Colony of North Borneo annual report.

  • British North Borneo
Date:
[1962]
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Colony of North Borneo annual report. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    mail services between Jesselton and Ranau and between Beaufort and Sipitang were increased to four times weekly, and daily, respectively. With effect from the 12th March, 1962, arrangements were made for the exchange of air parcels, both ordinary and insured, with Sarawak, and from the same date, an air parcel service, for ordinary parcels only, was introduced from North Borneo to Japan, one service through the intermediate office of Singapore and the other service via Hong Kong. Agreement was reached with the Japanese Postal Administra¬ tion in August, 1962, for the exchange of direct closed surface letter mails between North Borneo and Japan. The first mail was despatched from North Borneo on the 6th September, 1962, by the office of exchange of Sandakan. Incoming mails from Japan were received at the Office of Exchange of Jesselton. The frequency in both directions was four to five mails a month. As from the 1st July, 1962, the Airport of entrance into North Borneo for mails purposes was officially changed from Labuan to Jesselton, as Labuan ceased to be a regular stop on the main air service. Agreement was effected in the early part of the year with the Hong Kong Postal Administration for the establishment of a cash on delivery service for parcels from Hong Kong to North Borneo. The service commenced on the 1st February and continued satis¬ factorily throughout the year. There was no indication during the year that this service was required for parcels from North Borneo to Hong Kong. On the 9th July, 1962, a Mobile Post Office was placed on service. This motorised office was based on Jesselton, and operated in accordance with published schedules in both suburban and rural areas. The classes of business transacted were the same as for a normal Post Office in the country except that money orders were not paid. Private Postal Agencies handling postage stamps, registration, parcels, and mails work were opened at Tanjong Aru (Jesselton), and Tamparuli, in the West Coast Residency on the 2nd July and 1st August respectively, and functioned satisfactorily. On the 1st September additional postal services were introduced at the District Office at Lamag, in the East Coast Residency, and the office was converted to a full scale cash accounting official postal agency. Similar conversions were effected at the District Offices at Membakut and Sipitang in the Interior Residency, on the 26th November. A full scale cash accounting postal agency was also opened at Bandau District Office in the West Coast Residency, on the 1st December.
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