STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. 
Paper to be laid before the Legislative Council by Command of 
His Excellency the Governor. 
Report on Labuan for the Year 1912. 
Revenue and Expenditure. 
The Revenue for the year was $76,084.40, as compared with $78,990.44 in the 
previous year. The Expenditure amounted to $99, J 99-3 2 > as against $105,989.87 
in 191 1. 
Abstracts of Revenue and Expenditure are appended (A and B). 
Trade. 
The trade of Labuan showed an increase of $271828 under Imports and $72,105 
under Exports on that of 1911. The mines at Coal Point which were closed by the 
Labuan Coalfields Company, Limited, on the 9th March, 1911, have not yet been 
re-opened. This as was pointed out in the annual report seriously affected the pros- 
perity of the island as the Company formerly employed 13 Europeans and 800 Chinese 
and spent about $20,000 per mensem in the place. 
The comparative values of the trade of the island in the past three years were as 
follows 1 — 
Merchandise :■ 
1910. 
■ m f „ 
191/. 
1912. 
Imports 
• • • 
$ 
... L437>390 
$ 
1,258,885 
$ 
1,286,713 
Exports 
... 1,217,132 
% 
1,075,236 
iT47,34i 
Total 
... $2,654,522 
2,334,i2i 
2,434,054 
The imports 
and exports 
to ports other 
than the Straits Settlements ports 
were : — 
19 JO. 
/(?//. 
1912. 
Imports 
• * * 
$ 
602,743 
$ 
662,813 
$ 
664,809 
• * V 
Exports 
, . . 
727,724 
648,333 
805,602 
* 
• 
Total 
... $1,330,467 
1,311,146 
1,470,411 
The importation of Brunei coal from the Sarawak Government mines decreased 
slightly during the year. 
Eleven thousand six hundred and ninety-two tons were exported as cargoes and 
bunkers, being 656 tons less than in the previous year. 
The import trade with Singapore increased in value by $25,832. 
The export trade with Singapore decreased $85,164 and that with British North 
Borneo increased by $139,7*8. The exports to Brunei and Sarawak show a slight 
decline. 
