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BRUNEI

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The natives are expert fishermen and the coast waters abound in excellent fish, which with rice-form the staple diet of the people. The principal imports are piece goods, tobacco, rice, kerosene and sugar. The main exports are cutch, rubber, sago and jungle produce. The export of rubber in 1929 was $2,301,625 lbs. Para rubber was exported for the first time in 1914-about 7,000 lbs. The value of rubber exports in 1929 was $742,999. Some Chinese have begun to plant pepper, a product for which Brunei was famous 150 years ago.

The public revenue in 1929 amounted to $345,290, as against $354,702 in 1928, and expenditure to $344,092, as against $350,005 in 1928.

DIRECTORY

Sultan-His Highness AHMAD TAJUDIN AKHAZUL KHAIRI WAD-DIN Ministers of State-PENGIRAN BENDAHARA AND PENGIRAN PEMANCHA

BRITISH RESIDNENT'S OFFICE

British Resident-P. A. B. McKerron Chief Clerk-Ibrahim bin Mohd. Jahfar

COURTS

Judge-P. A. B. McKerron Magistrate-Pengiran Shahbandar

CUSTOMS AND GOVERNMENT MONOPOLY Officer-in Charge-Chua Law Lee

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT

Medical Officer-G. H. Swapp

BRITISH MALAYAN PETROLEUM CO., LTD.

(Incorporated in England)

Board of Directors-The Right Hon. Viscount Bearsted, M.C., Sir Robert Waley Cohen, K.B.E., Andrew Agnew, C.B.E., Admiral Sir William Lowther Grant, K.C.B., & Walter Maclachlan A. H. Noble, general manager Labi, Brunei

O. S. Dickson, local manager

W. G. Clancy (labour & transport) Field Staff

G. C. Bryson E. V. Dallimore

J. Josh

J. Norman

Kuala Belait, Brunei

G. D. Randall G. J. Ross

L. G. Shaw

H. E. Tracy

J. P. Berkin, local manager

H. S. Mansbridge (office and stores)

POLICE FORCE (Brunei Police)

Chief Inspr. in charge (Brunei and La- buan), residing at Brunei-T. E. Murphy

POSTS AND TELEGRAPH DEPT. Acting Superintendent-Pengiran Mohd.

bin Pengiran Piut

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Engineer-in-charge-J. N. L. Hutton Clerk of Works-E. B. Keasberry

TREASURY DEPARTMENT

Treasury Clerk-Liew Thian Tai

Field Staff

J. M. Black B. de L. Bullock G. McFadzean J. A. Mackenzie

D. McKinnon J. H. MacPherson R. M. Smith

ISLAND TRADING CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Great Britain), Cutch Extract Manu- facturers, etc.-Brunei and Sarawak; Tel. Ad: Acreage, Brunei; Codes: Bentley's, Western Union and Broomhall's

Thos. A. Robarts, gen'l. ingr. for East W. H. Doughty, manager

W. B. Falconer, assistant

Gadong Estate

J. K. B. Coghill, manager

S. G. Fraser

K. E. H. Kay Guthrie & Co., Singapore, agents