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8arawal( Gazetto, must be dirccted to t)1e Ml.litorat \ the.GovernmentI)rinti~g Oftlcc,.!\ucl1iug,alldsent so. as to reach tile Office by thc,26th of tho montl1l\t,:>t~, lo.testortl1clr fl1ilJii~ation ,~illlll\ve't6be dcfotreduntil' theneiti8su...; ..~".; , Letters I\ml other oontributions t1l11St QOl\uthentiC1lt-

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.'1'WO' lIlost interesting articles, hav. stabil'ity of . tlm! Govern~nent.,ing reference to Sa.r1\V!\k, have A,p- the 'file Ex-chancellor fui'iher writes th'ri.t, pea red in the issues of the Pall Mall should t.)w people wish. it tlie 'Hajah Gaulle of the 7th aml 14th March; the one written'by His Highness the' "would have to take up his hat and, Haj'1h and the other ~y a. g~ntlemall . go.". 'fhis from the pen of a gentle,. ',mart of.U Jears ,experiencein Sara,. styling himself the Ex-cJlancellor (~ wak reaclsa little: stqu~gely. It is' not to the Exchequer, As most of our readers b(\ gainsaic1that sho\11(~such a \vish be will have all'eatly read Lhe arlicles reunanimotlsly expressed by .the popalafel'red .to, it will be needless to insert tion, the rosnlt,w()uld be as the' writef , them here, buL, iLSone or two of the Ex. cliall~ello.l"sstatements are, be- says, but hi~ experience llltist surely sides being a liWe conflicting, calcu- have taught him that snoh an oC'Cnrrence would be utterly inconsistent lated to l11i&lead, dobrief notice of his with the present state of affairs in :article may not he amiss. Sarawa\c, .in fact simply. impossible. '1'he: Ex-ehal1cellol' writes of the Rajah~s Go'vernment'a~ being one by ".The. Eea Dya1ts," the writer trn1y .

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any enemy" -both from without and .,ON the 'afternoon of the 21st ultimo, within. The Sea Dyaks are by farthe ,s~oke Wf1,Sobserved iSBuing from the

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Hon'blethecolony W. H. Tren.cber to be uo\'of of Labua.n in ,Acting additionGoverto tho

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for Foreign Afft\il's has also uppointed Mr, Trenche,l' t~ be H. D. ~1:.ConBul~Genero.l ilJ

to be denied and therefore .b dthey cannot .' descrI.e t d be B? d~te seas ;. theIr authority IS gradually makmg Itself felt, but their form -r Government, rather

the the Sultan of Brunei !\nd of tho terr~tortes Ii.f\Jnhof of ~nrn'\VAk.These ntt1l\lgamn.ted appointmentsmustbe vet.ygrat:{yingto Hi8_ Excellency"asn proofofthe coufhlenceplaced,. b.f,the Imporinlnl\thoritiesinhiBma.nagement

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With'respect to Governmentas appli. , ca~le to the natives. of Borneo, they. IN Upper Sa~awak atBau the Bor]~llght well take' a Illnt or two from! neo COI:npany"Limited" have re-comSal'awak. . Imenced stamping gold ore; or which .

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Borneo Company, been pleased to appoint the

t.11e E x-c1lancellor .wl'ltes a lIttle 'GovernorshiF of N o\'th Borneo.

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are little likely to occur. At the pre, "IN cO,nsequence o~Governor~L~Y,B proceeto ~ng!nnd on s!ck. lell.\~e,.the Secretnry. sent. moment. the. Emo pean staff of dmg of State 'for the ColoDles hl\s, with tlfo' «:onsent officers. cons~sts. of 43 and n?t 20 as of the COllrt of Di,'ectol's of the ,British NOl.tlt

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The somewhathigh t.lellothl'ateis -duo ~o'the faet tbo.t 0.ctlstom prev~ils am.ong tllC €:liinesc of.sending their sick to Hospital :in II..m.91:iound condition thereby shifting the onus,.of burial from themselves to tho' Govemmentl' Wit~l.roglli\1 to Hos,1)italncco~~o~atio~'~hb necessity fol' a doaa-houso adJolmng, Wltl:. tllible. &c. for 1'08t tnortem examinations, is nbl1ndnntiy iljdicatet.l. Such anadt.lition is Undoubtedly 0. matter of tl}e first import8.nce, both n~ iiiso.nHal'YJI':e~au;tio.in~'n'; qase~-by, no menhl! IUfrequent-oicorpses.Jela.yed 11\burial, and.l\s a means oC',enn.bli!lg(C.,ron/n's) jurics, in ca.ses'of supicious death, to found tlu~ir'ver~ di(,ts on inCol'lnlltion more .tl'ustlVor.thy than

