colonial office correspondence relating to brunei 'destroyed under

(Continued)DOCUMENTNUMBERDATERECEIVEDIN CODOCUMENT DETAILS41281 22.12.1909 Japanese consul for North Borneo, Brunei andSarawak: sends copy letter to JapaneseAmbassador as to jurisdiction of consul atSingapore (last FO 39318; next Governor3612/1910).ANNOTATIONThis should have been retained.(iv) Correspondence from the India Office (to the Colonial Office):39445 1912 Indian immigration to North Borneo. In the case of Brunei, there was a significantimmigration of several hundred Tamil labourers to workon plantations there during the mini rubber boom of themid-1920s. By 1931, however, during the depth of thedepression, only five remained.Tamils were also repatriated from Sarawak at aboutthe same time (vide Ooi Keat Gin 1997:285, note 104).4544 1913 Likewise.(v) Parliament:16467 10.05.1906 (Sassoon) alleged disturbances: to ask if anyinformation as to – has been received fromBritish Resident (last 15561; next HoC 27294).See The Times (London), Saturday 14 April 1906: 3c;and Monday 7 May 1906: 6b.On Sassoon, vide Stubbs 1968: 110–12, 114–16.Sir Edward Albert Sassoon, second Baronet (1856-1912), was a prominent supporter of Rajah Sir CharlesBrooke at Westminster. Succeeding his father in thebaronetcy (cr 1890) in 1896, he was Liberal Unionist MPfor Hythe from 1899 until 1912 and a sometimePresident of the Folkestone Chamber of Commerce. He(Continued on next page)