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'1'11g S.-\H.\\V:\ 1\ (-L-\Y,E'J''l'E, FEHIWARY
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TJecember, /.'J()i. 11.1.0111oWIH'I':-;hil'or boundaries of Sllgo lands. IL wonl,l :-;,~(~III Lhat Il g'hHI :\gro!~1I1ellts--iO were ma,lc! ,1l1rillg t.lw lIlonth, man)' oWlwrs of hu:d Iwn, :Ln~III'L hlll'PY IIntil Lhey ~tanlp dllti,!s :Llll1 reI.''; fll1101.lllte,l to $H.LHH. have l\ithl\r stolell or I.ril'd to ,;t("d part 01" tlll: (~OIU.t l1ueK ItI111fe!~s ltlU011IIto.] tll $:!l7 .H7. Inn;tclay tlwy left here for }~uching. P. IV. j).-- 10'01'ha If tit.. lIIolllh th., !,I'i:-;oll gallg was :'th. ('ollills W!!Ilt lip to Sillgghi to IIlItlW inIJuiries ..engaged ill preparing allll p:lLtjlll~ "l' 1,,1Iil/JI. fUlicilig rOllnd tlw eattln gltlllllll. 'I'll!! actual putLing up of a.bout alili view sOllle la.nd the ownership of which was ill flisputn allcl also to iuquire auout the (',;tate of the this fencing does \Jot tl~lw IOllg, bllt. ':IILtillg holes late ()rang I\tty!~]'11. Huflttng; he retnrned on the 10th through the {lostK, allll slHlpi IIg th..'. '!IHls of Ihe illKtltnL with KOIIII~sketch plans of the lallcl in dispute. o(:rosHpiec.~s Lo fit th"11l oe,:upi,"; far 1111'1'.:Lillw. I IVa".,call eel clOWII to clo c1nty in 1\:nchillg on tIll] III addition to Lhis tlw priKont!I''; Iw I',. w,!,,,le,lltlld L:.!Lhillstallt, ,\lid WI.IIl'IwLl 011 the 17tll. .c!earn{[ 1110:-;/. 01"tlw ()ya 1',,,,,1 .",hidll>y Lht! way has :\11'. ('ollills \\'I~III,OVCI't.o relie\'l~ :\11'. Crocker who 1Lgaill heell wltKhed awa.y aL I'dallal, IncH.Lh fol' a ha,IIlIJ\.:\jllcd leave Oil the I:!th illstllnt. 'short t1istallc,~'--- roomvelle{[ I hI' 1",,\(1 \11 tlw hazaal', o.nLl repaired the" gar.!.'III!r'" 11"11"". whi,:h 1\'ILK Very heal'Y raill fell fro II1 t.11!! :!J ~t to the :!-!th .damagl'd hy tlw 1100ds. i IIsta.II'L alld the roads were flootiu.! ill 1111\11)' places. 'J'l'lldc.-Ol\'ill" I,) Stllrl II \ 1I','a 1.111'1' SdIIlIlIlL'I'S 1)11I'hriKLlllltS tlw Inallagel' of the Hall works. Mr. IHLVB c:ellsecl to nl'lIli n~gllla;'ly 1".tl\'''('11 IH!I'I' alld l'awle, provi,le,l K!HH'tS1'01'tlw 1I:ltil'es Itlltl'riv"d ill tho district Oil ')'lwl'f1 i:-; IIOtilill_~ flll'tlll'r III' ill"'I',',,1 I,) 1"')'"1'1 10 tl1t: 17th illSl.allt "'Ilvilig hen: 011t.he ~IJLic,IUll1 ])0<;\'01' YOUl' .l/I~hll'):-;S 1',", rllt' I'asl 11I1I100h.
heen :-;ettled; nlO:-;Llydispntl':-;
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in the
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011 tlw
:!.")th, :!i;th
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Imve h<:"~ll (:llIployed 01 tll!! Inzaar.
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ill
repairs
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S~UIlP tllltlt~:-; IIlul fe"s alll''IIIIII..oIt~> ::;;llill.li. ('Olll't I1I..,S ItllIllt:u;; a'II"llIlt..,f 111$1 :.: I. f retlll'lI",1 hel'l' 1'1'0111'J\IIt:hlll!: "" II". III.. HOllollrnl,le tll" 'I(,':-;iduili. al'l'i\',.oI Oil ""1.ltll sat ill C,'Ul't the 111':>;1. dal'. 1I11t," ""ssilll
.~th, lith.
:!j'tll.
.\'on~lIlbl'/'.
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'1'1... alld lI'a,;
()II till' I;;\. () 1111HlawnlJg. 1.1110 1"",0.: I'ata chid al'lll'c,i. II..!;, IIphLilJed al)()llt the I\,'.,)'ahs ill tho Pata nl!!t'l.illg h S /'IIII:IIIS !tIll! tryillg I.', draw thmn ;:mlt()nf:..cl to IK ""'lItIIK IIIIPI:is,IIIII1"111 alld III'id1lllail away fl'ol!l hilll. I illf(Jrllll~'] ().van I'lawt'lig Lhllt as RlleI.LJlll Abll lI.d"I.!' 1.11'11110I','al'. \al\ 110 Ii IIIIIlIth" this W>t:-;'I matter which required It good it.~al of el1:UHl I :lIhoL 1.1)Ii I\"~ek" for Ih.',ft or ~~old 1'1'''111II". "\,.:all ("ul'y. iL Il>ld ])I)tkr await till' )t.!sid'!llt :\11'. lJollghlS. II}' at Bicli 11'1)1'kK:.Iapal' a Ll'ad,'r \\"IS "1'111."111""]'0 Ii ()n th., 4th HlJa 11.IKs:1.lI. a Hrn/lt'i. rdlll'lIetl 1'1'011I mOil ths for bei IIg all al'l:,:KSOr\' ,11101:\ ,,"a II t." Ii 111011111:-; a I'I:ii1. 1;0 Lh" I\lahih ill till' till1 _.\I,ar !tnl1 hl'Oll,,'ht. (ar ...,ceivillg ;;I,)kll 1'1"'PI'I'I..I" '1'111' lI'IIIIIul'al>l" Ih,. ,]1111'11'l'allo:l I ,iI III!. thc,ir I',,"~hllili. who pai:1 ill'lli,; H'$idellt wIlli" 1",1'1' I'isll...,] II. II. II". ltaja\I's 1:\" . Bllngalow, the (;OV..I'IIIIU')III ~,'h.,,)1 ;ll,d IIII"pital: I". 'I'aill" J,lhut reptJJ:twl tl,aL hI'; ('Bupl.. I'efusell to relul'lInt1 to 1\11l'1tilJ!.: '>11 tl,,' '.",11, 1,111. "".I'isil..d 1.1,., 1110\'" 1'1'0111tile int.'riol' to f.ollg 1.:olalig in spite ,)1" Ji~triet :UOl'IIII1Plllli,.d hI' I.,,,h t '''"1 II..I'illl'" "" I ill' 1,lll.ir j,alill~~ .lgI'U'~.! 1<.1 do ;;0 11'111'11 they lliet the ~th. . . . I:,~:-;id:'nt :\11'. 1>0Ugl'ls I,tst year. ItII01 III: asl,ed that LaJllholig flild l:illd'I!'.~. ~1,i"l 11\ Ill.,. \I,'''' (int',:rllll"'lIt 1I'IIIIId :\s~ist ililll ill this matter, hy 5elltelll'l!d till I.I)(~ P";th 1" I .\',:;1.1'-', 111'111'1"""" III r,"r !-Iaralll uhiefs 1.0 11I.lp thell1 ill dwft of lH')lI',,'r i'rolll I.,'" "I'hilll"" ;:ard"11 1\ hid, IS ,,"lldlll:-: two 01' thl'e" II... n1Orom'C)I', states l;bnt IIOL far 1'1'11111 1.II"ir I'i!la",'. IIII'I ';1,,1,. '"111,. I",,,s 1'1'''111 IIIOI'ilig art..1' tlw hall'e:-;t. \\'il.hill till' last fc~1I' 1111, III ,I,..,.id, ,,,,'bo they wish insLalled as ()rallg I\:lya: Ih" lasl 11111' 1111111"lid lI'ounding anotlll:l'. . This was a!lio ill ,,,t:di"lioll for " 1'01'111<'1' attack. n,IC ]\t Hlld:tllg' whll di".1 1.lsl 1111111111\1:1'; 11111 j IIlflll'lIl"d '1\lIlIa l,ihul; that with l'e.~'II'd 1.11 his ~atisfacLory hut tile ~,jllgglli,; an' 1,'1'\ II',)I:I,I"~III"" I','opl.. nltJ\'ill.~ 1'1'0111the iutt.riol' to LOllg Le!allg ill ~., de~ll\'ith heing II"-sl, lil.l;~iI)\I" :11101"'1''''''1':1.\.,.11'11'.till' 1:111 .\k;lr sollie 11al'ltlll "llids 1I'01lld assist thelll ,lbope to fill,l a goud Illall lat,'r 0111. 1.0 .J,) ;;0 aft.:1' rill) ]1ltI'Velit, and that conc':l'nin.~ th,~ 1 regrnt thnt L,tll' \h '\1'111,111,. ('"url \\ 1'1\,'1' Itas aLLac!.s iliad" 1).1' Un Hahl'll .llId UtClllg Itatll huth ,d t.1) r()Kigli Ili:-; )1":-1 oil a,..., III III .,i' \,,,"11111"'.1 1,,"1 Allh. l1w",' II1L'n wOllhl ht: fined thre,! (,I) picilis (~aclt ,;,I!,j,'ci. to 1111'COllsellt of YOIII' II ighl"~ss. Doctor Hrll(:(' LII\I' was ill Ih. .]lslri,'.1 '11' rI", 1,,1 1/,lith.71_11, 1:II,h.III1t.:!'!II,.'!1 ,'...~:!I',I .1::j'.\.:~."III,. Taillit I ,ilHII. alKI) (:\llliplailll:t1 Lllilt III Ihll\'allg 1h" ;th and ~/th.. I \-II:.;ltlllli "fth" hlahits 111 LI... 'I'litan had hnell 1"'1''J'h,. 11l'i"'lliI'l';; hal'" 1""'1, "",!.!.,.",.j .." ''I' , I' "I :-;lIadlll;": ';,'"It: or 11IS ''('HUIlt I ,il)\lt'~J ]Jt'uple to U\lll'e ':~(l!: or g"I,"n,1". Il,l.. \.\'" '1'111.:1.11:I lul,l 'I'. )',il'ICI. dlllt I \\",111:1 f'II,\lIirl~
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BAR\. "\V.-\.K G-AZE'l''1'E,
;\IAIWH
4, 1908.
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Gnoss
. Annnal
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100')',
the nttl\ched statement of Net Hevenue nna itnre it will be seen that Lhere has beell 11. iu Hevellne of $~,:j2H.n~ and ,11!creasl! in itme of $4,L:34.;j4. prillcipal accounts shewing increases ana Ill'. under Hevenup. are as follows.
Exrellu;~lIl'e
His II ighlJess ihe Hajah alllllml visit to the stfLtiOIl.
!II,fJl:!
did not Illake hi,; IBnal
Tile late 'l'reasnl'el' of Sal'f1.wak l\rl'. Pearse spt~nt a fl~\V,1a)'s here ill :.ray. f:()lrl Jlillcs.-It will be s()eli by the lilltllleial state111CIlt that tl}(J Uoyalty 011 gold worked ilj ]!1t17 fllll0l111ted to approximately :$75,uOl) as agaill~t $71.000
,i!.;;Creased in Ct)!HH')'lliellee ,d' till~ f:dllll
.
Pepper
pri(;IJ of
~ been ablLlidollcd ,IUt'llig t w Y'~lu'. EXl'E~I>I'I'lJHE INt'HE.\SES.
Gal'dclIs.--770
of S1:llllry pel'solls
-
,~,)o)() .') t) - of
'
erected
ill UJlJij i\t
gardens
paid mad
tax:
l.j-1 gl\l'llelJR, w'~I'e sold by ]>n~)lic l\Uctiol1, IJslI.~l1f Oil accol\l:t ot tbe owners havmg i1.bsconded illlur first stealing the cmp.New gat',lelJs register.:u fl'OIIIl!HW to 1D07 are as follows.
.
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works
the year ..,1111110 gard(ms ha.\'e been a.1JilJlOil the !-\a/.'(~ens pitying ta.x there WetS :1, shol't:tge of 4~..!('O vInes h01l1 the ye:lr Lefol'e.
COIJS')'tlleIICl!of gal'l](~lIs
I'J a/c.--$77.H:j--expenses litl\l. D' ' . -L ( anI l J!,( ltIf.C(/ lOll II /e
!lew
I
1
il1 ,_!JO!j; the
Ball have pro\'ed ft grel\t sllccess alHl flll'tlwr extellsiolls were s~a~.ted towan]s the el1d of I.llis )",.,al'. '.l'11e ontpnt .at. BHll has beell s0l11ewhaL less allu wdl fmtbel' dlnllllIsh.
..
has heen c'.O:> > Is are still sOllie
&O],II.JO
His HiglJlless the HajrdJ illncla came lip to :\11". Pawle's 'J'lllHt Pishillg 011 April the :Wth retnl'llil1g to Knehillg 011 the ~2Ild. The HOllollrable the Hesidellt visitc,] the 11istriet twice ill NovPll1ber.
.Cllc:-$2n,j'.-ele~'()11 1l1l~I'e
eC ' ,1.]:0'.
.Ull,.I:;:; :1O,.JI;;
10;)011.
GBNBlLU. HRPOJt'J'.
$71)U of this is ae.. for by Slll'VIW fees and OV()l'$!O() by lillfJS. ;~,...,. ajc'---$] LOH.i\(j.-dne 1.0 :;111:tllm anl'Hll1t I I " .'-'1' .1 . a >OUI CI cll!e, .
~
&107.6.10 16,iJO\J
SlIl'p]n"
rl Cllc.-$I,im:LJO--ov!!l'
,.
$ !:I,a;.;:! i,l:!;; 25,000 'j l,fJOll
II;I~'y 011 1'01'1'01' (\Pl'roxill"'~e I:n,\'ltlly on <Jolt! ,In
'4artioll ajc.-$;:!24.2,j-this is aec\)tll:tea for by rt that fees for Ell nca tioll have he'-)Il recovered '~r which ha.~ never heell llolle previously. 'll!l.plion 'Pax ajc.-:U70-this iU(:l'casn is dne !iCpally to the faet that a large all!Ollllt of overdue '!:IAc;heel! I'ccovered ill whieh ea.se tlw tax is
!'f;j,on'J'a.t.-$154.0,1--ill
1907. $l0,!:!oa :!,i! HI ]0,000 75,'}00
!,';lInnd,d "tit~"""'nt Drill< Revcnno
HEVEXUE INcnEAsEs.
.
TOT.-U. HBVENUE.
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C]lillt'se .J)yakol'iI'Lday .
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1!I04.
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18
~a
'27
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1:3
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recover!).l I'dI' fecs "lid school I T t. I IOS ,n of .'ho. Iinaster Itl111 ..0 ,t, ~l p,lssa~c »c ) l)cl'IlJlts to opell gardells fUl'thel' alllollilts I'eeovemble. followillg Iluillbel's.
f .
J!JO(j. JOU7.
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..
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hltVe Leell Issuell III the
..1J'Y:llaje.-$lHO.(i,>--this is eOIlSC(Jnelit upon }DOa. 1!H)4. J!)().j. IDOl,. J!J07. nOlllber of visits IlJltilu to Ban by Lll<~:'de,]iJ8:2 7n ;-JIj J7 '2 'oter. 1)1l(/7~J>laJl.tati(}Il,~ The rubber plantatiull is :rF"$ S(/larics.--$!)(),).\Jli-d,w to therl' lJ:wing reported to be doing well; some (jHO(tl;res lHwe IItr..v ~ officerR stationed hel'u for the wholl) y<'al' I heell planted up. . l-Tamhier is not in a veryJlollL'isllillg coll
'I'lwr,: WIlS 110 military
Su/'ve!}.-All the roads allli gardens lying bf\tween Busan, Bidi aua Poak have been snrveyed awl the fl:\\'er plans .whi~:hare being got out by the SUL'\'eyd'1partlIIent III h.ncluug should SOOIlbe eompletell. . Jr. D. Roads and Dridgesajc.-'rotal *:.J,8\JO.04. CI'imc.-(j7 persons were Si-ntenced to terms '>T illlprisonlUent in UJ07 as agaillst l:-Win JUO/). rn ID07 i.eerea.se is due to the faet that only a small the average daily IIllmber of prisollers and remalldlJ of repail's were rU
i~
by prison lrtbOllr for ti Illonth8 of the year of by contract; also to $5'1(j less havin.g beell
,. Poak and Stafttbridges. '.a/c.-$2G8.1'2. 'l'his is lllOrc thaJllwclJunte,l die fact that $;300 was eharge,] against this .~ price of aPony, ill IDOli;in JD07$,jObalallce l'OIlY . Il'ged, (\1\(1also !WIIH!$1)0 fo\' abIes and syce's house.
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Policc.-'l'he force consists of a Lance corporals alld I(i constables stationed as follows.B!m-2 Lance eorporn.ls 14 con8tables Bic1i-l Lallce " 1 " 'l'undong1" '.l'here is a constable employed as caretaker at Ii jg Highness the Rajah's bungalow and one 11tthe Opium )1',\l'IUboth at Ban alld Billi.
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II I
THE SAB.AWAK GAZE'rTE, T\IARCH4, 1908, .---.-
.PUBLIC'VOHKS.
I
Ho(/d.~.--'l'hesc were w",.ded by fit' JalJ
'ontract till March . '1'he grounds at
I !tnel subsequently
k$.-An exteusion was nH1.d(~to the Bud a bathing place for the prisoners,
I
His Highness the Hajah's Bungtdow and surrounding
S1.Sachments have been fixed in the hazl1.ar . the Conrt house building were also kept up by prison Iahour. ' att!L)Ihouse ' ' \ "kadja.ng ' -A awl leaf was c< .'.CrockCI_ ,. lIltS . . Iche\ed . '. ,. '. ) . ,.,fa{f.-MI. h) l\I1. IJaChaul :II':W_ IC..U d C\ er I,;. '11Ie' ] ,llIll ] ollg .'I 0 Ilee. . . '
'
"II"ercrebuilt
and also a sl'ce's
Bau.
\
n.tHl S()l'\-1lnt's
In ,January,
I Chard
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and later
111 the
same
mouth
MI'. 11!l.
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was relieved by i\'fr. Collins.
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H. H's. BlIlIgalow Strce~ IJightilig 'Vater \Vorks New Building Bepairs to Builelillgs 'Yhitewash illg GeneraJmiscellRlIeol1s Up-keep of Hands miscellalleous " .Jam bllsl1.lIHand '1'lIudollg Bunn Bnzaar " Seringok Poak " Poak Hl'iclge Staat " Ferries "
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SCH.\"eHgel'
Total
I VCClease.
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$ iH.2;,; in,i.27 :.J.!i:!4.;/!I,
$ lAO. U.iT :.J.7K:.Uii
Ii I .:!:,. :!:i:..H:i; :UO; ;j.a:!tJ.I(j 2,4:!!UM: .L.OO!
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1.1iJU12: :!O.2:i1 .l7!UOi
2,a44-.40
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1).2:, 27!1,] 0 i'.04.!i;'1
!/2.01
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t!~.!i: ,I.J. .H.\ {j2i1.07
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a87 .9(j H,I.OIi (jIl.ia 1ia.au
HA4 '2\)1.:iO UiH.40 4!1S.nO
40:.U4 288.00 1(;H.40 7lii .02
$1 (i.:-IO!I.Oa $20,44:\.:'7 I
1
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20. !I!I
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2liH.I'2 $(i,50H,(j!)
E..n. S'l'.I"'VmLIJ, Rcsidcni. Upper Sara\\'ak, Ball.
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to Your
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for the veal' .1007.
Revenue reveuue
l/nd RJ.:pr:lIlhtII aud expellllitnw
ot
re. the
YU!lI'
~ $J 1,05;-\.5;-\ ftnd $FI.I:.!-J.7;; respeetive]y !l.decreaHC of $J,,;()(J.(jH ill the fUl'\ller alld ~,r $1,077.74 ill t~h" bu"r :LS (:ulI1]J:tI'('t1
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December, 1907. I visite,l :\Ierapok on the :!11<1instant, returnill;{ the sllmc (hy, to collect customs (luties. l\IH~:il'iI['lIey occupied, with the two aud n half hours 1 was
('~lIgllgerl theJ'(~, !llitt]IJ over IJille hours. i'lli'. HiekdLs a1Tivc~cIhv H. I. Gaul/II Oil the ;';tlt ill~;t:l.llt 1l1lc1stll'yl~d Illltil' LIIIJ IllUrllilJg of tlte IULh ~'l'eCedilig yual'. illstallt. l'angel'aJ1 IJa.ji Maliisin oftll(J j\naln.I\.ullI,J decreases ill l'U\'UI11I" appeal' IIJllh~l' tIll: pOllg was presellt 011 two days of his visit, and again i;.eadings, Cou!'t aceoullt ($4nH.H~), sLalll)ls '~6!J.2]), P.W. D. aceonut, \:.!H:.!.H4) 11IH1 applicI1 rnr r,hl~ readjllstl11ent of his OWIl slHHc in tLe .1Lo<;~ accoullt (:j;;\IO..Jll. 'I'll" dl~(;reaSI~s c1ivi:;ioll ,if Lhu propurtles of the two cleccased ladi,:s, first tllJ'l~() headillgs are dill' LO the HIllIW J'allgeraIJ Selclm awl 'l'eugah. l'allgentll :\lataf;SiIJ! appealed f1.gaillst It deei~ioll "f tile falliug off III tlw )I(~l'pcr tml1e, ---ILSill COIIthis CUl1rt rcspecting the possessio II of f\ girl cluJ.} of this the v'lhw of ga1'<\eIIS :LllctioIW(l, wbOln II() Ilad some years ago arlopted, hut who hall alld 1I10l't.gllged ha~ heell !IIucI I ks::; Lhall ]e[t his hOllse !Lhout two years ago 011 account of the Ullder Court 11.(;COllntC()Ulllli~siOI1 on sales > .sei\ to $!J2;;.:;() ill HHHi 1\1111nll]Y $:.!!'l.H7 ill .u.o Hilder P. \\1. D. aeconllt \.ille ta:\ 1'01'l!HHi ~$'-8!I!>.1(j I\S 'lgaim'L $:.!,;-\MI.77 ill ID07.
bad treatuHmt she had recei vcd.
'rite a.ppea.11m,>
I]iSllJisserl. The plailltifI gltVe lroticc of appeal to the Supreme Court. 1>1'. Dittllll\l' al'l'iv.~<1in tJJe ~. I. .l'ren (In tlte l:2llt inst:wt. He informed me of the di/1iclllties he 1/.\,1 ...wonllt of nllcl:LilUe(l depo~iLs \vldell r,,\mte(l in el:gaging coolies in Siug'\porc f,)t' Itis .1'Ier1l11lellt in JDOnbeilJg greater Lhf\1I tln\t ill experienced pl!lntatioJ1, ancl diel not think he wonld COJ1)IlICIJ<.'e accoUllts fol' the Ilecl'fmsr~ HIIIJr'r J1rnlit allll JOSH planting un]ess he coulll obtain the number of eoolius t_ bc required shortly. 'rhe launch fLrrived agaill on " mJ}' dil'f(Jl'tJlle,~ wortll." of Ilotice ill th(~ (),,the :!:!nrl iw;tallt to IOf\c1some DOO CO(;O:ll1Ut plants an.l ()ther pruperty of 1)r. Dittmar. It. \Vonld seenl, '!VIIre is tlw decrease HildeI' :\1ilitary I\ecoullt therefore, that ])1'. DittI1lf1.r c1oe~ uot intend Lo plant; .J4) .1Iw to llw rilet that a squad of )Iallg()I's U]>this lalld whiell he !\pplie,l for, :lll<] was so :tnxi,,;!s ':illUached to this st'ttiOII [01' IHLtl'01 duty durillg to obtain, last ,J!ln:lary. . j_~le of InOlj as against ;'14 IlJOllth~; oilly ill IBOI. [ wellt to Mempok 011 the 17tlt insL:Lllt, bul' :t<; _ fr. ]) 'I'l1e expellditure Hilder titis ]wlul has there \Vas litthJ to do there owing to the grc:tt(~r Jlncticltlly the sallie as ill 1BOn ($.j,:;77.7:2 as lIulilher of the I1I!LI(Jpopulatioll beillg :l.WI\Y in the jungle colleetillg dill/wI' I left 011 the I!Jth instant $4,57U.\Hi) the ehier expeJllse heillg up-!,eep and visitel\ the J\lIahlretl1J'ning to Slollt,cng the ne"t l~arly in the Yf~ar f\ snhstalltial ]lOnse was dill'. for the ~ecolI<1 elr:l'I, aud later ill ~oveiliher--i'1'he collt~etion of tIle Euala K:tmp,)n~ exempti'))1 'drier clerk's hO'.lse wllieh. was ill 'l hlu1 st'lte Lax was e()llInlCneed h.v Haji Narl1din flurillg thl~ pane.l dowil aJIIl a lIew OIW mccted Oil tlw sa.me IIlolith alld ahollL h,tlf was [mid int.o till' 'l'rp.ltsllry. l'a IIgCl'lLlI ~Iohallw,l of Plln:wg ,lied (II) the :!4lh 1'he uew el'el:tion is oilly of 'l tellll)()I'ar)' elmillsl:allt fn"l1 LlH' effects of pr(l!ollged fel'el'.He WitS ana was pnt np 011 COlitract for $liO. The all '~lIergetie 111'\11!lll'] always willillg to as~ist when barracks IHe ill It most c1illlpidatecl l:olJ
JI10st ol)e,]i'~lIt Svrvallt.
The exports H~sp~)etiYl:ly
H. n. CHUCEI';U, Resident
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aut! iJlJports
were $:!,n;u
and
$2,81!J
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E:IB.KPA'l'HICK, Resident.
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other
THB. SABAWAK GAZE'l"l'E, ~IARUH 4, HIOR. u. ...¥. . _
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/llDJ11iry move snll1cient some twent.y off }1Iwd andI Im(1to allot them laml?Ilallt)'s on which . IIpd plant !t.tthe confluence of the Hadong and po livers (new IIlouth). ''Highness the Hajah l\IlIda h(1.\'ing sanctiolled 'on of an Ima11l~~, who will (haw a salary, sala.rie(\ 1I11allIll in the Ilistory of tilt: District. d the people, who, after inevit;djlc and delay, sent in the IJallles of t.hose men Ore various parties wishell to stf\.nd as canclit.o of whol1l, however, I elilninatc(l as tlwy 1's of Abang Man, the Eakinl. Smail recei\'c!(l the most yot.es at the tinle i Bahlt (son-in-law of t,he olel Datil Hakiln ",her-in-law to }] aj i ,\f;hari of ~i bu) if; a lltte ffhose election \\'oille! lIe popnla1' with the da.sses a" he has Spoilt sellne tP.11 years at is an educated lllall, has a g,)()(ll\llowlc(lge Jlc:>slem h \VS anel IlflS lIlclI'.1f1ji I/allll. boat.ing lll:cillcnt (H:C11L'l'tJfi in H. BiliH re,;\I1die drowning of It \\'lJIWIII. Apparently II(!I' on to It huge log' alld sLllel, f,u;t; slw mistook In the g,tLlwring gloollJ for 1hHIting J'Ilhhish. me upset slle sl1cc:ep.(lecl ill reachillg 1[\,IHllJut Lo get }wr ric:(~-pot \\"Iwu tllt~ \)I)1tt tUl'lJecl d engulfed her. ill KIlulpoug Hharll, bllt 11Lluly ere'~tea, t to the gl'olllll1 tllrollgh cal'l~leS"neHH ou of the owners. ]<'ol"Lullatl!l\' it was IlU iso-.e RIHl rlleJ'c was no tln.ng~'r ;)1' others taliiIJ.!..(
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Buso duri]g the month, hut this amOllnt. call1l<)1.h('
I taken a!>a fail' monthly average as the ore workcrs, I
who are now nlostly Chinese, werc more than usually industriotls kst month owillg to the proxirnity ot: Chiuese New Year. '.I'ho prisoners Imve tlnished ce.rt,tin improvemcnts on the Seniawan road during the lIIolJth and have also elearell the telephone Jiue. 1 !:aVl!nothing fnrther to report 011this occasion.
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,.Iyrall/ents.--H!J were made out during tht' mont,h. St.llIlJp duties al1<1fees amounted to ~i1Ii-un. COlin fill(~s and fees ItllJOunted to $11;0,0:" On the :Jnd I returned fl'OlIl Ji:uching ha\'ing~"I'o ,l,)\\'1I OIl the BIst nltil1lO.
