are as the dew upon the earth and as the drops of the sen."
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3474, 30 April 1920, Page 7
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157WHERE" SULTANS BLOSSOM. Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3474, 30 April 1920, Page 7
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