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SARAWAK-STATE OF NORTH BORNEO

SARAWAK ELECTRICITY SUPPLY CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Sarawak)-Cable Ad: Sesco

Gen. Managers-United Engineers,:

Ltd.

Resident Engineer and Manager-

R. H. Bateman

Resident Engineer at Sibu-W.L.Clark

SARAWAK MUSEUM-E. Banks, curator

SARAWAK OILFIELDS, LTD. (Incorporated

in Sarawak)-Registered Office: Miri, Sarawak; Postal Ad: Miri, via Singa- pore; Cable Ad: Saroilco, Miri; Codes: Bentley's (with Oil Supplement) A.B.C. 5th edn.

London Agents-The Anglo-Saxon

Petroleum Co., Ld., St. Helen's Court, Great St. Helen's, London, E.C. 3 Singapore Agents-The Asiatic Petro-

leum Co. (S.S.), Ld.

A. H. Noble, general manager

F. F. Marriott, assist. gen. manager H. C. Wells, secretary and acct.

SARAWAK STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incor- porated in Sarawak)-32 and 33, Khoo Hun Yeang Street, Kuching; Cable Ad: Steamship, Kuching; Codes: A.B.C. 5th edn., Scott's 10th edn. and Bentley's

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E. Parnell, managing director · Straits S. S. Co., Ed., Singapore Agents

SIME, DARBY & Co., LTD. (Incorporated in S.S.), Plantation, Rubber and Tin Mine Agents and Valuers, General Import, Export and Produce Merchants, Ship- ping and Insurance Agents-Kuching

A. Hannigan, manager (for fuller details, see Sime, Darby & Co., Ltd., Malacca and Singapore)

TAN SUM GUAN & SON, Merchants, In- surance and Manufacturers' Agents and Dealers in Ice and Cold Storage-61, Ewe Hai Street; Teleph. 250; Cable Ad: Tansumguan; Codes: A.B.C. 5th edn., Bentley's, Acme and Private. Agencies

Union Assurance Society, Ld. (Fire) Commercial Union Assurance Co., Ld.

(Marine and Accident)

Manufacturers Life Insurance Co. Ford Motor Co. of Malaya, Ld. Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ld. Rudge-Whitworth, Ld., England Orange-Crush Co. (London), Ld. New Zealand Insurance Co., Ltd. Bata Shoe Company, Ltd.

Toye and Company, Ltd., London

STATE OF 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 and Muruts, and at the census in 1931 numbered 270,223, which includes about 47,799 Chinese. The chief geographical feature in the territory is the mountain of Kinabalu, about 13,450 feet high. The principal river on the West coast is the Padas. On the East there are the Kinabatangan, Labuk, Sugut, Segama, and many other valuable rivers. The best harbours are those of Jesselton on the West coast, Kudat on the North, Sandakan and Cowie Harbour on the East, the two last-named being very spacious and possessing great potentialities.

The climate is particularly pleasant for the tropics; the days are rarely very hot, while a blanket is often required at night; and little inconvenience is experienced from insect pests, such as mosquitoes and the like. Hurricanes, earthquakes, and other natural disturbances are almost unknown. The seas are teeming with fish, and there is a large export trade in dried and salted fish. Trade with Singapore, Hongkong and the Philippines is well established. A weekly steamship service is maintained between North Borneo ports and Singapore by the Straits Steamship Company, and

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