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LABUAN
owned by Chinese. Coconuts are being planted on the saine land. There is regular steamship communication with Singapore and Sandakan, as well as with the local ports. The Government was administered by the British North Borneo Company from 1890 until January 1, 1906, when the Colonial Office again resumed direct control, and Labuan was incorporated with the Straits Settlements in January, 1907. The population in 1919 was 6,522, of whom 4,700 were Malays. The Chinese, who number about 1,800, are the chief traders, and most of the industries of the island are in their hands. The Europeans (34) include Government officials, the staff of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company, and traders. The Labuan Coalfields Company, Limited, are lessees of the coal mines in the island, but ceased operations in March. 1911. The export in 1910 was over 92.000 tons. A Company, styled-The Labuan Exploration Company, has been formed in London with the object of prospect- ing for minerals in Labuan. The revenue is chiefly derived from the farming out of licences to sell tobacco, spirits, and fish. It amounted in 1919 to $38,308, as compared with $35,268 for 1918, the expenditure in the respective years being $81,927 and $84,092. The value of imports and exports (merchandise only) was as follows:--
Imports Exports
1918 $1,548,296
1919
$2,109,616
1,215,265
1,639,314
$2,763,561
$3,748,930
DIRECTORY
RESIDENT'S OFFICE
Resident -G. E. Cator Officer-in-Charge E. Roberts Chief Clerk-Soo Chong Oi
TREASURY DEPARTMENT Acting Treasurer F. Stanley Chief Clerk-Gwee Jim Swee
POST OFFICE
Postmaster-G. E. Cator Chief Clerk—A. L. Mowe
HARBOUR OFFICE
Harbour-Master-E. G. Goldfinch Import and Export Clerk-F. D. Raphae
DISTRICT AND POLICE COURTS
District Judge-G. E. Cator
Asst. District Judge, Magistrate of Police--
E. Roberts
COLONIAL MEDICAL DEPARTMENT Medical Officer--T. C. A. Cleverton, M.R.C.S.,
L.R.C.P.
LAND DEPARTMENT
Clerk-Mohamed Taimimh
Land Bailiff-Mohamed bin Daley
PUBLIC WORKS AND SURVEY DEPARTMENT Executive Engineer - Edmund Roberts,
M.I.MECH.E.
POLICE
In charge of Police-Chief Inspector G. A.
McAfee
VICTORIA GOAL
Superintendent-The Resident
Warder-Sergeant Major Mangal Singh Clerk-Mohamed Sayed
ASIATIC PETROLEUM CO., LTD.-Tel. Ad: Vanscolina; Codes: Bentley's Complete Phrase and Oil Supplement
CHURCH OF ENGLAND-Church of Our
Holy Saviour
EASTERN EXTENSION. AUSTRALASIA AND
CHINA TELEGRAPH Co., LTD.
R. M. Macalpine, superintendent
W. S. Bevan, supervisor
ENG WATT & Co., Merchants-33, Beach S Koh Eng Watt, managing owner
Chua Choo Liong, mgr., signs p. pro. T. K. S. Phillip, bookkeeper T. A. K. Joseph, assist. do.
GOVT. REST HOUSE-Beach St., Victoria,
managed by Government
JOHNSON, J., Proprietor, Kiamsam Estate
LABUAN COAL DEPOT-Tel. Ad: Lewis,
Labuan
LABUAN GOLF CLUB
President The Resident
Hon. Sec. and Hon. Treas.-R. M.
Macalpine