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03 I beg to ca.ll -Yonr Higlmcss's rltt'ontidn to 'Q!;Al\n:RLY REPORT .ENDING 31sT MARCH, 1884. the cil'cnmstnnce that in thrt Prison Cella on thoTo . Kuchill,q, April, 1884. ground door, although ample provision'is madu llis HigllllcSRTltc Rajah. . forJlle .entrance of a1r from without, no gort of HAJAH,-I ban., the 110MI' to submit for Fovisioll exists. for ventih\.ting the foul ail' Gut Your Higuness's inspectiou the rvredical De- into.tlle corridor, 80 .that practically stagnation partment report for qual'tCl' ending 31st Mnrch of the atmosphe're lil'evnils with,in, attended '1884.. . . with evil conseqt16i1oes .~'o. tILt)halllth of' tho lJi,'pcIIM%/'y.:-Five hundred nnd sixty one pl'iaonel's Clnd \1\ol,'e'pal.ticularly;.those ~v1io'Se (561) patients of'a1lnationalities ho.vo receiv-. sentences do not pet'mit oC.their 1'emoval dur." . ed Medical and Surgical treatment dUl'iug the ing the day. . Militll1'Y ])cparlmelll.-103 men havc been quarter...243 . Mn]nys,.. ?n'tho siclt-list during the qunrter...2lG Chine~c... . . Intermittent Fever ...28 _ ... 67 Dyo.ks,.. Dyspepdlu and Di3ri'hro'[\' . ...23' ... 30 J avane~e, (~c. Glandu:lal' Iriflo.mmlitions ...~H.,'. , Heurt aud Chest Complain1s. f:! 5Q1 Rheumatism... ... 4. 'l'he I\bove figul'es do r.ot inolude the vel'y Misoella.llcolis,.. .,.1() consid~l'able number of nativos who have I'ecei ved Medicnl relief at Outstatiatls. 103 . Outstatiom.--Dul'ing the quarter Medical Police.-Follrtcen mon ha.ve be0l} off Ul\~y stores have been issued to the Collowing:011o.ccount of illness (luring the (lno.l.ter. Sadong and Sadong Coni Mine, Banting, . I have tbe honor to.be, . Kllfo.ko.,Sibu, Mukab, Bintulu, Bal'o.m, Luuuu, B.njah, Penrissen road. , Yotll'obcdipnt amI btimbl~ sel~vant" . Ilo'pital :.-In the Government H02pitul97 . C.G.'H.. STORIE, )!.B:, pa.tientd have recoived Medicnl and Surgical 2nd Mcdicat Odfcc/'. treatment during tho past three month~. -:0:-

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THE SARAWAK GAZETTE,

To tile Editor of "Tlce Sarawal, G(/~ett6." SIR,-As all your renders may not have noticed the following likely method of ridding theil' buildings of thosedestructive pesls white auts"which appeared in a late number d the Straits Time., '1\ publication of tbe same in your issue may be appreciated.'

orerthe borders r.t a. place,no.med Sima.ta.u, near'the Sidin village, these P~ Aim, who lives there himself, ho.s promised to bring bl\ck nfter the harvest. I was pleased o.t my reception by the Tringgus Dyaks, having been given to understand that on former visits of Governmentofficialsmo&tof the'peopleretired ,into the jungle, though probably there is some exaggeration in this; cerlninly s,uch''Wasnot

