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in dried and salted fish are encouraging. A trade with Australia has already commenced. Amongst the zoological productions of Sabah are to be noted elephants, rhinoceros, deer of three kinds, buffalo (Bos Ghaur as well as Bos Banleng probably), pigs, bears, &c. There are pythons of 20 feet and upwards in length, but other snakes, particularly poisonous varieties, are very rare.
Of game birds there are a few, Argus, Fire back, and Bulwer pheasants, three sorts of partridges, many pigeons and doves, snipe and quail.
Elopura, in the magnificent harbour of Sandakan, is the chief place of trade. The imports include cloth, rice, hardware, inanufactured goods of all kinds, opium, Chinese tobacco, Chinese coarse crockery, matches, biscuits (a great many biscuits are consumed by the numerous produce collecting parties up country), oil, sugar, &c. The chief exports from Sabah are rattans, gutta-percha, india-rubber, birdsnests, seed pearls, trepang, sharksfins, camphor, tortoiseshell, dried cuttle fish, beeswax, and other natural products. These are brought in from the numerous rivers, the neighbouring Sulu Archipelago, &c. The imports and exports for 1886 represented a trade of $1,373,839 as compared with $1,049,959 in 1885. The value of the trade for the first half of 1887 was $677,410. The revenue in 1886 was £21,288 as compared with £18,605 in 1885.
The territory of Sabah was acquired from the Sultans of Brunei and Sulu by cession for a small annual payment in 1879-80, and the British North Borneo Com- pany was incorporated by Royal Charter on the 1st November, 1881.
DIRECTORY.
BRITISH NORTH BORNEO COM-
PANY.
Incorporated by Royal Charter, 7th November, 1881.
COURT OF DIRECTORS, LONDON.
Sir Rutherford Alcock, K.C.B., chairman Admiral A. C. Mayne, C.B., vice-chairman John Cunliffe
Alfred Dent
Edward Dent
John D. Dewhurst
Rt. Hon. Lord Elphinstone,
Hon. Sir Henry Keppel, G.C.B. Richard B. Martin, M.P.
Philip A. Myburgh, Q.C.
Assistant Manager-W. M. Crocker Secretary-Benjamin T. Kindersley Offices 4 & 6, Throgmorton Avenue,
London, E.C.
Governor and Commander-in-chief-
Hon. William Hood Treacher (absent) Acting Governor-Hon. W. M. Crocker Private Secretary
EAST COAST DISTRICT. Goverment Secretary-L. B. von Donop Clerk-P. F. J. Marcus
Malay Writer-Inchi Yusoff
SANDAKAN.
Resident's Office.
Resident of the Interior-W. B. Pryer
Treasury.
Treasurer and Auditor General-A. Cook Asst. Treasurer and
Wilson
Cashier-H. B. Dunlop Clerk-Tan Swee Hymn
Accountant-J.
District Court.
Judge-L. B. von Donop Registrar-P. F. J. Marcus
Magistracy.
Magistrate-Dr. J. H. Walker Clerk-P. F. J. Marcus Chinese Interpreter-G. Tek Seng
Land and Survey Dept. Commissioner of Lands-H. Walker Assist. Surveyor-J. Robertson
Clerk and Accountant-E. N. M. Ashness Draughtsman-Pong Chu On
Public Works Department.
Superintendent J. Robertson Apprentice-H. M. Marcus Overseer-Chong Ha
Harbour and Postal Dept.
Harbour and Postmaster-W. R. Flint
(absent)
Acting
do.
-H. B. Dunlop
Clerk-Inchi Yusoff