1500
LABUAN BRUNEI
HARDIE, JOHN, Merchant and Commission
Agent
ISLAND TRADING Co., Ltd., Cutch Extract Manufacturers, &c.- Brunei (and Sara- wak); Tel. Ad: Acreage
E. G. U. Whyte, general manager
H. C. W. Hall, engineer
S. F. Rogers,
do.
W. A. Duce, accountant
H. G. Browning, engineer assistant J. E. Phelps.
Staff at Selalang, Sarawak
T. A. Robarts, manager
F. Chapman
do.
W. Doughty, engineer asst. S. B. Clarke,
H. Iredale,
do.
do.
JOHNSON, J., Proprietor, Kiamsam Estate
KEASBERRY, J. P., Architect and Surveyor,
Land Agent
LABUAN COALFIELDS Co., LTD.-Tel. Ad: Central. Head Office: 28, Fenchurch St., London
A. G. Vanscolina, representative
LABUAN GOLF CLUB
President J. Hardie
Hon. Sec, and Hon. Treas.-G. E. C. K.
Davidson
LABUAN RECREATION CLUB
President G. E. Cator
Committee-A. G. Vanscolina, H. G. Crummey, E. Roberts, K. P. Menon (hon. sec. and treas.)
LABUAN WATER Co., LTD.
PULO DAAT CO., Planting, Coconuts, Rub-
ber-Ylang Ylang; Tel. Ad: Daat
SANITARY BOARD
The Resident (chairman) The District Officer The Executive Engineer The Medical Officer
SARAWAK GovernmenT AGENCY AND COAL DEPOT (Also Brooketon Mines)-Tel. Ad: Lewis; Codes: A.B.C. 5th Edition, Al, Watkin's 1904, and Scott's 1909
ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH
Rev. C. E. Swinnerton, M.A., chaplain
STRAITS STEAM SHIP CO., LTD., Singapore
A. G. Vanscolina, agent
BRUNEI
The sovereignty of the Sultan of Brunei has been reduced to a wedge of territory of some 4,000 square miles, practically surrounded by Sarawak. With a coast line of 100 miles it embraces the Districts of Belait, Tutong, Brunei, Tamburong and Labu. There is only one town of any size, Brunei or Dar-ul-Salam (city of peace), which has a population of 9,767 persons. The census of 1911 shows a total of 21,718 for the whole State. Of these some 300 are Chinese. The Europeans numbered 8 in Brunei Town. The town itself was formerly composed of houses built in the river on nibong piles. With the establishment of peace and order, however, the natives have gradually learned the advantages of cultivation and have migrated to terra firma, and all business in the town is now conducted on land. The Chinese have built some 30 stone and brick shops and houses, and all government buildings are on land. At Muara Damit (Brooketon) leased to Raja Brooke, and where there is a colliery, there is a settlement of 1,447 persons.
The land may be said to slope gradually from a backbone of mountains, of which Mount Mulu in Sarawak territory is the largest, towards the sea. It contains no noticeable peaks such as Kinabulu in British North Borneo. The bars at its river mouths and the rapids which occur within 30 miles and less of the sea prevent any but limited navigation. Launches drawing 5 or 6 feet can enter the Belait and Tutong Rivers except in the monsoon season. Steamers drawing 12 feet can at all times reach Brunei Town, situated some 12 miles from the river mouth at Muara. The climate is damp and warm. The annual rainfall exceeds 100 inches. No marked changes of temperature occur, in which respect the country resembles the Malay Peninsula. The nights are cool.