North Borneo 1958.

248 Pages·1959·27.661 MB·English

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North Borneo
LONDON
HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE
1959
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(Inf onnation Department)
Operation “Flying Dusun”, June, 1958
COLONY OF NORTH BORNEO
ANNUAL REPORT, 1958
Published by Authority
GOVERNMENT PRINTING DEPARTMENT, NORTH BORNEO
Printed at the
Government Printing Offic
Jesselton, North Borneo,
W. A. Spradbrow,
Government Printer.
1959
Contents
Page
PART I
Chapter 1 General Review ... ... ... ... 1
PART II
Chapter 1 Population ... ... ... ... 15
2 Occupation, Wages and Labour Organisation ... 20
3 Public Finance and Taxation ... ... 25
4 Currency and Banking ... ... ... 36
5 Commerce ... ... ... ... 37
6 Production
Land Utilisation and Ownership ... ... 46
Agriculture ... ... ... ... 50
Animal Husbandry ... ... ... 57
Forests ... ... ... ... 60
Fisheries ... ... ... ... 69
7 Social Services
Education ... ... ... ... 72
Public Health ... ... ... ... 83
Housing and Town Planning ... ... 89
Social Welfare ... ... ... ... 93
8 Legislation ... ... ... ... 99
9 Justice, Police and Prisons
Justice ... ... ... . 101
Police ... ... ... .. 102
Prisons ... ... ... ... 109
10 Public Utilities and Public Works
Public Works Department ... ... 112
Drainage and Irrigation ... ... 113
Electricity ... ... ... . 115
Water ... ... ... .. 117
11 Communications
Harbours and Shipping ... ... 119
Railways ... ... ... ... 127
Roads ... ... ... ... 131
Road Transport ... ... ... 133
Air Communications ... ... ... 134
Posts and Telegraphs Department 136
12 Broadcasting and Information ... .. 141
13 Geology ... ... ... ... 149
PART 111
Chapter I Geography and Climate ... ... ... 158
2 History
History ... ... ... ... 164
List of Important Dates in the History of
North Borneo ... ... ... ni
3 Administration ... ... ... ... 174
4 Weights and Measures ... ... ... 179
5 Reading List ... ... • ... ... 180
Appendices
Table of Appendices ... ... ... 183
Appendices I to XV ... ... ... 184
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Illustrations
Page
Cover
Sketch of Village Scene, North Borneo
Frontispiece
Operation “Flying Dusun”, June, 1958 ...
Opposite 24
Central Government Offices, Jesselton
Community Centre, Jesselton .... Opposite 25
Apas-Quoin Hill Road, Tawau, under
Opposite 40
Construction
Opposite 41
Cocoa in Bearing at Tawau ...
Young Hemp at Bombalai Estate, Tawau Opposite 56
Corona Hemp Factory at Bombalai
Opposite 57
Estate, Tawau
Tamparuli-Ranau Jeep Track ... Opposite 72
Tamparuli-Ranau Jeep Track from the
AIR ••• ••• ••• ••• Opposite 73
A Twin Pioneer of Borneo Airways ... Opposite 88
Site of Proposed Kinabalu National
Memorial Park, Kundasan ... Opposite 89
On the Way to Market — Kota Belud ... Opposite 104
Day-Dreams at the Market — Kiau
Dusun Girl at Kota Belud Tamu ... Opposite 105
Murut Hunting Party, Keningau Opposite 120
Mouse Deer (Pelandok) Opposite 121
Village Craftsman of Penampang
District Opposite 136
Basket Weaver, Penampang District ... Opposite 137
Log Pond at Bohiyan Island ... Opposite 152
Graphs
Imports and Exports ... Opposite 36
Imports and Exports — Values by
Country of Origin and Destination . Opposite 37
Maps
Distribution of Mineral Resources ... 149
Colony of North Borneo / nside back Cover
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