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IIA Dutoh 80lentifio perlodicnl in IIn I\rtlole quoted in the JIlTO:Bode of the 12th Jllnullry,re,oommends the use of "waranglln" or native IInenic liS nil effectin remedy IIgl\lnst ~hitollnts by sprinkling it'ln 1\powdered form 011the flooring of infoste
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matters, brought forwal'u any complnints, though no doubt as aOOIla8 nn Officer is permanently ~tatiolled here, witb whol)1 they c'an have free intel'cour~e without tbe medium of Malays, they will have m:tn)' complaints to make aud grievances to be arrnnged. ,.. I inteu,a visiting the other tribes on the.iefthaUll brandl .dUl-ing this . month: . ~, ., " . -CO~l't work has been very light, there' were only 11 Cases in the Bolice Conrt and I) in ;t1,IO COUl't of Requests, Olily 3 of the casesin the formet'Col11'~ wore soriolls; 'olie Malay sent,eneellto 2 years for theft tindfalae accustition, one Chinc~'e to G months for D.ssault, and n S'kal'ang Dyak is on remalHl charged with cutting anll woundin~ a Sambaa Dyuk. In the COl\l't of Bequests 56 sumlDonseswero issuod £0\' tho l'ecovelT of sums amounti!1g iu all to 0

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'.rheSirnmbu Dyaks huc for some'timebeen 'Mpptr-:o:~ .sut.i1lunh., living lit t)'e foot of Hirambl\ mountaino.t tl;eir "marongs" Ol' fllrming villages, wilbin Cl\sy Palw, l]J}Jer Saraiw7", walking distance of Pakn, Thcy have fOUl', , Ap,'illst, 1884. "marongs" viz: Sininwan, S'ni bong, Rapnt SIR,.-.! ha\'e the 11Onor to infol'm j'W tlil1.t Manok anI! Palm';' al} permanent houses, con. , I arrived hel'e on the 10th instant, to tnka lip tl1.ining about 50 dO,ors~ After, this' harvest my present duties, and now beg to hl\l1<.1 ~'Ol\ tlley intenll returning to their ,village 'on'the' my monthly report on affairs in this district;, hill, nt present deserted.- These Dyo.ks' ill'e . Dyaks.-During the month I visited the also without nn Omng !CIIJ'I\aud, Hke'the' Tringgus, Gombang and Scrnmbu DYllks; ,1 'rringglls nnd Gombang Diitles, seE!tnanxious, had hopcd to have doue morc but \vas unable to- hl\ve one npp)inted. One ''Pa flu ~niS'(.Ii'~1 walk, follo,ving tho Podnun prcscnt Jooked u}J0nns head man. to <.10so.'l'he ,'; strellm; fl'om 'rogora to 1'ringgua is bad I1.Sfill' After the hnl'vest I propose brmglDg tho: I\S Binwllk (a. sml\ll ]{am pong of 4 lIoors of hCl\dmen oCTringgus, Gombaug and 6ii'ambn' 'rriuggus D)'nks). Tringglld villago has some to Kuching wbere their choice of new chiefs no doors. It has a clelln appearance hl\ving can be confifmea and theso chiefs tbem~8!,ves been freshly rebuilt, This viUnge is without invested in accordance with the old custom It chief, the Ornllg ICaYlI,Pcsllmn hn.l'ing been The Sirambll, fn:rms promise. a ver, ti~h Jeposea some time ago. I I\s"ed the people harvest as also do some ot ,tbe farms on tuo to elec~ a new chief, a,nd One 8nin, 1\ pleu'saHt left flund branch belongingto the Aup D.nd . IlDd quint looking man, who however unfor,tu- otbcr ,Dyaks, the Tringglls farms alOefl\ir but \ nately does not speak Malo)', was put forwlU'u; the Gombnng farms look very.'poor, The'Sitbel'e were no dissenting voices. Baill is tho l'!1.lDbl1 DYlLkshave a gool! <.lealohngo plnnted son -of tbe late Oraug KII)'a 'remnuggong. At but nothing to be compnrell to ,the 'sngo n't munler of lnche Abu an <.I, his wife Duder by BumbangDYllks. The murder took place some months ngo close to Tringgu8 but ovor the border. Abu was 0. PontinnakMnlay on his way bo.ck to bis-own country. Ducll\l' wn.s a Tringgus Dyak nnd Po. Aim's niece. Theil' murderers wero hitherto friendlj' _with the Tringgus' D~'l\ks, I1.ndwere on the war-pnth ngn.inst another tribe, when they fell in with their victims. Bumb.o.ng village is beyond. Sikong, over two daya' walk from Tl'inggus, I met aome Sillin D)'a!ts in searcb of rice and it seems certain thn.t tl~e escaped convict Ab Cilf was "HIed at the foot of Sidin hill. He resi~ted tho pnrty sent in pursuit of him, ns H Wo.shis IIvowed intention to do sl~ld o.ny'attompt be IDade to tl.nest him-he was urmed wilh spent. n.n<.lparl1.tlg and, wouude<.l 0. Sidiu Dynk before he was sbot' by one of the same trihe. .Ah Bin hlld commiHetl severnl thefts in tbe ShUn village. About 17 doOl'sof Tringgus D~'o.ks have Lcen living for a long time

