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Sandakan Hotel

BRITISH NORTH BORNEO-LABUAN.

Sun Kwong Lung, proprietor

J. A Simoes, manager

CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

Rev. W. H. Elton, chaplain

ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION.

Very Rev. Thos. Jackson, prefect apos-

tolic, superior, Kuching, Sarawak

Rev. A. Prenger, Bundu Rev. B. Punleider, Putatan Rev. J. Byron, Sandakan

Rev. J. Verbrugge, Sandakan

Rev. Fr. Reintjes, Sandakan Rev. B. Kurz

WEST COAST DISTRICT. Resident's Office.

Resident of West Coast-G. L. Davies,

Kudat

Magistrate-R. D. Chapman

do. -D. Caton

Cashier and Assistant-E. C. Trotter Malay Writer-Abang Daraham Medical Officer-

Treasury and Customs Department. In charge of Treasury-E. C. Trotter Customs Clerk, Kudat-D. Scheyne

Judicial Department.

PROVINCE Keppel.

Maistrate in charge-J. E. G. Wheatley Magistrate in charge Papar, &c.--J, G. G.

Wheatley

Treasury and Customs Department. In charge of Treasury-H. S Haynes

Judicial Department.

Magistrate of Provinc-J.E. G. Wheatley Do., Papar, Benoni, &c.—J. G. G.

Whatley

Postal Department.

Post master-H. S. Haynes

PROVINCE DENT.

Assistant Resident-F. G. Callaghan Clerk, Batu Batu-E. Clark

Treasury and Customs Department. In charge C. A. Francis, Mempakol

Judicial Department.

Magistrate of Province-F... Callaghan Magistrate and Acting Treasurer-J. G.

G. Wheatley

Postal Department.

Postmaster-C. A Francis

COMMERCIAL AGENTS B. N. BORNEO Co. Amoy-Russell & Co.

Brunei-Capt. Tummonggong Kim-Swee Hongkong-Birley, Dalrymple & Co.

Judge of District Sessions Court-G. L. Ningpo-Wadman & Co.

Davies, Kudat

Imaum-Hadji Durhime, Kudat

Postal Department.

Postmaster-E. C. Trotter

Penang-Brown & Co.

Shanghai-Alfred Dent & Co.

Singapore-A. L. Johnston & Co. Swatow-Jardine, Matheson & Co.

LABUAN.

This, the smallest British Colony in Asia, was ceded to Great Britain by the Sultan of Brunei in 1846, and taken possession of in 1858. It is situated on the north-west coast of Borneo in latitude 5 deg. 16. min. N., and longitude 115 deg. 15 min. E. It has an area of 30 square miles, and is about six miles from the Borneo coast. Although Labuan possesses a fine port, has extensive coal deposits, and by situation seemed likely to become a depôt for the trade of the north coast of Borneo, it has only partially fulfilled the expectations formed of it. The pro- duce of Brunei finds a market in Labuan, but the volume of the trade is small. The value of the trade in 1887 was imports, $370,751; exports, $417,551. There are three sago manufactories on the island, where the raw material is converted in flour, for export chiefly to Singapore. The Government is now administered by the British North Borneo Company, having been turned over to it by the Imperial Government in 1889. The population is slightly under 6,000, of whom the bulk are Malays. The Chinese, who number over a thousand, are the chief traders, and most of the industries of the island are in their bands. The European population, under twenty in number, consist mainly of Government officials. The revenue is chiefly derived from the farming out of licenses to sell tobacco, spirits, opium, and fish. Mr. Č. V Creagh, Governor of British North Borneo, has been appointed also Governor of Labuan