n 
^Hw* — KimaniB, Papar, Tanipasuk, Pandaean, M$Dgkllbdug, Kinn- 
bat un Iran, and Ananain lUver in G-aj^a Bay. 
Suii ft /id Climate. -^'i'hQ testimony of all traveilors, which is confirm- 
ed hj statistics, shows that this part of Borneo is much cooUirtlian moat 
cotiii'trici! of thf^ same lutlnuie. Tlie extreme summer lifiiit is rurclyovt^r 
8a'' ill the sbafle; in t!ie cool scanun tlic Tntuiojum tLmperature 
falls to ii'^° 
Prott if eh, —It seema prohahlc thnt tliis territory lacks the arlvan- 
tuj^e of thv iiiinea of antimony ami othor mctaU ft>UTi(l in SarAwak, tluingh 
trarcs of ^ohl and of tin have Iktm found recently ; hnl there arc known 
to he several ©xtensivo ] carl fisheries wiili in the Cfjinpany's houotlaries ; 
and lastly, but perhaps most impurtant of all, coal appi-ar^s to eidst hoth 
on the East and West coasts. 
Eicc, yams^ sago, arrow-root, and sweet potatotft are cultivated 
by the natives; also the cocoa-nut, pis 1 ray ra and areca palms, pcppsT, 
hctcl, tohacco, cocoa and coffee. The* fort-st.s abound in ehony, 
mango, camp ht»r- wood, "aiul billa/t or iron-wood ; also gutta-percha, rubber, 
rattans, and einnamoti, are fouiKl wild. 
The trade of the er.uTitry at present consist-s mainly of the or- 
dinary jnnglc prod ncc of the eusterii islands, and the only exports, m yet, 
are birds' nests, obony* camj>hor, raltaus, and Siigo. A poweiiul saw- 
mill is now at work at Sundakan. 
Gfm'rnmt'itt. — The Govct*nment is administered by the Company's 
fJovernor, asNistcd by a Conm-il and by Rcsidcuts ; and the mode of 
administration in a British Crovra Colony is adhered to as far as prac- 
ticable. 
The Eeveniie as yet scarcely reaches SlCO,f)00 ; it is derived from an 
Opinm Farm, sales of land, export and import dues, &e. 
Labuan. 
This English Sctthmcnt oii the coast of Borneo was pureha.-:ed by 
the Bntish Govcri:mcnt from the Sultan of Brunei in 1817. The island 
of Labuan is situated on the North- West coast of Borneo, in 5° Ifi' 
lat.j and IIS*^ 15' E. longitude; it is 12 miles long, and at one part 
5 or 0 broad, eompri^>ing urea of 3'J square mfles. It is di'^tant 
from the coast, at the ncrtrc.*st point, about 6 milesj aud fi'om Brunei, 
the capital of Borjieo, about 3 J miles. 
The principal expeetations "f .success for the new Scttlenieut were 
founded upon the existence of rich coal dejiosits in the island, the deve- 
lopment of wbifh was ni.dertaken by a Companj" formed in Ivnghmd at 
the time, under the name of "The Eastern Archipelago Coiiipany." 
Keveitbelcss, the coal rLSOurces of l.abuan . still remr.in conip;iratively 
undeveloped. 
Labuan has a fine pnrt, and is a market for much of the produce of 
the neighbouring coasts of Borneo and the Sulu AreViipelaj?o ; such as 
bee*'' wax, edible birda' nests, camphor, gutta-percha, india-rubber, pearls. 