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than the returns shew by 14 ,in '82 and 12 in ~8S. I here exempted 1\ J'sl?ui Dyak n!lomedPaNyugit (Melum), who. is "'suffering in August last. Thi's he faileu to do. . ", fi'om ~ chronic disease, from payiIig year.Jy tax. The cl\se is 110Wbro~ght forward for final. Flom here the road to Jagui lies thronJlh settlement. :', farming grounds Ilnd over "batangs~!',all the The Court taking'into oonsideration that; woy; and it is about \.\1,,five hours wl\lk to thd wben be on 1\ former occasion felled twelve ,village at the foot of Jagui mountain. This treel on the disputed land, they were allowed village is known as Kampong Bimatal1 and,has him, on the understanding that he felled no ,60 doors. Nearly on the top, dnd appro,ached more, and also 8.She did not appent wben di- , by a sleep path, is Kam'pong 'remadnlc or, 10 rectedto, confirm the former decision. doors; nnd right on. the summit is,Kaoo'iioqg Court rose at 1'.80 p.m. , . Ata's of 60 doors. ~rhe Pangn.r&lives at Ke.tn. Saturday, 17th, 1884.-In l'e Wte Gl~ingpong Terna!!ak and the Orang KaYAn.tKampong witnesses had not sworn in the ploper form Alas. With the cxception of the Orang ICl\ya's they o.ro directed to swenr agl\in in frout of family the Inttor kampong is deserted, over, 30 , the Fort; this tbE'Ynow do, to the satisfac'tion families havc shirte!! to Bahang, about si,x to of all parties. The Court therefore aWllrd !even miles over the Dutch border. 'OnarWee Ching $95.60. . l'i\'l\l I found the Ol'l\ng KaYIlundel' a 'l;'em~1i'' On ThursJay 1111\1 Frida.y afternoon and this ~is wife having j.l1st given birth,to a. child lind, morning I pal.tly audited the a,cconnts, which In accordan~e with tI.lecustom of t~esc 'people, hao1not been nudited for two ~'ears. The cl\bh 1.16could nelthor ~ecelve l1.,strl1.ngerIIIhis 1'0'00 I found corre,ct. A .few it,ems of Jong st/llHling for 10 dnys no~'I.llmse.lfspeak,to one for 8 dnys" in the Depo~it and COUl'tbooks I gave direc- but the Il\tlOl'~IIJUllctLO)n he vl?lated, and oa~e tions 10 ,nite off, I shoulo1 have preferreu to do,vn to .stl1.)'111the langllra a roopl '~~er~,I bave stayed one o1l1.Y longer in order to have w~s puttl~lg up. ': ';'l.:!d '. finished tbe, accounts, but o,n-I\ccount,of the Accordl.lIg to the Orll.n~,I{n.'y'a",\th~,Jn.gUI' . Bon'ble t,he Resident of ,the ~l:d,Divi8io,~~en~" pl!p~,leprud In.~t yeuI' 4~p III rloe"IIU~'l\p.lla~8" ing for England I have to leave I\t noon, In o~.72,m~ra than the ~oco1~s alte" WAS.! ece~ye4. ordel' to meet him hel'c. ! do not therefore 1p(!r~ will be less thIs y.enr ns.20 Qf the doors, mention anything about account9 mentioned n.bove as 11IlvlDgshined to Babang; , .. did'so anel' the \:ollectiou'or '(Hel-ovenuein '83. . . I have the honor to be, Mally' n\ore fnmil ies wi61i to foUow slI'i'tIJIid , Genl,lemen" will do so, unless some restra.int'is placed ~pon YonI' most humble and obedIent servo.nt, them; their reason is