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, 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 its 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.