'l.'lwl'e is \'ery little to report for the paHt Inollth. Kapas was appointed Omn~ Eaya of ~)ingghi ana some 0lltstal1l1ing cltses fl'Olll there sett!c(l. I hopH lie will prove a better 11I11.11 t]mu the last Ol'llug l\'aYil. '1'here hltVe been slludry cases of petty theft 11\)11l glll'dens while tlw owners were at work and als() of vine cutt.ing. I also hear reports of secret Hoci"ty people being at work ngaiu in Upper Samwak but at. present I hrwe not sn/ticient informatiolJ to act 011. Un the :'!Ist 1\fl;' \Vong Killl 130(>11,the hearJ-rn,tc,tel.' of tlw l\uching GovemrnentSchool, held all ox-A ])yak priSOlIt~l' illearCl)[',lteci 1'01'thdt . 1Iis eScltpe but W,LS"ilught by sOllie ;\bl:t,v ItlllllJation at the Ban School; he expressed hiH ~.ulers, wbo received the lIsl1all'l~lval'(l, wllilst IJjJinion tlmt good jJrogress lmcl beell IIm(le, J p,ave aleI' nllderwellt the custonmry IlIlnislllueut. prizes to the boy" who did best in the ;:J 1'~lIgliRh ILnd ,-"lier D,\'llliH, who were illllireetly iUlpli(;lttl~d :\ Chinese dlLsses a11l1alRo for the lIebt, attendance, OliO ~pe, b.Lve eaeh beeu fillctl. l!l)Y lIot having missed a day for Ij 1I1,)nths, ' ,,-1\lr. Nnysmith owillg to ill health proL have hall the honour t.o write to His Highnes~ the Hajnh i\fmht re(llll~sting an increased Governmellt s.., Kllching to cOllsult Dr. Hltrkel' who Ildvisecl grllnt. At presellt it is $:.!OIt month alld I fear that the lelllaiu ill l\:uchillg fnr It few dit.\'s. III tIle Mr. ~Iaddoc:ks is ill elJ(lIog<~. )"ellll\.ining $7() which has to be foulld IJ)' the Chineso l'n~sseb rather IWlwily, especially as trali(~ has not bt.'o::n 'it tOilS of cl.ml \\'el'l~ eXI"H"ted tn l\uchillg. :mew locomotive, the "SI,illlitiollg", is workillg g"odl1 for slIInetilll0, it would ue I think a great pity isfactorily alld tIle 'S'tmsou,' one of the old if the School should IlOt be oaniecl on aftel' August when the present maste~r's agTeelllent finishes, _ring beell pitt illto goocl worl,illg ordt~r is ' lIing. DodoI' Hl'llce' Low was in the district on the to Hth, l:ith to 18th, ~:2J\(l to ;~".-Avemge daily uunilH~r oj' patit~llts tl"l~ilt:~)cl following t1ates.--2nd :J~th, ;\Uth to ;\1 st. ,I nUlllber of the chilclrclI ill the 1\alllpollgs 'I'he prisoners have been enlployed ill I'clI1etallilig the bazaar l"Oa(ls, wr.eding [Lllclditehing eic. ,ttiug frolll what is suspiciously lil,e WliOOpillg many f'ttltl c,tses Me repurte,l, J rl~grd tu K H. :-;'I'IL\\'EfJI" Bllt Mn.htys willllot Itsli assistallcu preferrillg R(',~idt'!lt, tbe malady ill their own \VfI,Y. T/'rtde Rrlllm,~. '.
Exports. $7.HHIi.ll
] IlIpOl'tS. $D /,.j,j .()()
Ol..'.
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()u/(/,t,.-'['here have been It few CLses at the end I'. (,(JIWON WIII'I'E, ,.1s.~i8tl/l/t lI/:sidcllt. or tile 11IOIlth Illostiy fruit or sago land dispuJ;es. .~_. .\." 110 Court w:ts held at Dalat this lJ10llth tll8 COU!:I; \\'01'1; has heen lighter tillUI usual. All cases am fully reported in the Diary for the month. '-' }'Ilbli(; Wu/'ks.-A great many of the pl'isollers ,Jail II((I'!J. lm"e heell ill with fever so that the gang has lJtJcl1 ned fWIIl sllOl't leave Oil the 10th allll took rather slllal!. 'l'he men pulled down the old ti111ht)l' Mr. Collins who had beeu ill clw,l'ge of the she,l which was very roLten indeed and partially during IUY abseuce. huilt It lie\\' one at the end of the boat shecl and this ha~ been very little to llo tlm'iug the month \ViII be l1nished next month; at present the spaeo Comt work has heeu ulJl1snaily light, the llll(lemcath the Comt is full of odds !l11l1ends \)1' ase of any importalJce beillg that of Haji E:ecbi tilliber, plalllis etc., and 10l)ks very untidy. I'ensentenced to a year's imprisOllllwut for Inisgaged a number of Kampong 111011011 daily W'lgl~S iation of ccrtaiu nJOllief;. '.l'his luau Ints to cle31' the Ihl\Ong road !tll(] otlier WlttiS whi"h 'iI'j in debt and his estatt~ is IH,\V being \\'[)1111<1 w(~r,! rather overgro\\'11 Illld also tu cinar tIle (~OCO'~. she Bankmptcy Court in Euching. IIlItS. :-)ome of these are doillg vUl'y well ind"ed '1 sixty seveu tons of autimouy ore were ,lebllt others, bp.ing Oil very dry ground, are takillg It '0 :'Ilessrs. the Borneo COIlJpany I..ilnited at IOllg tillle to grow but 110 doubt will ,10 better WIlUll
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THE SARAWAK GAZETTE, APRIL J, 19Q
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'rhe piece of lanrllYII,g on tbe KOL'thside of the. road from the Court LoH. H. the Rajab's Bungalow is being cleared, H. H. the Hajah Mthla having sanctioned a small rubber estate being started with prison labor; the soil proves to be very good. 'l'he prisoners have also been en.gaged in clearing for a ritle range and making the necessary butt, etc. the cost of this will be recovered and credited to. prison account when the range is completed, Dr. Bruce Low was in the district on the 1st, r,th to 8th, 12th to 15th, 19th to 21st, a.nd 26th to 28th. I left Bau on the 26th to spend a week 11.1;:.. S:\I1tubong.
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(Jlt It JUt SAltA \\Ti\ Ii. ItJ\Ii r. Februa"'!f, 'l'here ha,'e been quite a lllm,ber of thefts and' bmglaries reported during the 11Ionth al'td it is l'U-1I10tlt'edthat secret societies are acti"e all over thedistrict. On the night of the 10th a gang robberytool, placl! at Tan Teo Durian, 'l'he owner of the raided house escaped by climbingon to the roof and jumping down at the hack with ' his coolie, but hi!l wife hid in the roof Imd WIlSthus' aule to !lee the robherfl who !lhe alleges were five in number and were armed with stick!l allll knives. [ lOwing to the owner of the house having escaped therobbers had not time to !learch the honse properly und consequently the value of property !ltolen only amOlln ted to aboll t $00. Four arrests have been made in connection with. this case I1.ndthree of the acclI!lecl have hp.en identi-fied by the woman as members of the g'ltllg. 'l'be. case now stands adjoul'IIed to enable' more evi(lenceto be collecteclas the accused [He well I>nown bad characters and one of them-Chang Ny"I>--is said to be a leader of It secret society, but as is nsual in such cases it is Itllllost impossible to obtain any direct evidence against the accused, neither is this to be wondered at considering how clitlicult it is fOl'wituesses to escltpe the vengeance of the society. 011 the 22nd six men were :m'ested at Kranji wht were alleged to belong to a secret society and to haveattempted to force the complainant-who is an old man who has lived over 20 years in the neighbourhuod-to join them; here again there WitSno evidence against the accused except the complainant's bare statement and no papers of an incriminating natnre were discovered in the hou!les of the accused. I sent foul' of these nlen to Kuching to be dealt with hy the. Hon'ble the Besident suggesting that they should at.. least be forbidden to return to this district, 'l'here has been very little Court work dl1l'ing the 1I10nth, tines and fees amollnting to tHO.Iit:! only. 'rhe prisoner!l, nine of whom ha,'e been released during the lIIonth, have remade the bltzaar road.
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l'ltPIHC, SAltA'" Ali. 11,\[. Pebma1'Y: .d.greelllcnts.-i!l) wer~ made out dUl'iug the 1I10uth. p duties and fees amounted t:> $75.H3, l'.olu.t.-]'ines and fees amounted to $100..LO. Chinese New Year which fell on Sunday the ~nd off ve;'y quietly, compa.ratively fe\" Chinese the gardens came to the bazaar and there was .' little gambling going on : a general holiday was ;'-'served on Mond:1.Yard. On the 12th a coolie named Lee Soong \\'hile ''8IIempting to cross the rivet' below Lobang Angin, 'lltnle in flood, was carried away Rnd drc,wned; his . iody was recovered two days after near R:tll Peng-
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Februar!f. 'L'he balance of last year's 41:
r, acres
tea topped.
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THE SARAW AK GAZET'rE, 1<)X .84) R T ~. ARTIeJ,ES.
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MAY 2, 1908.
$ 6,849.004
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Marr.h. 'mellts.-.iirJ were made out duriug the 1I10nth b. tp duties and fees amounted to $llH.40. fines and fees !tmounted to $241.50. urned here from Santubong on the 5th; on the ant Mr. Collins left hlwing obtained fj weeks 10 Singapore. &be16th a man called Chao Chee '1'ow was ie-e by tbe B.esident of Paku; he stated that !Ie was up at Sikong, which is just across the and about a day's walk from Pengkallan be met 3 Chinese who asked him to help them. .stated in conversation that they feared to come .
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Roads.-l{)ings
$8,220.8961 _____...
$8,399,720 "
on contract linished clearing and
repairing the Jal1lbusan road from Bau to :3rd mile post, they have
made
a very
contract price being $150.
good
job of this,
the
I have 110Wlet them II.
further contract to clear and repair from 3rd mile
I post to 9th mile post at Puak at a COl>tof $830. I have also let 11.contract to some Chinese to clear the 'l'undong road 'l! miles for $145. 'l'he pll1.nkl>on the five bridges at this eud of ,Tambusan road where the road was diverted in 1905 arc all quite rotten and billian has been ordered to replace them, over 200 planh will be required. Dr. Bruce Low was in the district fr(lll1,lth to Gth and 25th and ~(ith instant and Dr. Bl1.l'kerP. M. 0., 11th to 14th and 18th and l!Jth instant, E. R. H'1'ILWELL, Resident.
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place of size in S'arawak 111> they had some
~ore killed one Salleh at Puak; they wanted CDgive them money so that they could get down Sambas and also tried to persuade him to 'a secret society of which they were nJClllbel's, he that he must hnrry back to Pengkallan and had 110money with him; !~t Pengkallan be. met Bujit to whom he told the story and .a,.ised him to go and report at Palm; he himself up trading ill a small way. I at once advised ourable the Resident of this with the result . C. Ornar was sellt with letters to the Dutch 'es and Chao Chee Tow was takell as a guide; ,JltturlJed 011 the i!Oth saying that the 'Dyak Sikong had told them to take the Chinese to and he had forwarded the letters; four men IlUeSted but two were allowed to escape the Digbt, the others were brongh there ltnd after tbeir evidence I shall forwa.l'
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On the 1st the ba:<:aarhere had a narrow escape from being burnt down, some one havino thrown a. bunch of lighted crackers into the In\Cl~of Chong Koo's shop and thus setting fire to some curtains. On the !lth the body of a Chinalllan was picked up by the "Jee Sen Foh" below Seniawan. 'l'lte body which was naked and bore no marks of violence was not identified lIor has any report been made of anyone being missing. On the 10th a P. C. was sent to Pengkal"n Ampat in order to arrel>t Pangeran Olllar, who is wanted by the Dutch authorities, should he come that way. Later it wa~;heard he had been I1rrested by the Dutch. On the 12th I took over from Mr. Crocker. On the] 7th aile Chao Chee 'l'ow reported havin~' met at Sikong across the Sambas border tl1rc~
in .lyoa. .", ~a.ir at SaUch's hous;- at. Puak happened on ., Chin.ese concel'll.e,din a gang ,robber~ at .P.I~l~k :tof January 8th, l!)03; hIs houl>ewas entered ~nf~HI~la~rtwas sent on to Bau as I nal. IS under the unknown Chinese; he, Bnjang and J aho were . .lunschctJOD of that Court. , lly cnt abont bnt none of them died and the On the ~4~h ?nc Bon~ '~'iam, a tall1bang man, was ~~t off with what money and jewellery tlwre I drowne.d b:( lalhng Ol1toj 1m boat. He .I\'as ~tanl1ing n~) r:o.wmg In the usl1~1 w~y, the fastennlg..o~>()~1e ~ar i:lad ,,:ere never hea.rd o~ or lraced in any way. tlOn.-The land bell1g snnicientlv cleared I !)~o],e. and h() fell overhoal c1 and (~)(1 not LJSv ,tg,tIli. 300 rubber stumps from Poak 'and these I he body W'1'SlIot found tIll dl~ ~7th. planted by tl.Je23rd instant ; prisOl.Jen; have been ?r~ th,e :'~L~t.~l~~ Jong 'l'saJ Sle\\' WitS ellgage<] on . I
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In consequence of a letter recei\'ed from the Hon'ble I plantation besidethe tram line not far from U, and one by Va on Kon Siang for land at Piot. the Divisional Resident I left on Sunday 22nd for Sampadi to il18pect the building of a tonglmng COI' e prisoners have been metalling the Bazaar but their work has been much dehtyed by Govemment hy one Nandi. The tonglmng which is Capt rain. The roads are in good order with the neady cOlllpleted is in my opinion a most disgracetion of a place just below tienilH\'an where a Cully huilt one, and has heen pnt together in a very ert has collapsed. This cul\'l>rt was nmde many rough and ready faKhion. I f;trongly recommend ago. Rillian will no\\' b~ userl in,;tead of vel'\' careful examination of this boat before it is; tin~lly taken over by GO\'ernment: 'nary hard woods. On the 22nd instant Messrf;. H. H. Everett and H. H. A. Do.v, Resiclent. l'~. F. l)i'unpin arrived from Santubollg. l\'lr. Piimpin 'who had lettel's of introduction from' ~1r\ 'I'.t N (; ES'I' .,\'1' I'~. the Hon'hle the Divisional Resident came to inspect the soil in this tli:;triet with a view to plalltin~ Ramie. On the IJt1lldu side Mr. Piimpin inspected uring the month the coolies we\'!' employed in the soil at Skati, Rimuning, Prundang, Sidamak, Hedain, H:LSitUand ,T!tnglmh. Over in the Simatan ering coffee, plncldng tea, weei!jng and making valley Reheris, Samian, Selarat, Sebal(Qh and 'rimries for Para rubber ani! coffee. haga were visited. '1'he trip to Hasau was nmdc pel" ,The crops gathered were 20! picnls parchmcnt S. I. Saral.:tall. 'rhis is I uelie\'e the first tillle that and 206 Ibs ten.. a steanlCl' of !1.nyI,ind hU.f;been so far up river. It c. few coolies were regulo.rly employed in scraping is quite certain that a C!drly hi.rge sized launch or '5Sfrom the stem of coffee trees. stemner could, if it were necessary, easily get up as ~ived 6500 p,\l'I\ rnhber seeds '1Iln planted in far as Basau all a Hood tide. 'J.'he Chinese and Malav nes. handongs go some good two hours abovl'! Hasan as e Serapi J'oad hns been repail'ed and is in gOOll far as Stungkor. '1'. 1\11'.Pii1llpin was vcry impressed wit,II the land in gang of coolies have been employed daily in iring and dr9.ining the Pengkallan Hoad, the the Simatan valley, p'HticnJarly with that at Scbakoh and 'l'imhaga. Hero the soil ii> undoubtedly very is making rapid progress. . rich. I do not thillk I !1.111 far wl'Ong when I write. e coolies were paid their wages for February the 10th instant. . and say "that it would be hard to fllld in Sarawak soil hetter than that which is to he found on the land e health of the eoo1ies is Co.irlygO('(1. lying between Lundu alld thl' Poi ~Jountains." 'l'here is no doubt that this spot is one oC the most .T. oM. <:;Qi\LEZ. fertile valleyforin the COUlltry. Manager. ..+-~-On the 21st Haling of Siting reporte(l tha.t one. 'IJinclm, a leper, had suddenly dio;;appeared. He was last seen the previous evening at 6 1'. M. by his. claughter. All properly in the hut which T.Jincha March. occupied was undisturbed. I ordered thc Dyaks to the 4th instant accompanicd b.\' Orang J\aya make a thorough !;eal'ch Corthis man but up to the I paid a visit to the Ulu Lundn. From the IWth 110 signs of him had ht'en discovered. 'rhe th of Rasau upwards I found cI'0\\'I18 of Malays Dyaks scenl to think that Lineha has run away to Dyaks living iu hut~ lining both banks of the the mountains in the hopes of finding relief from his o river and side streams for miles. All wcre ill terrible sickness. I am, howe\'er, of the opinion that h of the illipe uut. B~' the end of th~ month IJincha knowing he was 11.11outcast cOllll1littec1 price for these nuts had risen to nearly $5.00 pel' suicide to end his misery. He.no doubL threw himself aI. into the river anc1 was devoul'e::1.by crocodiles. I Stungkol' Orang Ka.ya Nyuli\1l cOIuplainec1 I lJn.venothilJg further to report to Yom Highness. for t\vo years now the Stingiwg Dyal(s h!1.d Cor this llIonth. ed on the Stuugkol' side of SUlIgei Stumau F'. F. BO UI/l' , :b land really belongs to the Stungkor Dyaks. Re.~ident 2nd Class. that Dyal(s were living in the Hasan river the gkor Dyaks had very little lalldlcft for Carming could not afford to allo\\' the Stingang pEople to u.chon their land." Mauy years b!1.cka previons --.--ident arran~ed that the titillgan.~ Dyaks shonld !tIareh. farm below the right bank of tJ1(' ~tuman and 'J.'he Divisionn.l Resident lJ:Lvi\lgwritten me conStungkol' Dyaks shOllld not farl1l abo\'e the left of this same stream. 'J.'his arrangement seems cerning the man Pangel'l\lI Olllar, whose rloing~ and movements I have made IIIBlition of in IL previous. tly fair as the Stingang Dyaks have an altllost ited acreage of land to choose for farming on. report I went up to 'J.'abel1ooand to other places ,ve sent for the Orang Ka.ya of Stingang who was neitl' the border to make inquiries and to satisfy myat Bau during the time I was up-river. I shall self as to how far the many 1'lllllours afloat about him "that I insist on his people adhering to this ma.n were based on fact. old order and that if they again encroach on the Here amongst the Land Dyal(S prepamtions for kor Dyaks farming land they wIll be punished." harvesting were in full progress and all the people e Stungkor Dyak,:; have further asl(ed if the fine werp. in a (luiet alld peaceful state of nlind which ,adultery could be increased. The present fine had \lot been disturberl by I'.n)' I'ltll1ours of PalJgeran O.mar, who has not attcmpted to SOl\' discord gst the Land Dyaks here, of eight tempaian to four ~ollars, w'as many years ago quite suf1i- amongst tbo T.Jalld Dyal{s whatever he llIay have to meet this offence. N ow-a-days it is wholly d0ne to unsettle and incite the Sea Dmks of this uate and acts more af; an ind ucemen t to cri \TIC J>istriet and the II Di \'isioll. . as a determent. 'J'hat Pal~garan Omar has been sellilJg "charl1ls," 'obate duty on the estate oC OJ\~ '1'ai Tiong the cffeet of which is to rcnder the wearer i\lvuled of Messrs. Soon Hong Co. (If Hillll~tan lJerable, to the gullible Sari bases, Sabuyaus, Balaus, ntetl to $414.75. alJd otlu'rs snturated itS the.\' arc with superstition,
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1. WltS in E.uchiug from the !;th to Uth illst:1.I1t ,n E have to offer om congratulatiollf\ to :Mr. Imviug gone down to be present at thc arrival of His Baring Gonld who, we heal' hy this rUlLil, Highness t,he Rajah from Europe. gaged to he nutrried. Hoong Ah Siong, one o[ the Chinese bronght over --
,Sikong last m0nth, was sentellced in ]\uching to ;, years imprisonment [or taking part ill the murderous assault on Balleh, Bujang an<1,Jaho ILtPlmk ill ,Janu!HV1DO(). 'l'here hav,; been [\,number of thefts 1'1'0111 houses rnuJJ
report reache(lns in the early part of the tohthftt two Chinese children were taken ~ crocodile while bathing at IVluanL'l'nang, \larahan. A young girl abont 14 years old, name \Vee Kim Kee, daughter of the late ee Ah Ohoon of Knching, went to Muara g at the' beginning of the month to pay -Isit to her elder married siste!', 'Nee Ah Ing. Early on the 6th Wee liilH Kee took little nephew aged about 4 years, the son Ong Ah Geng, to the htll
"he night of the 10th one Ah Tol\, a local K I'~. 8'1'11:"\VEL T.J. ct, was washing a pail' of trOl1fiel'Sat one Resident. i,the landing stages when they \vere snatched , fJ by a crocodile. One night, alvJ11ta Illonth wbel1going to bathe, this sa.me wan fell .;) the arms" of It "eroe.;" fortunately the April. was as frightenell as Ah 'l'ok and lJOth P{(illtt:l/y:-Pepper gardens on the whole :tre look- . 3 record" t'or home. As Ah 'l'ok is nfLing \'ery well alld the rot that set in last year seems .1yannoyed at the los~ of his gltrlUent he to have stopped. I Hn<1on looking through my books Il~rro\Vec111 Snider anc1 is now end(~a\'olll'-
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--April. :rncltts.-H:j w<\]'e nlltde out (luring the nlonth. ,.joties aud fees fLl1lounte(l to $HO:01. fiues and fees 11.11I01\11 tell to $~:j:l.()r).
Highness the H!tjah arrived here on tlw ~lst hku accompn,uied by Mr, H, Day. ~die ~2nd H. 11. visit,ed the New 'Vorl,s which '..
:erected by Messrs. 'rhe Bornco Compau)', .talaJld the Governmcnt Oftices. His High011 the morning of the ~ard riding down ong road to SeniltwH.u. Collius who returned fronl :-;ingn.pore ou the ~ta.nt left for Knching Oil tIlt) ~4th having iuted to do duty at Hilm.
that in l;his district alone ]114ganlens havl~ been reported :thmHloned last, year and b~sidl'~ this there are ~;j gardens whieh have not yet pai(l road t:~xfor HJ07 and these proba.bly have been abaudoned Inaking a total of :l1D. If priccs wonld remain steady at their present level I do not think many more gardens will be ahandouetl thOllgb no donbt planters wonld have a 1mI'd struggle to keep going. A signiticaut sign of the tin}es is that iu neady all pepper ganlcns one is IIOWoffered t~a 11lI1deof jamb/( leaves instead of the geuuiue article. Coolies' wages do not seem to have fallen proportionately to the fall in pepper. Coolies still receive the e(]lIivalent of about $1:.\ per month. During the nlOnth B cases of pepper vines being lIlaliciously destroyed were reported. In one case there seems little doubt it was dOlle by the owner of the ganlen, now abscondell, who cOllsidered he had been badly tren.ted by his llIortgtLgee, IJiew 'ret of Ba.n, who had refllsed him any further atlvance];',the garcleu being he!wily indebtecl. I ho!U'the Dyaks in the Left Hand Bmnch :.Lt'rebia, ~elllhan and Bm:~ng h!we been working sega rattans plantetl by thelllse!\'es'some yen.rs n.go. According t() nlY inforlnant they have sold at least 100 pikuls dming the Ittst few months. .Few cases callie before the Conrt (luring the TllOnth 'iLndnoIH' of l~n,Yilnportance. A l}lIn}ber of petty thefts of fowls, clothes, rice, and so on frolll houses and ganlens havo been reported--the \\'ork lID doubt of out-of-work and opi IIIl1smoking lo~fers, some of WhOlU have beell caught and imprisoned. Thcre have been 110gang robberies and all being now quiet the squad of Hangers was sent back to Headquarters on the 17th. During the month the Police force here has" . been increaeea by H constables. On the 20th Your Highness visit~cl the statiOlI, riding frOIl1 Seniaw!\n. .
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,jJe here Your Highuess Silll<:tiOIWIl SOIlIl~altel't<>the Police B,uTac],s which are to be l'Oofed bilinn attl1.ps. the 21st Your Highness rod!: OVI!I'to Ball. accol'llance with YOl\1: Highness' imtructions, 27th I went over the ronll frolll Lidah '.I'anah ro the 7th mile Hock HOild nnd nHule l~contmct ."ne Chin:ullan to \\'ee(l tllis road sonle ,j milt!s ~ and with another to rellllll,e 2:2;\ f,~t]IOJIIS of 're it nllls through I" S\\'ltIIIP 1'0)' $:2:2:'1. 'Phese ts having received Your Highuess' sauction was hegun 011 the Bath. (I"le at T-Jidah 'l'lmah the Kaugch"'w a"ke(l that ~bt hc given 0. grant or pennit to huld certain as a hurial grollnd fm' the Chillcse cOllllnllnity him. He poillted Ollt the desircd Il1.lHl which snit.dJle and I have )'eferrc(l the lIHltter to ,lion: the Hcsi
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mit of which ,. gl'ltnd view of the country stl't'tchiugfroll1 the Lundu hills to the Batallg Lupar opens itself. Here 1\11'.Crocker tool, his bearings in relation to ~evel'!LI JA.lld marks ill the UIII (~IIOp [tlld there-abollts llnd then we retllrued.
'('he followiug day the A lice IJ fl'olll pne of till) gmves. linlited storing facilities at the wharf is heing turne<1 Jonth, Joug 'l'sni Kiew, who was cng,.ged as 0:.19probation fl'OIll tlw ] st of the IllOlith Cell 011t by the ?IIi lies. c ,>'aJ,s alld will settle lie,\)' thell!. labollr for loa,ling hr.avy cal'gOt~s. prisollel's have !,cell elllploye,l chicHy 111 The sole outlet of the sheds 011to the wharf having .~ Bazaar I'ol\d Illlll weedillg Bllall rOlul. cllnsidemhly interfl!red with the mpid 11I,lllillg01 the
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"--+.1pril, ~ker fl.nived here from Knchillg 011the (jth ,jp connectioll with the trace for the telepholle Knching alld Sallong. :Next day we wellt &0S, Nap at which poillt the river is lIarallY other ill the lower reaches I1.lIdovel' wire call be stretchetl froll1 ballk to hallk. ., back from S. Nap we trained \1p to the then climhed Gunong ~gli from the Hum-
s. s.,Rajah of .'jamwa!.; T Im\'c deenlcd iL Ilc:c{~ssary to mal,c two ad{litiollal outlets which will feed the wharf a.nd thus f;tcilitate the loading and )\rt1vent qualTels allll fights lunollg the Chinese honlE'. Tons. CWL. Coal ill shells at 1st April l'e(:eiv(!t!during.. shipped
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'J.\\'o Chi namen 1))' name Ng .Ill n .Hi11 al1l1 I\.lIn Pong alTive(1 fronl ;ralmn. LleudJllllgitn on the 27th ultimo bringing with them fLboy, Ng Kee Fook, aged auout (j years who uore the mfll'ks of shot wOlIlHlsalJout the twe and chest. 'fhey state that on the 25th about H 1'.~I.their hOllse was entered by gang robber,;, se\'en in number, when the IJOY was shot t11l1'illgthe tight which ensue'l. Kun Pong was also woun(led in th(~ba('],;an,l both have l!P2n sent for repail's to the General I-Io,;pital. \Ve uwlerstand neither are vel'Y ;;el'ionsly h1ll't.
