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up the Batang Lupar river, which also has a bore. Simunjan is situated about 18 miles up the Sadong river, where the Government work a coal mine. Trusan is about 18 miles up the Trusan River and Limbang about 10 miles up the Limbang River, the latter place being noted for its sago. The country shows slow but steady progress.

The revenue for 1910 was $1,407,359 against an expenditure of $1,263,062 (Straits Currency). The im- ports for 1910 were valued at $6,752,133 (Straits Currency), and the exports 8,152,293. The gold export amounts to over one million dollars a year. There is a military force which is armed, equipped and drilled after the English model, the in terior economy in barracks of the English Army being closely followed. The fort at Kuching is well armed with modern Armstrong B.L. guns, and provision is made for submarine mines. The force is recruited from Sepoys, Malays and Dyaks.

Harbour, buoy, and light dues: -Three cents per ton, payable on arrival, and chargeable to all vessels of 5 tons and upwards.

DIRECTORY

GOVERNMENT

Rajah-His HIGHNESS SIR CHarles Brooke, G.C.M.G., Grand Officer of Crown of Italy.

His Highness The Rajah Muda, C. Vyner Brooke, Administering the Government

SUPREME

Council

The Hon. Ivone Kirkpatrick Caldecot,

resident of Sarawak Proper

Hon. R. S. Douglas, resident, Barour Hon. J. Baring-Gould, resident, 3rd division

President His Highness The Rajah

The Divisional Residents

COUNCIL Negri, or

Hon. F. H. Dallas, treasurer

Datu Bandar, Datu Hakim

Datu Emaum, Datu Temonggong Tua Kampong Gresik

General COUNCIL

The Principal Chiefs of each Residency Chaplain--

Clerk to the Council-H, B. Crocker

The Treasurer

The Residents of Districts

RESIDENCIES

FIRST DIVISION, OR SARAWAK PROPER, (Comprising Kuching, Upper Sarawak,

Sadong, Lundu and Simatan)

Divisional Resident-Hon. Ivone Kirk-

patrick Caldecot (absent) Acting Resident-Hon. R. S. Douglas Resident, sec, class- H. B. Crocker Asst. Resident - C. E. A. Ermen, Baw Puku Resident, 2nd el., Sadong-F. F. Boult

SUPREME Court, KuchING Judge-H. H. The Rajah Muda

Do. Hon. Ivone Kirkpatrick Caldecot Do. (acting) Hon. R. S. Douglas Do. Hon. F. H. Dallas (absent)

Assistant Judge--The Datu Bandar

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

-The Datu Temonggong --The Datu Hakim

--The Datu Imaum

-Inche Mahomat Zin

Clerk-Ee Beng Chuan

Malay Writer and Interpreter-Inchi Alli

bin Inchi Bakar

Chinese Interpreter-J. Lim Keng Choey

-Low Leong Whee

Do.

GENERAL AND Police Court, Kuching Magistrate Hon. Ivone Kirkpatrick

Caldecot (absent)

Acting Magistrate--Hon. R. S. Douglas Magistrate-H. B. Crocker

Asst. Magistrate The Datu Bandar

Do. -The Datu Temonggong

The Datu Hakim

Do.

Do.

-The Datu Imaum

Do.

--Inchi Mahomat Zin

COURT OF REQUESTS, KUCHING Magistrate--F. G. Day

BANKRUPTCY COURTS Established in Kuching, Muka, and Sibu Presidents--Senior Officers of districts Assistant Judges-Principal Magistrates of

districts and three delegated natives

THE DATU'S COURT, KUCHING Judges-Datu Bandar, Datu Hakim, The

Datu Imaun, Inche Mahomat Zin

Clerk--Mohamat Sharip

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