scarcity of good Carming CHARLES S.. PEAR:;E, ~r6ulld8 on tUs side of the bOI'der. During the past five years the returlis shew a decrease in tho )enrly revenue of this village or $200, l\ very large percentage., Of those, at B",ban~ ~pptt .surnb3nh, -:0:the SuHa.n or SlImbas has already appointed, Pallit, June ht, 1884. nt their oIVnrequest, an Orang Rl\ya, Bakut. " 8111,-1have the honour to report as follows, and a PlIl1gl1.l'n,PI\Nagit. '., The Dyu.ks in these villages hl\ve neal'li:all, on the affa.irsin this district dllring.the past finished hn.l've~ting, with' better result~'tlian month. ohtained last ye£lr, thcugh not qllite up to During, the month !' visited the lCrokong, expectn.tiolls. Aup and Jagui Dynks. The Court work during thc month hils been, The wn.lk to Krokong is bad and muddy, lit ASu~ual, light. ThE're were 10 petty cases in least the one I look was, tho" ! am told there the Police Court. In the Cottrt of Bequests is 1\better one, alld frolll Bidi it tllkes 3 hours S5 cases were heard to I'ecuver $504 nnd 25 to accomplish. The Orang Kaya I'eceh'ed me snmmons issued to recover $200. A murderkindly and did bis best to make ns comforta' ous nssault WI\Smade on n Chinese hawker, ble. There are 35 dool's here, aud, according whq was in his boat I\t Busan on the night ot to the Ol'ang Raya, pay tax yeal'ly 126 in ~Je l1~h, a!ld the sn.me Chinaman had the dollars and rice, more than the returns shew painter. of his bO",tcut on the nigM of, the by 2 in '82 and by 10 in '83~ They compl-ain- 21st, no evidence to incrimbate auy one has ed here that the Jagui people were taking all up to date been obtl\ined. ' . the '~tomelan" and ratt.ans from their IlInd; The Bllsau Police station has been oomplet'. they claim in the direction of Jagui, up to tbe Tepong river, this claim seems to me ed; similar substantil\l buildings are badly wnnte~ at Ban and 'regora. excessive. A few oC the Chine$e who went to the mines FIOm Kl'okong to Aup the rond was very bad, ~aking about 8t bours, on my arrival I in the Na.tive statet hnve returned, hnving found everyone away at their farm but a. te: been unable to obtain wOl'kthel"e in the capl\tawak soon brought the Orl\og Kayo.,aud some city of mineTs. I have tbe honor to be, others to the village. , Sh', 'rhe Aup people have been here two years Your most obedient sernDt, only, the village being situa.ted further to the C. A, BAMPFYLDE. eastward than marked on the map, and on the To the lIo/t' blc The Resident east bank of the Tepong. They have but 10 at' Sarawak Proper, dool'Shere and pay yearly, IIccording to the XI/ching. 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'me' prll1oipallyon' petty matter'~,. with th~ei' ,.the, old workinlt!l, an;l ,bor.in$tR.,~'Bllt'8t'Pen. "ceptton,' however, of the 'Jagul people who kanAn Eantn, liudlng ~hl\t. tbei9le! batl&n~p'at\i Complain ,~trongly again..t the rec.e~~ e~OTOQCh' f!Xinted no lon~er, I left di5I\c~i,n~ ,~, ~0~~ve, itre,-