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jungh: prodllee the Chinese IHwe cOI1lI1lp.nced to erect their lIew temple n.t the up-river end of thp. uaz!1.l1.l'. :slIess of the prison IlII.tIHlor, P. C. Goll1m Thi!'> hnil,ling is to be of brick and when completed Liew Sil\ll absconded on the 2nth inRtallt; the will presellt a \'cry halll1sollle e!lific!1. Home of the finest hilirtn obtainable is being IIse.l for the iuterior. IlH\\1doralso absconded hefore heing hrought Dr, F.\V. Foxworthy. botanist of the Bmen.u of iri a.!. HejcIII;('. ilTl1.nila, arriveil here on t.he 7th. He has re has been !~good deal of sickness amongst ,lice and prisoners dl1l'il:g the JI1onth, !\IH1the eOIlL(~ with the inteution of making tt study of the ster of the Govel'1lJl1cnt school \;;:\s in \\'oods ~l.IHlfore!'>ts of this tlistriet hdOl:c procceding to other pn.rts of the conntr,v, 'og Hospital frolll the nth to IHth. I \'i~ited Hilllatan frolll the ~~ntl to 2:ith. \Vhilst Uesident or Palm having kindly lent AIJII.ng antl [ climbed the SalJahat '5f'Crvices, the Shak Lung illun hn.?,n.:u'haR been there 1>1'. Foxworthy \Ve Imcl a i!ed; the ground at the 'baek of the shopR has Peak Itt NOl,thel'l1 cUll of the Pac range. lIlOst illtm"~stillg trip. Shortly \ve h0l'e to lliake au divided n.s f:~irl.v as pos!;ihlo l~na properly d out n.nd e:wh owner will he given a cor- ascent lip GUUOlJg H.\1IUplit at the southcru cnd of for whieh a small charge will be made to this samH group. On the :'\1'11the old HfJIU1.!lo( Police \Illller Corporal npenses; this is in no way a grant of the land a safe-guard against swilJdlill~~wlll!n bllyillg HI i\l~tl, rdlll'lle!i to HeaLl(ll1ttrters. At tlIe elltl of the mouth natives \\'('re still haror lllortgaging of property is t:ddllg pIn.C!~. Bruce Low arrived here on the Hth ill!'>tallt \'f)sLin;!. This i!'>owing to the (;t-el; thH.t Humhers "f1rnecl to l\uching Oil tIle !Jth, auaIHl')IICll their fanlls n.nd 'vent in seareh of illipe '.." TVork.~Del1arlme/!/.-A eOllsi.lemble alllOtlllt lIul<;. III !~()nsefJuellcc latm: on in the seasoll they -rs have been done to HiR I-lighllcR!'>the h:1..1(0 pla.llt out fresh paudi, .~Bnng'llow, it beillg fonn(\ on inRpcetioll that Tho ~Ia1:tys n.lld Chinese still coutinue to apply e of a good llUl-n)"of the plallks and other for pPl'lIlits to OpOIl cocoanut pbnt:ttions. 'J'be "' 1 been entirely en.ten ont by white allts. rcgist ry shows tlmt there fire over ~IOOof these gardens IIOW in this tlistrict. Ju ahout 5 \'ears til1le the cOllst derk'R hou!'>e Ims also been put into repair ''''$t of the Goverlll1lent huiltlll1gs have heclI het\\'e'~11 .lta1lluulIgall :1.IH1Hinl!l.t:in \rill he one long . -:mshell, . line of pln.lltI1.tiolls. :-iecdliugs arc fetciliug $:j,()U to ' '.'tile 1st illst!\lIt Bo Ua bngall his eon(;r:td to :;Hi.UOpur IIIIIHlred.
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tJle rond fronl Ban to Bli:l.11.pnttin~: frpsh \\"Imt th!' un.tives willlmH1 to conte1ll1 agniust is down for the whole way, the co;;t to h!~:;;iJOl1. I~l)('ell,' kllown by i\[nlays aR brl/., '['his insect seems ! t"isollers cOinpleted the repai rs to Seri IIg~:ok to altar-); tlte trees planted illl;uHl IllOre tlmn tltose :¥'Sh meta.l being pnt down for t.he whole di!'>- plallt,..1rwar the sef~ coast. \Vith constlwt c1e[tring a\\'lt)' ..,(' the undergrowth, ~~IH1the ill1lllediate aes(~ of Klings has Hcady lillislwd cle:lring tl'llctioll of trees attacked, nlso an occasional smoky ... irillg froll1 the :Ii'll to !Jth Illile Oil Puak Ii)'!; bllJwing ovo)' the plant!~tions, I thillk, this difti"'1 contract
price of
$a:~o,
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E. It, STlfJWELl.J, H(!8ident.
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JlIa U.
,:: the mOllth eoolip.s lmve beell Clnployetl in .:t;crops, wceding, clCl\lIillg eolIee Imdrcp!tir!o;. ';~rops gathcrcd dmillg the 1II0ilth \\'ere H hmellt coffce allr1 .\:jij Iii;; made tc:t, P:\rnell paW tlH~ eoolics' \mgl!s for April 011 WStl1.lIt.
enlt.\. ,h1)1I1,l he easily ov
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F, F. BOUI/l', Hesidellt 21/£1Class.
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])Ilrill~ (.he first. \\ienk 1 !'>pcnt n da.y or two n.t 8ehanga1l alld in it's Ull! bllt ft!'>the nHUIagen1cut of the wlmrf is in 111\-halllls I alll not thin!, it arlvisable (or IlW to he a\\'l~)' for long on aCColillt o( tlte proIml.lo a.rri\':d of 1\ steamcr from Sjngl~pol'C for ccm!. .\t ]y.ikal--a ~~Inn]] ri\'or which hen' I'III1S illto the Ilmin ,.;(r"lllll gives the name to the pl:tee-I stopped ."/. :\1. t.: () :\H~/', alld w:lllil~(l inlalla for somc distance ah)))g tlte foot of tlw rnnge o[ hills winch stretch fraln Sebangan .lIlIl/aycr, --to SI\bu,\"ftu. 1IIIIIwnsn fruit groves are planted all ~1.l()ng tue slopes o( ~he hills lilld yield large crops as the soil is sa.id (0 be very rieh hcre, hut it iR somc time since pad!ly was planted, ~lIlnhers of the ;'vI!~I[L\'Rlower !lown river art> t illlportt\lIt event of (11t~IIlolith was the '''.Iis Highncss the Hajl~11to 'thispeds. At 110(;such as tr) pellnit o( their refusing to se]], being, ItS tlll'v a!'o. more 01' les!'> ilHleuttHI to the traders His Highness illspectetl the GO\'el'lllllp.llt '- .~ :t.ften\'lInl!'> wa.lked throngh tho IIlllill who 1I~I.tlll'ally fix the price to hnllefit themselves. J t is to ho hope(l that arrangements can he Ilmele aroUlH] the kltll1pOlig. [01.'the trallsfer of the !'>lIpeL'\'isioll of the will\rf to -ners have lIIn.de gOOll progress ill clearillg the !\rallager of tlte Mines clf whiclt it is nn important .qlecte!l hy His Highncs!'> (or all orange In'an<.;h. . i\luII\', of the seetls ." planted bv His
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May.
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SARA W AK GAZETTE, -------
,1;RGLAl\H paid a visit to Mr. J. H. .Brodie's e on the night of the 9th instltl1t and ged to make off with things to the valne . ~ont $100. Amongst the artie1es stolen a.vVebley revolver, a silver cigltrette ease flags of the eommercial code enamelled on, gold studs and sleeve link:;, fm Elgin (rolled gold Hunter) awl sevemll.Jollllon ,~ish Volunteer buttons. ,
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~s. S. Ba1'awak arrived from 8a
instant with Mr. P. Gordon "\\lhite, Resi-
JUT.JY 16, 1908.
1 was in K.lIchiug from the l~th to 21st. His Highness the Hnjl1h w;u; pleased to sanction au illCrertSe froll! $20 to $:)0 in the grallt to the Bau school. On the 22ntl MI'. Foxworthy arrived from Puak; he returned to ](uching the lIext day. 'rhe school stopped flolll the 241,h to the 29th, IllOst of (;he Imys going to Kuching to 'see the Chinese procession. P. C. 14:\ Seman, 87 Mnn~gis an(l (j,j Merjan were returned to ]\:uching on the 2!Jth; they have been punished here for gambling in the bazaar bnt would not (10the fatigue ordcred, 1101'keep to barmcks, they will now be brought before the Court in Knching for punishment. 'I.'herc have been the llsunlnltll1!Jer of cases of theft of clothe" etc. from gardens. al1(l complaints also of theft of peppel' from wells B,rebeginning. Public TVul'i.,,~ .DlJpal'tment,'-Plmk road has now heen put in repn.ir up to the Hth mile and the Kiing glmg have been let ;1.GontmcL to metal Bau village
.. of Sadong, Mrs Nayslliith and r.lrs MadThey retl1l'ned to Sadong Oll the lath It. . e 8aTawak ltlSObrought the body of Mr. mith who was murdered the. evening An Inquest was held at the G-enentl :ital at ,1 J'. ~J.on the 12th and tbe fl1neral nmel for $(;(). . -place at!j P. \II.the SltlllCdrty. 'rhe fl1neml Prisoners have b(~cnempluyed putting down metal :ge was fol1owed to the grave by [1 ][l1'ge on the road from the Conrt to His Highness the Baj:th's BlIngldow; the white-washing of all Goverubel' of E mopeans. S. Adeh: fmiled for SilHl on the l:2th. nger, the Rent Father C]fU'ke.
Illent builc1ings has been completed alld the Rtables which were 110 longer Rare harc been puJ1ed down ana rehuilt.
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K H. STILWELL, Resident.
S. 8amwnk returned frotH SadoJ1g on the iustant with Mr. P. GonIon White, ~rr. :\Irs. Mad(lockE and Mrs. Nan;lIlith. rs. Nayslllith and ?Ill's. l'!!td~locks left for .Jnl/e. pore the fmme (lay l,y s. s. R,aja.7t,of' oak, which sailed rtt :3 o'c!o<:!\ I'. ~r. nl'fJisll'lltio/I.-1'wenty-five deeds were registered . P. Gordon "\Vhite and MI'. l\hd(loel,s making a total for the six months of 1::13as cOlllpared iled to 8ftdollg the SltlUe af'tel'lloon by with 2:\!J10r the first half of last veal:' :ial hoat. Pll/.lltil/g,-N a permits hav(\. been issued this month; in fltet only foul' ha\"e been issued this \'ear. 'e .Tong, the mmdercr of 1'11'.Naysutith, brought to K\lehing frolll S!1(lolJghy the HOllie ;.JOgardens h;1\'e been rep()rt~~d ItS a.balld~)lJed this mOllth, 10 by the H01'IIeo Company and the rest ,')a.l'lw)(tk on the 14th i IIstant.
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chiefly by Malays and ])y(\k1\. HO!1.(ltax is coming in slowly. 'l'hel'e will be It considerable reduction in I,his ItS so many plantE'l's are abandoning the less ]wo«lucti\'e portions of their gardens. On the 14th one Lee Chiew was (lrowlied ill the IIlaill river below l\:r<.:dalll. It is supposed lw tried to wlt(le across the river, whieh Cltll be forded about thcrc, but ItPIH\.l'eJltlyhe nlust h:we missed the ford rtncl got out of his depth. 'rhe prisQllers ha\'(1 been weellilJg and doing up .Jambusau road. On the Wth Lai 8anl ,Joo, 11 prisoner, made his escape while at work on this road. .JUJ/I!. On the 12th I left for the I.Jeft-hand Branch to r!JTeements.-:!.] were llH1.deout during the IIJonth. collnct the DYltk H.evenue. I got back on the 20th havi ng received the wholc of it except sOllie $20 from mp duties ;1nd fees l1.ulOunted to $5\1.1:1. '~l't.-:Fines and fees amounted to $107.W. ::icnJhan which will be brought down shortly. e Honourable the Hesident arrived here on There hits becn a good deal of sicklless up-riverJIlorniug of the 1st insta,nt. On the 2na :\CCOIll- coughs, Golds, revel s, ete. ... especially among the Em. l\ by lIIyscJf he rode over to the .Dallal! Uuubcr 1'1'1):tn(l J\ulIguh vill:tgeR. A very goo.l paddi crop has .e at Puak, the laud on which the rubber is be(~1lgot I)}' Itll the trihes morc especially the Selma. ted cOllsists of 11.number of 8111:\11 hut steep hills; At J'engk"lan Ampat I met sonle) Goon Dyaks who rubber appears to be flourishing ;1.11(1 is as ad- wcre [tllxions to remo\'e to this side of the border. I am informed as rubber elsewhere of the Theil' idea, however, seemed to be to live on this side a.ge; the estltte is kept wonderfully clean, not but continue to fann OJI the Sambas side. I told 1,IIClnif they «lid this they wouh1 prolH1.blystill have e of grass or weed was to be seen; we retmued same evening to Bau Itud walked I'OIIU<1 the 'l'ai to IHt}'Hevenuc to the HlHlIlms authorities. 'rhey iLgold deposit in the ()V('ning: the ncxt lllOl'I1ing cited the 'rebia Dyaks b'.lt the circinllstances are not Honourable the Hesideut left for Paint. n.t all the same as I pointeiJ out to them. 'l'he '. Hose callie over on the 11th and I went into 'l'ebias have always lived 011the Ha.mwak side of the rge of crimpillg aud assisting .Tavallese coolies border a.lld most of their flHllling !:Lndis on this side also. escape from the Dahan estl1.te which he brought \Vhile np-river I visited the Braang village of \Vah . st Matsom alld Matrajie; they were In.ter 011 nced in J\:uching to () ana :lllIonths H. 1. res- to make sOllie enquiries about the hirdsllcst cn,ves. As I have made It full report on the matter cbewher<: --ely.
e note that the Bxpol't Duty all Llaek r has Leen fixed at 00 eellts pel' pikul 1st instant.
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THE
SAltAWAK
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GAZE'l"rE,
:lX)t.necessary to say IIlnch herc bnt I limy l1Iell'ldaat the result of my enqniries is tliat I am of that these caves produce llot less tlH1.11aile of nests pel" year ltnd tlmt the Governnwllt consequelltly beell (lefran(led of l'e\'CIIlW for ,30 years, crocodiles measuring \J' allc1H' ~/ll'especti\'(~ly eaqght at IJidah 'l'alHth durillg the llJouth. II, R A. DAY, Resident, ---.
-,Tillie.
NII\'I\\X(~
!I~S'I',\'I'E.
4£!.iree trees.
:I!esfor plauting Hubber Ilave already been LCre field. ,rding to the il1strnctiolls of the HOll'ble relit, some coolies were pnt on to weed Irom the devin.tioll of the pipe lille as far as Ban Hond wllich is I!OIVin good order. ~
\Yelliugtoll
aniv",a
lRiJ
Hi, HJ08.
at MaLall;": Estate
appeal' Itnd likewise those whom their chiefs can, sidel'(!d tau young to be asked to pay tax. In :L few cuses married men were found to ho.ve sl1ceessfullyevaded paymentfor years with, of course, tlw (:ogllisauce of the chiefs of the tribe, whilRt in otllet. (:ases uumbers should have paid three, foul' and fh(: ."(,,,"S ago. Three men reported. "dead" in :Mr. OW~n's tillle. IUIlI one iu Mr. Crocker's were found to ha.ve arisen fWlU theil' graves aud appeared before me and ree~)i\'ed exemption certificates as they wer'~ old alHl sOIlJewhat infh'lIl.i III no case, howe\'e1', has 0. youth of ill1ml~tnre age heeu ordered to pIty tax; in ilonbtflll case~ the tax is uot iUlposecl. .Where cbiefs have been convicte<1 of cqncealing taxable men Hues have beeu inflicted. I On the ~9th I walked over to Bulmr and ~lenH1.l'cr.te(l the boundary \iue between the I./ltlJchaIJgs aui! His l>ynks haviug previously l'eltd to !Lll ()oucerlled the "'J'itah" of IGth Mo." lU08 frolll His Hiolllless rcbtillg to this much di~pnted bOl11Hlo.l'Y, ~vhiZ]; haH uo\\' heen settletl once and for all as tLe '''l'itah'' lli"tinctI,' prohibits the opening uf tbo caSe. N('xt (by I leturned to 'l'abekanj~, having spent the night at Bnl\l\1', alHl proceede(l up-river to the Kujangs and 'l'asoh's Iantl also ill dispute, Se\"eml other tribes have to be visited and their cOluplaiuts atteuded to befol'e I CIUI get ba(.'~ to , 'rabelmng which willuot he before the first wf:\ekiu ;JlIIy, . Collicr!l.-OIJ the Hth the s. ~.. Vo/'wa rts Hying the Gerl1lan Flag eutel'e<1 for a e::-w; ~)fcUld, ! Sh~ was loaded aud despatched \vith It Cltrgo of l.i\/iH,:\ tons inclntling :Bunkers.
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"ng the month the cL'o[Js gatlwrc(l were al parchnlent coffee and 440 !hs cmec1 lea. -crops despatched to the HUl'Ileo Company, i, dnring the IIIOII\.h were '27 piculs cleal! And 1,510 Ihs tea. lieding, gatlwring crops, eleaning eolfen, prllntea.. clearing (\rains itna repairing rOll(ls were rrincipal works cluTicd out during the l1Iontli. kw coolies also wore cmployea in applying I Purplc to kill the re(l ants \\'hicli infest
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JULY
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cnt the the the
UII Lhe
instant and inspected the coolies alld lines on ri.Jlowing day, coolies were paid their \\'ages for i\lay cu the 1l1stf\llt. health of the coolies is fairly good.
'l'/'{/rll'.
,T. M. GOl\IEZ, Mal/agel'.
HilUunjau Sebangan
EXIJorts. $20,1011.10 2,SHB.00
'l'otn.l
$22,U88,lO
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p, GORDON WHI'l'E, Residl'lIt
JIII/i'.
,!llld CJlas,~,
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3rd being His Highness's birthda," th~ were closed in honour of the occasion. chiefeveut of interest tlmtoccuL'l'ed (l1ll'ing the was the visit of IIis Higlllwss to tll<JStatioll 6th instant accompaniclj by tho Hon'hle the .'er and MI'. May the General Manager of the mellt Collieries. management of the whal'f has IIOW been erred to the Manager of the Sadong Colliery nlance with instl'l1ctions given nle by Ilis ess. 'l'his transfer hesides lefwing Illn free to about the District; at will illdirectly hellefits ...tives whose pleas eall nuw he givcn !,roper -ou at all times without any protracted deht.,.. - Crocker cut his way through the jullgle to Samsn, on his preliminary survey of the ,Ie liue for the Kuching--thHlong telephone remained here It few days completing his wOl.k _then proceede(l to I\lIchiug during lilY al)f;ence er. the 16th I left 1'01''l'ahelmng to collect the oe which amol1uted to $i!,!Jill:L~101'nlOre thau over any previous year's total, and this after nt of all bills, eonlluissiollH dc. Dyak Tax colleGted totals $a,2(j!J. exclnsive snest.s revenue which Illnoullted to :l\MJ2.!iO, ment and fees alia liues aecollnt jill' the
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Miscellaneol/s a.trai1'.~.-'l.'he IIIlln reported to be It l>yak \\'ho was found dead at S. SamaltHlam turus Ollt to he a IJil1gga rvfalay by name l'utit who lIsed to suffel' from fits alld should lIot havc been perIIlitte(l by his relatiolls to go about alolJ~. .Jt:scapil/g Pl'isoncl's.-OIJ .Tune 1st I received information f1'0111Sibu, viii. Knching, that a Chinese plisonel' had escaped., I have asked that inforlllation when a prisonel; escapes frolll Sibil Illay he sent to the h:ltbong Court \Vriter, at Ol/ce,from Hejang village, or froll1 the lIearest point, (ILndnot hy I~tter to Kuchillg and back to Kabong) so thnt there may be some chance of arresting It l'l1nltway before he Ims been long at large. In the case of the last runawlty the inforlllatioll that he had escaped only reached ]~ltbong 15 days after he got away.
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8((1'((101.:.-1 left for Sltmtok all tho 1st with the large increase in tax is (lue to illY illsisting I Malay A bUIl!/-Abllll!/, Abang Haji Abdullah of VIISa all taxable youths presenting th~lIlsel"es in accompauie(lm8 as he was anxions to see (.0 his sago ; alsoall.those wllopaid dnrilJg1!JOihad to I estates ill the Kn.lal\!t. I
I
'rUE
SARA \VAK GAZE'rl'E,
AUGUWr ,
17, 1908. . ..----
worl;s and the machinery of the lIew works whil\h has ollly just been, cOlllpleted was started in the pl'C~sence of his Excellency and he was afterwtlleallllan. I this would lip pear to be II gootl place Cor allY olle wishing to opl,n.l\ large estate, but more especially :losc(l with the Spe(.iIIiPns is a \,(~I'Y Ilseflll rOl' ~Iessrs. 'rhe Borneo Company who have IIh:elu1y '~\'il)ti\'e hooklet olltlilling t,he lIIetl1ol1s ILrailway fronl Bidi right through the IlIlId. eonioating the lllOl'I! COlli II 101\ aillilcutH a 1111 .I.'. C. 1\0.07 :i\Ioh:l1u!l.t Yakouh al'l'ived 1'1'011\Ku" "et\" l!escribillgJi1'f;t-ai,l tl'eatlllellt in geneml. ching with -i cOlIstlLhles to relieve IIleu hero 0\1 the ~S~'S. B1ll'l'lHlghs \\rellt-Olll(' I\:' CO, t:l;lilll that !lth illstllllt. He had a prisoueI', Ah Heng, ill his
ident here. 'l'hoy wore int.crested in an dertaking for tho extracLion of gutta f!'Om tta leaves but unfortunatel\' it was not It CORS. Ml', Pelix Houn\nt feft SILl'!t\\'ak for d in .Tnne, 1001, !tnd hiH IJl'()ther (i-H)l'ge ei\'c.1 a Police appointmellt 1I11Ilel'tlw SII.I'Il:ak GOYC1'llmollt ",hil'!l 110 \\'IIS, hO\\'(~\'('r. ~Jjgell to resign IILter owing to had healtl1. DIlS, G eOl'ge HOIll'1lnt has sillce married ana ,tied down to fanning at Allwl1l'-el.Ain neM .Jgiel's all (1 the la~t ti me w(~ heanl from him
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l' prod1lds possess all tllha utage oyer cl'llde ,gH 111111ehcmie,tls inasuIIl(:h :lS they clisse with the tell)ous awl (lilti<-lIlt 1)1'01'P:';S ,reighing minute Ilo.;;('~Sor 1I1(~di('ilw,~- before ini"tratioll, "'l'lthloid" /1.1)(1"Soloi(l" pro. tos al'L1o!JtailllL],Je at all the leading Sillgae ])i:-;pensaricR. -'I'm: Order pl'Obibitillg tit!' 1IIIpurtatioll of idoes alHl Cattle from LindHlng and other has noli' been (',lll(:('lIed. ' ' :res np north . L' Thc G overnlllent o.f t I1e LO ,J t,!'altH .->l~t,tICl11ents '
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hft,.)'
ol(~ Stl'ill.t,s
(;ent
l~:e(;e
will
HCY no .es 01' (;oi II,
The
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S(.ttll'llIent" Cl~aS(: to
Sa mwak
fewer
tho ;lIollth
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UO\,Pl'I1-
,:,~tcethat these old coins will ('em;e to he
tenderin SlIl'awak afterthe;10thNovelli'
next. ~,...",..,,.,
hilS
been
COIlHlIg
is ullt'littlt,
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III SII':Il,I!"
Illlrlllg
1l1U1'!!to' rec,wer.
'1'II~ prisoners 1.IlL\'O .been cmploycd. principally ill \\'0.el1111" and kCepll)" tile marls 1111I1 (iJtches CICltll. " -" ,_ h. Ii. s'I'r fJWE r~IJ,
t ha\'e therefore issued It lIotiee in tlll~
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"1111'S.
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I tewler after the ,,1st Dc(:ernIH'I, InCH, to' that date they will be aeueptet] at ,-erl1lnent 'l'reasuri("R and exchallgel] for "
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cllllrgo hilt allowell him to escape hy gr'oss carelessuess I~t] Illsall. Ah JIong was lIot hrought lip in IllLlldcl1l1's which also seems gross carelesslless, although pl'l'hllpS P. C. 1\7 was uot to he h!.lmed for this as Ah JIang sho\1ltl have beell handclllfed in the police statiol} be Core IJL.illg given into bis charge. Dr.\\' elliugtoll was in the district on the Kth, (!th, 1 :!th. l.lth, HOtI. alltl :nst and Doctor Barker 1'. ~r. O. Oil t.lw lOth alld 11th, hl/f' Ta,c has hoell paid in stoatlily lIming the 1lIOII1h Il\lt tll(~l'e 111'0 stillllr, gardens le:-s tllllH in 1(I07to aCCOUIIT,f(l\; IIIll1 tax hils beell pai,l 011 about
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.lIIly. 'grcClllcllts.-ilO wero 1l1ade Ollt (lurillg' till' IlHlllth, mp tlllties and fecs alllOlllitell to $70.IK, 'II.t.--Vines and fees :l1Il()nllt..~tl to $~:!7.17. E. the Govel'lIol' of the Stl'llilS Ht:tLlt'IIII'nts palli(\t! by tlm IJonolll'ablB till.' l:t'sidellt. ?III'. 1, Lieut. ChlY :\lId DodoI' AIl(h~l's()1l arri\'(!d at 011 tlae 1I10l'11ill.~or tho 17th; the." lit OIlC(' proto :\Ies8rs. '1'he HUl'lwt> C"llIl'all."'s (~lIld
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0\'01' ao gal.'dells we,e re)Jol'ted liS IIb:ulllolied dming the nJOllth, lllo:-!tly Dj'lIk and l\Ialay, so that their tlisappelLmllce lllakes little diffel.'ellc:e to the industry. A good lllallY MaillYs seem to be phmting or 11/1\'e plalltmll'lIhher OIl a small scale 011 their old peppI!!' gardells /111<1I hope ill a IIwnth 0[' 1;0 to 1111.\'0 SOIiIO stlltistil:s Oil the suuject as I ha\'c issued a Jlolicn that 1Halnys 1\11(1Chinese plalltillg rubber [Ire to take ont certificlltes ill the sanlC WI~\,:IS was done with peppel' g:lI'tielis. 'l'here h:L"(! 'I)(\I~II II. good IIHlII,\' clHllplaiJlts of thefts of pei'I'!'1 whieh are in JlIOSt cases lit> douht pel'penn,tell by (;oolies nlH1 others out of work. 'l'llere are IlO\\' su II1;lIl.\'c1esI!l.'tcd h(HISPS all over the! district that it is CIIS\,for thie,'cs to lilHllodgilig in I~'Iuiet spot fol' II CI)Wllays tilllhcy
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disappeared
before the poJice heal' or"them.
\\'11(;11 th;se (~unrters aJ'(~ cOlllplctct1 it will he III~ecssar'y to pay Jllontld.I' \'isit.s to (Jetlong, which is to tho middle of tlw ])if
,t.-'l'here have not been nmny eases th is Beh llanggin, an elderly Henna Dyak, was 101' setting pig traps aile of which nearly d another J)yak. As nearly every t)enna owns :t gliB there is little excuse for settillg IIgh it seeJns to be it comnlon offence among ,and is winked at by the tllahs. Another Dyak, Po, Baka by name, was tined for selling der. 'rhe Braang Dyaks were also tined a ~ $(j,jO for defrancling the GovemlHent for
int.m'ior
,-ears of revenue on hirosllcsts.
I>urillg
to Polico
Jht1'l't\cks are getting
of the IllOnl;h I was up at 'l.'abeCOli tested boundary f\lld oLI:01' Gllses ,~ me till the afternooll of tlw 'itl: \\'hcn I
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(~llart(',rs
at
(rcdOlJg
ill sneh a state as to 110 llllildmbitl1.ble,
I:ave
in
posts :tl()lle remaill.ltl:crcfll!.C.st.oppcd at 11).1 f«:lected It sit.~ to crcI;t :I, II!'\\' hllil(ling ~Il ill It great p:l it be CIIIII !,IIse,l of tile
of
at
tll(>il'
l'al'iollS
o(;()upations
as
if an,I' discolILI'11I pre\'ails ailiongst thosp \\'ho out of w(Il'k owing to hal'!' h(~ell t!'llJl,omril" tlll'll\l'n tll(, ..losing of L'\o, ;) :\/jll(> it has lIot yet Inltllifestell
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its!') r. '!'il(!l'I' :11'('SOllie s(',,('nl,I' (rcf. (:oolies wIlli ,,,ill he sent to I\udlillg 0,110 th~~(1' plaees t:tke/) Ii.,' tl\Ose iIHll'ht..cl to the i\Ialla~!'lIlent as [;0011as il; is IllOrc or less .:leal'l} asc!'rtaill(:"l ho\\' mallY coolie~ will he l'I''IlIil'u.l to \\'ork Kos. H alHl !) illines as those working in ;\0. -1l\lin(~ an, gradually withdmwII until the ,)I'('lIwal sh lit ti II,~dO\\'11 or Limt Mille is accolllplishe,1. '1'111'\I'IIr;;t cImraetel's hal'u all'<'ady beell S(~llt llIlIler guard to I\uehing f!!'(:onling to illstructi:)IIS. I';xportf< $l.l.fi:Hi,\IO
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I'. GOHDON WIII;l'E. Resident !!nd C{«,;g.
.'-,.7111/('.. Oil t]I(' lRt the I (.esid"IIt f!ceoilipauied by the K ative Oflic:('rs flro(;ecded to ~arntok. No importa.llt cases one of incest which Cflllll: bdol'C' the COllrL excepting was p()n-I1I'O\'en :tll(l dism1ss"d, the rest wel'!~ all of 1.11(,Ilsliai 'hllcl, ()II tll(' Ht,h tb() H,esi,lent }'(~tul'llell to l\aholl~ eOI\st. 011 tllc
:LllIl Oil tll(' :.!Oth to ~illmnggltllg1'i(i l~th
tllp
1\.(",,1. ])('xtP.1'
Halltillg all(l l..fL fpr 'J'!~lnudok tll1~ :.!7th Ill, callie frolll IIp-rivel' tlll'lll:d
,..,"d Govemllleut
.1.'1 a,'IIIIII'llt
COOlif~S eOlltilllll! usn:d.
n:\'I'i\~(~
venti
late !\11t1mger
,
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. beginning
i ng'.
