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SARAWAK-BRITISH NORTH BORNEO

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

B. C. Perry, head master

SARAWAK CUTCH Co., LD., Santubong

SCHOOLS

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SARAWAK Gazette

H. H. Everett, manager

F. D. Toyne

F. H. Dallas, editor

Sarawak Golf Club

President Hon. C. A. Bampfylde

Hon. Secretary-E. Shelford

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ARAWAK MUSEUM

Curator-R. Shelford, B.A.

ARAWAK READING ROOM

Hon. Secretary-Dr. A. J. G. Barker

C. Poncelet, librarian

ARAWAK & SINGAPORE STEAMSHIP CO., LD.

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

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C. Poncelet, assistant

J. Skadiang,

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Miss Clarkson, the Misses Sharp (two),

and mistresses, Girls' School

Quop School

Rev. F. W. Nichols

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

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

Rev. E. Gomes, M.A.

Government Free School, Kuching

Malay-Inchi Sawal, Salleh Government Chinese School, Bau

Teacher-Jee 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 rneo, has a const line of about 500 miles. The population is made up of Malays, jaus, Dusuns Sulus, Filipinos, and is supposed to number about 170,000, which ludes about 12,000 Chinese. The chief geographical feature in the territory is the untain of Kina Balu, about 13,700 feet high. The principal river on the West ist is the Padas; but the country possesses many considerable and valuable rivers; the East there are the Kinabatangan, Labuk, Sugut, Segama, and many others. e best harbours are those of Gaya on the West coast, Kudat on the North, and 'ndakan on the East.

The climate is particularly pleasant for the tropics; the days are rarely very hot, ile a blanket is often required at night; and very little inconvenience is experienced n insect pests, such as mosquitoes and the like. Hurricanes, earthquakes, and her natural disturbances are unknown. The seas are teeming with fish, and the ort trade in dried and salted fish is increasing. Trade with Hongkong, especially 'timber, is well established, and steamers for Hongkong and Singapore, whence the jority of the trade supplies are obtained, are frequent. Amongst the zoologiesł luctions of North Borneo are to be noted elephants, rhinoceros, deer of three ds, wild cattle, pigs, bears, &c., and pythons. Of game birds there are a few--argus, back, and Bulwer pheasants, wild duck, many varieties of wild pigeon and doves, pe, and quail.

Sandakan has a magnificent harbour and is the chief place of trade. The imports lude cloth, rice, hardware, manufactured goods of all kinds, opium, Chinese tobacco, inese course crockery, matches, biscuits, oil, sugar, &c. The chief exports are tobacco, ber, cutch and rattans, gutta-percha, india-rubber, birdsnests, seed pearls, e de mer, sharks' fins, camphor, cutch, tortoiseshell, beeswax, and other natural ducts, which are brought in from the interior, the neighbouring Sulu Archipelago, &c. imports for the whole colony for 1900 amounted to 83,178,929 as compared with 156,998 in 1899 and 82,419,097 in 1898 and 31,887,498 in 1897; and the exports to83,336,621 900 as compared with $3,439,560 in 1899 and 82,881,851 in 1898 and 82,942,293 in 1897. revenue in 1900 (exclusive of 81,264 land sales) was $587,226, and in 1898 8503,307, and 14 ordinary expenditure was $398,152 and in 1898 $387,261, extraordinary expenditure on ital account in 1900 being 8921,488. Tobacco-planting promises to become a great and

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