SARAWAK-STATE OF NORTH BORNEO
SARAWAK STEAMSHIP Co., LTD. (Incor- porated in Sarawak)-Tel. Ad: Steam- ship, Kuching; Codes: A.B.C. 5th ed., Scott's 10th ed.
Ed. Parnall, managing director
Agents
Oug Ewe Hai & Co., Singapore
2 SARAWAK UNION, THE (Instituted 1899)
President--The Bishop of the Diocese Vice-President-The Vicar of Kuching Hon. Secretary-S. H. Lawrence Hon. Treasurer-Tan Sum Guan Committee-Ong Seng Ewe, Lee Teck
Huat, Kueh Choo Seng Auditor (vacant)
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ST. MARY'S MISSION SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
Miss E. S. Andrews
Miss G. Sebborn
ST. MICHAEL'S CATHOLIC CLUB- - Kuching Rev. Father Haidegger, president Tan Boon Siew, vice-president
J. K. Liang Sian, secretary
ST. THOMAS' SCHOOL-Kuching
Warden-The Rt. Rev. The Bishop Headmaster-S. H. Lawrence Chaplains-The Rev. F. S. Hollis, L.
Th. E. G. Proctor
"THE CLUB," Miri
Hon. Sec.-B. Bromfield
STATE OF NORTH BORNEO
This territory, formerly known as Sabah, situated at the northern end of the island of Borneo, has a coast line of about 500 miles. The population is made up of Malays, Bajaus, Dusuns, Sulus, Filipinos, and is estimated to number 220,000, which includes about 30,000 Chinese. The chief geographical feature in the territory is the mountain of Kina Balu, about 13,700 feet high. The principal river on the West coast is the Padas. On the East there are the Kinabatangan, Labuk, Sugut, Segama, and many other valuable rivers. The best harbours are those of Jesselton on the West coast, Kudat on the North, and Sandakan on the East-the last-named being very spacious and possessing great potentialities.
The climate is particularly pleasant for the tropics; the days are rarely very hot, I while a blanket is often required at night; and very little inconvenience is experienced [
from insect pests, such as mosquitoes and the like. Hurricanes, earthquakes, and other natural disturbances are unknown. The seas are teeming with fish, and the re is a large export trade in dried and salted fish. Trade with Singapore, Hongkong and the Philippines is well established. A weekly steamship service is maintained 9 between North Borneo ports and Singapore by the Straits Steamship Company, and steamers run regularly to Hongkong and the Philippines. A local fortnightly service a is maintained by the Sabah Steamship Company, and a monthly service by the Osaka Shosen Kaisha from Formosa, the ports of call being Hongkong, Sandakan, Batavia, Semarang, Sourabaya, and Macassar. A great impetus is being given to Sandakan and the whole territory by the now frequent calling of the three Aus- stralia-China lines--the Australian Oriental Line, the Eastern and Australian S.S. Co., Ltd., and the newly-formed China and Australia S.S. Co., Ltd. The vessels originally came to Sandakan for bunker supplies only, but they are finding an increasing freight and passenger traffic and this should steadily expand. Most of the trade supplies are obtained from and through Singapore; and with Hongkong there is a c brisk and increasing trade in timber. Amongst the zoological productions of North Borneo are to be noted elephants, rhinoceros, deer of three kinds, wild cattle, pigs, bears, and pythons. Of game birds there are a few-argus, fireback, and bulwer pheasants, wild duck, many varieties of wild pigeon and doves, snipe, and quail.
Sandakan, the capital, has a magnificent liarbour and is the chief place of trade. 39 Jesselton, on the West coast, is rapidly developing, and several of the Government 9(Departments are located there. It is also one of the termini of the State Railway. The imports include cloth, rice, hardware, manufactured goods of all kinds, Chinese tobacco, Chinese coarse crockery, matches, machinery, biscuits, oil, sugar, etc. The chief exports are rubber, tobacco, copra, timber, cutch, coal, native tobacco