H:;,n~;ers tcnlpomrily ,1etail()ll for sp,'eial ,1111.,1'at th('. Miups illlllwdiately aft('.l' the IIlIlrder rd..rl'ed to : 1,0\'(' l'<'tllrl1('(l to I(Il(:hin~ Oil :IJsL installt. J\o ,Iistllrlmllt:e of :lll\, ],iuo has taken place at tlH' 1\lill!'s sille" thell alH'l tbe ('hillcse 'I'll<'
H. H. A. ])A Y, llesidcllt.
.Tllly.
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who had allY ,1elllings I"ith hill}, Both i\lalays all :1hsellce of friction so force. lIol;ic('ahl" in tlw \I'orkin!!, of his labollr
!A 0l'cllillg it lip il. W:lS 1'011 IIII that wit.h the "III of tlH\ posts ftlld slIits which are billian 'IllY of' the) old IIHtterial W:1Sgood. :\ IItl:e !!lost ,)f the pah :UJI1thr{'e (]lIarterR of the '5'ere absolntelv rotten, "-e~Oth IJaw AI; NVlIk, I:tte chief clerk n.t Hall, 'to (10 ,1ut\' llCre.. He left the GoVel'lllllcllt ",bout a year ago on aecoullt of ill health but rccovered and has rejoilled Oil ft three years :nt.
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nf the Minp at tho h:uHh of l,is Cl1ilJeso cook is Illuelr I'(~gr('.tted hI' all. At ollce cOllrteolls. J,inc1:\lld of a plt~:1Sallt (lisp~,siti(lIl. hI) was I1lllch Iike;II',I' tl10SC
_~ is cOluplcted it will be [dmo:,;t wholly new
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TIll! Sltd ell(l of Mr. I';. H, !\avswith
011 alld
,J. M. GOMEZ, Manager.
nil'
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fillishel1before elld of'Anguf
I~S'I'i\'I'I~. .....Tilly. rtop gatherc(ll1uring the IIlonth was :i 1.:-\It,s "', :tIlll the crop o(~spatcl)()<1to tlw Homeo u,- Lilllitcd was 27 nicliis clean t:offce. iti'1IQ',gathering tett, 'pruning coUee, repairing and fillillg in holes for plallting rllbber were 'pal works <1nring the lIIol1th. coolies were employed in repairing fLnd the coffee drying slwdR. Ig cOlltracts ale in thorough gool1 orcler _".illg tea also in good order. '}"'ame1l paid the coolies' wages for .Juno on instant,
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an;1 pili; tile (0)pp11(1110 systcnl into a StILt(~ aft,'r Il:LI'ill,!!' slIhj!'et..<1 it to It tho1'(>ugh
]\uehing o~ repair
prisoll(,},s ll:lve heel1 )'()nlakil1g :tlld IIH~t,allil1g Ihe BU:tll road. all the lIlth olle Jllftde his while cntting firewood f()l' use in the gaol. ha.<;been a good dtJa.1of sicklless among thelll :'i-beri lms becolJ]e I'athm' bad agnin, .\J()1' Panas road was \\'l~cded by cOlltrael for repairs
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also those of GOI1Ipe allc1 is brger thalJ SIlIUl1jan, ~t1111 'l'mlnh Puteh will benefit (;ol1sidemblv b, thiR n,lT;tn~elllP.nt, a;;, befon'. thC' people of these lmmJWII(f8, Oil hcillg Slllllilloncd to attelltl Court or Ira\'illg allY e01lJplnillt to nJake, lmtl to leave tbeir work for two wl:ole (lays at Ipast, elilailing It great deal of expelJs<J. jncOI1\'!)lIi..llce and (lelay. 'j'lw Dyaks of' t.lre i\lelikil1 COlllltl'\' Cftll alse, he visite,l al'"l tlwir tax (;oll('.(:to.l J'rolll U'e,lolJg as lwlLll<Juart\H'S ,,'it h gl'(~at.cl' eOIlI'('n icuce IL11(1 proJi t to both tll(~nls('ln)s alld tll(' C:ol'(,l'Ilnlont.
. 'ilIe 4th five Chinese were arresterl at SktUlyct ~I;jllg int,() the h01lse of all elderly Dyal, \\"1)('111th(~y robbed of S01llC peppel' and a litth) .nd silver jewellery, 'J.'bey l:avc since bcen ,.red to ilJlpris()lIlnel1t by tbe SlIprcllle COllrt. Uw .l;'lth I w(mt to l\lIehillg rcll1l'lIing 011 the
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1\1111 bonlm'
'.I'he inhabitant;; of this i..'1II1POIl(/,(Gc(long) which
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on the H:\th 0,11(1on aIJd OIJ the 30th t'e-
Balltill~',
:\l'l':Iek
11.1'111l;alllhlillg
hltV(~ I,,'ell rl'-Ipt to ('lllia pjL for at $:);). Pt'\' 111(~IISI'lIl. ,tll(l tile:
('III'\\' I '!'Ollg pel' JIH~II~(~lIl
AlIeu
tlw
FarllJs
Hoban Ha\'atok
II ill at $:.!O, p"1' IIICIISCIIl. j:=;
$I:J.
for this river and Eltbollg J:'n,l'IlJs
to
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SARA WA1\: GAZE'rTE,
SEPTEMBER
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A lI[JlISt. P. S. fronl Bamm li3th andIla7.-a sailedretnrned for Bintu]n nil the 011tll!' };"jlll Agreements 4!) were made durillg the lnollt\!. instant. I St.LIUp duties l\nd fees a;,JQunted tu :!iOO.l!. Court fines and fees amounted to $25::1.78S. S. J{11ckin,galso left for Singapore on the: I 'rhe!'c is but little to report for the past mouth. A latter (late. number of guns which in .H)OHwere eitlwr sold 01' I
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presPonted to certain natives alld Chincse .by Mr.
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IN our Issue 01 1Gtl~ J Illy we reported that Capt. H. V. Ie, Apphn, 14th Hussars, who \\"as forlJlerly in the British North B01'l1eo Serviee, had llIet with a Hcrio\lH aecident in 'Jndia. vVe are "lad to Htate ['or the infol'lllation of his fl'ier~(r'i here that he iH IIllleh better ,
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Howe a.tHic1i,and which were cunliseate(l hy Governnwnt in 130(j as it was found that no pel'luission had becn given by Gaverumelit for the trl1.nr:.ferof these gUlls nor Jlac1 any permits to .carry heen granted, have IIOWbeell retuL'Ile(l to their O\\'lIerR by H. H. the Hlt.iall'sorc1erHOlllt paymel.lt of $5.00 fOl'~ach g\~n. I
On
the
IHth
IIIstSllt,
while
out
hUlltll1g
wIth
and ~hol1"11 stIll I.,utl", J . p,l1~t J.'~e on t!C left sIde. t.1e Doctors hope for Ills full recover,)' in six months tillle \vith eOlllplete rest. Capt.
Kualll.'et, ;rong Chiow was shot in the anu by him; .TonerChiow was followiller a deer when 1\uan Pet whe;' was only I~Hhort diswtnce oiT, firc(lliitting hin;
Applin has outaine(l Hid: IeiLve and proceede([
just below the shoulder.
'bome and we tmst !rlllll the 0hanrre. ,~
giving his friend allY IIssistancc whell he SIlIV what h.e had
will derive
JIIllch benefit I
! gardeners
Kuan Fct wadc olt'without
living neal', alld the bullet
\Vas abstmcte
VVI~wish to \'(~etify It slight elTor which by Heng Ewe, awl he was thell sent 1;0 h':uching !occlU'red ill the story whieh appeared in 0111' Hospital. last issue IIlHlel' the title "A. N aiael of the .Tong Choong Lui cOlllplaine
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HIH'l'OHYrepeats Itself.--l' roll I Ipoh, 1<. M. S. August 1Dth eomes the news that a Sikh Poliee Constable shot a Police Sergeant at Pap an for "reporting him for being asle(~p on dnty. On the 6th insta.nt new,; reached Knching fi'OI Bau U I) )er S' "LW'I. tl. t. S'H P 1" ~ u .', I ,~l, d '.'. I,t .,L I ~ 1 0 ICe Constable nalued RIssen SlIIgh was ellseoveretl asleep 011 (luty by the Sergeallt who threatened, to report him. Instead of shooting the Sergeant, howevt"r, t,he Constable liI'e(l at an inoffensive :Mal !LY CouHtable, by name fi[at-
blacked faces o.n<1wore cloth masks. 'L'here have been as usual a number of cases of thefts from gardens reported; as r~rule there is not IIluch else thau ~Iothes to be stolell froln the gar
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' who callie . to relieve hiul at his post. ,1. " ' 1 1, 1 1 ,' e .t 1en . tel,. pIes.llllmu J JIIto tl.e Jungle,.
salleh
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or elsewhere
to do it.
Dr. \VellillgtoJl was in the districL Oil the 2:11'11 11.11<1 ~4th. Garden ville tax has beel\ paid ill tLw1there are now but few gar(lens unaccuullted fol'. ,. I)~(jyardell~ have po.id tax t.his yel~r aliioltnting. to I
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takIng \VILh hUll a nile and several roun(ls of 3111lHnnitioll. Hinee. then he haH not b7ell seen though the polIce have been out aiter him and \\flrning has been Hent to the Dyn,ks round auont to Jle on the look out; as he had 110 provir,ions with him it is quite possiule he may have made away with hiHlseJf by this tillle so completely has he disappeared.
:;.1,17<>as a~alllst
H4Hg~l'(lens m1nOb,
t!LXaluOlIl~tlllg
to $2,24H; m all, there IS a decrease of um,oooVllles, the' I1Illl1bel' iu H)O(j beiw' HnB.OOOalld ill UJOH 710 000. ..., 'l;he prisollers .lto.vebeell tHI.lployed Oil lip-keep of roads t~nd lebasslng and clearlllg the roots f\'Olll the rubber plantation.
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A particuJarly eold hlooded murder at se:L took place recently hut as the ('iLse is still sl/.b jndice and will shortly come lip for trial hy :jury '\'e are unable to state more than the - bare facts. One J llrag!LI1'l'ahar started in his bandong accompanied by two IneH on a jourl1ey frclll Iel1ching to Sari, He.iang'. 'rhe b(~ndong, however, evelltnally !uTi\'ed at the Nalf1nas where suspicion was al'Ollsetl I)y the fcwt that the boat's papers were Hot in order, and as the two sailors, D(lill 311dHlIHsin, were unhhle to give a satisfaetory 1!(;col1ntof themselves enquiries were HHl
him with It stick
on the'leg; .Jong Ohoong Lui then ran 1111,1 IIIan age <1 to out-distance the men who char:.edhim. 'rhey had
AU[JI/st. 'l'he payment
of Hoad tax is 1101\'eOlllplete alld
shows It lUnch snllLller decrease tlatn I expected. It Ilta!' be of illterest to record the IIlllllber of gardens that have po.id tnx and itlllOll1JtS paid since l!Jm;, I
] \10;-\ ,1\)04 1!)05 l!)Oli l!')07 1!J08
!)72 gardens 1,112 " 1,IS!) " 1,17;) " I,GOB " 84:1 "
$2,:HO.!Jk ~,(j0:2.]i\ ~,H87A~ 2,HD2.1(j 2,:!5H.77 ~,187.7(j
'rhe highest point was l'eache(1 in I!JO;) siuce whell :l4(j gardells have gOlle out of cnltivatioll ill tlJis district. 'rhe B. C. L. have been sellillg the gardens registered in their name o.nd luwe IIOW only 38 on
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IYbooks. Quite f1.number of ganlenR have chn.llged uds during month but n.t very low pl'ices, Registration.-lOfJ deeds wem J'f)gisterf)(I dUl'ing nth, the largeRt number sillce Janul1.l'Y ID():j, Cond.-Fines and fees $6!J1.7:3. 'l'his large amoUllt accolll1tc(l for hy the Hmang ]).,'ak;;; hn.villg paid gl'eater part of their finc. On the 2lith !';cvera,l ma Dyaks were fined for settilJg pig tmps and e .Tuah was sentenced to a term of imprisonment ernbezzling GoverJllucnt monies (bis secolld :enco) and for fraud, OrdeJ's have been given that fntnre this man is not to receivf) anv Govel'l1nJCnt nies nor to be in any way looke'l[ upon as the ah" of Sodos village, a position he semus to have gatel1 to himself 011the strength of a few months cation sOllle years ago at the j\,[issiun school at
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his larg,) and scattered district. ])angor of J flngkoh and Lanallg of Herrlaun were each raised to tho rank of 1'erlgam. TIHJ'y ,will /Let a!'; Orang I\a.Ylt Petor's de/illties [Lttheir respective KmupoHgs. This should he of the greatcst assistance and convenience to Ol'au,\~ I\a,,'a Petor and the S]akow ])YfLks generally. '['he new Pengam rcceivecl their 81ll'llt J{llasrr fl'OlIJ.I\lIching. 'rhe prisollel's IHtve been chiefly engn.gecl in clearing hnd for ;;lle Hew orange estate. 'Ilhe seedling~ for ~:aIlJe are thriving well. It remains to be Beell ~vhether tlw !';ite chosen is a suitable one for plantIIIg ol'allges.
'rhe long hri(lge o\'el' HlIlIgei LUlJrll1 has been strengthelwd, 'rhis .bri(Ige wn.s built over Vi years ago by the late Haji Uxop. It bids fail' to last !\ . ,op 01' Meran.ng'. , On the 11th I went to Empl'o to settlc the uOl1lJd- number of years yet. At end of thc month I was obliged to return .. dispute Lct.ween the Empro alJl1 :Bungoh DYlIks. hmd in dispute was al1judged to belong to the Corpora.l SD \Vall Ali to hea(lqnartei"s oWillg to illsllhol'llinatinn and illtemperanco. ugohs hu t ns it had been clen.red alJd wa.x rcady burn off before they brought the matter forward F. 1.1'.DOUf/I', ElIJpro 1>yo.l(swere allowed to use it 011payHesid{!l!t fend Clas,~. t to the owners of the customary rent for Carmlandi;. I returned to Palm all tI;e IHtb. Tbe prisoners have been employed all the wmal eep of roads and GoverlJluelit gl'OlindR, white,bing police barl':tcks, otc,' 'rhern Imx he(~11f1. . L/If//lst. t deal of siclmess (chiefly fever) alllolJg them so it bas wilI!tlly been impossible to tllrlJ out 1Jj()I'() Mr, O. r,ang :wrivod at IJl1bok Aut\! to relieve lIIe (j 01' 7 nlen to work lindeI' the nUtIHlor. all .Tnly ;{Ist. BnxiHess df!tained 1I1e there 1IIJtii AnguRt' 211dwh"l1 Ildt for Himallggn.llg. 11. H. A, J>:\Y, '1'110Hatang Lupal' HiveI' was extraordiJ)[1,rily low Uf?sidc/lt. _.--............. alld progress O'"el'the gravel beds was very slow alld weal'yillg to flw erO\I' who wcre coustlLl~tly watlillg an(1 swinlluing fLIHllowering tbe.boat with ropes 11t _n ~_.. the elillieilit plaees. I was late iu gettiug to Hiul!tllgga.ug. A Ilf}llst. ~~ ... i!:' '" '. ring the nlOlJth coolies luwe benll eluployed ill 'J'hcl'c were xonle land cases at Betong which the ."ng',gathel'ing crops, prulling coH'ee, repairing and cleaning coffee. Conl.'t t.here \VILS,appal'Clltl.,', nnable to settle so Mr. I' crops gathered d IIring the nlon th \\'(Jl'() ~O H. ].1, Ow(>n went there accompanied by Ahg-. Haji parchment coffee mHI ;;0-1.HiSIlIiuh! tea. 'l'ltlllin on the (j'th J('al'ing at 10 1'. M. iifr. Owcu t'Cling the month 2G picu]s clean collee werc d(!s- port(.([ the l,'ort I1ili al)(1 it's SIIlTOUIHliltgs ill a very ed to the Borneo Company T.1inlitc(l. dirtyarHI ueg'Jectc(l stat.e allel au i!lelllir,v was heltl as to ex-t;(H'gt.. Anga's I'eccnt proceedingx (lIe bad gang of' coolies were also employed in r:arryiug hecil reported for "Iw:,,dce!. of duty" for SOllie JIlouths l' for repairing His Higll1less 'J'he Hajall's alow.
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bad,). 'l'he ehiefs \Vel'() lInalJilllOl1S ILI](lhn.(l nothing to xal' ill this Ilmn's favoul' so he was llislllissed the servi;:(~. 1~lllpati who 11Il" previously served at Be,J. M, (-JOi\my., tOllg for son Ie ~)ight yelws ix IIOWin charge at Beton/{ ILI)(1will, I beheve, pl'ove It trustwol'tby lIlan. .l/unafJe/'. MI'. Owen retnl'ncd to Himl1nggang on the lath. I ca1led P'JlIgnJu f:iantok 011 the Htb ILl'; I leal'llt on my rdUl1I from JJullok Antll that certain of hi!; Imo-+--ple.- ,to wit his XOll ILlld olle called IJajang-lmd ,July. reeeived and elJlhe1lishe(1 the stOl'ics which werc~ in importance has occllrred rlurilJg thc vogU(' a few IlJOlIths ago concerning the swindleL' IOH"'"1I as Pallgeran Omlll' of 13l1.liE:a.l'!\ngan N. I. 'l'11f'sr! two .VOllllg 1'00If; s"!OIn to hnve persuaded J)yak Beyenue is coming ill !tll(l the pepper Pell:~uln Samok that .Pangemll Oml1r had returlled to'lXhas practically all been Imid. 'J'h i'; latter \.0 HaJi l\aLa,lIgltn 11.1)(1had Lecn seen there and they a slight increase over hst year'l'; receipts, ,payment oC t!\~: It good mallY gaJ'dens hn.ve Weill. ahont the Undllp ol.'(lerillg the pr~ople to sacri:abandoned, fice to Ilill! a.x tbeir Petn.m J\hllg, the \Yar-God ! I IH'lieve that for thc present, at least, this gross amount of illegld tender pl'esen terl ILt the of the Un(lnps has beell checked. Of ry here consideraLly illcreases tl,c worl; of sup('rstitioll rk and police; Natives and Chines(,! never for COlil'se e(,I'llLill Malnys nre aecllsed of haviug- taken 'J.'Iloment dream of sorting their coins hefore- advnutage of' tlIis exeitellwnt and I have in jail, on There must be fI large peJ'r'entage of fOl'eign trial. a certain \Vall alld alwther Si!IJauggr1.llg Ma.lay who are ellltr~:ed with IUl\'illg passed themselves off in circulation throu/.!hout this distl'ict. tan wax visited em'l'n ~lIrl to" th allU .I{.elll- as 1'l'lal('(l t,o l'alJgel'an (jIlinI' and p()s~;essed thelnfrom 27th to 2Hth, At HemlJ1lllgiLIlJ IIrade sd,',,>; or nl! the bl.'ass-wa)'(-~ of certain Dugan!> for
. coolies ttustant.
were paid their
wages 1'01'.JItly 011 the
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'-3es into the raid on ,loon Hill'x h(luse at . Jabal). \Vith regard to ~his llJatter I. h[we uieo.ted with the Hon'hle tho H(~xi(lHnt. illg ~hat Orang Kuya Pcto!' (II' tlw Slakow waR ullable to propel'ly exoeut{! I,hn a,l1'ail'Rof
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Halltdl the ex-Pull~llln. fOL'lIled}' of (Jln Bkarallg, \\'as' released fmlll Knell in).! jail hy His Highlless' ol'cl(~l's ILIHllIas heen dil'cdt,d to Ji\'!.-';Lt Sungei 'l'iga. NOII(' of his people lIan! yet ileen to f;ee hiul or have tnke!) allY notice of hi~ l'eI('ltS(~ and returll.
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gaping callie the shrill i>tartled cry of tIle st!\!:( tl'Olll the jungle 011 lilY right. I hat1 heeu t1re:mling. Cr~st-fallen I picked up my rifle and rejoinetl t\~e
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I'etlll'uen to Bau to take up the seal'ch; bl'ge parties of lIlell huntet1 rounn Bau through the ganlells nnd
up to the Sambas hOl'll~r .and Mr. Day had IIlen ~ut sleepmg hanger-oll. He had heard lIotllJng. ,. r\O at Hu~au, Palm and Smmwan; a reward was alSO luck" said! Itnd in silj:)llce we 'tmrnped lmck to the otrel't'd for information lending to arrest or for the hOllse. '. IIIHLIIhrought in alive or dead but ahsolutely 110trace The uext mOL'lling as I t;,ok leave of lilY Itllsl I (If i,illl hns bee II found up to the ClH1of tlte lIIonth. told him that he wouhi 110tbe 10ng'tl'Onhle
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left
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of the numerous pCI/{1kalla1!.~ by some Cbillaman's boat who has been frightened to report it, or that he wt'nt into the Jungle ancl cOIIHnitted sl1ieide. .
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'l'i.e rLJ:'.ort of I ',ehavjnCJ 111tim,
what lel1(~.up t.o P. C. l\issi~1 .~ill:.;h manner IS as follo\\'>:>-1'. C. hlSSIll
Sil.gh w~nt.on dl'lty at 10 1'. M. in the CO!ut house, lI.t2 A. M. he shOLlJdhave called the relief Police for the ufizr.<J,rand 0.1sowakened P. C. Matsalleh whose 'I','udt' n.'IU'.'ssiulI. duty it W!1Z.tol"elieve him and who was slecpillg ill the office; !~t'2:30 P. C. Drah limn ClmH)np hom the l>E.\P. SIB, h:lza!u' and 011~oillg to the Court found P. C. l\:issin ~ingh asleep. ~l'his he reported to lJlLnce-Sergt.. Hol I SlHHI yon all pxLr:wl, fro\ll an )':ditorild Artide who wellt a\l(1 awakened him, 1'. C. h:is~itl Sillgh ill tlw "1':CO'IIOlllisL" on LII'.~ present d(~preHHioll and aRked for panion '\TIllhr'.t to be reportee1 III1<1IJ. :::i. prospects o( tmd(~. 'J.'hongh decidedly lIOIl-comHol told him to l'etul'lHd the office where it was his lUiLt:d, it seems to me that it might interest your (lnty to be in reserve till () A. M.; this he did, Itnd feRclel's for it showH for olle thing the vel'.v uncerWitSseen to lie down; some quarter of an hOlH'aftm', tain prospects of tile near future. P. C. Matsalleh who was on dutv hen.rd n. noise and I am, l1eal' HiI', on going to the ot1i.cedoor was !tt once shot at, but fortunatel\' he entered rather from one side of the YOUts faithfully, ,1o()J'find thus was missed; he at once closed with 1\. 1'. C. Kissin Singh and held on to him .'but,being. 'I'he Editor, !'lither all old lUan was not strong enoLlgll.a\l.:!hadto S(/)'(/wak 1111.,'1'1/,:. Id go, he then ran to the harracks followed by P...G.. Baloi, who had been in the Court lyina down but' ."1'011I tit.' "I~(,ullolllist" too frightelled to move. I hlwe siilce 'hen.rd .from I{llching that P. C. I{issin Singh haa been snbject .. Thc fjlle!;tioll is whether this \\'Orhl-wide l1e- to tits of mn.dness; probably his reason for. tiring I\t 1'. C. l\Ialsalleh was that he suspected him of having lJl'e~sion has toudw
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reported his being asleep.
!tas still to be (0\111(1hefore a real, if slow awl gmdnal, recovery stal'ts ouce JIlot'e. \V (\ are inclilJ()(1 to thillk that, though the depl'esslOn nllL)' become tllore rtcute in 80me branches of tral1e, yet in othet's the recovery Ims alreacly cOlllmenced. 'h1US. tile bnihliug trade 'is said. to have nt lellgth received a real illlpet,lIs frolU cheap JlHmey, which nllty lthllost he called it's most inl))ot'tallt mw nHLtet'ial. IIHtem1, givcII Lillie and
peace, chelL]1 IllOney, ehCl\p foo(1, alld elwap
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nlateril11s will alwlLj's bring prospel'ity. bOllle SYIIIPtOI\lS of impl'OvenHmt are, perhaps, alrc!u1y visible ill the metal trades. '.I'he prospeets of a tine harvest ill IIHlia arc ce'!I.tainly encoumgir.g fol' IJlulcashire, au,l then! nt'e sonw who believe that the cllUapeuiug of materiallms n.h't)IL(lygiven a stimulus to the conslIInption of \\'oollells I~nd worsteds."
strangers
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September. Agreemcnts 7H Were mal1e out llming the 1IIOntli. Htamp duties and fees amoullted to $142.7li. Court lines all,i fees amounted to $278.00. I left HILUon the Hth instant havillg obtained leave to go to Singapore; the next mOl'nillg at B o'clock J receive,i f\ telephone lI!Cssage that P. C. 104 T{issill Hillgh who WflS011dllty ill the COIlt't had some time a,ftor 2 A. \1. shoL al; P. C. lVlatsalleh with a Chn"erll1IIel1trifle ud,Bn I'I'<J)II t.he rack lLlll1had thell llHUln at
ollec
to Ite lIotifir.el of tltis allcl a st'JlLrclt was illimediately he.!~IIII: with lite sallelioll of H. H. the: Hajah
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:W Ha1\gers
alld
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ahout it must have been some olle ill the some of the clothes were recovc\'l:\(l at the
farm and were said to have been pawned
Hnd tlw Dyaks do not seem to snspeet ltll)'one. in particular, Baying that for Dyaks to steal in their own houses in snch a manner is unknown.
'('he prisolwrs have been employed keeping the roads in repair find making a small holtse for the s.\'ce; the honse where he has bsell living will !lOW he oecupied by tlte head schooillHLsteL' as ac(:urdiug he 11I1sto IHwe (lI1lLrt.el's fuund
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Malay or Dyak dressed as a Malay does--this is the first time I ever remember hearing of such a CILse
otl'with it;~\IIdS01\Jeal1\llIllIlitioll. I gave iustl'lIctiom I t,) IIis ne\\' agreement that tlte Dyak villages Oil the ~alllims l!Ol'lter were I
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011 the 14th installt Katok, It Grogo Dyak, was acci,ien tally shot by RllotheL' Grogo Dyak called Xganlln with whom he was OQt hUlltillg. Katok had tii'ell at. a deer and called out to NglUl\1Uldso to tire, Itilllself moving forward at the time; he got strltck in the ann, the l>Lllletwas Itbstmcted by Sellgl':wt' and hatok sent dowu.to Hospitltl; liLter ill the Illonth aud his gun conliscflted. J\gllnun was tined $r>o On tlte 21st Gnneu, a Jagoi Dyak, was tilled $:25 fnr setting a pig trap in the jungle, ~[ut of 'J'npong haa a 1Il1l'l'OW escape from being bltdly \\'ollllllel1, the spear j nst passing in front of his leg. 'l'here lH1vebeen a considemble nll!Ubel' of thefts £1'0111 gardell honses and offowls and vegetahles, etc., !lud also two complaints of theft of boxes or clothes at. uight fL'om the Grogo DYltk house, wltich couBists of ;;:-; lloors; as the DYltks deela,re there were no
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lIng of the same tribe.
