British North Borneo Company

Incorporated by Royal Charter 1st November 1881 to administer the British Colony (now Sabah, Malaysia). It set up Government, recruited Sikh policemen from Northern India to keep law and order and also built a railway. The area was rich in gold mines and tobacco fields were established at Darvel Bay. The company even issued its own paper currency and coins. The company was wound up in 1946, the territory becoming a Crown Colony.
Capital £2,000,000 in shares of £1.