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Rizal shared his idea of a Filipino community in Sabah for those who were dispossessed of their lands in Calamba by the Dominicans. Pryer was receptive of the idea, and corresponded with Rizal to finalise the details of the lease. However, the Governor-General of the Philippines at that time, Eulogio Despujol, opposed the proposal.
In honour for Pryer, a memorial in the form of a fountain stand in the town of Sandakan.
An inscription on the monument says:.
