British Residential System In Brunei

Tuesday, April 28, 2009
British Residential System in Brunei
Introduced in 1906.
The result of the Supplementary Protectorate Agreement signed on 31 December 1905 and 3 January 1906 by Sultan Hashim for Brunei and John Anderson for the British government.
N British Resident was appointed to advise the Sultan on all matters of administration except those touching on Islam.
N The first Resident was Malcolm McArthur.
N Took office in May 1906.
Changes under the Residential System
Before the Resident system
-Land governed according to traditional land right.
- Holder to Tulin and Kuripan territons rarely paid taxes to the Sultan.
After the Resident system
- these traditional land right according to Resident system.
-Monopoly Rights were mainly controlled by Chinese businessmen.