Colony of North Borneo annual report.

  • British North Borneo
Date:
[1959]
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Credit: Colony of North Borneo annual report. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    recommendations for a gradual reduction of staff in the case of some departments, for an increase in others and for an amalgama¬ tion or re-arrangement of duties in yet others. There are a number of departments. These include the Agricultural, Audit, Civil Aviation, Customs, Education, Forests, Geological Survey, Judi¬ cial, Lands and Surveys, Marine, Medical, Police, Posts and Telegraphs, Printing, Prisons, Public Works and Railway Depart¬ ments. The Civil Aviation and Geological Survey Departments and the Judiciary are joint departments for the three British Borneo territories. Labour and Immigration were until 1st January, 1954, dealt with by a single department under a Commissioner of Immigration and Labour. As from the beginning of 1954 the department’s title was altered to the Department of Labour and Welfare. It was intended that the immigration duties formerly undertaken should be handed over to the Police on that date, but because of staffing difficulties it was not possible to do this until 1st January, 1955. With the growing importance of broad¬ casting amongst its activities the title of the Information Office was changed to that of the Broadcasting and Information Department in 1957. The Administrator-General performs the duties of Registrar of the High Court, Registrar of Companies, Custodian of Japanese Property, Registrar of Births and Deaths, and Official Receiver under the Companies Ordinance. In addition, he is responsible for handling patents and trade marks within the Colony, although the Registrar of Patents and Trade Marks in Singapore has been appointed Registrar for North Borneo. Con¬ sequent upon a decision taken in 1952 the Fisheries Department was closed early in 1953. Numerous Statutory Boards and Advisory Committees have been established in recent years and are intimately concerned with the day-to-day administration of the territory. These include the Standing Finance Committee of the Legislative Council which consists of the Financial Secretary as ex-officio chairman, and five non-official members; the Standing Development Committee, composed of all non-official Members of the Legislative Council under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary; the North Borneo Credit Corporation with the Financial Secretary as Chairman; the Central Town and Country Planning Board; the Labour Advisory Board; the Board of Trustees of the War Victims Fund; the Rub¬ ber Fund Board; the Scholarships Advisory Board; the Board of Education, constituted under the Education (Amendment) Ordi¬ nance, 1956, under the chairmanship of the Secretary for Local Government; the Liberation Educational Trust; the Kent College Advisory Council; a Trade School Advisory Committee, an Advisory Committee for Apprenticeship and Vocational Train¬ ing; and the Social Welfare Council. The Electricity Advisory
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