HC Deb 03 June 1902 vol 108 c1269
SIR THOMAS ESMONDE

To ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will state what decision has been come to by the Colonial Office with regard to the matters referred to in the Petition of the inhabitants of Labuan concerning the British North Borneo Company.

(Answer.) A great many points are raised in the petition, and I have not yet had time to come to a decision upon them.—(Colonial Office.)