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made an,!.pushed. Oil, to Tutll!!tal tcr collM\ ,ome',loui7 0ItiAt8~Ilin£ fi,ie~;.,;'~ii,l'm~lce~sin.

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nffuirs of the Kongsi been propal'iy couda('tell

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o profit would have beeu realized. ''l'he lotls will fall more henvi1y on the 'htiau mull tbl\n the othen; this man has, however; 'stlll'LCd 1\ Kongsi,' having the same engine aud working OD tbe ~ame cluim. l' hl1vo nothing further of iDterest to report. " ". ,I bave the honor to bo, ": ~ ',~. 'Sir, "' ,~ , ,',lour most obedient s!)rvant,

Millg~lIt aud Taranlt brol1~ht down ~ flJw' D.Yllk l!II.~e&. ,\ t PURII.I ~pellt two <1I\Y~,.' Abg-. KIL ,'",porte.1 all well 11/111JikelviKe, thel'o were (ewer cn_eR ror setl,l'Jment 'l,h'l11 ,.n~u~l. ..; , , .I rel[l'et ,to report l,h'IL the f!~hf!rie" along the COBR!S,h,we PI'l)VIJI!\'~l:.v ~nJII:o.ii\~:~iv.e,t,I~,~i yeur. .Nelther the pE\Dgl~lhtJulI;~k,~t"Jeremlu. no'r slI.I..mbow ba \'e ,obtl~iuedo.ilyql~~utft.ie~'.ill 1i~h worthy of IIIl'utlOU., "'~'" ',; ,I have the bonor,. to DB, . "

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Simanggllllg, July, lit, 1884. RAuB,-I have the houor to report to Your 1.1lIl'cl1. ',',t' Higbues8 {or tbe palit,mouth I1d rollo\v8. On tl~e:ard nltimo', while still at Lnbhk Antu, . Tlie Dynk outlaW' Gulnt, whii' formerly Apai qamang IInd lnggir, l>yukli ofL08~(lO'S receh'e,l II. heavy selltl!nce and, who e~oa.red honse, Sutong, were fiued ten pioulli fOl'the rr0l11 Kllchiug jail to the h,.'a,\ or the Hejl~ng., murder or two Javanese MalaY8 ill Aprilillst, has, fllil:n!:: capl,lIre, beeu :-i!fed by, tho ,np~ Hejun~ river IS nd\v free of 8~ch .Untieng, Kriuyong, ~uleh and t:lillgah\nK. tlf rivel' chiers. bAn clrlll'llctprR, .' '.,' ,.;(;,! 1 the .8o!ll~hou~", pal,ticipated:iu the'nllll'de~, as did alio' Bulit anil Cuuudoug '0£'Auto.u's , FOllr D';lIks of Bel:i-w'ar ~nd ?lIenuan, were fiuen for joining the expedi~ion I'f:cen~iy r,',iseJ hOllse, au(FlnLieng an.}'Ampoh of Jell1uugau. _

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UII the 6tb 'ultiino 1 retui'iled to Siman~gang to filld Jabu or BIIDgal here, hawing come back aftet- an absence pr, neatiy t.hree yel\rll. He \Vas awaiting, to bring a' 'ollse against bis brother Ngadan iuto Court. .About the 10th ultimo, olle Blaiong ofBukit ~edaug togetber with "PlIoteh'l::iaujau" "r Bu.. cJ~u headed a slUnll expegitioD-iOlSikal'l\t hut fet,ul'ne.d ~b01U the 24,th ult., wilhout buving

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On the 16th u,1timo I visited LinggBand the next day went upriver with the iment,iou 'of visiting' th!!, ,I;)jli'n,tek coal field in ord\)l' to hln~ t.he ground cleo.redarouud tM' site of

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row ('aROH,!,hctt I'"nIn, ,ill~() Pllli,Ce,. C.ou,r,t,dUT,ing my vi_il. thci-t', I\rter ao I\b..en,oe or nearly t\\'tJh',e monlb-; I Jla.v<,Ifl'wh f.1en.-ur!' in men. tinning t,be f,lct to YUilL',Higlllle-s, " .1'l1e ~iml ofolle thnn_,lucl dull "'I'.. WallI'emit~. I eel 10 the Saro.wl\'k Treainrry d'i'I'ing"'my .~&y

The Pi at gold working KODgsi has been disBolved -with II 1088 of soma ~100. The lo~s, uqdoubtedly, wos oamed' hy fl'IIII,j'on the pul't of the' two clerk a who linve bt'eu l'rilseci/ted uDd' sen~enced ,'to impi'ist1ument. Had tho

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thl\t Ihe q!1l\ntities of" ,;(>8ts'oolleotM'bii..ro rather iliorcMell thAn diminitlhe,l. T,he decline in the"'".ve~\1j .ll'rivP',1i~, partly ntt,rlblltnhlo lo tne nnmher'" of nests that are takell over to Rn,lnng in' o,'dm' to 1Io~()ict, pn.y-. metit'oC the Gllvernl~l)nt. :dues 011 them, and also; I regret to Kay. to the io~uffioient ,upel'. vision eX''JI"cille.1 1111 Ihe cnllcl,tors by Intl\htho IIoI1lhoriRl.(t III!E!nt. or Oover(\\u~nt, . On l'cachin~ KI~hnnlCon ,the2ht. ultimo, Ahg. Lemllll 1111,1 Uaji Ab~. MUllrelK)rll'll tho dicmicl. umler their, chl\rgei'to be pllorLiolllarly

