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WHAT IS BEING EFFECTED IN NORTH BORNEO.
INTERESTING CHAT WITH ITS GOVERNOR.
[“ Hongkong Telegraph" Special
A notable visitor to Hongkong recently was H, E. Mr. A. C. Pear SOLE, Türfisvertor of British Notch Borneo. We took the opportunity
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Governor must have a knowledge
11. HONGKONG
Borneo?" interrogated representativa,
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our
"We are still in the very early stages of development. We export a certain amount of produes, rattan, etc. Our timber
trade was very badly hit by the
war on account of the shortage of shipping but it was partly set off by the fact that Exchange helped us tremendously. We cut in 1917 1,275,000 cubic feet of timber, and of these 800,000 cubic
feet were not exported on account of the shortage of ships. We recently established a Forest De partment which is doing very valuable work and we hope to develop the foresta mercially"
"Isa't your rubber industry a thriving one?" "We gut
the
away,
eventually of law. We have our own whole of our rubbar Judicial Commissioner, who has about 31 willion 1ba bad long experience in We also got away the whole of England as 3 barrister, our tobarea crup. The extension | The euntry is. divided of our rubber industry can be into five parts. Each has a Res-gauged by these figures:-1914, ident and a varying number of 12 million lbs; 1915,214 million District Officers under him. Dis- lbs.; 1916, 43 million lbs.; trier cers, as is the case in 1917, 53 million lbs. In 1913, Hongkong.
believe. are magistrates."
I
What code of laws do you have in North Borneo?"
imagine, the figures will be the same because a number of plantations fell into the scheme of restriction proposed by the "We have adopted the Indian London Rubber Growers' We export 70,000 Penal Code and the Procedure Association. Coles. These have been supplete 80,000 tons of coal every mental by a large number of year.” local ordinances,'
What are the commercial
of interviewing him-purely fron Why has the North Borneo prospecta in the future: an inquisitiveness to know how Company shown special partiality business men administer a State. for Indian law?" asked the Red tape is universally acknow-interviewer. leged to be stripped of business
acumen.
known 33
which is North BarueV,
"When peace is eventually signed, I imagine the commercial expansion will be rapid. We
under
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It suits the natives of the hope to start some coconut oil
mills. A larger area The two som gjentry admirably," hand-in-hand. A State aloin- "There are not many charter-cccounts will be coming into bear- istered by business men! It is sofel companies that administering in the next few years. There incongruolis, but it exists in a territories at the present time?" is a very poor market
present for copra "and strip of territory. 31,900 spara jemmired tile writer. miles equal to Scotlan 1- The only other une is the reconuts on account of the lack British Chartered Company of South of bottoms. In fact all bulky sufere severely The British Africa
Cargo have North Borneo Company, which "I presume that the Company through the war. Our rubber is has been incorporate by Royal hus created a number of depart-exported to England through Charter in November, 1881, is a mouts for the proper administra-Singapore and our tobacco to! limited Company with a Bard tour of the entry, just like in Holland. The bulk of our exports asserte goes through Singapore: There of Directors in London. The any British Colony,"
has been a large industrial Chairman of the Chartered Com representative.
list..
We have a number expansion in the manufacture of pany is the tt. Hon. Sir West
and Ridgeway, G.C.R., G.UM.G., of departments such as Customs. sage,
that practically down in 1918. It K.CSI, who was (hovernor of Survey, Forestry. Agriculture, elused
Ceylon had als Unier-Secretary Post and Telegraphs, Prisons, was all sold in Singapore. When
for Ireland. He is a very able Elnaativa. Land Office, P. W. D... I left, the market recovered a bit
hs: a
いだ others. ami all the Chinese firios were administrator and his rying in 'and
Ceylon is still talked about. The. We have a Government Secretary.
un
The
Chartered Company does not, la fact there are 81 Earopean trade. Its functions are purely officers of the Government. confined to administration, t'in appointment of the Governor of administration being practically British North Borneo is indefinite. the lines of "a Croc As a matter of fact, I have been Colony. Although the Company 22 years in the service and started does not trade, it facilitates as a cadet. The appointment of merve and helps people to develop the Governor is made by the Board of Directors at Home. the country.
There are 600 to 700 Europeans, inclu-ling Government officers, in the country.'
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beginning to work again."
"Is the State in a prosperous condition?"
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"Yes. In spite of the war, the volume of trade has increased each year. In 1914 and 1915 the trade dropped very slightly. In 1916 it, came up with the 1913 figure and in 1917 and 1918 it showed an increase. The chief The appointment of the Gover.
effect of the war on the balance is in nor of North Borneo is subject to
favour of imports rather alightly. The exports fell off simply for the approval of the Secretary of State for the Colonies. The "Does the Secretary of State for lack of ships."
to the Governor is not responsible to the Colonies dictate your policy? "How did you deal with your difficult to carry out the whole balance of one-sixth
work. We hope to increase this Chartered Company, the Raja of the Secretary of State for the Have you to seek his sanction for Germans?"
queried the
"Our Germans were interned establishment. Colonies. but to the Board of any legislation?".
Agriculture is Sarawak and the Protected State Directors .of the Chartered writer.
at the beginning of the "war and now beyond its primitive state,of Brunei," Company.
"ife has not expressed, any sent away with the Singapore and certain of the more advanced
As far tribes Is there been any conflict wish for a definite policy. We are Germans to Australia.
the plough and between the Secretary of State and at all times very pleased to carry as I know they are still there. harrow."
