Borneo : its Geology. By Dr. Theodor Posewitz. Translated by
F. Hatch. (Edward Stanford.)—This is a disappointing book. owing to the fact of its referring merely to the geology of Borneo, which is not expressed in its title. It is written in a strictly scientific and commercial strain, and is wholly unreadable. It is satisfactory to learn from an impartial source that more has been done for the development of knowledge of the country and of its resources in the ten years of English rule in the North-East corner under the Borneo Company, than in the three hundred years of Dutch rule in the larger part of the island which still belongs to Holland. The mineral resources of the island appear to be considerable. It has a great deal of coal which is good towards the surface, and not deep ; gold in abundance and diamonds, but the supply of the latter seems to be diminishing; while iron is abundant, and the natives find their own steel superior to what they get from Europe. Altogether, minerally speaking, Borneo seems to have a great future before it.
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