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:yilh\ge of: nabllDg and, their only nvailablo avail~bl e ,farming gl'onnds, but olso, aot ul\1I1 divides (.heir Ttloin villago rmd it rel'ogn:zed I 'Would' compel',tlrem to 'beOOUle'Subjl'ctllto''the Sultan,' \hi~" though' ;.mttr.h" i~l\in8t ",their wipbes, wOlild:be un!lvoldl\ble. "1h'esn l>~'ak" 'exprehed much sl11:priKCI lit the--aclidn of the )3ultllifcon!idel'lilg'tbo boundary quelition hlld ,bee'n,:e,ttled so many yel\r" ugo by tbe Nadlel" land nnd Sarawl\k"Officin:18. -1 procileded to Jagoi on the 8th instant; 'nnd IDadoa rough ,"kel~h m,ap shewing tbe rel~tive' p.ollitiollll:>f, ilie I?ld bOl1ndaI';-'0I1\I'k8and o£ I,ho'tI~i1t proBent claimcd by tba Sulbln'.'l'his map 1 have

il1 ,Dutch tel'rhor,\" 11...<1el'In.ml\u- ailll Amlli, all~llVhich l'esl1lted ill five of thp. attlLl'k~,1 peop:e b..iug wIJulld...d lIoud OIlO k,U..d. alld ou tiu; ol,hel' ~ide olle .killod allll four woul1ae,l. A MelRDl1Il nllY1e.t AJim. an oid offender, an II fi,'e 0l,hel'8 were, cOllvicte(1 of cbeating .by mnnipllln.~illg IIn.1 ~ellil)g s~ven ,-puriou; ju.rs 0.8 good and old to DYliks. Alim wall seuteuced 1,0fi VI! Yl'o.1'8with hl\l';\.1o.blll1r nnd the others to 1\ fille III $:WU Iin('l~ 'or h, .letl\uIHw
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dong,'in gl'eat.fear of.an at.t'~ckfr~in' Pak.uwiil,however,find pl~nty:'df.em..i th~ people of Limbang ,combined with

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. BrdNovembel', the Enterprise,Pange-' gether, in a~cendiligto the st~geused .1

ran 'ruman~gong's launch, left for the mouth to bring .up H. E. the Acting' Governor of Labuan, who is coming overin H.M/s P/-qas"s,Oapt. BicJdord. 4th November, the Hesident and party .pulled .down to .the Oonsulo:r Agent's hO\1Seearly and called on the Acting Governor, \vhohad ar6ve.d the afternoon before, accompariied by the Hevd.'l'enison Woods. Captain Bide.. for~ with the boats'of the Pcgasus,.was: nleo at the Consulate, and br'ouctht the Act.ing Governor and party to', the town to call 011 the Sultan in ,the . afternoon. '£he Acting Governor and party called on boaru the Adch, and

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5th November, the Hesident. and party had n,n !\ndience with the Sultan at 1 o'(~lockand took leave, got np o,nchor 1.30 and overt!tking H. M.'s Pc!]
ment . House, Labuan, the Resident

by them darmg~he last col1ectlOn, and; estimated to he 'at!l. bf:ight:,-ofover.. two hundred feet, when the :bamboos r gav~ way precipitating the,meD;.to 'the. bottom. 'i'hough aU received bad., fra.ctnres and contusions,. 'yet,\ up to .date, only one has died, ,the i'ecovel'Y of another who ha.s ba.dly injured bis Bpine, probably broken it,. is not expectec1,but of t.he, others, at present in hospital, hopes are entertained:ott their. ultimate recovery. ConsidedIig.-.) I the great height fromi ,v.hich theytf.E!ll;.Jr it seems marvellous tl1atdtliese lmen"J were not all killed on .the spot'jpro~" bably their f!Lll was broken by the.

