1888-1918 1945-1984






Sultanate of Brunei, 1918-1945



In 1929, OIL was discovered at SERIA. This made Brunei an attractive target for the Japanese, who occupied Brunei in World War II (1942-1945).

In 1931, the Sultanate of Brunei had 30,135 inhabitants, in 1937 34,016. The population of the capital was 10,453. In 1936 state expenses amounted to 90,944 Pound Sterling, state revenues to 108,347 Pound. Main import articles machinery (oil industry), tobacco; main export articles petrol, rubber. Because of the petrol Brunei had a very favourable trade balance.





EXTERNAL
FILES 		History of Brunei, from Brunei Direct
DOCUMENTS World Statesmen : Brunei, by Ben Cahoon
REFERENCE Hübner's Weltstatistik, 73rd edition, edited by Ernst Rösner, Wien 1939, in German [G]
Article : Borneo (British) : Sarawak, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1919 pp.101-104, 1924 pp.104-107, 1925 pp.107-108, 1926 pp.95-98, 1928 pp.98-99, 1929 pp.96-99, 1932 pp.98-100, 1937 pp.103-106, 1943 pp.90-93 [G]
Article : Borneo, British - Brunei, in : Americana Annual 1927 pp.109-110, 1928 pp.100-101, 1930 pp.115-116, 1931 p.113, 1932 p.110, 1933 pp.100-101, 1934 p.112, 1935 p.104, 1936 p.92, 1937 p.81, 1938 pp.83-84, 1939 p.90, 1940 p.79, 1943 pp.104-105, 1944 pp.97-98 [G]
Article : Borneo - Brunei, in : Americana Annual 1945 pp.99-100, 1946 pp.105-107 [G]
Article : Brunei, in : New International Year Book 1923 pp.109-110, 1925 p.110, 1928 p.118, 1930 p.117, 1932 p.118, 1933 p.112, 1934 p.104, 1935 p.104, 1938 pp.108-109, 1939 p.97, British Malaya Events of 1940 pp.90-91, 1941 pp.82-83, 1942 pp.94-95, 1943 pp.81-82, 1944 pp.83-84 [G]
Article : Brunei, in : Funk & Wagnall's New Standard Encyclopedia Year Book 1932 p.96, 1933 p.128, 1934 p.112, 1935 p.104, 1936 p.90, 1937 p.89, 1938 p.90 [G]


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