Annual report on North Borneo / Colonial Office.

  • Great Britain. Colonial Office.
Date:
[1952]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report on North Borneo / Colonial Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    loyalty, and will long remain a vivid and happy memory, while for the generations to come Kent College, the Duchess of Kent Hospital and the Marina Barracks will be permanent reminders of the Royal interest in the Colony’s affairs. The Government and the People Major-General Sir Ralph Hone, k.c.m.g., k.b.e., m.c., t.d., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony, was absent on leave from the 16th February until the 18th July. During this period the Chief Secretary, Mr. J. Calder, c.m.g., was the Officer Administering the Government. Mr. Calder came to North Borneo as the first Chief Secretary of the new Crown Colony in July 1946 and in September, 1952, he left on leave prior to a well- earned retirement. His six years of office, which included a total of over two years as Officer Administering the Government, were notable for the re-establishment of good government and the planning and commencement of a sound rehabilitation programme following the destruction of the war years and the confusion and malaise of the Japanese occupation. His valuable administrative experience will be greatly missed. During the six months of the year that he was in the territory, the Governor as in previous years travelled extensively and so helped to maintain and emphasise the happy personal relation¬ ship between the Government and the governed, which he has done so much to foster. Full details of the administration of the Colony are given under Chapter 3 of Part III. The Governor continued to receive invalu¬ able advice from Executive Council which met five times during the year. A further step forward was taken in the consolidation of the Colony’s laws, and twenty-four Ordinances were enacted with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council which met on two occasions. Statutory Boards and Advisory Committees continued to keep Government closely informed of public feeling and to interpret official policy to the people. The diversity of activities in which they were engaged may be seen from the list given in Appendix I. An advance in associating the people more closely with the Government of the Colony was made by the establishment of a Local Authority, under the Rural Government Ordinance, 1951,