Back شركة شمال بورنيو المرخصة Arabic North Borneo Chartered Company German Compañía Privilegiada de Borneo del Norte Spanish North Borneo Chartered Company French Serikat Borneo Utara Inggris ID 北ボルネオ会社 Japanese 북보르네오 특허 회사 Korean Syarikat Berpiagam Borneo Utara British Malay Companhia Privilegiada do Bornéu do Norte Portuguese North Borneo Chartered Company Romanian
The North Borneo Chartered Company (NBCC), also known as the British North Borneo Company (BNBC) was a British chartered company formed on 1 November 1881 to administer and exploit the resources of North Borneo (present-day Sabah in Malaysia). The territory became a protectorate of the British Empire in 1888 but the company remained involved with the territory until 1946 (1941), when administration was fully assumed by the Crown colony government.[1][2]
The company also temporarily administered the island of Labuan in 1890 before it became part of the Straits Settlements.[3][4][5] The company motto was Pergo et Perago, which means "I persevere and I achieve" in Latin. Its founder and first chairman was Alfred Dent.[6][7]
- ^ The National Archives 1945, pp. 2.
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica 1992, pp. 278.
- ^ Renton et al. 1908.
- ^ United States. Hydrographic Office 1917.
- ^ Madden, Fieldhouse & Darwin 1985, pp. 555.
- ^ Great Britain. Foreign Office 1888, pp. 238.
- ^ Treacher 1891, pp. 165.