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in the shade, while in the cool season tin* glass fall* to G.V 3 . The country 

 is well watered by the ^egamm KiiniLni?, Papar, Tunipusuk, and ninny 

 either -tr.-;4in^, and £t> fertile yield- \t*»-«l rr- rin\ vain*. .-si#-», 

 urrow-n »i it, pc pper, betel, and tobacco. Cacao, coffee, the CQQOti, pnl niyru, 

 and araca palms, are also cultivated, while the forests abound in 

 ubimy, cjutipburj billan (immvood), giitta-p-ere.hu, india-rubber, rattan*) 

 and cinnamon, Although it in h»s« rich in mineral* than Sarawak, 

 gold is report**!, to abound, especially in lliti Schauta river basin, 

 while coid appears to exist both on the east und west coasts. Traces 

 of tin have .'ds.ii Iwen discovered, and several extensive pearl fisheries 

 are e oaoprfa e d within the company's boundaries. Bnt at present the 

 export trade H mainly rewtrieied Oi rumple ir t ebony, rat lam*, Nip', nod 

 edible birds'-ttests, A powerful saw-mill is now at w^rk at Elopitra, 

 which has beeuiue the ennipany'fl chief trading place. It sliuids on 

 ft headland cmiiuiiiiidLiig 1 lut ;i[iprii;Li'}i tu San.,lak.m lh»y. 



In connection with tliis prnmism^ i-ntpxprisu willnlwayi bajTOPiPWltfj 

 associate<l the nam** «f two persons — finrttn (tiwf*'rl\ to whom \* duu the 

 first conception of the scheme, ami Mr. Jlftrd fkwi, who supplied thfl 

 nu^iJis of carrying it out. The Provisional Company was formed in 1877, 

 atkd her Majesty'* Charter was signed on November 1, 1881. Three prin- 

 cipal estalili fill iii cmtfl or reeadenoiea htive already been organ iaed, on tho 

 lioilh-We»t u-.itwt, r,]j l3u- :tnd Tmnpuvtlk 'riVer*, flint at Suudhikan 



Harbour on l\w east ctwkst. Thu ^n'eniuiL'iit is comlaetud by a governor, 

 agisted by a coumil and by residents, the Uhtml ndmhijjrtration of a 

 British f*i'Ow"u culony beinjj ciillii'ivj to as far ilh praclienMi'* lint although, 

 enjovhig a I'hnrtiT, North I Somen has not yet been formally recognised as 

 a British protectorate. 



Labuan. — This id ."it id, wliieh wo- f-=-l.:i-»-.l iy British 

 government from the mi t tun of Brunei in 1847, lies six miles ^tr the 

 north-went coast of Borneo in 5* 16' 3v T . lal., 115" 15' K long, ttii 

 twelve miles lonjj and five or six wide at its broadest part, with an 

 area of a little over thirty square miles. The settlement was formed 

 mainly on account of the rich e«ml depths, whieh have noYerthelerv! 

 proved the rinn of three eotKtpanieS) and are miw little worked. The 

 output feU Erom t5000 tniw in 1&7G to 800 in lfi82 (Guillcmant). 



Ijihuan has a fine port, and hivs Wcono 1 n m;irk*'t f»r thu pn^litiv uf tin.- 

 neighboariug eoi«»t« of Bonieo and the Suln Archirwdngo, M0fl *m camphor, 

 gnlta, iudia-mbbev, wnx ( pearl n,, tortoise-shell, birdhi'-nestg, and tApnnj*, 

 farwarJeil rtmitity la Singnpure. Tu the same place is sent the sago-llotir 

 pn puretl ntthm 1 factories m the ialioid from tho imported raw material. 



J,fibci.iii is ailinimKtt>rvd by n fiavertior under the Colonial Ollbv, who 

 also acts as Ccnsul-Ueneral for Borneo under the Foreign Ofllce. 