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taxes, &c., doing away with their right, and a . Julau Dyak also receiving", of hearing and settl~ng cases amongst wounds. Ngelambai and hIs,compa.' themselves, and causing their flag1!taff nioDs will be shortly sent' ,over, to' to becut down. The next day the Con- Saribas fort for trial. , . trolleur went to the Kunsi house when he expressed h~sdetermination to hear AbangIgal-~he mulA~er of' t,hircases there, the Chinese there and teen Bakatans 11l the Karmas, menthen rose and killed him, afterwards' tioned ,il:).our issue of September 1st,. burning the Government quarters is brother of Abang .Tela, ~the chief of ' down, and sparing ~ne of the Gov. Bunut. News 'h...coarrived from Pon~ ernment servants. The'Mandor Kun- tianak that Abang Igal 11asbeen banishedto Batavia and his bl;other has si :are supposed to be able to muster been removed'.froni his post on 'account one thGusand strong, 'it is o.lso stated , tuat they are supported by the Malays of this outrage. · and Dyaks in their vicinity, that they The Roman Catholic Mission of are well armed aud,have a largequan.. St. Xavier, at Kanowit, in charge of tity of gianpowder, and rice sufficent the Hevd. Fathers Diuln and Keizer; to last, them for over a yea.r. . Many refugees have arrived, principl\tly, wo- is meeting with' fair success, havi~g ~ men and children, who have come by already- obtained fifteen pU;pils, all sea, and _ a few men who came'over- Dyaks boJ's, _ _ land, many more are expected, thollgh, The Dyaks are allbnsy sowing their owing to the prohibitions imposed oy .. paddy, many by payment of a 'Pledge. the Dutch Government against their for their goocl behn.viour have been er0ssing the border, they will probably permitted to farm in the l'elagus river. experience somB difficulty in effecting their purpose. These Chinese belong Nearly all the Dyak revenne' has been, collected, which is satisfactory and clolieflyto the agricultural, and pe.tty shows ready manner in which,the trading classes, who are fearfl~l, now- . Rejang the Dyaks now cODie'forwl\rd witll eyer the matter mav ev~ntu!1.lly'eud, I '. . they'will meet with trouble, on the their yearly revenue. -" ----one hand, should the Chinese win, l\fUKA. they would certainly be squeezed of ANinteresting 'experimeJit was suctheir small gains, and on the other cessfully tried on the bar of' the Mnlm hand the punishment that would folriver, OJ)the occasion'of a baron,qput. low any general rising might be ex~ ting out to communiCItte wit~, the tended to themBelves. p.s. Adeh. 'fhere was a heavy sea,on at the time, so thr.ee bamboo,tubes \vhere smu. fixed to tlJl? bows of th,8" baron!!" . WHILST entering the month of t,he through which oil was poured, with the Matu river the Blljang Seni, a schooner result that. the Adeh was reached withof 52 tons.belonging to Nakoda Ghi. out tho bal'ongshipping a single sea. rim, fouled some fishing 'stakes plac~d in the channel by a Matu man named BINTUL U. Manan, who had been wnrned before TRADEis slightly improving. At to remove the same. Manan excused Tubau rattan!; are being brougat in himself on the grounds that Nakoda daily by the Kayans, who are now '

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In our issue of 1st September we inserted an account of a tragedy which occurred in the Saribas river, and in .. which a Saribas 'Dya)1 was killed, and

onA wounded by N~~lambai with-a party of five Jnhiu l~yaks, Ngelambai

(From tlte Straits Times, 8tll November.) BEFORE1~R. TREACHER, tbe Acting Consul. Genera.l, left Brunei on the Oth October, Dodeputation from the Sultan waited on him, reo o' It is Paugerl\n Adlpati Mung&u Nagata, (? Abang Tcl,,) chicf of 13uDut,;who hils becn bIlDisbod.-ED.S.G.

ql1e!tiuS

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bebnlf 0 the repgents he city and ing (hke (rom tho the BuIt by locl the Heo. "ere tet On tb to Bl'un prise, nl Jayn.e flJ him at ( he I1selc ever ng! ment, 1\ mises 01 'fo th weefi'lH DOprOll their w( stateme At th urroed District His Hi~ features UOII is (dsi",tt\l IIJBlr1f\.g

M the t ...i ill I e.DLerin~ la.' lax and 11£1 -.ellt U) which 0 from tJ &hereof, ol$30. }on old .Move IfnI' by mittel! Rajahs wse tn :aule fOI eei\"o nc what tb uon ~o

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mined u.a Li within