evidence: The Origins of the Limbang Claim [...] Tun Abdul Razak, the prime minister of Malaysia, has recently announced that his Government cannot consider the claim to the Limbang River made by the Sultan of Brunei. This dispute has its origins in the 1880's when North Borneo and Sarawak were intriguing against each other to gain possession of the remains of the once powerful Sultanate. Since that time the problem of the Limbang has smouldered continually, every now and then breaking into a fitful glow. The problem is a complex one and has not hitherto received detailed scholarly analysis. [...] 65 65 Trevenen to FO 11 May 1891, Brooke to Smith 30 Jan. 1891 FO 12/87, CO to FO 30 Jan. 1891 FO 12/88. A point which is not clear is the exact nature of the Sultan's rights on the Limbang. He possessed the ill-defined sovereign rights but seems to have had little or no tulin rights. However the office of Tumonggong had attached to it rights on the Limbang and as the Sultan had not appointed a new Tumonggong on his accession then the benefits of these rights should have gone to the Sultan.