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in dried and salted fish are encouraging. The fact of the country, especially in the neighbourhood of Sandakan, being very sparsely inhabited offers particular facilities for planters as preventing any chance of complications with the natives, while the harbour lying almost directly in the track of the Australian steamers, it is hoped that large quantities of sugar, pepper, cocoa, sago, tobacco, &c. may be grown for direct shipment to Sydney, Adelaide, and other ports. 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, bear, &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.

Kudat, the principal seat of residence of His Excellency the Governor, is situated in Marudu Bay at the extreme north of the territory, and was selected on account of its central situation giving command of both coasts.

Elopura, in the magnificent harbour of Sandakan, is the chief place of trade. The imports include cloth, rice, hardware, manufactured goods of all kinds, opium, Chinese tobacco, Chinese coarse crockery, matches, biscuits (a great many biscuits are consumed by the numerous produre 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. It is an interesting fact that both the exports and imports have almost doubled year by year since the occupation of the country six years ago, and the revenue of 1884 was more than 60 per cent. higher than that of 1883.

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 Rt. Hon. Lord Elphinstone, vice-chairman James Brand

John Cunliffe

Alfred Dent

Fdward Dent

John D. Dewhurst

Hon. Sir Henry Keppel, G.C.B. Richard B. Martin, M.P.

Rear-Admiral R. C. Mayne, C.B. Philip A. Myburgh, Q.C.

Secretary-Benjamin T. Kindersley Offices-4 & 6, Throgmorton Avenue,

London, E.C.

Governor and

Commander-in-chief-

Hon. William Hood Treacher

Private Secretary

Colonial Secretary-Malcolm J. Brown.

EAST COAST RESIDENCY.

SANDAKAN.

Resident of East Coast-W. B. Pryer Chief Clerk-P. F. J. Marcus

Treasury.

Treasurer and Auditor General-A. Cook Asst. Treasurer and Accountant-W.

Macbean

Cashier-H. B. Dunlop

District Court.

Judge W. B. Pryer

Magistracy.

Magistrate-Dr. J. H. Walker (acting)

Land and Survey Dept.

Commissioner of Lands-H. Walker

Public Works Department.

Superintendent--J. Sampson

Harbour and Postal Dept.

Harbour Master and Postmaster-W. R.

Flint

Medical Department.

Principal Medical Officer-J. H. Walker,

M.B.

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