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British North Borneo

From Savagery to Industrial Development.
By courtesy of the BRITISH NORTH BORNEO COMPANY.
Order of Pictures:
The Series is supplied in separate sections as listed, or in one complete length.

Natives Huts on Borneo River

1850a. AMONGST THE NATIVES
1. Borneo Savages on the War Path-Crossing a Stream
2. Natives in Pampas Grass
3. A Native Combat With Club and Shield
4. The "Urbanora" Expedition With Native Carriers Penetrating the Jungle.
5. A Typical "Up Country" Mango Swamp
6. Panorama Along the Padas River
7. Native Boys Bathing (Canoe upset)
8. The Rapids of the Padas River
9. Working Manganese Rocks in the Balaigong Gorge
10. The Gigantic Ferns on the River Banks
11. Natives Climbing Cocoanut Palms
12. Tapping the Rubber Trees
13. First Trading of Natives With the White Man
Length 350 feet.

1850b. ALONG THE RAILWAY
14. A Prosperous Native's Bungalow and Palm Garden
15. Panoramic View of Native Village on River Bank
16. The Approach of a "Mixed" Train on the Borneo Railway
17. "Puffing Billy" and Train Passing Over River Bridge
18. A Railway Trip Through The Penotal Gorge, Including Characteristic Glimpses of Borneo Scenery
19. Passing Through a Palm Forest, Native Villages and Tunnels
Length 300 feet.

1850c IN THE JUNGLE AND NATIVE SPORTS
20. Natives Mounted on Buffaloes in a Sago Swamp
21. Felling a Sago Palm
22. Cutting the Palm Tree and Transporting Same Through the Jungle
23. Natives Spreading Sago for Drying
24. Native Sports-A Buffalo Race
25. Native High Jumping Contest
26. Native Boy's Swimming Races
27. A Native Swimming-"Duck Chase"
Length 300 feet

1850d LIFE IN PRISON, ON PLANTATIONS, AND AMONGST THE TROOPS
28. Coolie Convicts With Armed Escort
29. Warders Searching the Convicts
30. Serving Prison Rations
31. Chinese Convicts Feeding
32. Clearing Forest Land for Cultivation and Digging Irrigation Ditches
33. Breaking the Ground for Tobacco Cultivation
34. Watering the Tobacco Seedling Beds
35. Weeding the Tobacco
36. Picking the Tobacco Leaf
37. Stringing the Tobacco Preparatory to Curing
38. Inspection in the Drying Sheds
39. Natives Sorting and Stemming the Cured Leaf
40. A Company of Borneo Troops on the March
41. Sikh Troopers Entering a Wood
42. A Skirmish and Line of Defence
43. A Trip over the Borneo Railway Extension
44. Arrival of the Modern Type Engine and Train
Length 300 feet.

BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHIC QUALITY THROUGHOUT.

Nº 1850, Sections A to D inclusive (44 Pictures),
Total Length, 1250 feet.

URBAN 1906-11

A Trip Through British North Borneo

(NEW SERIES.)
By courtesy of the British North Borneo Company
This unique and beautiful subject contains the best photographic results of Two Expeditions organised and conducted by the Charles Urban Trading Co., Ltd., and illustrates the quaint manners and strange customs of the natives of British North Borneo, as follows:
A trip over the Borneo Railway Extension-Panorama of the Padas River-The Rapids of Padas River-An "Up-Country" Magno Swamp-The Urban Expedition Penetrating the Jungle-Working Manganese Rock-Tapping Rubber trees-First Trading of Natives with White Men-Armed Natives on the March through Pampas Grass-Borneo Troops on the March-Coolie Convicts-Searching the Convicts-Serving Prison Rations-Felling a Sago Palm-Cutting Palm Trees and Transportation through the Jungle-Weeding Tobacco-Picking Tobacco Leaf-Stringing Tobacco-Native Swimming Races-A Buffalo and Cattle Drive.
Many of the above Pictures are Beautifully Tinted.
No extra charge.
EXCELLENT PHOTOGRAPHIC QUALITY THROUGHOUT.
Nº 1580, Price £8 3s. 4d. Four Pence (4 d.) per Foot nett. Length 490 ft.

The Era, Londres, samedi 19 janvier 1907, p. 35.