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At the commencement of the month I took over the work from A..,F. Cheyne who gave 'me general inforrnation abOl:~f;the district. As I am only acting temporarily, I have 1101.been able to pay a visit to HILratok, Sessang and Hoban. hut 1'. C. Ambang hl1,s beell sellt up to c01lect the FILml and Assessment mOlley. On the 15th a violent gale blew from the 80uth'West t.lle whole !light, followed by heavy rain, I I
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.ch complaillallt made his statE'ment it was 19ht at first that the shooting was accic1entltl but ing on further enquiry that it seemed to be a berate attempt at murder the case was sent befo)'(' Supreme Court by which Suyung Wl1,S sentencCl1 10 years imprisonment. '1'he motive of the crime .~akit hatl: on account of Menggong's wife. On 2Hth one Ng Gek in charge (){It pepper garden lJging to Siang Hak \Vat at Musi reported that .ng the previous night 1()Opeppel' vines and :;7 ng rubber trees had heen cut down by five men. ,ese men had stnek ilJ the grouud two bamboos d with ]{erosineby the light of which they were ,rking and this enabled N g Gek to identify all the only one of whom, however, he Imew hy llauJ(J. ~is Ulan hits not yet been found but on search ing house he frequents two of the men living there re identified alJd arrested. 'rhe caf;e is still subice. '1'his crime of destroying peppel' vines for 'enge is very COUllllon, two or three cases being rted every Ulonth, though not on such a large scale thi!' as a rnle. It is seldom the perpetrators are ght and I c~u only renH~mber OliOcase in I.he last years. AbaJJg .\mit was illUlost of the Jl)onth but was Her towards the end of it and went to Bau to irvey the old Bau Bazaar. The prisoners have heen elllployed on the ustud keep of roads. The police barracks were finisheu Oil the 4th. e whole work was done hy 2 carpenters 011 dally es and two prisoners who are fair rough carnters, and there was a saving of about $2!)O in ges as compareu with contract prices. SOllie ,pairs have since been done to bungldow, I.Llarge mber of {Jela(]a.~being replacetl. H. H. A. DAY, Residel/t.
lig'h~lling and thunder,
but no damage
has been done
by it. 'l'owarc1s the end of the month mill has been continllal. On the lHth it was reported to me that [1.Malay womall had been hitten hy a water s11lllke(biraug), and that she was in great p!l.in. L. Corpl. Empal'an was sent to apply the itntidote wc>had in the Fort' and after that the paiu decreased and the WOIIHUIrecovered. '1'he Jnngkat and pel/[Jirch lmve had poor hauls during the month. 'l'he short briuge leading to the landing place has not been completed owing to wn.nt of biliau plan],s: It messltge has been given to P. C. Dnnyau jIlstmcting him to send lUore planks for this pllrp::Jse. Ou the 2-lth sOl1leBrunei lIJeli anived fl'Olll 1\11ching bringing hrassware weighing l(j pikuls 10 katis, 11.11<1 for IJon-pltynwllt of dllty $1l5.n~., 12 chaual/Ys, 1 kcndi and 17 b(/lw.~ are detained iu this Fort as secnrity. Medn.n. a Kuching mall, also hrought three small old jars which are detained for the sallie reason. From the l!Jth to the ~:jth the ;\[alt1.\'s and ])vltks who hn.dheeu notified to prepare for ~n expedition left this station for Sill1ltllggang; there were 80 "pala-luan," !lumbering 1,0::!!j lIIen. P. Dunggat who left here on the 1Uth previous to or(lel"s, was wrecked at the mouth of the San bas by rt tidal wrwe, losing three lIIen and n.1l wcapons. IJater in the evening they were resened hy fishenncn and brought to Kaboug aud were supplied with provisions by Government. l{n.nlpoug lIIen m:e employed. in tUI'll, (taily to take charge of the Fort (luring the absence o( the Fortulell. 'l'lw working of ra\v sago in this district seems to be gre:.ttly increasing Itnd the mnount of this commodity export'~d to Kuching WitS1004 coyaus during the month. 'rile fines fa;: the mouth amounted to $HO.28. '],he 'l'rade Hetul"IIs for the lIJonth were ItSunder :..Imports. $!),2!)O.
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September. During the month 620 ItJs of tea were tlespatched the Borneo Company I,imite(1. , The crops gathered during the lllIJllth were l.i . l1ls parchment cofIee and a~2 ItJStelL. \Veeding, gatbering crops, rermiring roads ILlid ,~ins and pruning coflee were the \Vorl,s carrieu t during the llIonth. 'l'he bmnch road to Peng]\lL],tn frol1l the Pipe line ad has been repaired lUlUis in good Ol"
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AUYI/st. CiJ/l.rt.-'l'here have been vel'\" few cases in Court. .JebilJ, fL well known Dalat tl;ief was sent to Ku. elling to serve his sentence of two years ilnprisounIeut. 'l'his mall
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,T. :'1. GOMEZ, J>lIblic JVorks.-The prisoners hav(' heen.engaged .1Iau((ger. in raising tbe Bakong Ho,ulll1H1 in taking material.
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was about as he did not touch any of the other
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safes in the office; he is evidently not the kind who goes about picking up unconsidered trifies. O~ October 1st we published a short report on At present there is no c~ue and if there w(>\,p the rubber experimentally planted by the Government in and around Kuching, Satap and Sigu. we should not give it away.
Some of the older trees were lately tapped uuder the Rupervision of Mr. M. G. Bradford and the 'I.'he ordinary kind of burglar has been IIIIS." Rltlnples of rubber thus obtained were forwarded to again at the hOllse of Mr. Brodie who lost Singapore to be reported on. We have now received from the Hon'ble 'I.'he Treasurer for publication the SaIne white suits and a gong (cltanang) satisfactory letter from Messrs. Paterson amongst other things about a week ago. 'l'hese following Simons & Co. Ld.
midnight prowlers seem to favollr Mr. Brodie's hQuse as not long previously the gardener, Singapore, 13th November, 1908. who sleeps on the premises, was ronsed up by P. H. DALLAS,I~sQ. one of thesE>gentr)' and chased him, bnt with'l'reasu ry, out sucee<;s. Kuching. 'l'he ldtchens Of several Elll'opean honses DEAlt Sm, have also been visited in tht. night, the mode \Ve A.rein receipt of YOllr f!lVOlll'of 2nd instant of procedure being to insert f1,long bamboo with your samples of Rubber which we return herewith 11hook at the end thrcugh the "jfdhwith as requested. . jallit" and fish ant anything hauging within '['oday's lnarket value of the samples is as reach, snch as clothes, etc. One gentleman follows :-.' of humour, having extracted all the cook's No.2, $270 pel' pickul, No.1, $200. pel' pickul, clothes and those of his wife in this way, Nos. a & 4, $250 per pickul. No.2, is uice quality arranged all their feeding bowls and other uten- aud would, we think, fetch top price for sheet on London market. The yellow colom is, however, sils, which were lying about at the back of the unusual and no doubt due to the water nsed. 'Ve the kitchen and were of too insignificant a enclose a sample of No.1 sheet, the colour of which value to steal, in a rowan the ground outside is geuerally liked. their sleeping apartment so that they fell over Hample No.1 is also of nice quality bllt the small thelll on opening the door in the lIlorning ! spots are not liked. 'j'hese are pl'Obably ca.uSl'd by some dirt in the pan. 'I.'be sample is not quite dried at one eud. . Samples Nos. 3 & 4 are of fair fjuality but arE:not properly dried. 'l'rusting that the above report will be of use to. His Higll1iess the Rajah Muda.
'l'HEfollowing extract from the notes of a contriLutor to the Pinang Ga~ette lIIay prove amusing to some of om reaclel'3. vVe reprint the paragraph with acknowledgments to the writer.I like to read tbe effusions of globe-trotters on the Straits: they Ilfford more humour than IIwhole yelU"s. CQmi~ Cut.~. A bright specimen is to be found in the She(field Wliekly Telegraph, in which 11.Captain Frank H. Shaw writes of "SingaplWc and the Straits Settlements." Bvidelltly he has a vivid illlagiuation anu a facile pen, for he says:Your first view of Singapore shows you a noble esplanade, along which pass in orderly procession the janrickshas of the white population, drawn by fiercefaced Malays, the lilleH.1 descendants of those old-time pirates II.nd villains, the head-hunters of the Southern Heas. . . . Sampans fly hither and thither, filled with a clamouring horde of Malayan b(1atmen, who beseech you, in tlumlt pidgin English, to emoalk upon their craft, the oest in the harboureach one is the very best, and every other is the very worst-and be transported in the flash of an eye to the shore. 'l'hese self-same Malays have beeu Imowu to rifle l~passenger of all he has, and then, capsizing the sampan, remove all traces of their crime. Later on this wonderful writer spellks of "a bearded Sikh policeman, cool and smart in white drill; and draws a truly alarming picture of the Malay "amok"
: his matted hair is flying widely
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h-isnaked body i.~scarred and bleeding he has oecome maddened by bhang-chewing! ! 'i'hose who have been in Singapore will be able to appreciate the hUllJOUl' of Captain li'mnk Shaw's article. "Ve regret we have not been privileged to read the whole of it if it is all in this style.
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'Ve are, Deal' Sir, Yours faithfully, (Signed) PATERSON, SIMONS& Co. LTD. 'rhe Samples above referred to may be seen and inspected by those iuterested iu the snbject at the Municipal Offices, Ruching.
'I'he OcmU'l'tmce of Gold ill (JI)I)er Sal'ilwal\.
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By J. SOMERVILI,EGEIKIE, B.Sc. TIIIfI paper is limited to a description of tile auriferous deposits occurring iu the lIeighbourhood of BI~uand Bidi iu Upper Samwak. So far as is known, these are the only localities in Sarawak where gold is met with in sufficient quantity to make work on a large scale remuuerative. Small amolU1ts, however, are distribnted over the country, and the precious metal is won by the natives in many ph1Ces from materials which are too poor and too limited in extent to warrant the erectioll of any kind of plant. Ban and Bi~1i lie some 15 miles south-west of Kuching, the capital, .and are close to the right-hand branch of the Sarawak river. Viewed from the top of any of the higher hills in this rcgion the country assumes the aspect of an immense plain, diversified by ahrnpt tors and peaks, occurring solitary or in gronps. Here and there lines of rugged aud precipitons crags of limestone traverse the Il1n(l,while now and again the eye is caught by certain less steep and more roundedmll.sses of igneous rock. 'l'l1e whole region is densely clothed with vegetation-the trees and shrubs finding a foot-hold on the barest and.
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most inhospitable limestone cliffs. N U1lleruus lI1.1'ger colol1red, hut they rapidly weather on exposure, and sumUer stre!l.ms wind their way amollg the hills assuming ItgreeniRh-colonr, and in time decomposillg to find an outlet ill the Sarawak river which drf1.illS to a yellow clay. In mallY places these weathered the whole district. dykes clm be dug with II.spade, even when the rocks Geowgical Featu/"es.-The general structurc of the they traverse have remained fairly hard and firm. From the geological evidence thus shortly set region under review is quite simple. \Ve have Itpparently a conformable series of stratified rocks, oc- forth, the following inferences may be drawn :-- . (a) 'rho limestone is obviously nJf1.rine, 1\)1(1 cupying upon the whole an approximately horimntal speaks to n. wide-spread sea having covered thi,s area or gently-undulating positiou, broken here and there daring some stage of the Jurassic period. '1'he thickby faults, alld invaded in many places by intrusive ness of the rocl, is not known, but from its relative igneous roclls. 'rhe bttsement rock of the series is a light grey to purit~ (where unaltered), it probably ILccumulated in dark blue lime.~tonecontaining nU1.uyfossils, from the clear and therefore somewhat deep water. charn.cter of which the rock is known to be of .Jurassic (b) The marl-beds, immediately overlying the age. As the Bottom of the limestone is nowher", ex- limestone, suggest somewhat shallower WItter. Probably, therefore, Itt the timb of their depof;ition, the posed, it is impossible to ascertain the thicknessbut, in visible section, HOOft. [tt lel1st can be lIIea- depth of the sea had diminished, and the formatioll of the limestone had ceased. As the marls are of sm'ell. '1'he rock is close-grained. and abundantly traversed by. veins of calcite. Its bedding is not n.s interrupted OL'local occurrence, they would appeal' a rule well-nl!l.rked, but, af>already indicated, it is to have experienced considerahle erosion before the deposition of the next succeeding group of strata. for the most part horizontal. Considerable jumbling (c) The massive series of shales, sandstones and and confusion, however, OCCIll'in the neighboul'hood of the igneous rocks, and the limestone iri such posi- cOlIglomerates suggest deposition in yet shalloweL" \Ve nJII.Y tions is often metn.morphosed and converted into water, which may lllwe been estuarine. ma.rble. IJong exposed to weatherillg action, the !'!uppose that the erosion of the underlying n1ltrls surface of the limestone assume!'! the bi7.ltrre COII- was effected by the sallie current or current!'! whieh figumtion and peculiar outlinp.s which llre knowlI to cleposite
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may, the limestones are abundantly fissured ftllll shattere(l, while the superjacent sedimentary 8trltt.ft are contorted al~d jumbled over wide aJ'ea8. 'fht! igneous rocks have forced their way upwards through fissures in the limestone, and not infrequently have sprea::l out laterally along the bedding-planes of dw shales, so as to form laccolites and sills. Immense quantities of highly-heated vapolll's Ulust llave been evolved from the igneous rocks, the effects of which are seen in the abundant impregnations and disseminations of silica, iron-pyrites, gold, etc. Where the rocks are much jumbled aud shattered they have been permeated to such an extent that they now form conspicuous breccias. Permeation and impregnation, however, are not confined to the shattered !1.reas. 'l'he unbroken sh!1.les,0.))(1in many places, undisturbed limestone, have been saturated with silica, aud are frequeutly auriferous. Such marll10riscdlilll€'stones, when examinen in thin slices under the microscope, show a crystalline texture, but often coutain fully as much quartz as calcite. It is hardly possible that all these emanatiou8 came only from the dykes now visible at the sl1l'face; it seems more likely that they were largely derived from Itdeep-seated and still-concealed plutonic mass. (f) Hincc the period of igneous activity and the 1)rod uction of the accompanying pneulflatolytic phenomena, tbe only geologICal change of which we have any evideuce is the long-continued and profound denudation to which the present configuration of the s11l'bce is due. The main gold-bearing belt of Upper Samwak mo.y be said to)extend frolll S. \V. to N .E. through. Bau and Bidi. It follows, in fact, the series of fractures which destroyed the anticlinal fold. Limestone is reported as occ\1lTing some distance up all the main ri \'ers towards the north-east, aml it is possible, therefore, that the anticlinal axis may contiuue in that direction. Very little is known of the tract of cOlmtry referred to, but, should the fractured belt preserve its course, ore-bodies might well be expectecl to accompany it. Types or Classe.~of Ore Deposits.-'rhe several arebodies are often strongly differentiated, so th!1.t distinct types can be recognised, which at first sight seem to have little relation or connection the one with the other. Closer examination, however, shows that all have had a common origin-they are only modifications of one and the SltlJle ldnd of formation. All the ore milled may be roughly divided into two classes, vi:l. :--
symmetrical figures, an art. learn.ed from the old MI\IIl.vwoman when she accompamed het. father to the Hta.tion two padi years since '? But a.bove all did she not meet Ingka this morning, Inglm the slim, the laughing one, and as he passed her lhey exchanged glances and tried to speak 'the cust;I)'Imry salutations as if they had nothing else to S,t,)'. He was always in her thoughts, lngka the slim; as children they had played together, and who could beat him at throwing the hard-wood top, at wrestling, running, or hnrling the miniature spear? '\.'1\8 it not he who would fashion grotesque wooden dolls for her, and carry her on 'his back when she tired'? And later, when he went away for months and mouths to work in the jungle, how empty and dull had the house seemed; and how manly and strong did he look on his returu. 'l'rue there were tales, but-custom was cnstomaud she lmew what women's tales were worth. How they chattered, th05e others amongst themselves! 'l'he upper storey resounded with their laughter and jokes at night. For herself, and she smiled as she 'thought of it, lovelorn indeed mllst he the luckless wight who tried the defeuces of hel' room, guarded as she was by an elderly and sour tempered aunt on the one side and by an octogenarian but yet sprightly maternal relation on the other, while before the door was her widowed sister Senga 'with two squealing brats-Senga, who still retained sufticient traces of her youth to make her jealous of the yoimger Iyak with her fresh beaUty, her lithe form, aw] hel' bright merry eyes. 'l'here had been talk of her marrying Lumbu, but she tried not to think of it. LUIllbu, illdeed! 'l'he Clumsy One; his very name condemned him in her eyes. POl' she was in love with a slim figure, clear skin and long flowing hair, alheit allied to poverty. 'Vhat cared she for the rows of oln jars in tile room of LUlllbu's f!llther. Let sOine-one else marry for them. for she had no desire to be tied to the sulky how-legged Lumbu, be he of ever so good birth. And so her thoughts run on and on as she weaves the intricate design, and she does what maidens all the world over will do, builds castle after castle in the air, pulling down one only to replace it with l\uother. She and lngka would marry despite opposition, despite poverly, despite-Smack! a stinging blow 1m he'r bare shoulders, "Up, thou lazy one, who art thou to sit dreamillg while others moro worthy pound and winnow and boil'? Up and make thyself of more use than a silly nodding cat." Filial affection, aided by a large and super-heated rice(.:.) Ole occuLTing as irregular bonies in lime- scoop, prompts her to throw a cover over her work,_ stone; seize the clump of water gourds, and I1nrry to the(2) Impregnations or disseminations in shale. door to join the long procession of laughing women Of these the former are usually much richer in gold who are thronging down the passage way to the end of the long house. and more heavily "mineralized" than the Itttter. And, behold, as Iyak approaches the wateriug(To be continued) place, see the Slitu One nonchalantly whittling a piece of stick and listening to the blacksmiths work"'ar.t and "'ouf. ing at a hut close by, but at the same titne keeping an eye on the hurrying rows of chattering wOlllen as ,\ Dyal/;: (.OVC! SIOI'Y. they file past in long strings. lyak scuttel'S past Iyak sits weaving, and as her nimble fingers pluck like a frightened rabbit, not ventnring to lift her at the crossing threads 01' tug at the heavy wooden eyes to his for fear the following women should catch blade, she hUlns to herself or turns to throw a the glance. But who of all of them knows better how to make graceful piny of wrist and elbow as she laughing remark to right 01' left where the other girls busy themsel ves in the adjoining rooms. 8he dashes her hand over the surface of the water and' fills the bobbing gourds, or bends to throw WItter is evidently in good spirits, bnbbling over with over herself? Who can show such luxnriant masses merriment. Ann why not? Is she not the fairest of jet-black hair, or can trip up the slippery log with and most fascinating. not only in the long honse, hut even in the whole river? \\'ho can vie with her sU8h clueless ease? in phLiting the lIIat 01' basket in cunningly interShe passes the watching one on her hotllcward mingled p'ILtel'llS, oj' in weaving the cloth of intricate way, and even plucks up courage to lift her eyes and design'? ])0 not even the older women bring their mm'lIIur the conventiOtlld phrase, Are you not work to her for advice or approval? Who but she bathing?" and without waitiug for the laughiug reply in the river Cl\1lstring the many coloured beads in hurries on with beating heart. And as she lies in
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her curtains that night listening to the bursts of \1p and sheds his rays on her throngh the delapidateit smothereillaughter overhead, and the drowsy grumroofing--11 pathetic fignre with the long perspective bling of the old women on either side, she imagines of the old house stretching behilld hor. she can catch the sotl\Hl of a nl111'mured Jove-song Su(ldenly she is :1warc of the qnick al:\t"llled heats from the direction of his verallthh far down the of the "1;I1\Vak"frolll the distant hotlsc throbbing and length of the house. pulsing through the quiet night. Her [1bsence has So it goes on in the old old way, a whispered word, been noticed, and they will be searching for her. She a glance, a smile. some small courtesy in the daily glances fearfully to right n.nd left, and, rising, moves round. The outside world sees no more, but she n. little wn.y along the passn.ge as if looking for dreams and dreams and feels it is indeed good to live. something. . . But at last the awakening comes, fmd it comes in It is there the seal.'chers find her whcn they come this manner. He had beell away for some time, peering and calling along the lellgth of the house trading 01' working .in the jungle, as she thought, from a h!1lf-rotten beam in front of and life hn.d for the time been a void for 1101'. But at -hanging the door-wR.y of hel' old 1'00111. htst he anives, and she sees him pass along the house '1'. D. to his room, he seems tired alHl is unusually silent. ~ ---.-.....------'rhn.t eveuing she does not see him agn.iu, hut at ITlw "bol'e stOl''y is said to be fOlllll\ed 011fl\ct. III thanl;illl( the bathing place she chatters gaily to the other girls '1'. D. for his eOlltribntion we hope that othors will emnlate his and her laughter rises shrill that e\'ening for she is example. 'rherc Illnst he n:al1.Yn"til'e slodes "Ild log-ends ill whi,'h onl' l'oad01's w,)l1l,l he inte,'cstc(1 :,,"1 we "h:\11 he .I'Cf.Y happy again. 'rhe blow comes from Lungang, the Podgy One, plcf\sed to ]>l1blish thelll ir Ontstntiol1 omCCI'" will hell' h'y c.ollccting the lIlaterilll. Ed. S. G.I who is chattering there 11n<1who glances slyly at .......-----....-..-.. Iyak n.s she cl1snally asks her neighbour if she has heard that Ingka is to fetch his wife from downriver after the harvest. :For n. moment IYl1k is as if stunned and feels dizzy, but she recovers herself alld listens, hearing enough to convince her thn.t the story is no mere women's talk. She goes silently back along the nn.rrow path to the house.. !11Hlflnds the October. old women talking the matter over, and discussing AgrcclIIcnts.-25 were made out during the month. the ancestry of the engaged couple. Iyak listens to :-;talllpduties and fees ltlllOI.tlltedto $4r>.fj(I. it all n.s if in a (lrel1.m,and busies herself preparing COllrt.-Filies and fees ~.Illollnted to $l1a.8n. \ the evening 111en.I, while she even n1l1kosno eOll1nHmt D... Bn.rker arrivec] on the Bnl instant; I left here whcn In.ter on tho subject 01 her own nHtrri:tge is bronght forward n.nd the name of tbe hateful LU.Jl)bl1 the next day with him, His Highness '1'he H.n.jah is intrQ(lucecl 8he listelH, dumbly to it a.ll and sits 1\ItlClah having s:1.nctioned nlY going 011short lell,ve to Singapore and. the Native States. I retlll'ned to silent while her mother and aunt ghmt ovor the number of jars in which, after the marrin.ge, they would Ban on the ;.Irdin'stant, Mr. Day having kindly taken charge of the station during my 11bsence; notbing of hn.ve a reversionn.I'Y intErest. n.n'yimport!1nce happened dm'ing the .oJonth, people 'l'hn.t night 1yak sleeps not, but lies with widestaring eyes seeing and hef!.rillg nothing. 'rhe llt'>X(; being nlOstly occnpie(t in making out peppel' ngl'eemornillg she rir,es 111)(]fillishes the \York in the house nwnl;S; the majQl'ity of thesc hn.ve been wade OUt in before picl,ing up her basket aud st!u'ting off to the Kuching, \lloney being borrowed in most cases from '\Vha Hong of that place, n.nrlI roulld /I.large nmnber farm to CH.ny the newly-reaped crop. And there wl11king beside her is Ingka the faith- of deech; to he registered on illY retlll'll. 'Ibe prisoners were employed in keeping up roacls less, hut !lot a Rign does she make that she is aware anrl Government grounds. I regret to say there has of his presence. He speaks to her but she hurries been a goocl cleal of beri-heri amongst them. on with bowed hen.d alld. averted cyes.. She toils on through the heat of the day, her head buzzing under K H. S'I'ILWgLL, the broad Jeaf hat, and at the time of the n.ftel'lloon Rcsident. men.1she sits and eats mechn.nically, heeding not the .....--... chn.ff and shrill laughter of the girls. As the suu sets the whole party st;art for hOllie, their hacks bowed beneath the helLVYloads. ~he is the last of the string, and n.sshe listens to the sounds of her companions getting fainter and fn.inter n.s'she I returned from I\uching- on the llth bv the s. s. lags further Il,nd further behind, :~ Hudd()n revulsion Alice ],orrrrine with the Pl'incipn.1 Medical OlJicer,
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the house all(1 elldure the chamllg remarks n.t the the nlOl'ning of t.he 12Lh, t.he s. H. Alice T,o}'}'rtille bathing plaee or sit patiellt (]urillg the l!\'lIlt1hlillg of klwing again for Kuching at \I ,I. ~I. with Dr. Barker the old wOllleu. The idea is lln!Jc)[1l'aule. :-:ihaIIlust all(l Mr. Boult. be 1110nesOllwwbere. She sltd(lenly slips off her load' There being II,nUlIlber of catt.le l'lIlIlJing loose at alld plnllges headlong into a si,]n path. Althongh the l\lincs Ql'iters wore given tlmt these should be she stumbles blilldly along bhe !\II()WS\\'ell tbat the fell<:erl in !1nd permits were obt~.ined from headpath leads to the old desertecl hOllse over the riclge, quartl.)rs for (j hel1d, the baln.nce bci ng rClllo\'ed elsethe house in which she was baril, :111<1 where she alld whenL ~ix head were taken over hv the Government Illglm ha.ve played together as ~hildre\J. for $lij;j making the herd up to ~i'head, nil of which So as chr]mcss falls she emergGs. still rnnni!1g, [\\'0 now kept at tbe wharf. frolll the thick undergrowth on to the clear sfJl1ceill On tlw 19th tbe Pawn Fanllcr's sllop n.t the Mines front of the 11!1lf-ruinedhouse, a.nd without looki\Jg Wl1S hl1l'gled, the SUIll of $!j{j bcing stolen; two men to right or left llll1kes straight for the !adl]er, n.nd, were 111'l'ested ltnd <:hal'gecl with this offence but the ascending it, disappears into the gloom. evidence was hn.rdly strong enough for a conviction wew And there in the long vcmll
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ta.llow vegetable oil is used in the proport.ion of l:j alHl stringers of ore in the calcite, and these got per cept to 85 pel' cent of lime and prepa.red in the fewer and poorer with the depth. '1'lIree Chinese same Wav as the tallow mixture. workillgs have been openecl with silllill1.r result. If ther'e is I1.n"further information vou wOllltllilw '1'h" I.re is a hard black stone, reserubling chert. to have I shou!';t be pleased to place' it at your dis- It eOlltains 87% silica, 11% stibnite, with v!wiable posal, bnt in my humble opinion it is a (jIH,stioll alllllllllts of iron oxide, alumina, cl1.lcium-carbonate, with bichromate of potash to acillpt it to thn 111<::11"re. The gold is COR.rseI1.nd free, alld varies ill conditions and this can only lH\ (letennilletl hy 1''-;' qt1.,IILity from !j dwt. up to ~o oz. per ton. In one . perimcntal varilttion of the proportion of }Jigmcnt. level the llHttrix of the gold was a layer of sand, Believe me, loosely cemented by ca.lcite. 1'his assayed very well, but unfortunately was only a few inches thick, and Yours truly, of no extent. It is obviously of I:-tter origin than the 8(1. FHED A. ~L'A LBOT'. ore-body of the limestone, and is doubtless (ll.1e ta secondary concentration of the gold by watel'. III A. C. PJo~AUS0l\, ES(J., mallY of the cracks and fissl1l'es, in proximity to tho:} Editor, or,!-body, fine Illud h:\s been deposited, alld thi's in tilne ruay similarly hecome calcified hy percolating D. :v D. Herald, water. Smullll.-all n. N. Ii. Examination of the' neighlJ01Il'ho()(1 uf .T.lmbl\s.\ll == shows that all over the limestone plain, in which 'I'lac Ot'('UI'l'NItC of (ilold in these l'ehltively large aurif9rons ore-hodies oecur, sinlilar hut smitHer surface..po:::kets (frOln '1 ft. np to [1,t'H'I'Summll". 10 ft. ill (lepth) make their appearance. " PrOlIJ these ---+-ha\'e been t,~kell cOllsiderable qn:lntities\)f 'Intimony, Br ,J. S()~muvrLLB GEIKm, 11. Su. which occurs mixed with qnartz. Here and there -the limestone is overlai(l by small out.lier SOl' patches (Continuation .) of ilighly silicified shale, canyillg antimony and a little gold. 'l'ow!lrds eR.st and west, howe\'er, where 1.-Holll OI'4! ill l.hlll!".OI"', As just mentioned, this ore yields a higlwr por- the shall!s form It more odess continuons l:overing of thickness, alltimony has been WOlked for years, centage "f the metnl aud is III01'1)"ulillemlized" rhau some and here (just 11Sat .Jambusan) the ore has been the illlpregnnted shales. '['his Illay be d IIC in tIle follO\\'ed down into similar pockets in the limestone. tirst place to the ready solubility of the li111estone, 'rhe shales referred to R.re [Ill milch (listllrbed, a,nd I1.ndto its .11Oreahundantly jointe(] l:haracter, which have been abundalltly permeated by silica. They · would natumlly afford readier pnssage to ascending carry from a, grain to !j dwt. of gold pel' ton. It aHd descending solntions, I\nd r>l'Ovide cavities for should be added that numerous (hrkes alld intrusive the deposition of minera.! matter. sheets occur in the lIeighboudlOod. It is' not improbable, also, that the limestone I1.nd 'l'be phenomena presented by the ore-undies of any carbonaceous matter it con1.ailled may hl1.veinduced the precipitatioJ\ of the minerals carried in this region would seem to show that the millemlizing coming fl"Oll1below found ready passage solution. Nor can it be denied that ill many cases solutions through joints and fissures in the limestone nntil secondary enrichment of the me-bodies may have been brought about (long subsequent to their forma.. they reached the relatively impeL'lneable shales above. Precipitation, therefore, woul(l tend to be concenLion) by water percolating down from the snrface. tmted in the upper part of the limestone. But 1'he deposits in the limestone may be grouped as wherever the overlying beds were much jUll1bbi and follows :-(a) Masses ',\'ith ;ll-(letined honndaries, shattered the mineral solutions readily passed upyielding free goid :-(b) Masses with well-defiued boundaries, the stone not much solidified, Itnd yield- wards from the limestolle and permeated the shales. ing mostly sulphides :-(c) Masses with well-defined "I'he ai'e-bodies occurriug in the limestone nppear to be cases of metasomatic replace~nent. '1.'hey do not boundaries, the stone containing:t high percentage occupy originn.l cavities in the I'Ock. for there is of siliea. . everywhere a gradual passa.gc, as it \\'ere, from th(} (a) Masse.~ with -ill-defined Boulldaries, !Jieldill(J ore-stone into the country rock. Free Oold.-The best example of this class occnrs at Similar deposits of less extent occur in Bau MonnJambusan, about ~ miles' east of Bau. .'l'his is !\ swampy valley overlooked by a steep limestone cliff, tain-a steep limestone crag formiug the upcast sidecra.g beiug tmversed some (j00.ft. in height, which marks the line of one of a line of main faulting-the of the great faults-J'ambusan being on the down- by a dyke of quartz-porphYl',Y which can be followed in clear section running up through the limestone throw side. 1'he ore here appears itS large irregular masses in the limestone-those masses that cropped almost to the ore-body, wheu it dies onto at the snrface having been worked out sOllie years (b) Masse.~with well-de.tin~dBoundaries, the Stone ago by the Chinese, who are said to have obtained a not much silici;{ied, and yieldh~(l1no.stly Sltlphide.~.-large quantity of gold. 'rhe limits of the ore-bodies Good examples of this class of ore-bodies are met in question are not well detined-the stone having with in the 8n San Shin district, Bau. They differ been taken out until the percentnge of country-rock from the class already descl'ibed not auly in the (limestone) and vein-stuff (calcite) became too large nature of the are but by the fact that their limits are to wake work profitable. tolerably well defined. Hel'e a sheet of porphyry One' of the Chinese excn,vations measures as has been intruded aloug ~he hot'izontal junction of follows: length 80 ft., breadth B5 ft., depth GO It. the limestone and overlying shales. rl'he shales and, 11'1'0111 the walls of this working small pieces of ore to 11.considerable exteut, the porphyry 111so,ba\'e cau be knocked oft', some of which assay up to 10 oz. been deuuded away, so as to expose the limestone pet. tun. The Borneo Company have for the last with its ore-bodieB~ As showing that mineralization two years been trying to prove the~e pocket.s in depth, is connected in some' cases at least with the presence hut so f,w unsuccessfully. At the bottom of one of of these igneous rocks, It may occasionR.lly be noted the Chinese workings a \'ein of calcite, about 3 ft. that when intrusive sheets occupy a hori7.0ntal posithick, aud dipping BOo,was followed do\vnwards for tion in the shales, mineralization is wholly confined 100 ft., but both in the incline !lnd in levo\s driven to the shales .l\nderlyiI1g them.. It would seem as if on the vein, ncthillg was met with save a few patches the sills had to some extent blanketed tho underlying ,:.:.;
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Up to the present little has been done to open up this are, as the quantity Itppears to be Rmall, while it is not of !~nature suited to the methodR of t,reat:lllent in use~ One of the bodies explored had the following dimensions :-length 10 ft., width at centre 3 ft., depth 15 ft. '1'he ore consisted of sulphides with no gangue, and was separated frol1l the limestone by a layei' of clay. '1'he are gave on analysis:Per cent. Sulphur A.rseuic Iron Zinc ... Lead Copper Cobalt Silic9. Oxygen
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()II till' I;;\. () 1111HlawnlJg. 1.1110 1"",0.: I'ata chid al'lll'c,i. II..!;, IIphLilJed al)()llt the I\,'.,)'ahs ill tho Pata nl!!t'l.illg h S /'IIII:IIIS !tIll! tryillg I.', draw thmn ;:mlt()nf:..cl to IK ""'lItIIK IIIIPI:is,IIIII1"111 alld III'id1lllail away fl'ol!l hilll. I illf(Jrllll~'] ().van I'lawt'lig Lhllt as RlleI.LJlll Abll lI.d"I.!' 1.11'11110I','al'. \al\ 110 Ii IIIIIlIth" this W>t:-;'I matter which required It good it.~al of el1:UHl I :lIhoL 1.1)Ii I\"~ek" for Ih.',ft or ~~old 1'1'''111II". "\,.:all ("ul'y. iL Il>ld ])I)tkr await till' )t.!sid'!llt :\11'. lJollghlS. II}' at Bicli 11'1)1'kK:.Iapal' a Ll'ad,'r \\"IS "1'111."111""]'0 Ii ()n th., 4th HlJa 11.IKs:1.lI. a Hrn/lt'i. rdlll'lIetl 1'1'011I mOil ths for bei IIg all al'l:,:KSOr\' ,11101:\ ,,"a II t." Ii 111011111:-; a I'I:ii1. 1;0 Lh" I\lahih ill till' till1 _.\I,ar !tnl1 hl'Oll,,'ht. (ar ...,ceivillg ;;I,)kll 1'1"'PI'I'I..I" '1'111' lI'IIIIIul'al>l" Ih,. ,]1111'11'l'allo:l I ,iI III!. thc,ir I',,"~hllili. who pai:1 ill'lli,; H'$idellt wIlli" 1",1'1' I'isll...,] II. II. II". ltaja\I's 1:\" . Bllngalow, the (;OV..I'IIIIU')III ~,'h.,,)1 ;ll,d IIII"pital: I". 'I'aill" J,lhut reptJJ:twl tl,aL hI'; ('Bupl.. I'efusell to relul'lInt1 to 1\11l'1tilJ!.: '>11 tl,,' '.",11, 1,111. "".I'isil..d 1.1,., 1110\'" 1'1'0111tile int.'riol' to f.ollg 1.:olalig in spite ,)1" Ji~triet :UOl'IIII1Plllli,.d hI' I.,,,h t '''"1 II..I'illl'" "" I ill' 1,lll.ir j,alill~~ .lgI'U'~.! 1<.1 do ;;0 11'111'11 they lliet the ~th. . . . I:,~:-;id:'nt :\11'. 1>0Ugl'ls I,tst year. ItII01 III: asl,ed that LaJllholig flild l:illd'I!'.~. ~1,i"l 11\ Ill.,. \I,'''' (int',:rllll"'lIt 1I'IIIIId :\s~ist ililll ill this matter, hy 5elltelll'l!d till I.I)(~ P";th 1" I .\',:;1.1'-', 111'111'1"""" III r,"r !-Iaralll uhiefs 1.0 11I.lp thell1 ill dwft of lH')lI',,'r i'rolll I.,'" "I'hilll"" ;:ard"11 1\ hid, IS ,,"lldlll:-: two 01' thl'e" II... n1Orom'C)I', states l;bnt IIOL far 1'1'11111 1.II"ir I'i!la",'. IIII'I ';1,,1,. '"111,. I",,,s 1'1'''111 IIIOI'ilig art..1' tlw hall'e:-;t. \\'il.hill till' last fc~1I' 111
.
