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SARAWAK LIBRARY AND READING ROOM

Hon. Secretary E. Parnell

Hon. Treasurer-Hon. F. H. Dallas Librarian-J. Tambik

SARAWAK MUSEUM

Curator-John C. Moulton

SARAWAK SERVICE BANK-Kuching Hon. F. H. Dallas, manager C. Hong Szee, cashier and clerk

SARAWAK & SINGAPORE STEAMSHIP Co., LD.

Agents-Borneo Company, Ld.

Agents in S'pore-Ong Ewe Hai & Co.

SCHOOLS

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

Warden-The Bishop

Sub-Warden--The Vicar of Kuching H. W. Gregg, head master Kho. Guan Lim, assistant

Lee Keng Tye, do. Junit,

E. Than,

Phoa Hui Teng

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MissC.Sharp, MissOlver, Miss Kendrick,

Girls' School

Merdang School

Buda

Quop School

Rev. Chong Ah Luk

Sabu School, Undup

Rev. W. Howell Banting School

Government Free School, Kuching

Malay-Smail

Government Chinese School, Bau Chinese Institute

President-Vicar of Kuching Hon. Sec.-Kong Kwee En Sarawak Union (old boys' S.P.G.Mission)

President-The Bishop

Vice President-Vicar of Kuching Secretary-H. W. Gregg

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 made up of Malays Bajaus, Dusuns Sulus, Filipinos, and is estimated to number about 200,000, (see below) which includes about 12,000 Chinese. The chief geographical feature in the territory is the mountain of Kina Balu, about 13,700 feet high. The principal river on the West coast is the Padas; but the country possesses many considerable and valuable rivers. On the East there are the Kinabatangan, Labuk, Sugut, Segama, and many others, The best harbours are those of Jesselton on the West coast, Kudat on the North, and Sandakan on the East.

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The climate is particularly pleasant for the tropics; the days are rarely very 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 export trade in dried and salted fish is increasing. 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, and pythons. Of game birds there are a few-argus, fire back, and bulwer pheasants, wild duck, many varieties of wild pigeon and doves, nipe, 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, bêche de mer, sharks' fins, camphor, tortoise - shell, beeswax, and other natural products, which are brought in from the interior, the neighbouring Sulu Archipelago, de Coal fields are now being exploited, throughout the territary. The Cowie Harbour Coal mines at Silipopon have been worked with great success. For transporting coal there are two lighters capable of carring 450 tons each, two of 100 tons each, and another building. About 3,000 tons of coal is stocked at mines and at Sebatik.