North Borneo under the British

In 1878, North Borneo was leased to Gustavus Baron De Overbeck and Alfred Dent representing the British North Borneo Company or North Borneo Chartered Company. It became a British Protectorate until WW2, and till 1946, when it became the Colony of British North Borneo. The North Borneo Chartered Company Crest logo "Pergo et Perago" in latin means "I undertake and I acheive".