,
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'rEE
BAR\. "\V.-\.K G-AZE'l''1'E,
;\IAIWH
4, 1908.
fJ0 ...
Gnoss
. Annnal
ItC!IHU". '''I'
.-\H pe,'
100')',
the nttl\ched statement of Net Hevenue nna itnre it will be seen that Lhere has beell 11. iu Hevellne of $~,:j2H.n~ and ,11!creasl! in itme of $4,L:34.;j4. prillcipal accounts shewing increases ana Ill'. under Hevenup. are as follows.
Exrellu;~lIl'e
His II ighlJess ihe Hajah alllllml visit to the stfLtiOIl.
!II,fJl:!
did not Illake hi,; IBnal
Tile late 'l'reasnl'el' of Sal'f1.wak l\rl'. Pearse spt~nt a fl~\V,1a)'s here ill :.ray. f:()lrl Jlillcs.-It will be s()eli by the lilltllleial state111CIlt that tl}(J Uoyalty 011 gold worked ilj ]!1t17 fllll0l111ted to approximately :$75,uOl) as agaill~t $71.000
,i!.;;Creased in Ct)!HH')'lliellee ,d' till~ f:dllll
.
Pepper
pri(;IJ of
~ been ablLlidollcd ,IUt'llig t w Y'~lu'. EXl'E~I>I'I'lJHE INt'HE.\SES.
Gal'dclIs.--770
of S1:llllry pel'solls
-
,~,)o)() .') t) - of
'
erected
ill UJlJij i\t
gardens
paid mad
tax:
l.j-1 gl\l'llelJR, w'~I'e sold by ]>n~)lic l\Uctiol1, IJslI.~l1f Oil accol\l:t ot tbe owners havmg i1.bsconded illlur first stealing the cmp.New gat',lelJs register.:u fl'OIIIl!HW to 1D07 are as follows.
.
. """
works
the year ..,1111110 gard(ms ha.\'e been a.1JilJlOil the !-\a/.'(~ens pitying ta.x there WetS :1, shol't:tge of 4~..!('O vInes h01l1 the ye:lr Lefol'e.
COIJS')'tlleIICl!of gal'l](~lIs
I'J a/c.--$77.H:j--expenses litl\l. D' ' . -L ( anI l J!,( ltIf.C(/ lOll II /e
!lew
I
1
il1 ,_!JO!j; the
Ball have pro\'ed ft grel\t sllccess alHl flll'tlwr extellsiolls were s~a~.ted towan]s the el1d of I.llis )",.,al'. '.l'11e ontpnt .at. BHll has beell s0l11ewhaL less allu wdl fmtbel' dlnllllIsh.
..
has heen c'.O:> > Is are still sOllie
&O],II.JO
His HiglJlless the HajrdJ illncla came lip to :\11". Pawle's 'J'lllHt Pishillg 011 April the :Wth retnl'llil1g to Knehillg 011 the ~2Ild. The HOllollrable the Hesidellt visitc,] the 11istriet twice ill NovPll1ber.
.Cllc:-$2n,j'.-ele~'()11 1l1l~I'e
eC ' ,1.]:0'.
.Ull,.I:;:; :1O,.JI;;
10;)011.
GBNBlLU. HRPOJt'J'.
$71)U of this is ae.. for by Slll'VIW fees and OV()l'$!O() by lillfJS. ;~,...,. ajc'---$] LOH.i\(j.-dne 1.0 :;111:tllm anl'Hll1t I I " .'-'1' .1 . a >OUI CI cll!e, .
~
&107.6.10 16,iJO\J
SlIl'p]n"
rl Cllc.-$I,im:LJO--ov!!l'
,.
$ !:I,a;.;:! i,l:!;; 25,000 'j l,fJOll
II;I~'y 011 1'01'1'01' (\Pl'roxill"'~e I:n,\'ltlly on <Jolt! ,In
'4artioll ajc.-$;:!24.2,j-this is aec\)tll:tea for by rt that fees for Ell nca tioll have he'-)Il recovered '~r which ha.~ never heell llolle previously. 'll!l.plion 'Pax ajc.-:U70-this iU(:l'casn is dne !iCpally to the faet that a large all!Ollllt of overdue '!:IAc;heel! I'ccovered ill whieh ea.se tlw tax is
!'f;j,on'J'a.t.-$154.0,1--ill
1907. $l0,!:!oa :!,i! HI ]0,000 75,'}00
!,';lInnd,d "tit~"""'nt Drill< Revcnno
HEVEXUE INcnEAsEs.
.
TOT.-U. HBVENUE.
tl'l'<'.,
!
C]lillt'se .J)yakol'iI'Lday .
I!JOa.
1!I04.
J00,).
H;j
:jH
;-10
I()
;.\
18
~a
'27
:.!'2
1:3
~
recover!).l I'dI' fecs "lid school I T t. I IOS ,n of .'ho. Iinaster Itl111 ..0 ,t, ~l p,lssa~c »c ) l)cl'IlJlts to opell gardells fUl'thel' alllollilts I'eeovemble. followillg Iluillbel's.
f .
J!JO(j. JOU7.
--;;; -~ oJ.".
..
.~.)
hltVe Leell Issuell III the
..1J'Y:llaje.-$lHO.(i,>--this is eOIlSC(Jnelit upon }DOa. 1!H)4. J!)().j. IDOl,. J!J07. nOlllber of visits IlJltilu to Ban by Lll<~:'de,]iJ8:2 7n ;-JIj J7 '2 'oter. 1)1l(/7~J>laJl.tati(}Il,~ The rubber plantatiull is :rF"$ S(/larics.--$!)(),).\Jli-d,w to therl' lJ:wing reported to be doing well; some (jHO(tl;res lHwe IItr..v ~ officerR stationed hel'u for the wholl) y<'al' I heell planted up. . l-Tamhier is not in a veryJlollL'isllillg coll
'I'lwr,: WIlS 110 military
Su/'ve!}.-All the roads allli gardens lying bf\tween Busan, Bidi aua Poak have been snrveyed awl the fl:\\'er plans .whi~:hare being got out by the SUL'\'eyd'1partlIIent III h.ncluug should SOOIlbe eompletell. . Jr. D. Roads and Dridgesajc.-'rotal *:.J,8\JO.04. CI'imc.-(j7 persons were Si-ntenced to terms '>T illlprisonlUent in UJ07 as agaillst l:-Win JUO/). rn ID07 i.eerea.se is due to the faet that only a small the average daily IIllmber of prisollers and remalldlJ of repail's were rU
i~
by prison lrtbOllr for ti Illonth8 of the year of by contract; also to $5'1(j less havin.g beell
,. Poak and Stafttbridges. '.a/c.-$2G8.1'2. 'l'his is lllOrc thaJllwclJunte,l die fact that $;300 was eharge,] against this .~ price of aPony, ill IDOli;in JD07$,jObalallce l'OIlY . Il'ged, (\1\(1also !WIIH!$1)0 fo\' abIes and syce's house.
.-
(.
I
Policc.-'l'he force consists of a Lance corporals alld I(i constables stationed as follows.B!m-2 Lance eorporn.ls 14 con8tables Bic1i-l Lallce " 1 " 'l'undong1" '.l'here is a constable employed as caretaker at Ii jg Highness the Rajah's bungalow and one 11tthe Opium )1',\l'IUboth at Ban alld Billi.
~t
II I
THE SAB.AWAK GAZE'rTE, T\IARCH4, 1908, .---.-
.PUBLIC'VOHKS.
I
Ho(/d.~.--'l'hesc were w",.ded by fit' JalJ
'ontract till March . '1'he grounds at
I !tnel subsequently
k$.-An exteusion was nH1.d(~to the Bud a bathing place for the prisoners,
I
His Highness the Hajah's Bungtdow and surrounding
S1.Sachments have been fixed in the hazl1.ar . the Conrt house building were also kept up by prison Iahour. ' att!L)Ihouse ' ' \ "kadja.ng ' -A awl leaf was c< .'.CrockCI_ ,. lIltS . . Iche\ed . '. ,. '. ) . ,.,fa{f.-MI. h) l\I1. IJaChaul :II':W_ IC..U d C\ er I,;. '11Ie' ] ,llIll ] ollg .'I 0 Ilee. . . '
'
"II"ercrebuilt
and also a sl'ce's
Bau.
\
n.tHl S()l'\-1lnt's
In ,January,
I Chard
"
---
and later
111 the
same
mouth
MI'. 11!l.
"
.~
was relieved by i\'fr. Collins.
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-_..
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-_.-
I!l07.
I!IOli. Illerease.
$4i:j.OO a :.J.t:!,j :!.H:.!fi.lO :lIiO.OO
I)
' [' t I () a
I
...
~,O!/.J..~-l
-' J() " (I'" - (' .~_ .,n.d.;)
. !
;-i,l5. 1i.4~
l
... 4:I:i.!l0
I
,
-
] J.()O
1;). 00 ;.
1)'
...
...
;
~O.Oi).
:
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... ... ...
:1.Hj'
'2.:!4H.'2H '
-' '" . ";) ~Lo J 1 .~ ~)."",~..)C'
"
l,tORob, lIH.H.l
...
1
... :1O.:jOI
IOA.-.1
-l:-\!I.O,i
,40.;,~
-
1
..
1':-1\12.'30'
l:j .00'
..,HO(~.,)bl... llH,H4 liMO,OO ( I) 1 ,0 ,1 '.:"1
tilll.OOI -- f' " ' . I ).. :... .. .
Ito,OO
ti"
'
I
:Yi.(iO l,fi!l:!.~O
.. .
f
])ecrease.
$,I:!.I.:.J,j I:;;
4,'2JHAO 1!lo.OO ,I i .00 7;,:\.O{). ~:,:-\,oo
:!.( II} H().",.OO :.J4!J.H.",
...i
I
-, I
...
.I:H.OJ
!
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1
;
H ') ~
~,)".
' ' _ ~" ~.. I ~_J()I J.t 4
l
E X I' Jo:!'\ I> I 'I' If HE. -.---......-.
-."..-- .._~ ---
1
1!/U7.
-----. ,t.ri~I' _J:.:oxatioll i;(.-":fd
,
J: ~'r-ress
, )l.~iJcl\l
" .H biary ~r ~alaries 1": Jire ~P':Q I\lId ~hippillg '~n ... .P::',fi~ alld J.Joss '';,.1'',"', D. COlII't HOllf>e grol1l1
"
.. .
.. .:
H. H's. BlIlIgalow Strce~ IJightilig 'Vater \Vorks New Building Bepairs to Builelillgs 'Yhitewash illg GeneraJmiscellRlIeol1s Up-keep of Hands miscellalleous " .Jam bllsl1.lIHand '1'lIudollg Bunn Bnzaar " Seringok Poak " Poak Hl'iclge Staat " Ferries "
".
SCH.\"eHgel'
Total
I VCClease.
, ---------....----------
$ iH.2;,; in,i.27 :.J.!i:!4.;/!I,
$ lAO. U.iT :.J.7K:.Uii
Ii I .:!:,. :!:i:..H:i; :UO; ;j.a:!tJ.I(j 2,4:!!UM: .L.OO!
:!O.i!I i,j.:.JO .I,0:'\(j.:'li 4.'EW.OU; ,4:iH.4!1, ;'\H.:"")7;
1.1iJU12: :!O.2:i1 .l7!UOi
2,a44-.40
4(J(i.!I:I:, :-\(;0.1:-1' 4(i,'2H
:.J:jH.OH.
1,0t-ja.2T :.JH.2J
O.:,i 1.:.J12.:i4
1).2:, 27!1,] 0 i'.04.!i;'1
!/2.01
l:F,H 7:UHi :!ilU.!i~
J:!!J.(iI
\(jH.~.j,1 .L 44..)8 1 2(j4.21
t!~.!i: ,I.J. .H.\ {j2i1.07
!I(j.4(;
-lO.'!(i: I HO.li,j! .. . \)O:j.!I(;,I -.. . .. !
.. .
l!):i.'2(i
I74.n4 4i.22 :.J:jO.:H
$i7.H:ii :i:-IO.,-,o' ... !
.. .
H8.4i \W\.'24
I
I
1l1creaHe.
,
:17Uli
...,
St:tblf's
..----
.__
J !I(lli.
I
a87 .9(j H,I.OIi (jIl.ia 1ia.au
HA4 '2\)1.:iO UiH.40 4!1S.nO
40:.U4 288.00 1(;H.40 7lii .02
$1 (i.:-IO!I.Oa $20,44:\.:'7 I
1
, -12.1U' I7.UH. H.li:l 7!JO.8r~ H58.8(j: :W!I.na 21:~.m~ . :-1(j.84 :-\li1.22 .I:i2.i\7 :wa.70
;-IO(i.:-m
20. !I!I
J . 02,j. .1Ii,
:\.;jO
... $2,:li 4.1!iI
2liH.I'2 $(i,50H,(j!)
E..n. S'l'.I"'VmLIJ, Rcsidcni. Upper Sara\\'ak, Ball.
- --
-
-
-
v
t)
n:2
'.L'HE SAH..-\\VAK G.-\ZE'r'J'E, 1'I'lAHCH4, 1908.
-----.----....--.
.--
..--'1111D_,-,--1: t""llO!'t '.
...
].'ebl'lIr/ I'!J -J! It, 1 !)()S. have the hOIl:)lIr to IImke
to Your
Highlle~~
Oil
for the veal' .1007.
Revenue reveuue
l/nd RJ.:pr:lIlhtII aud expellllitnw
ot
re. the
YU!lI'
~ $J 1,05;-\.5;-\ ftnd $FI.I:.!-J.7;; respeetive]y !l.decreaHC of $J,,;()(J.(jH ill the fUl'\ller alld ~,r $1,077.74 ill t~h" bu"r :LS (:ulI1]J:tI'('t1
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_H_"",.
,
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..:\ \\' AS. ---
1,lw
LlI
for
~" __ _..
_.
December, 1907. I visite,l :\Ierapok on the :!11<1instant, returnill;{ the sllmc (hy, to collect customs (luties. l\IH~:il'iI['lIey occupied, with the two aud n half hours 1 was
('~lIgllgerl theJ'(~, !llitt]IJ over IJille hours. i'lli'. HiekdLs a1Tivc~cIhv H. I. Gaul/II Oil the ;';tlt ill~;t:l.llt 1l1lc1stll'yl~d Illltil' LIIIJ IllUrllilJg of tlte IULh ~'l'eCedilig yual'. illstallt. l'angel'aJ1 IJa.ji Maliisin oftll(J j\naln.I\.ullI,J decreases ill l'U\'UI11I" appeal' IIJllh~l' tIll: pOllg was presellt 011 two days of his visit, and again i;.eadings, Cou!'t aceoullt ($4nH.H~), sLalll)ls '~6!J.2]), P.W. D. aceonut, \:.!H:.!.H4) 11IH1 applicI1 rnr r,hl~ readjllstl11ent of his OWIl slHHc in tLe .1Lo<;~ accoullt (:j;;\IO..Jll. 'I'll" dl~(;reaSI~s c1ivi:;ioll ,if Lhu propurtles of the two cleccased ladi,:s, first tllJ'l~() headillgs are dill' LO the HIllIW J'allgeraIJ Selclm awl 'l'eugah. l'allgentll :\lataf;SiIJ! appealed f1.gaillst It deei~ioll "f tile falliug off III tlw )I(~l'pcr tml1e, ---ILSill COIIthis CUl1rt rcspecting the possessio II of f\ girl cluJ.} of this the v'lhw of ga1'<\eIIS :LllctioIW(l, wbOln II() Ilad some years ago arlopted, hut who hall alld 1I10l't.gllged ha~ heell !IIucI I ks::; Lhall ]e[t his hOllse !Lhout two years ago 011 account of the Ullder Court 11.(;COllntC()Ulllli~siOI1 on sales > .sei\ to $!J2;;.:;() ill HHHi 1\1111nll]Y $:.!!'l.H7 ill .u.o Hilder P. \\1. D. aeconllt \.ille ta:\ 1'01'l!HHi ~$'-8!I!>.1(j I\S 'lgaim'L $:.!,;-\MI.77 ill ID07.
bad treatuHmt she had recei vcd.
'rite a.ppea.11m,>
I]iSllJisserl. The plailltifI gltVe lroticc of appeal to the Supreme Court. 1>1'. Dittllll\l' al'l'iv.~<1in tJJe ~. I. .l'ren (In tlte l:2llt inst:wt. He informed me of the di/1iclllties he 1/.\,1 ...wonllt of nllcl:LilUe(l depo~iLs \vldell r,,\mte(l in el:gaging coolies in Siug'\porc f,)t' Itis .1'Ier1l11lellt in JDOnbeilJg greater Lhf\1I tln\t ill experienced pl!lntatioJ1, ancl diel not think he wonld COJ1)IlICIJ<.'e accoUllts fol' the Ilecl'fmsr~ HIIIJr'r J1rnlit allll JOSH planting un]ess he coulll obtain the number of eoolius t_ bc required shortly. 'rhe launch fLrrived agaill on " mJ}' dil'f(Jl'tJlle,~ wortll." of Ilotice ill th(~ (),,the :!:!nrl iw;tallt to IOf\c1some DOO CO(;O:ll1Ut plants an.l ()ther pruperty of 1)r. Dittmar. It. \Vonld seenl, '!VIIre is tlw decrease HildeI' :\1ilitary I\ecoullt therefore, that ])1'. DittI1lf1.r c1oe~ uot intend Lo plant; .J4) .1Iw to llw rilet that a squad of )Iallg()I's U]>this lalld whiell he !\pplie,l for, :lll<] was so :tnxi,,;!s ':illUached to this st'ttiOII [01' IHLtl'01 duty durillg to obtain, last ,J!ln:lary. . j_~le of InOlj as against ;'14 IlJOllth~; oilly ill IBOI. [ wellt to Mempok 011 the 17tlt insL:Lllt, bul' :t<; _ fr. ]) 'I'l1e expellditure Hilder titis ]wlul has there \Vas litthJ to do there owing to the grc:tt(~r Jlncticltlly the sallie as ill 1BOn ($.j,:;77.7:2 as lIulilher of the I1I!LI(Jpopulatioll beillg :l.WI\Y in the jungle colleetillg dill/wI' I left 011 the I!Jth instant $4,57U.\Hi) the ehier expeJllse heillg up-!,eep and visitel\ the J\lIahlretl1J'ning to Slollt,cng the ne"t l~arly in the Yf~ar f\ snhstalltial ]lOnse was dill'. for the ~ecolI<1 elr:l'I, aud later ill ~oveiliher--i'1'he collt~etion of tIle Euala K:tmp,)n~ exempti'))1 'drier clerk's hO'.lse wllieh. was ill 'l hlu1 st'lte Lax was e()llInlCneed h.v Haji Narl1din flurillg thl~ pane.l dowil aJIIl a lIew OIW mccted Oil tlw sa.me IIlolith alld ahollL h,tlf was [mid int.o till' 'l'rp.ltsllry. l'a IIgCl'lLlI ~Iohallw,l of Plln:wg ,lied (II) the :!4lh 1'he uew el'el:tion is oilly of 'l tellll)()I'ar)' elmillsl:allt fn"l1 LlH' effects of pr(l!ollged fel'el'.He WitS ana was pnt np 011 COlitract for $liO. The all '~lIergetie 111'\11!lll'] always willillg to as~ist when barracks IHe ill It most c1illlpidatecl l:olJ
JI10st ol)e,]i'~lIt Svrvallt.
The exports H~sp~)etiYl:ly
H. n. CHUCEI';U, Resident
---
;.!/Ill Class.
aut! iJlJports
were $:!,n;u
and
$2,81!J
.
IVONE
E:IB.KPA'l'HICK, Resident.
.
':be
other
THB. SABAWAK GAZE'l"l'E, ~IARUH 4, HIOR. u. ...¥. . _
chty ill the
..
Hillllllljan
aft~1' exlmn~-
/llDJ11iry move snll1cient some twent.y off }1Iwd andI Im(1to allot them laml?Ilallt)'s on which . IIpd plant !t.tthe confluence of the Hadong and po livers (new IIlouth). ''Highness the Hajah l\IlIda h(1.\'ing sanctiolled 'on of an Ima11l~~, who will (haw a salary, sala.rie(\ 1I11allIll in the Ilistory of tilt: District. d the people, who, after inevit;djlc and delay, sent in the IJallles of t.hose men Ore various parties wishell to stf\.nd as canclit.o of whol1l, however, I elilninatc(l as tlwy 1's of Abang Man, the Eakinl. Smail recei\'c!(l the most yot.es at the tinle i Bahlt (son-in-law of t,he olel Datil Hakiln ",her-in-law to }] aj i ,\f;hari of ~i bu) if; a lltte ffhose election \\'oille! lIe popnla1' with the da.sses a" he has Spoilt sellne tP.11 years at is an educated lllall, has a g,)()(ll\llowlc(lge Jlc:>slem h \VS anel IlflS lIlclI'.1f1ji I/allll. boat.ing lll:cillcnt (H:C11L'l'tJfi in H. BiliH re,;\I1die drowning of It \\'lJIWIII. Apparently II(!I' on to It huge log' alld sLllel, f,u;t; slw mistook In the g,tLlwring gloollJ for 1hHIting J'Ilhhish. me upset slle sl1cc:ep.(lecl ill reachillg 1[\,IHllJut Lo get }wr ric:(~-pot \\"Iwu tllt~ \)I)1tt tUl'lJecl d engulfed her. ill KIlulpoug Hharll, bllt 11Lluly ere'~tea, t to the gl'olllll1 tllrollgh cal'l~leS"neHH ou of the owners. ]<'ol"Lullatl!l\' it was IlU iso-.e RIHl rlleJ'c was no tln.ng~'r ;)1' others taliiIJ.!..(
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Buso duri]g the month, hut this amOllnt. call1l<)1.h('
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who are now nlostly Chinese, werc more than usually industriotls kst month owillg to the proxirnity ot: Chiuese New Year. '.I'ho prisoners Imve tlnished ce.rt,tin improvemcnts on the Seniawan road during the lIIolJth and have also elearell the telephone Jiue. 1 !:aVl!nothing fnrther to report 011this occasion.
