APPENDIX B.-STATE OF NORTH BORNEO-Continued.

(4.) REVENUE and EXPENDITURE of the POST OFFICE and TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENTS of the BRITISH NORTH BORNEO COMPANY in each of the Years 1900 to 1906.

NOTES.-Particulars respecting the number of Post Offices and the amount of correspondence dealt within each of the above years cannot be stated.

For rates of exchange, see Table No. 2, p. 5.

for

(5.) LENGTH of the BRITISH NORTH BORNEO COMPANY'S RAILWAY open TRAFFIC at the end of each of the Years 1899 to 1905, together with the RECEIPTS and WORKING EXPENSES during the six months ended 31st December, 1905, and during the twelve months ended 31st December, 1906.

APPENDIX B.-STATE OF NORTH BORNEO-Continued.

(6.) RATES of DUTY LEVIED on PRINCIPAL ARTICLES IMPORTED, and on all DUTIABLE ARTICLES EXPORTED, into and from BRITISH NORTH BORNEO, according to the latest available RETURNS.

NOTES.-The pikul

==

1334 lbs.; the kati

=

00

4

00

ad val.

5%

per kati

0

01

0

02

per lb.

0 02

14 lbs.; the tahil or basing=th of a kati All goods (not being contraband), the produce of other countries, imported for export through bond to other countries, or other districts in North Borneo, are exempt from import and export duties.

(a) No liquors shipped from bond in Labuan shall be landed in Provincos Keppel, Dent or Clarke, unless the duty thereon shall have been paid in Labuan.

APPENDIX B.-STATE OF NORTH BORNEO-Continued.

(6.) RATES of DUTY LEVIED on PRINCIPAL ARTICLES IMPORTED, and on all DUTIABLE ARTICLES EXPORTED, into and from BRITISH NORTH BORNEO, according to the latest available Returns-cont.

Agricultural produce not otherwise specified
Other jungle and sea produce not enumerated

per pikul

aa val.

per ton of 40 c. feet

per English lb.
per 1000 rolls

per kati
ad val.

00

(d)

21%

16
10

2

00 (c)

1

00 (c)

NOTES. The pikul = 1334 lbs.; the kati = 1 lbs.; the tahil or basing=th of a kati; the gantang 1 gall.'"

All goods (not being contraband) the produce of other countries, imported for export through bond to other countries, or other districts in North Borneo, are exempt from import and export duties.

(a) No import duty will, it is stated, be collected in any district, bat the importer must show his receipt for export duty paid.

(b) See note (a) on the previous page.

(c) Timber exported to Labuan for consumption therein, as well as for housebuilding by the Labuan and Borneo Coal Co., Free. Sawn timber is dutiable at two-thirds the above rates.

(d) The duty of 10% ad. val. imposed on rice is suspended until further notice, to encourage the growers.

1636.

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APPENDIX C.

TERRITORY OF SARAWAK.

[Under British protection by Agreement from June 14th, 1888.]

(1.) ESTIMATED AREA and POPULATION of the TERRITORY of SARAWAK in the Year 1906.

(2.) STATISTICS of REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, TRADE, and SHIPPING for each Year from 1892 to 1906.

(3.)

APPENDIX C.

TERRITORY OF SARAWAK -Continued.

AMOUNT OF PUBLIC DEBT outstanding at the end of each of the Years 1901 to 1906.

(4.) NUMBER and NET TONNAGE of SAILING and STEAM VESSELS BUILT in each of the Years 1901 to 1906.