§ MR. WEIRTo ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he can furnish information in regard to the reported discovery of smokeless coal in the North-East of British North Borneo.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton.) We understand that a discovery of smokeless coal has been made at a place called Jambongon, on the north-east coast of the British North Borneo Company's territory. Full details have not yet been received, but investigations are in progress.