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SARAWAK GOLF CLUB

SARAWAK-BRITISH NORTH BORNEO

President-Hon. C. A. Bampfylde Hon. Secretary-B. Shelford

SARAWAK CLUB

Trustees Hon. C. A. Bampfylde, C.

1. Harvey, C. W. Daubeny Hon. Secretary-C. W. Daubeny (alt.) Joint Acting Hon. Secs.-J. È. A.

Lewis and M. G. Bradford

SARAWAK GAZETTE

F. H. Dallas, editor

SARAWAK CUTCH Co., LD., Santubong

H. H. Everett, manager

F. D. Toyne

SARAWAK READING ROOM

Hon. Secretary-R. Shelford, B.A.

C. Poncelet, librarian

SARAWAK & SINGAPORE STEAMSHIP CO., Ln.

Agents The Borneo Company, L. Agents in S'pore-Ong Ewe Hai & Co.

SARAWAK MUSEUM

Curator-R. Shelford, B.A.

SCHOOLS

Mission Schools (S.P.G.), Kuching

B. C. Perry, head master C. Poncelet, assistant Allan,

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The Misses Sharp (two), mistresses,

Girls' School

Quop School

Rev. F. W. Nichols Rev. Chong Ah Luk Sabu School, Undup Rev. W. Howell Banting School

Rev. E. Gomes, B.A. Kalakka School

Rev. E. Gomes, B.A.

Government Free School, Kuching

Malay-Inchi Sawal, Sallet Government Chinese School, Bau

Teacher-Tee Nyat Poh

Sarawak Union (oldboysofS.P.G. Mission)

President-The Bishop

Vice President--Vicar of Kuching Secretary-B. C. Perry

BRITISH NORTH BORNEO

This territory, formerly known as Sabah, situated at the northern end of the island of Borneo, has a coast line of about 500 miles. The population is supposed to number about 120,000, which includes about 10,000 Chinese. The chief geographical feature in the territory is the mountain of Kina Balu, about 13,698 feet high. The principal river on the West coast is the Padas; on the East there are the Kinabatangan, Labuk, Sibuku, Sugut, Segama, and many others. The best harbours are those of Gaya on the West coast, Kudat on the North, and Sandakan on the East.

The climate is particularly pleasant for the tropics; the days are rarely very hot, while a blanket is often required at night; and very little inconvenience is experienced from insect pests, such as mosquitoes and the like. Hurricanes, earthquakes, and other natural disturbances are unknown. The seas are teeming with fish, and the prospects of an export trade in dried and salted fish are encouraging. Trade with Hongkong, especially in timber, is well established, and steamers for Hongkong and Singapore, whence the majority of the trade supplies are obtained, are frequent. Amongst the zoological productions of North Borneo are to be noted elephants, rhinoceros, deer of three kinds, wild cattle, 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.

Sandakan has a magnificent harbour and 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, oil, sugar, &c. The chief exports are tobacco, timber, cutch and rattans, gutta-percha, india-rubber, birdsnests, seed pearls, trepang, sharksfins, camphor, cutch, tortoiseshell, dried cuttle fish, beeswax, and other natural products, which are brought in from the interior, the neighbouring Sulu Archipelago, &c. The imports for the whole colony for 1899 amounted to $2,456,998, as compared

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