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,.Iyrall/ents.--H!J were made out during tht' mont,h. St.llIlJp duties al1<1fees amounted to ~i1Ii-un. COlin fill(~s and fees ItllJOunted to $11;0,0:" On the :Jnd I returned fl'OlIl Ji:uching ha\'ing~"I'o ,l,)\\'1I OIl the BIst nltil1lO.
'l.'lwl'e is \'ery little to report for the paHt Inollth. Kapas was appointed Omn~ Eaya of ~)ingghi ana some 0lltstal1l1ing cltses fl'Olll there sett!c(l. I hopH lie will prove a better 11I11.11 t]mu the last Ol'llug l\'aYil. '1'here hltVe been slludry cases of petty theft 11\)11l glll'dens while tlw owners were at work and als() of vine cutt.ing. I also hear reports of secret Hoci"ty people being at work ngaiu in Upper Samwak but at. present I hrwe not sn/ticient informatiolJ to act 011. Un the :'!Ist 1\fl;' \Vong Killl 130(>11,the hearJ-rn,tc,tel.' of tlw l\uching GovemrnentSchool, held all ox-A ])yak priSOlIt~l' illearCl)[',lteci 1'01'thdt . 1Iis eScltpe but W,LS"ilught by sOllie ;\bl:t,v ItlllllJation at the Ban School; he expressed hiH ~.ulers, wbo received the lIsl1all'l~lval'(l, wllilst IJjJinion tlmt good jJrogress lmcl beell IIm(le, J p,ave aleI' nllderwellt the custonmry IlIlnislllueut. prizes to the boy" who did best in the ;:J 1'~lIgliRh ILnd ,-"lier D,\'llliH, who were illllireetly iUlpli(;lttl~d :\ Chinese dlLsses a11l1alRo for the lIebt, attendance, OliO ~pe, b.Lve eaeh beeu fillctl. l!l)Y lIot having missed a day for Ij 1I1,)nths, ' ,,-1\lr. Nnysmith owillg to ill health proL have hall the honour t.o write to His Highnes~ the Hajnh i\fmht re(llll~sting an increased Governmellt s.., Kllching to cOllsult Dr. Hltrkel' who Ildvisecl grllnt. At presellt it is $:.!OIt month alld I fear that the lelllaiu ill l\:uchillg fnr It few dit.\'s. III tIle Mr. ~Iaddoc:ks is ill elJ(lIog<~. )"ellll\.ining $7() which has to be foulld IJ)' the Chineso l'n~sseb rather IWlwily, especially as trali(~ has not bt.'o::n 'it tOilS of cl.ml \\'el'l~ eXI"H"ted tn l\uchillg. :mew locomotive, the "SI,illlitiollg", is workillg g"odl1 for slIInetilll0, it would ue I think a great pity isfactorily alld tIle 'S'tmsou,' one of the old if the School should IlOt be oaniecl on aftel' August when the present maste~r's agTeelllent finishes, _ring beell pitt illto goocl worl,illg ordt~r is ' lIing. DodoI' Hl'llce' Low was in the district on the to Hth, l:ith to 18th, ~:2J\(l to ;~".-Avemge daily uunilH~r oj' patit~llts tl"l~ilt:~)cl following t1ates.--2nd :J~th, ;\Uth to ;\1 st. ,I nUlllber of the chilclrclI ill the 1\alllpollgs 'I'he prisoners have been enlployed ill I'clI1etallilig the bazaar l"Oa(ls, wr.eding [Lllclditehing eic. ,ttiug frolll what is suspiciously lil,e WliOOpillg many f'ttltl c,tses Me repurte,l, J rl~grd tu K H. :-;'I'IL\\'EfJI" Bllt Mn.htys willllot Itsli assistallcu preferrillg R(',~idt'!lt, tbe malady ill their own \VfI,Y. T/'rtde Rrlllm,~. '.
Exports. $7.HHIi.ll
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()u/(/,t,.-'['here have been It few CLses at the end I'. (,(JIWON WIII'I'E, ,.1s.~i8tl/l/t lI/:sidcllt. or tile 11IOIlth Illostiy fruit or sago land dispuJ;es. .~_. .\." 110 Court w:ts held at Dalat this lJ10llth tll8 COU!:I; \\'01'1; has heen lighter tillUI usual. All cases am fully reported in the Diary for the month. '-' }'Ilbli(; Wu/'ks.-A great many of the pl'isollers ,Jail II((I'!J. lm"e heell ill with fever so that the gang has lJtJcl1 ned fWIIl sllOl't leave Oil the 10th allll took rather slllal!. 'l'he men pulled down the old ti111ht)l' Mr. Collins who had beeu ill clw,l'ge of the she,l which was very roLten indeed and partially during IUY abseuce. huilt It lie\\' one at the end of the boat shecl and this ha~ been very little to llo tlm'iug the month \ViII be l1nished next month; at present the spaeo Comt work has heeu ulJl1snaily light, the llll(lemcath the Comt is full of odds !l11l1ends \)1' ase of any importalJce beillg that of Haji E:ecbi tilliber, plalllis etc., and 10l)ks very untidy. I'ensentenced to a year's imprisOllllwut for Inisgaged a number of Kampong 111011011 daily W'lgl~S iation of ccrtaiu nJOllief;. '.l'his luau Ints to cle31' the Ihl\Ong road !tll(] otlier WlttiS whi"h 'iI'j in debt and his estatt~ is IH,\V being \\'[)1111<1 w(~r,! rather overgro\\'11 Illld also tu cinar tIle (~OCO'~. she Bankmptcy Court in Euching. IIlItS. :-)ome of these are doillg vUl'y well ind"ed '1 sixty seveu tons of autimouy ore were ,lebllt others, bp.ing Oil very dry ground, are takillg It '0 :'Ilessrs. the Borneo COIlJpany I..ilnited at IOllg tillle to grow but 110 doubt will ,10 better WIlUll
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THE SARAWAK GAZETTE, APRIL J, 19Q
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'rhe piece of lanrllYII,g on tbe KOL'thside of the. road from the Court LoH. H. the Rajab's Bungalow is being cleared, H. H. the Hajah Mthla having sanctioned a small rubber estate being started with prison labor; the soil proves to be very good. 'l'he prisoners have also been en.gaged in clearing for a ritle range and making the necessary butt, etc. the cost of this will be recovered and credited to. prison account when the range is completed, Dr. Bruce Low was in the district on the 1st, r,th to 8th, 12th to 15th, 19th to 21st, a.nd 26th to 28th. I left Bau on the 26th to spend a week 11.1;:.. S:\I1tubong.
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(Jlt It JUt SAltA \\Ti\ Ii. ItJ\Ii r. Februa"'!f, 'l'here ha,'e been quite a lllm,ber of thefts and' bmglaries reported during the 11Ionth al'td it is l'U-1I10tlt'edthat secret societies are acti"e all over thedistrict. On the night of the 10th a gang robberytool, placl! at Tan Teo Durian, 'l'he owner of the raided house escaped by climbingon to the roof and jumping down at the hack with ' his coolie, but hi!l wife hid in the roof Imd WIlSthus' aule to !lee the robherfl who !lhe alleges were five in number and were armed with stick!l allll knives. [ lOwing to the owner of the house having escaped therobbers had not time to !learch the honse properly und consequently the value of property !ltolen only amOlln ted to aboll t $00. Four arrests have been made in connection with. this case I1.ndthree of the acclI!lecl have hp.en identi-fied by the woman as members of the g'ltllg. 'l'be. case now stands adjoul'IIed to enable' more evi(lenceto be collecteclas the accused [He well I>nown bad characters and one of them-Chang Ny"I>--is said to be a leader of It secret society, but as is nsual in such cases it is Itllllost impossible to obtain any direct evidence against the accused, neither is this to be wondered at considering how clitlicult it is fOl'wituesses to escltpe the vengeance of the society. 011 the 22nd six men were :m'ested at Kranji wht were alleged to belong to a secret society and to haveattempted to force the complainant-who is an old man who has lived over 20 years in the neighbourhuod-to join them; here again there WitSno evidence against the accused except the complainant's bare statement and no papers of an incriminating natnre were discovered in the hou!les of the accused. I sent foul' of these nlen to Kuching to be dealt with hy the. Hon'ble the Besident suggesting that they should at.. least be forbidden to return to this district, 'l'here has been very little Court work dl1l'ing the 1I10nth, tines and fees amollnting to tHO.Iit:! only. 'rhe prisoner!l, nine of whom ha,'e been released during the lIIonth, have remade the bltzaar road.
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Marr.h. 'mellts.-.iirJ were made out duriug the 1I10nth b. tp duties and fees amounted to $llH.40. fines and fees !tmounted to $241.50. urned here from Santubong on the 5th; on the ant Mr. Collins left hlwing obtained fj weeks 10 Singapore. &be16th a man called Chao Chee '1'ow was ie-e by tbe B.esident of Paku; he stated that !Ie was up at Sikong, which is just across the and about a day's walk from Pengkallan be met 3 Chinese who asked him to help them. .stated in conversation that they feared to come .
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repairing the Jal1lbusan road from Bau to :3rd mile post, they have
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further contract to clear and repair from 3rd mile
I post to 9th mile post at Puak at a COl>tof $830. I have also let 11.contract to some Chinese to clear the 'l'undong road 'l! miles for $145. 'l'he pll1.nkl>on the five bridges at this eud of ,Tambusan road where the road was diverted in 1905 arc all quite rotten and billian has been ordered to replace them, over 200 planh will be required. Dr. Bruce Low was in the district fr(lll1,lth to Gth and 25th and ~(ith instant and Dr. Bl1.l'kerP. M. 0., 11th to 14th and 18th and l!Jth instant, E. R. H'1'ILWELL, Resident.
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place of size in S'arawak 111> they had some
~ore killed one Salleh at Puak; they wanted CDgive them money so that they could get down Sambas and also tried to persuade him to 'a secret society of which they were nJClllbel's, he that he must hnrry back to Pengkallan and had 110money with him; !~t Pengkallan be. met Bujit to whom he told the story and .a,.ised him to go and report at Palm; he himself up trading ill a small way. I at once advised ourable the Resident of this with the result . C. Ornar was sellt with letters to the Dutch 'es and Chao Chee Tow was takell as a guide; ,JltturlJed 011 the i!Oth saying that the 'Dyak Sikong had told them to take the Chinese to and he had forwarded the letters; four men IlUeSted but two were allowed to escape the Digbt, the others were brongh there ltnd after tbeir evidence I shall forwa.l'
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On the 1st the ba:<:aarhere had a narrow escape from being burnt down, some one havino thrown a. bunch of lighted crackers into the In\Cl~of Chong Koo's shop and thus setting fire to some curtains. On the !lth the body of a Chinalllan was picked up by the "Jee Sen Foh" below Seniawan. 'l'lte body which was naked and bore no marks of violence was not identified lIor has any report been made of anyone being missing. On the 10th a P. C. was sent to Pengkal"n Ampat in order to arrel>t Pangeran Olllar, who is wanted by the Dutch authorities, should he come that way. Later it wa~;heard he had been I1rrested by the Dutch. On the 12th I took over from Mr. Crocker. On the] 7th aile Chao Chee 'l'ow reported havin~' met at Sikong across the Sambas border tl1rc~
in .lyoa. .", ~a.ir at SaUch's hous;- at. Puak happened on ., Chin.ese concel'll.e,din a gang ,robber~ at .P.I~l~k :tof January 8th, l!)03; hIs houl>ewas entered ~nf~HI~la~rtwas sent on to Bau as I nal. IS under the unknown Chinese; he, Bnjang and J aho were . .lunschctJOD of that Court. , lly cnt abont bnt none of them died and the On the ~4~h ?nc Bon~ '~'iam, a tall1bang man, was ~~t off with what money and jewellery tlwre I drowne.d b:( lalhng Ol1toj 1m boat. He .I\'as ~tanl1ing n~) r:o.wmg In the usl1~1 w~y, the fastennlg..o~>()~1e ~ar i:lad ,,:ere never hea.rd o~ or lraced in any way. tlOn.-The land bell1g snnicientlv cleared I !)~o],e. and h() fell overhoal c1 and (~)(1 not LJSv ,tg,tIli. 300 rubber stumps from Poak 'and these I he body W'1'SlIot found tIll dl~ ~7th. planted by tl.Je23rd instant ; prisOl.Jen; have been ?r~ th,e :'~L~t.~l~~ Jong 'l'saJ Sle\\' WitS ellgage<] on . I
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prob,tt1!,n ,IS cle11-. 'l'wo n,pplications have been .ma(le 1\)[' grnnts forgutta pLwtalJol!s. Olle by HI. Maholl\lIt Nor for a.
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In consequence of a letter recei\'ed from the Hon'ble I plantation besidethe tram line not far from U, and one by Va on Kon Siang for land at Piot. the Divisional Resident I left on Sunday 22nd for Sampadi to il18pect the building of a tonglmng COI' e prisoners have been metalling the Bazaar but their work has been much dehtyed by Govemment hy one Nandi. The tonglmng which is Capt rain. The roads are in good order with the neady cOlllpleted is in my opinion a most disgracetion of a place just below tienilH\'an where a Cully huilt one, and has heen pnt together in a very ert has collapsed. This cul\'l>rt was nmde many rough and ready faKhion. I f;trongly recommend ago. Rillian will no\\' b~ userl in,;tead of vel'\' careful examination of this boat before it is; tin~lly taken over by GO\'ernment: 'nary hard woods. On the 22nd instant Messrf;. H. H. Everett and H. H. A. Do.v, Resiclent. l'~. F. l)i'unpin arrived from Santubollg. l\'lr. Piimpin 'who had lettel's of introduction from' ~1r\ 'I'.t N (; ES'I' .,\'1' I'~. the Hon'hle the Divisional Resident came to inspect the soil in this tli:;triet with a view to plalltin~ Ramie. On the IJt1lldu side Mr. Piimpin inspected uring the month the coolies we\'!' employed in the soil at Skati, Rimuning, Prundang, Sidamak, Hedain, H:LSitUand ,T!tnglmh. Over in the Simatan ering coffee, plncldng tea, weei!jng and making valley Reheris, Samian, Selarat, Sebal(Qh and 'rimries for Para rubber ani! coffee. haga were visited. '1'he trip to Hasau was nmdc pel" ,The crops gathered were 20! picnls parchmcnt S. I. Saral.:tall. 'rhis is I uelie\'e the first tillle that and 206 Ibs ten.. a steanlCl' of !1.nyI,ind hU.f;been so far up river. It c. few coolies were regulo.rly employed in scraping is quite certain that a C!drly hi.rge sized launch or '5Sfrom the stem of coffee trees. stemner could, if it were necessary, easily get up as ~ived 6500 p,\l'I\ rnhber seeds '1Iln planted in far as Basau all a Hood tide. 'J.'he Chinese and Malav nes. handongs go some good two hours abovl'! Hasan as e Serapi J'oad hns been repail'ed and is in gOOll far as Stungkor. '1'. 1\11'.Pii1llpin was vcry impressed wit,II the land in gang of coolies have been employed daily in iring and dr9.ining the Pengkallan Hoad, the the Simatan valley, p'HticnJarly with that at Scbakoh and 'l'imhaga. Hero the soil ii> undoubtedly very is making rapid progress. . rich. I do not thillk I !1.111 far wl'Ong when I write. e coolies were paid their wages for February the 10th instant. . and say "that it would be hard to fllld in Sarawak soil hetter than that which is to he found on the land e health of the eoo1ies is Co.irlygO('(1. lying between Lundu alld thl' Poi ~Jountains." 'l'here is no doubt that this spot is one oC the most .T. oM. <:;Qi\LEZ. fertile valleyforin the COUlltry. Manager. ..+-~-On the 21st Haling of Siting reporte(l tha.t one. 'IJinclm, a leper, had suddenly dio;;appeared. He was last seen the previous evening at 6 1'. M. by his. claughter. All properly in the hut which T.Jincha March. occupied was undisturbed. I ordered thc Dyaks to the 4th instant accompanicd b.\' Orang J\aya make a thorough !;eal'ch Corthis man but up to the I paid a visit to the Ulu Lundn. From the IWth 110 signs of him had ht'en discovered. 'rhe th of Rasau upwards I found cI'0\\'I18 of Malays Dyaks scenl to think that Lineha has run away to Dyaks living iu hut~ lining both banks of the the mountains in the hopes of finding relief from his o river and side streams for miles. All wcre ill terrible sickness. I am, howe\'er, of the opinion that h of the illipe uut. B~' the end of th~ month IJincha knowing he was 11.11outcast cOllll1littec1 price for these nuts had risen to nearly $5.00 pel' suicide to end his misery. He.no doubL threw himself aI. into the river anc1 was devoul'e::1.by crocodiles. I Stungkol' Orang Ka.ya Nyuli\1l cOIuplainec1 I lJn.venothilJg further to report to Yom Highness. for t\vo years now the Stingiwg Dyal(s h!1.d Cor this llIonth. ed on the Stuugkol' side of SUlIgei Stumau F'. F. BO UI/l' , :b land really belongs to the Stungkor Dyaks. Re.~ident 2nd Class. that Dyal(s were living in the Hasan river the gkor Dyaks had very little lalldlcft for Carming could not afford to allo\\' the Stingang pEople to u.chon their land." Mauy years b!1.cka previons --.--ident arran~ed that the titillgan.~ Dyaks shonld !tIareh. farm below the right bank of tJ1(' ~tuman and 'J.'he Divisionn.l Resident lJ:Lvi\lgwritten me conStungkol' Dyaks shOllld not farl1l abo\'e the left of this same stream. 'J.'his arrangement seems cerning the man Pangel'l\lI Olllar, whose rloing~ and movements I have made IIIBlition of in IL previous. tly fair as the Stingang Dyaks have an altllost ited acreage of land to choose for farming on. report I went up to 'J.'abel1ooand to other places ,ve sent for the Orang Ka.ya of Stingang who was neitl' the border to make inquiries and to satisfy myat Bau during the time I was up-river. I shall self as to how far the many 1'lllllours afloat about him "that I insist on his people adhering to this ma.n were based on fact. old order and that if they again encroach on the Here amongst the Land Dyal(S prepamtions for kor Dyaks farming land they wIll be punished." harvesting were in full progress and all the people e Stungkor Dyak,:; have further asl(ed if the fine werp. in a (luiet alld peaceful state of nlind which ,adultery could be increased. The present fine had \lot been disturberl by I'.n)' I'ltll1ours of PalJgeran O.mar, who has not attcmpted to SOl\' discord gst the Land Dyaks here, of eight tempaian to four ~ollars, w'as many years ago quite suf1i- amongst tbo T.Jalld Dyal{s whatever he llIay have to meet this offence. N ow-a-days it is wholly d0ne to unsettle and incite the Sea Dmks of this uate and acts more af; an ind ucemen t to cri \TIC J>istriet and the II Di \'isioll. . as a determent. 'J'hat Pal~garan Omar has been sellilJg "charl1ls," 'obate duty on the estate oC OJ\~ '1'ai Tiong the cffeet of which is to rcnder the wearer i\lvuled of Messrs. Soon Hong Co. (If Hillll~tan lJerable, to the gullible Sari bases, Sabuyaus, Balaus, ntetl to $414.75. alJd otlu'rs snturated itS the.\' arc with superstition,
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1. WltS in E.uchiug from the !;th to Uth illst:1.I1t ,n E have to offer om congratulatiollf\ to :Mr. Imviug gone down to be present at thc arrival of His Baring Gonld who, we heal' hy this rUlLil, Highness t,he Rajah from Europe. gaged to he nutrried. Hoong Ah Siong, one o[ the Chinese bronght over --
,Sikong last m0nth, was sentellced in ]\uching to ;, years imprisonment [or taking part ill the murderous assault on Balleh, Bujang an<1,Jaho ILtPlmk ill ,Janu!HV1DO(). 'l'here hav,; been [\,number of thefts 1'1'0111 houses rnuJJ
report reache(lns in the early part of the tohthftt two Chinese children were taken ~ crocodile while bathing at IVluanL'l'nang, \larahan. A young girl abont 14 years old, name \Vee Kim Kee, daughter of the late ee Ah Ohoon of Knching, went to Muara g at the' beginning of the month to pay -Isit to her elder married siste!', 'Nee Ah Ing. Early on the 6th Wee liilH Kee took little nephew aged about 4 years, the son Ong Ah Geng, to the htll
"he night of the 10th one Ah Tol\, a local K I'~. 8'1'11:"\VEL T.J. ct, was washing a pail' of trOl1fiel'Sat one Resident. i,the landing stages when they \vere snatched , fJ by a crocodile. One night, alvJ11ta Illonth wbel1going to bathe, this sa.me wan fell .;) the arms" of It "eroe.;" fortunately the April. was as frightenell as Ah 'l'ok and lJOth P{(illtt:l/y:-Pepper gardens on the whole :tre look- . 3 record" t'or home. As Ah 'l'ok is nfLing \'ery well alld the rot that set in last year seems .1yannoyed at the los~ of his gltrlUent he to have stopped. I Hn<1on looking through my books Il~rro\Vec111 Snider anc1 is now end(~a\'olll'-
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--April. :rncltts.-H:j w<\]'e nlltde out (luring the nlonth. ,.joties aud fees fLl1lounte(l to $HO:01. fiues and fees 11.11I01\11 tell to $~:j:l.()r).
Highness the H!tjah arrived here on tlw ~lst hku accompn,uied by Mr, H, Day. ~die ~2nd H. 11. visit,ed the New 'Vorl,s which '..
:erected by Messrs. 'rhe Bornco Compau)', .talaJld the Governmcnt Oftices. His High011 the morning of the ~ard riding down ong road to SeniltwH.u. Collius who returned fronl :-;ingn.pore ou the ~ta.nt left for Knching Oil tIlt) ~4th having iuted to do duty at Hilm.
that in l;his district alone ]114ganlens havl~ been reported :thmHloned last, year and b~sidl'~ this there are ~;j gardens whieh have not yet pai(l road t:~xfor HJ07 and these proba.bly have been abaudoned Inaking a total of :l1D. If priccs wonld remain steady at their present level I do not think many more gardens will be ahandouetl thOllgb no donbt planters wonld have a 1mI'd struggle to keep going. A signiticaut sign of the tin}es is that iu neady all pepper ganlcns one is IIOWoffered t~a 11lI1deof jamb/( leaves instead of the geuuiue article. Coolies' wages do not seem to have fallen proportionately to the fall in pepper. Coolies still receive the e(]lIivalent of about $1:.\ per month. During the nlOnth B cases of pepper vines being lIlaliciously destroyed were reported. In one case there seems little doubt it was dOlle by the owner of the ganlen, now abscondell, who cOllsidered he had been badly tren.ted by his llIortgtLgee, IJiew 'ret of Ba.n, who had refllsed him any further atlvance];',the garcleu being he!wily indebtecl. I ho!U'the Dyaks in the Left Hand Bmnch :.Lt'rebia, ~elllhan and Bm:~ng h!we been working sega rattans plantetl by thelllse!\'es'some yen.rs n.go. According t() nlY inforlnant they have sold at least 100 pikuls dming the Ittst few months. .Few cases callie before the Conrt (luring the TllOnth 'iLndnoIH' of l~n,Yilnportance. A l}lIn}ber of petty thefts of fowls, clothes, rice, and so on frolll houses and ganlens havo been reported--the \\'ork lID doubt of out-of-work and opi IIIl1smoking lo~fers, some of WhOlU have beell caught and imprisoned. Thcre have been 110gang robberies and all being now quiet the squad of Hangers was sent back to Headquarters on the 17th. During the month the Police force here has" . been increaeea by H constables. On the 20th Your Highness visit~cl the statiOlI, riding frOIl1 Seniaw!\n. .
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,jJe here Your Highuess Silll<:tiOIWIl SOIlIl~altel't<>the Police B,uTac],s which are to be l'Oofed bilinn attl1.ps. the 21st Your Highness rod!: OVI!I'to Ball. accol'llance with YOl\1: Highness' imtructions, 27th I went over the ronll frolll Lidah '.I'anah ro the 7th mile Hock HOild nnd nHule l~contmct ."ne Chin:ullan to \\'ee(l tllis road sonle ,j milt!s ~ and with another to rellllll,e 2:2;\ f,~t]IOJIIS of 're it nllls through I" S\\'ltIIIP 1'0)' $:2:2:'1. 'Phese ts having received Your Highuess' sauction was hegun 011 the Bath. (I"le at T-Jidah 'l'lmah the Kaugch"'w a"ke(l that ~bt hc given 0. grant or pennit to huld certain as a hurial grollnd fm' the Chillcse cOllllnllnity him. He poillted Ollt the desircd Il1.lHl which snit.dJle and I have )'eferrc(l the lIHltter to ,lion: the Hcsi
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mit of which ,. gl'ltnd view of the country stl't'tchiugfroll1 the Lundu hills to the Batallg Lupar opens itself. Here 1\11'.Crocker tool, his bearings in relation to ~evel'!LI JA.lld marks ill the UIII (~IIOp [tlld there-abollts llnd then we retllrued.
'('he followiug day the A lice IJ
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"--+.1pril, ~ker fl.nived here from Knchillg 011the (jth ,jp connectioll with the trace for the telepholle Knching alld Sallong. :Next day we wellt &0S, Nap at which poillt the river is lIarallY other ill the lower reaches I1.lIdovel' wire call be stretchetl froll1 ballk to hallk. ., back from S. Nap we trained \1p to the then climhed Gunong ~gli from the Hum-
s. s.,Rajah of .'jamwa!.; T Im\'c deenlcd iL Ilc:c{~ssary to mal,c two ad{litiollal outlets which will feed the wharf a.nd thus f;tcilitate the loading and )\rt1vent qualTels allll fights lunollg the Chinese honlE'. Tons. CWL. Coal ill shells at 1st April l'e(:eiv(!t!during.. shipped
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CUllrts.-'l'he usuld alllOUllt of work ha~ ul,en place. LII !~ c'~sU of "Forgery with iutuut to cheat" defendallt WI~S con victe.l !llld sen tOllced to pay $50 fine or in default 1 year's hard labonr. l'rade.-Null1bers of l\Ialnys who have lately been on their f,ulus Illld colleeting el1{1kauallg fruit ca.n filll1 no employment now ,ulll have ILpproached me with the object of trying to nnd a market for bilialt, kapilI' alld other woolls which they can work and arc
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?\IH.H. P. May, Geneml Manager of the
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WI-; note that owillg to a disease :Ul\llugst Cattle and Bufl'aloes ill Lilulmng alHl ~hLol1ril1g (listriets the iUlport of tltese -,mals fl'Olll those parts is j>roltibite(lnntil bel' not,ice. \Ve called attmltion in 011l' i~of 1st ,lune to the order prohihitillg the rt uf l.I:1ffaloesfront Labllan and apparentthe infection has sore!td to tlte nmin-lanel. ~ ha\"e not heard it'-the t1isease has spre:ul tber north. Imt presulnc t,lw ue('(-SSU1'\')Jrc~~iolls are bein,~ tal;("11. By tlw n. '..~;(D. raid we see that a tradl-Jill bu/blues is [Jcing , ',eu IJetween Jesseltou an(l the Phillippines, :. that a cousignment of Jilt." \l'ere recently ipped from the former to the lcltter pla!'e.
'J.\\'o Chi namen 1))' name Ng .Ill n .Hi11 al1l1 I\.lIn Pong alTive(1 fronl ;ralmn. LleudJllllgitn on the 27th ultimo bringing with them fLboy, Ng Kee Fook, aged auout (j years who uore the mfll'ks of shot wOlIlHlsalJout the twe and chest. 'fhey state that on the 25th about H 1'.~I.their hOllse was entered by gang robber,;, se\'en in number, when the IJOY was shot t11l1'illgthe tight which ensue'l. Kun Pong was also woun(led in th(~ba('],;an,l both have l!P2n sent for repail's to the General I-Io,;pital. \Ve uwlerstand neither are vel'Y ;;el'ionsly h1ll't.