KOREAN SCHOOL GIRLS DEFIANT. We had a few Germans."
"la the country malarious?" the Directors?" asked the inter-out his wishes immediately."
On a recent Monday afternoon, "Have you a publicity viewer.
"Have you any trouble with enquired the writer. department
advertising the subject races or the Dutch on Malaria is not prevalent. 35 girl students belonging to the British North Borneo to attract the frontier?"
Certain parts are unhealthy. On Houseton College, an American settlers and capital?'
"We have practically no the whole the country is remark mission school, in Seoul, started મ demonstrative procession, We have no sach system, and trouble with our subjects. We ably healthy."
had a little trouble with a tribe In a State like North Borneo singing Christian hymns, their io not contemplate it."
What is your chief interest far away on the Dutch border at are you permitted to mint your parade being later participated in by over 1,000 demonstrators. Then where does the authority in Hongkong?" asked our re-the beginning of the war. It was on currency?'
crashed. The whole popula-presentative.
The police ordered the leaders to of the Secretary of State, for the presentative.
order was We disperse but the Our chief interest in Hong-tion,
indigenous and "We do not mint silver. Colonies come in?"
"North Borneo is a "British kong is getting Chinese settlers alien, behaved themselves tery have our own note issue, based on ignored. The authorities then
Borneo. to
The wall
the during Protectorate. The Secretary of down
the Singapore currency. We minta asked the principal of the school State for the Colonies, no doubt, Hakkas are excellent settlers and
"What return is the North certain amount of copper and to stop the demonstration, the would come to our assistance if we have several tens of thousands. Borneo Company paying its nickel but not much. We buy the principal also rejecting we were in trouble. In all ex-They make vegetable gardeus shareholders?"
currency of Singapore and cir-request. "It has gradually increased in calate it in the country.” ternal policies we go through the just outside the towns and the
women bring the vegetables and the early days from one per cent. "But, wouldn't it be advantage- Secretary of State."
As a to 4 and 1 per cent. The ous to have your own currency" "In that case the Company is fruits to the markets. vested with vast powers. How do general rule the men are carpen- revenue of the country is about "We have always had the you administer justice? In the ters, while the women are quite 2 million Singapore dollars and Singapore currency, so have
There has been absolutely no conflict at any time. If we want to do anything in the Colony we need not consult the Secretary of State. He very rarely interferes with our internal policy."
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case is sent
as a
För
systema
both
war."
asked our re-
BABY'S OWN TABLETS.
MAGICAL ÎN TEETHING.
the
case of a man found guilty of really to do anything. In fact the expenditure about half. The Labuan; a Crown Colony off the Every parent knows the worries murder, where does the appeal they command wages as much expenditure varies with the North Borneo Coast. AsfarasI am that come when the baby is teeth- ULD. Sode of the revenue, but instead, as you have concerned, I favour it. There are ing. Many parents have found lie ?"
If a man is found guilty his inhabitants of Borneo are lazy. in this Colony loans, the capital many arguments, for and against in Baby's Own Tablets help al- up for revisionThe Dasuns are our industrious of the Company was subscribed It has been very satisfactory most magical in its prompt
and I do not think we will change efficiency at this time. by two High Court Judges. It race. Money is no object to them. in London.'
An Official Analyst's certificate "How i your educational it." then goes to the Governor for They squander what they get.
worked naked our executive revision or "for final Further in the interior there is a
"Can you may anything of the goes with every vial of the Tablets guaranteeing that they decision as to whether the death tribe called the Harat. They are representative.
future of your state?" In education there are no "Twenty years hence North contain no opiate or narcotic. Perfectly harmless to even the sentence is to be carried out or not, half civilised. Their work is There is no appeal outside the chiefly in connection with cam Gorernment Schools but State Borneo will surprise every one, youngest infant, they soothe and Aaided schools. Most of these We hope to start a programme of promote sleep simply because country in criminal cases. The phor, rattan, gatta porcha, etc. Governor is the Chief Justice as good deal of these jungle produce schools are conducted by Roman road constraction as soon as we they help nature to get wrong well. He has a dual position, are exported to Hongkong. These Catholic and Church of England get engineers anri machinery.conditions right,
We will also extend our railways. Baby's Own Tablets, gently Incivil matters there is an appeal items are a minor part of the Missions, to the Privy Council in certain trade. The Chinese are showing"Do you devote much attention We have 120 miles of metre-gauge regulate the bowels, cure vomit- cases. There has not been an an increasing tendency to accept to the scientific development of railways. The Raja of Sarawak sing, Indigestion, colic, diarrhoea
work on the rabber plantations. cereals, etc?"
territory adjoins ours, The Raja are equally helpful to infante and appeal so far."
How does this system work? We maintain law and order with "We have an agricultural de of Serawak, as you know, is an children of all ages, expel worms,
break up simple fever and coids.
Of chemists, also post free, 60 Under the circumstances the police force of 800-200 Indians partment, which is a small one Englishman. His territory is Governor must not only be an and 600 natives of the country." at present. Its chief work is to larger, about 50,000 square cents the vial, from the Dr. administrator but also a lawyer?" "Is there much scope for the assist the agriculturist. We have miles. Five-sixths of the island Williams, Medicine Co., 96 8ze-
"The administrative machine development of the trade between a mycologist. He has found it belongs to the Dutch and the chuen Road, Shanghai. works very
smoothly. The Hongkong and British North
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