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BANJERMASIN (Dutch Bandjermasin)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 318 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BANJERMASIN (Dutch Bandjermasin) , the See also:chief See also:town in the Dutch portion of the See also:island of See also:Borneo, See also:East Indies, on the See also:river Martapura, near its junction with the Barito, 24 M. from the mouth of the Barito in a See also:bay of the See also:south See also:coast. The town is the seat of the Dutch See also:resident of South and East Borneo. Its buildings stand on either See also:bank of the river, but many of the inhabitants (who number nearly 50,000) occupy houses either floating on, or built on piles in the river. As large vessels can See also:sail up to the town, it is a See also:trade centre for the products of the districts along the See also:banks of the Barito and Martapura, such as See also:benzoin, rattans, See also:wax, See also:gold, diamonds, See also:iron and weapons. In 1700 the East See also:Indian See also:Company established a factory here; but the See also:place was found to be unhealthy, and the Company's servants were finally attacked by the natives, whom they repulsed with See also:great difficulty. The See also:settlement was abandoned. The See also:English again seized Banjermasin in 1811, but restored it in 1817. Of the commercial community the See also:Chinese are a very important portion, and there is also a considerable number of See also:Arabs. The See also:district of Banjermasin was incorporated by the Dutch in consequence of the See also:war of 186o, in regard to the See also:succession in the sultanate, which had been under their See also:protection since 1787. The town of Martapura was the seat of the See also:sultan from 1771. The inland portion of the district is covered with See also:forest, while the See also:flat and swampy seaboard is largely occupied by See also:rice-See also:fields. The inhabitants are mostly See also:Dyaks.

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