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The crop on the whole was a good one, with the exception of 
Segama and Tuaran, damaged by flood and rain and Kamngau 
where pig and deer are said to have commuted extensive ravages. 
On Banguev Island, with a population of 700, the crop was an en ire 
failure and Government had to come to the assistance of the people 
who were theatened with starvation. 
Coconuts. , , 
Production is steadily increasing, the export of copra being 7,700 
nikuls against 5,200 in 1909. The cultivation is principally on the 
East cSsTbut there are indications that it will receive attention also 
on the West Coast. 
The results obtained by the Kultur Syndicate have been disappoint- 
ing. The West Coast native crop was very slightly below that of 
1909 . 
^Sago, like rice, suffered from lack of attention, a large number r of 
workers having sought employment on Estates. e 
factory closed down. 
Market Produce. . 
The production of vegetables, pigs, and fruit has received a 
stimulus from the opening of the Estates, and many fresh allotments 
have been taken up, especially in Beaufort and Membakut. 
General. 
The Resident of the Interior urges the suitability of the Kamngau 
district for a stock farm. Such an undertaking should prove very 
paying if attention were confined to a local market within the State 
Some 5,000 beasts were imported, mostly for slaughter, and there 
seems no good reason why these should not all have been grown in 
the country. 
METEOROLOGICAL. 
Rainfall returns were submitted by eight Government Stations 
and twelve Estates. The largest rainfall was recorded by Kamngau, 
with 182.58 inches, rain falling on 156 days. This record, if a correct 
one, is evidence of an exceptionally wet year. Second w order » 
Kudat with 168.98 inches, followed by Bongawan Estate with 149,04 
inches and Bongon Estate, Marudu Bay, with 146 inches. The lowest 
rainfall was recorded on Sapong Estate, 63.07 inches falling ? n ^ 
days, while Melalap, situated halfway between Sapong and Kamngau, 
reports 63-91 inches on 182 days. 
On the East Coast, Sandakan reports 123.22 inches on 209 days, 
and Tawao 95. 15 inches on 160 days. There has hitherto been no 
systematic compilation of the Meteorological returns of the various 
parts of the State, the only record of real value being a graphic table 