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fN 0111.' next issue we shall gi\'e the l'csult of an experiment with tbe waterproof whitewash ,ToE ;{ol1mn Catholi(' Con\'eut Annual Hale the reeipe for which, as (:opie(l frolll "Chamberil "01'1, in snpport of the funds of the :\lissioll J olll'nal," \l'as given in om issue of the 16th ~ take place this year on tIle aJtcl'nooll of J ulle. \Ve sludl be glad to bear of any other vsdaJ' the 10th instant at the Hesidene,)' experiments with this and take this opporkinel permission of Hir Pen:." awl Lady tunity of thanking the geutlemfln in LTpper yn.!~ha\lle. 'rhe }lro(:eeds of the sal(.. will Harawak who has taken the trouble tu try the .ieYuted ,to a good pUq)()Sl~,vi.,'. the IIlll(;h l'e<:ipe and sena liS the re::ult, whi(;b, we:.may ed renain; to the Convent. \Vc IIwh~r- here stcLte, is not very favourahle. --tlmt cLfeature of this "ear's sale will he I articles for baehelo';,s (so that there A <:ro(:oJile 1-1'. 2" long was callght by a ~the no exe:IS() for their IIOt buying S01llC- l\lala)' a few (lays ago at Lidah 'l'an:Lh. it \l'as y) such as lamp shades, ('ushiulls 1l11l1 cvi(lently !Lll olel one ILHall it';.; teeth were e.rs, table eloths, &<:. &e. and ties fol' all \l'orn (lo\\'n. -'l'he Haces are cOllling on an(1 nothi\1g 8. H. Rajah ol Sam/IJak arri\'e(l 011 the ~;3th yes the appearalH:e of an 01(1~lIit so eh as It Slllll,l't tie! from Singapore and sailed again for Singapore on the ;'30th. Passenger, from Singapore 1\1r.. C. C, Underhill. ,WE bear that.&.silver cnp for a billianl tOlll'n:ullent halltliP. S. ICa7.:aleft for Hanllll on MOIHlay. the is being presente,l for (:Olllpetitioll dming 20th ultimo at :31'. M. Passengers, Dr. A. J. G. week to the Kuching Bocial Club by fihe Barker and Mr. F. VV.Foxworthy. ,'ble Sir Percy Cnnynghame, :l1Hlthat l'v1r. -- --. ------..--..--..-.-M. Bryan has off~red a cup fOl' tlle 'l'ennis ament to be played for ill Mnj unctioll the cup presented by His Highness the I to the Sarl1.wak Cluo. 'rhe '1'01Il'naIi being for "Hantlicap .Doubles" the Club May. ,bel's have for the past t\l'O years suuAgreemellts.-28 were made out (luring the mout1L Stamp ilnties and feeR amounted to $(i;!.()H, d for It second cup, Imt thif! owing to (Jol/.rl.-lt'iues allt1 fees IUllouuted to $17i1.20. Bryan's kindness will not 1,0 ne(:eHSal'Y 'L'here is very little to report for the past month. year. the ilistrict being very quiet just no\\'.
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jungh: prodllee the Chinese IHwe cOI1lI1lp.nced to erect their lIew temple n.t the up-river end of thp. uaz!1.l1.l'. :slIess of the prison IlII.tIHlor, P. C. Goll1m Thi!'> hnil,ling is to be of brick and when completed Liew Sil\ll absconded on the 2nth inRtallt; the will presellt a \'cry halll1sollle e!lific!1. Home of the finest hilirtn obtainable is being IIse.l for the iuterior. IlH\\1doralso absconded hefore heing hrought Dr, F.\V. Foxworthy. botanist of the Bmen.u of iri a.!. HejcIII;('. ilTl1.nila, arriveil here on t.he 7th. He has re has been !~good deal of sickness amongst ,lice and prisoners dl1l'il:g the JI1onth, !\IH1the eOIlL(~ with the inteution of making tt study of the ster of the Govel'1lJl1cnt school \;;:\s in \\'oods ~l.IHlfore!'>ts of this tlistriet hdOl:c procceding to other pn.rts of the conntr,v, 'og Hospital frolll the nth to IHth. I \'i~ited Hilllatan frolll the ~~ntl to 2:ith. \Vhilst Uesident or Palm having kindly lent AIJII.ng antl [ climbed the SalJahat '5f'Crvices, the Shak Lung illun hn.?,n.:u'haR been there 1>1'. Foxworthy \Ve Imcl a i!ed; the ground at the 'baek of the shopR has Peak Itt NOl,thel'l1 cUll of the Pac range. lIlOst illtm"~stillg trip. Shortly \ve h0l'e to lliake au divided n.s f:~irl.v as pos!;ihlo l~na properly d out n.nd e:wh owner will he given a cor- ascent lip GUUOlJg H.\1IUplit at the southcru cnd of for whieh a small charge will be made to this samH group. On the :'\1'11the old HfJIU1.!lo( Police \Illller Corporal npenses; this is in no way a grant of the land a safe-guard against swilJdlill~~wlll!n bllyillg HI i\l~tl, rdlll'lle!i to HeaLl(ll1ttrters. At tlIe elltl of the mouth natives \\'('re still haror lllortgaging of property is t:ddllg pIn.C!~. Bruce Low arrived here on the Hth ill!'>tallt \'f)sLin;!. This i!'>owing to the (;t-el; thH.t Humhers "f1rnecl to l\uching Oil tIle !Jth, auaIHl')IICll their fanlls n.nd 'vent in seareh of illipe '.." TVork.~Del1arlme/!/.-A eOllsi.lemble alllOtlllt lIul<;. III !~()nsefJuellcc latm: on in the seasoll they -rs have been done to HiR I-lighllcR!'>the h:1..1(0 pla.llt out fresh paudi, .~Bnng'llow, it beillg fonn(\ on inRpcetioll that Tho ~Ia1:tys n.lld Chinese still coutinue to apply e of a good llUl-n)"of the plallks and other for pPl'lIlits to OpOIl cocoanut pbnt:ttions. 'J'be "' 1 been entirely en.ten ont by white allts. rcgist ry shows tlmt there fire over ~IOOof these gardens IIOW in this tlistrict. Ju ahout 5 \'ears til1le the cOllst derk'R hou!'>e Ims also been put into repair ''''$t of the Goverlll1lent huiltlll1gs have heclI het\\'e'~11 .lta1lluulIgall :1.IH1Hinl!l.t:in \rill he one long . -:mshell, . line of pln.lltI1.tiolls. :-iecdliugs arc fetciliug $:j,()U to ' '.'tile 1st illst!\lIt Bo Ua bngall his eon(;r:td to :;Hi.UOpur IIIIIHlred.
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tJle rond fronl Ban to Bli:l.11.pnttin~: frpsh \\"Imt th!' un.tives willlmH1 to conte1ll1 agniust is down for the whole way, the co;;t to h!~:;;iJOl1. I~l)('ell,' kllown by i\[nlays aR brl/., '['his insect seems ! t"isollers cOinpleted the repai rs to Seri IIg~:ok to altar-); tlte trees planted illl;uHl IllOre tlmn tltose :¥'Sh meta.l being pnt down for t.he whole di!'>- plallt,..1rwar the sef~ coast. \Vith constlwt c1e[tring a\\'lt)' ..,(' the undergrowth, ~~IH1the ill1lllediate aes(~ of Klings has Hcady lillislwd cle:lring tl'llctioll of trees attacked, nlso an occasional smoky ... irillg froll1 the :Ii'll to !Jth Illile Oil Puak Ii)'!; bllJwing ovo)' the plant!~tions, I thillk, this difti"'1 contract
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,:: the mOllth eoolip.s lmve beell Clnployetl in .:t;crops, wceding, clCl\lIillg eolIee Imdrcp!tir!o;. ';~rops gathcrcd dmillg the 1II0ilth \\'ere H hmellt coffce allr1 .\:jij Iii;; made tc:t, P:\rnell paW tlH~ eoolics' \mgl!s for April 011 WStl1.lIt.
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])Ilrill~ (.he first. \\ienk 1 !'>pcnt n da.y or two n.t 8ehanga1l alld in it's Ull! bllt ft!'>the nHUIagen1cut of the wlmrf is in 111\-halllls I alll not thin!, it arlvisable (or IlW to he a\\'l~)' for long on aCColillt o( tlte proIml.lo a.rri\':d of 1\ steamcr from Sjngl~pol'C for ccm!. .\t ]y.ikal--a ~~Inn]] ri\'or which hen' I'III1S illto the Ilmin ,.;(r"lllll gives the name to the pl:tee-I stopped ."/. :\1. t.: () :\H~/', alld w:lllil~(l inlalla for somc distance ah)))g tlte foot of tlw rnnge o[ hills winch stretch fraln Sebangan .lIlIl/aycr, --to SI\bu,\"ftu. 1IIIIIwnsn fruit groves are planted all ~1.l()ng tue slopes o( ~he hills lilld yield large crops as the soil is sa.id (0 be very rieh hcre, hut it iR somc time since pad!ly was planted, ~lIlnhers of the ;'vI!~I[L\'Rlower !lown river art> t illlportt\lIt event of (11t~IIlolith was the '''.Iis Highncss the Hajl~11to 'this
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,1;RGLAl\H paid a visit to Mr. J. H. .Brodie's e on the night of the 9th instltl1t and ged to make off with things to the valne . ~ont $100. Amongst the artie1es stolen a.vVebley revolver, a silver cigltrette ease flags of the eommercial code enamelled on, gold studs and sleeve link:;, fm Elgin (rolled gold Hunter) awl sevemll.Jollllon ,~ish Volunteer buttons. ,
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instant with Mr. P. Gordon "\\lhite, Resi-
JUT.JY 16, 1908.
1 was in K.lIchiug from the l~th to 21st. His Highness the Hnjl1h w;u; pleased to sanction au illCrertSe froll! $20 to $:)0 in the grallt to the Bau school. On the 22ntl MI'. Foxworthy arrived from Puak; he returned to ](uching the lIext day. 'rhe school stopped flolll the 241,h to the 29th, IllOst of (;he Imys going to Kuching to 'see the Chinese procession. P. C. 14:\ Seman, 87 Mnn~gis an(l (j,j Merjan were returned to ]\:uching on the 2!Jth; they have been punished here for gambling in the bazaar bnt would not (10the fatigue ordcred, 1101'keep to barmcks, they will now be brought before the Court in Knching for punishment. 'I.'herc have been the llsunlnltll1!Jer of cases of theft of clothe" etc. from gardens. al1(l complaints also of theft of peppel' from wells B,rebeginning. Public TVul'i.,,~ .DlJpal'tment,'-Plmk road has now heen put in repn.ir up to the Hth mile and the Kiing glmg have been let ;1.GontmcL to metal Bau village
.. of Sadong, Mrs Nayslliith and r.lrs MadThey retl1l'ned to Sadong Oll the lath It. . e 8aTawak ltlSObrought the body of Mr. mith who was murdered the. evening An Inquest was held at the G-enentl :ital at ,1 J'. ~J.on the 12th and tbe fl1neral nmel for $(;(). . -place at!j P. \II.the SltlllCdrty. 'rhe fl1neml Prisoners have b(~cnempluyed putting down metal :ge was fol1owed to the grave by [1 ][l1'ge on the road from the Conrt to His Highness the Baj:th's BlIngldow; the white-washing of all Goverubel' of E mopeans. S. Adeh: fmiled for SilHl on the l:2th. nger, the Rent Father C]fU'ke.
Illent builc1ings has been completed alld the Rtables which were 110 longer Rare harc been puJ1ed down ana rehuilt.
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K H. STILWELL, Resident.
S. 8amwnk returned frotH SadoJ1g on the iustant with Mr. P. GonIon White, ~rr. :\Irs. Mad(lockE and Mrs. Nan;lIlith. rs. Nayslllith and ?Ill's. l'!!td~locks left for .Jnl/e. pore the fmme (lay l,y s. s. R,aja.7t,of' oak, which sailed rtt :3 o'c!o<:!\ I'. ~r. nl'fJisll'lltio/I.-1'wenty-five deeds were registered . P. Gordon "\Vhite and MI'. l\hd(loel,s making a total for the six months of 1::13as cOlllpared iled to 8ftdollg the SltlUe af'tel'lloon by with 2:\!J10r the first half of last veal:' :ial hoat. Pll/.lltil/g,-N a permits hav(\. been issued this month; in fltet only foul' ha\"e been issued this \'ear. 'e .Tong, the mmdercr of 1'11'.Naysutith, brought to K\lehing frolll S!1(lolJghy the HOllie ;.JOgardens h;1\'e been rep()rt~~d ItS a.balld~)lJed this mOllth, 10 by the H01'IIeo Company and the rest ,')a.l'lw)(tk on the 14th i IIstant.
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chiefly by Malays and ])y(\k1\. HO!1.(ltax is coming in slowly. 'l'hel'e will be It considerable reduction in I,his ItS so many plantE'l's are abandoning the less ]wo«lucti\'e portions of their gardens. On the 14th one Lee Chiew was (lrowlied ill the IIlaill river below l\:r<.:dalll. It is supposed lw tried to wlt(le across the river, whieh Cltll be forded about thcrc, but ItPIH\.l'eJltlyhe nlust h:we missed the ford rtncl got out of his depth. 'rhe prisQllers ha\'(1 been weellilJg and doing up .Jambusau road. On the Wth Lai 8anl ,Joo, 11 prisoner, made his escape while at work on this road. .JUJ/I!. On the 12th I left for the I.Jeft-hand Branch to r!JTeements.-:!.] were llH1.deout during the IIJonth. collnct the DYltk H.evenue. I got back on the 20th havi ng received the wholc of it except sOllie $20 from mp duties ;1nd fees l1.ulOunted to $5\1.1:1. '~l't.-:Fines and fees amounted to $107.W. ::icnJhan which will be brought down shortly. e Honourable the Hesident arrived here on There hits becn a good deal of sicklless up-riverJIlorniug of the 1st insta,nt. On the 2na :\CCOIll- coughs, Golds, revel s, ete. ... especially among the Em. l\ by lIIyscJf he rode over to the .Dallal! Uuubcr 1'1'1):tn(l J\ulIguh vill:tgeR. A very goo.l paddi crop has .e at Puak, the laud on which the rubber is be(~1lgot I)}' Itll the trihes morc especially the Selma. ted cOllsists of 11.number of 8111:\11 hut steep hills; At J'engk"lan Ampat I met sonle) Goon Dyaks who rubber appears to be flourishing ;1.11(1 is as ad- wcre [tllxions to remo\'e to this side of the border. I am informed as rubber elsewhere of the Theil' idea, however, seemed to be to live on this side a.ge; the estltte is kept wonderfully clean, not but continue to fann OJI the Sambas side. I told 1,IIClnif they «lid this they wouh1 prolH1.blystill have e of grass or weed was to be seen; we retmued same evening to Bau Itud walked I'OIIU<1 the 'l'ai to IHt}'Hevenuc to the HlHlIlms authorities. 'rhey iLgold deposit in the ()V('ning: the ncxt lllOl'I1ing cited the 'rebia Dyaks b'.lt the circinllstances are not Honourable the Hesideut left for Paint. n.t all the same as I pointeiJ out to them. 'l'he '. Hose callie over on the 11th and I went into 'l'ebias have always lived 011the Ha.mwak side of the rge of crimpillg aud assisting .Tavallese coolies border a.lld most of their flHllling !:Lndis on this side also. escape from the Dahan estl1.te which he brought \Vhile np-river I visited the Braang village of \Vah . st Matsom alld Matrajie; they were In.ter 011 nced in J\:uching to () ana :lllIonths H. 1. res- to make sOllie enquiries about the hirdsllcst cn,ves. As I have made It full report on the matter cbewher<: --ely.
e note that the Bxpol't Duty all Llaek r has Leen fixed at 00 eellts pel' pikul 1st instant.
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:lX)t.necessary to say IIlnch herc bnt I limy l1Iell'ldaat the result of my enqniries is tliat I am of that these caves produce llot less tlH1.11aile of nests pel" year ltnd tlmt the Governnwllt consequelltly beell (lefran(led of l'e\'CIIlW for ,30 years, crocodiles measuring \J' allc1H' ~/ll'especti\'(~ly eaqght at IJidah 'l'alHth durillg the llJouth. II, R A. DAY, Resident, ---.
-,Tillie.
NII\'I\\X(~
!I~S'I',\'I'E.
4£!.iree trees.
:I!esfor plauting Hubber Ilave already been LCre field. ,rding to the il1strnctiolls of the HOll'ble relit, some coolies were pnt on to weed Irom the devin.tioll of the pipe lille as far as Ban Hond wllich is I!OIVin good order. ~
\Yelliugtoll
aniv",a
lRiJ
Hi, HJ08.
at MaLall;": Estate
appeal' Itnd likewise those whom their chiefs can, sidel'(!d tau young to be asked to pay tax. In :L few cuses married men were found to ho.ve sl1ceessfullyevaded paymentfor years with, of course, tlw (:ogllisauce of the chiefs of the tribe, whilRt in otllet. (:ases uumbers should have paid three, foul' and fh(: ."(,,,"S ago. Three men reported. "dead" in :Mr. OW~n's tillle. IUIlI one iu Mr. Crocker's were found to ha.ve arisen fWlU theil' graves aud appeared before me and ree~)i\'ed exemption certificates as they wer'~ old alHl sOIlJewhat infh'lIl.i III no case, howe\'e1', has 0. youth of ill1ml~tnre age heeu ordered to pIty tax; in ilonbtflll case~ the tax is uot iUlposecl. .Where cbiefs have been convicte<1 of cqncealing taxable men Hues have beeu inflicted. I On the ~9th I walked over to Bulmr and ~lenH1.l'cr.te(l the boundary \iue between the I./ltlJchaIJgs aui! His l>ynks haviug previously l'eltd to !Lll ()oucerlled the "'J'itah" of IGth Mo." lU08 frolll His Hiolllless rcbtillg to this much di~pnted bOl11Hlo.l'Y, ~vhiZ]; haH uo\\' heen settletl once and for all as tLe '''l'itah'' lli"tinctI,' prohibits the opening uf tbo caSe. N('xt (by I leturned to 'l'abekanj~, having spent the night at Bnl\l\1', alHl proceede(l up-river to the Kujangs and 'l'asoh's Iantl also ill dispute, Se\"eml other tribes have to be visited and their cOluplaiuts atteuded to befol'e I CIUI get ba(.'~ to , 'rabelmng which willuot he before the first wf:\ekiu ;JlIIy, . Collicr!l.-OIJ the Hth the s. ~.. Vo/'wa rts Hying the Gerl1lan Flag eutel'e<1 for a e::-w; ~)fcUld, ! Sh~ was loaded aud despatched \vith It Cltrgo of l.i\/iH,:\ tons inclntling :Bunkers.
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"ng the month the cL'o[Js gatlwrc(l were al parchnlent coffee and 440 !hs cmec1 lea. -crops despatched to the HUl'Ileo Company, i, dnring the IIIOII\.h were '27 piculs cleal! And 1,510 Ihs tea. lieding, gatlwring crops, eleaning eolfen, prllntea.. clearing (\rains itna repairing rOll(ls were rrincipal works cluTicd out during the l1Iontli. kw coolies also wore cmployea in applying I Purplc to kill the re(l ants \\'hicli infest
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JULY
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cnt the the the
UII Lhe
instant and inspected the coolies alld lines on ri.Jlowing day, coolies were paid their \\'ages for i\lay cu the 1l1stf\llt. health of the coolies is fairly good.
'l'/'{/rll'.
,T. M. GOl\IEZ, Mal/agel'.
HilUunjau Sebangan
EXIJorts. $20,1011.10 2,SHB.00
'l'otn.l
$22,U88,lO
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p, GORDON WHI'l'E, Residl'lIt
JIII/i'.
,!llld CJlas,~,
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3rd being His Highness's birthda," th~ were closed in honour of the occasion. chiefeveut of interest tlmtoccuL'l'ed (l1ll'ing the was the visit of IIis Higlllwss to tll<JStatioll 6th instant accompaniclj by tho Hon'hle the .'er and MI'. May the General Manager of the mellt Collieries. management of the whal'f has IIOW been erred to the Manager of the Sadong Colliery nlance with instl'l1ctions given nle by Ilis ess. 'l'his transfer hesides lefwing Illn free to about the District; at will illdirectly hellefits ...tives whose pleas eall nuw he givcn !,roper -ou at all times without any protracted deht.,.. - Crocker cut his way through the jullgle to Samsn, on his preliminary survey of the ,Ie liue for the Kuching--thHlong telephone remained here It few days completing his wOl.k _then proceede(l to I\lIchiug during lilY al)f;ence er. the 16th I left 1'01''l'ahelmng to collect the oe which amol1uted to $i!,!Jill:L~101'nlOre thau over any previous year's total, and this after nt of all bills, eonlluissiollH dc. Dyak Tax colleGted totals $a,2(j!J. exclnsive snest.s revenue which Illnoullted to :l\MJ2.!iO, ment and fees alia liues aecollnt jill' the
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Miscellaneol/s a.trai1'.~.-'l.'he IIIlln reported to be It l>yak \\'ho was found dead at S. SamaltHlam turus Ollt to he a IJil1gga rvfalay by name l'utit who lIsed to suffel' from fits alld should lIot havc been perIIlitte(l by his relatiolls to go about alolJ~. .Jt:scapil/g Pl'isoncl's.-OIJ .Tune 1st I received information f1'0111Sibu, viii. Knching, that a Chinese plisonel' had escaped., I have asked that inforlllation when a prisonel; escapes frolll Sibil Illay he sent to the h:ltbong Court \Vriter, at Ol/ce,from Hejang village, or froll1 the lIearest point, (ILndnot hy I~tter to Kuchillg and back to Kabong) so thnt there may be some chance of arresting It l'l1nltway before he Ims been long at large. In the case of the last runawlty the inforlllatioll that he had escaped only reached ]~ltbong 15 days after he got away.
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8((1'((101.:.-1 left for Sltmtok all tho 1st with the large increase in tax is (lue to illY illsisting I Malay A bUIl!/-Abllll!/, Abang Haji Abdullah of VIISa all taxable youths presenting th~lIlsel"es in accompauie(lm8 as he was anxions to see (.0 his sago ; alsoall.those wllopaid dnrilJg1!JOihad to I estates ill the Kn.lal\!t. I
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SARA \VAK GAZE'rl'E,
AUGUWr ,
17, 1908. . ..----
worl;s and the machinery of the lIew works whil\h has ollly just been, cOlllpleted was started in the pl'C~sence of his Excellency and he was afterw
ident here. 'l'hoy wore int.crested in an dertaking for tho extracLion of gutta f!'Om tta leaves but unfortunatel\' it was not It CORS. Ml', Pelix Houn\nt feft SILl'!t\\'ak for d in .Tnne, 1001, !tnd hiH IJl'()ther (i-H)l'ge ei\'c.1 a Police appointmellt 1I11Ilel'tlw SII.I'Il:ak GOYC1'llmollt ",hil'!l 110 \\'IIS, hO\\'(~\'('r. ~Jjgell to resign IILter owing to had healtl1. DIlS, G eOl'ge HOIll'1lnt has sillce married ana ,tied down to fanning at Allwl1l'-el.Ain neM .Jgiel's all (1 the la~t ti me w(~ heanl from him
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l' prod1lds possess all tllha utage oyer cl'llde ,gH 111111ehcmie,tls inasuIIl(:h :lS they clisse with the tell)ous awl (lilti<-lIlt 1)1'01'P:';S ,reighing minute Ilo.;;('~Sor 1I1(~di('ilw,~- before ini"tratioll, "'l'lthloid" /1.1)(1"Soloi(l" pro. tos al'L1o!JtailllL],Je at all the leading Sillgae ])i:-;pensaricR. -'I'm: Order pl'Obibitillg tit!' 1IIIpurtatioll of idoes alHl Cattle from LindHlng and other has noli' been (',lll(:('lIed. ' ' :res np north . L' Thc G overnlllent o.f t I1e LO ,J t,!'altH .->l~t,tICl11ents '
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,~es n()t;I~:e ,t.lla t the 'oll' amI
hft,.)'
ol(~ Stl'ill.t,s
(;ent
l~:e(;e
will
HCY no .es 01' (;oi II,
The
/)//111.. LtCt'f'I/!/!'
S(.ttll'llIent" Cl~aS(: to
Sa mwak
fewer
tho ;lIollth
I
.b~~ I
ILllll ther!!
UO\,Pl'I1-
,:,~tcethat these old coins will ('em;e to he
tenderin SlIl'awak afterthe;10thNovelli'
next. ~,...",..,,.,
hilS
been
COIlHlIg
is ullt'littlt,
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III SII':Il,I!"
Illlrlllg
1l1U1'!!to' rec,wer.
'1'II~ prisoners 1.IlL\'O .been cmploycd. principally ill \\'0.el1111" and kCepll)" tile marls 1111I1 (iJtches CICltll. " -" ,_ h. Ii. s'I'r fJWE r~IJ,
t ha\'e therefore issued It lIotiee in tlll~
rj-,
"1111'S.
"
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I tewler after the ,,1st Dc(:ernIH'I, InCH, to' that date they will be aeueptet] at ,-erl1lnent 'l'reasuri("R and exchallgel] for "
olw-I"llItll
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cllllrgo hilt allowell him to escape hy gr'oss carelessuess I~t] Illsall. Ah JIong was lIot hrought lip in IllLlldcl1l1's which also seems gross carelesslless, although pl'l'hllpS P. C. 1\7 was uot to he h!.lmed for this as Ah JIang sho\1ltl have beell handclllfed in the police statiol} be Core IJL.illg given into bis charge. Dr.\\' elliugtoll was in the district on the Kth, (!th, 1 :!th. l.lth, HOtI. alltl :nst and Doctor Barker 1'. ~r. O. Oil t.lw lOth alld 11th, hl/f' Ta,c has hoell paid in stoatlily lIming the 1lIOII1h Il\lt tll(~l'e 111'0 stillllr, gardens le:-s tllllH in 1(I07to aCCOUIIT,f(l\; IIIll1 tax hils beell pai,l 011 about
Uc.~/(ll'llt.
('I)I)me.
S!\ICA\\'i\Ii.
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.lIIly. 'grcClllcllts.-ilO wero 1l1ade Ollt (lurillg' till' IlHlllth, mp tlllties and fecs alllOlllitell to $70.IK, 'II.t.--Vines and fees :l1Il()nllt..~tl to $~:!7.17. E. the Govel'lIol' of the Stl'llilS Ht:tLlt'IIII'nts palli(\t! by tlm IJonolll'ablB till.' l:t'sidellt. ?III'. 1, Lieut. ChlY :\lId DodoI' AIl(h~l's()1l arri\'(!d at 011 tlae 1I10l'11ill.~or tho 17th; the." lit OIlC(' proto :\Ies8rs. '1'he HUl'lwt> C"llIl'all."'s (~lIld
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0\'01' ao gal.'dells we,e re)Jol'ted liS IIb:ulllolied dming the nJOllth, lllo:-!tly Dj'lIk and l\Ialay, so that their tlisappelLmllce lllakes little diffel.'ellc:e to the industry. A good lllallY MaillYs seem to be phmting or 11/1\'e plalltmll'lIhher OIl a small scale 011 their old peppI!!' gardells /111<1I hope ill a IIwnth 0[' 1;0 to 1111.\'0 SOIiIO stlltistil:s Oil the suuject as I ha\'c issued a Jlolicn that 1Halnys 1\11(1Chinese plalltillg rubber [Ire to take ont certificlltes ill the sanlC WI~\,:IS was done with peppel' g:lI'tielis. 'l'here h:L"(! 'I)(\I~II II. good IIHlII,\' clHllplaiJlts of thefts of pei'I'!'1 whieh are in JlIOSt cases lit> douht pel'penn,tell by (;oolies nlH1 others out of work. 'l'llere are IlO\\' su II1;lIl.\'c1esI!l.'tcd h(HISPS all over the! district that it is CIIS\,for thie,'cs to lilHllodgilig in I~'Iuiet spot fol' II CI)Wllays tilllhcy
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disappeared
before the poJice heal' or"them.
\\'11(;11 th;se (~unrters aJ'(~ cOlllplctct1 it will he III~ecssar'y to pay Jllontld.I' \'isit.s to (Jetlong, which is to tho middle of tlw ])if
,t.-'l'here have not been nmny eases th is Beh llanggin, an elderly Henna Dyak, was 101' setting pig traps aile of which nearly d another J)yak. As nearly every t)enna owns :t gliB there is little excuse for settillg IIgh it seeJns to be it comnlon offence among ,and is winked at by the tllahs. Another Dyak, Po, Baka by name, was tined for selling der. 'rhe Braang Dyaks were also tined a ~ $(j,jO for defrancling the GovemlHent for
int.m'ior
,-ears of revenue on hirosllcsts.
I>urillg
to Polico
Jht1'l't\cks are getting
of the IllOnl;h I was up at 'l.'abeCOli tested boundary f\lld oLI:01' Gllses ,~ me till the afternooll of tlw 'itl: \\'hcn I
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(~llart(',rs
at
(rcdOlJg
ill sneh a state as to 110 llllildmbitl1.ble,
I:ave
in
posts :tl()lle remaill.ltl:crcfll!.C.st.oppcd at 11).1 f«:lected It sit.~ to crcI;t :I, II!'\\' hllil(ling ~Il ill It great p:l it be CIIIII !,IIse,l of tile
of
at
tll(>il'
l'al'iollS
o(;()upations
as
if an,I' discolILI'11I pre\'ails ailiongst thosp \\'ho out of w(Il'k owing to hal'!' h(~ell t!'llJl,omril" tlll'll\l'n tll(, ..losing of L'\o, ;) :\/jll(> it has lIot yet Inltllifestell
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its!') r. '!'il(!l'I' :11'('SOllie s(',,('nl,I' (rcf. (:oolies wIlli ,,,ill he sent to I\udlillg 0,110 th~~(1' plaees t:tke/) Ii.,' tl\Ose iIHll'ht..cl to the i\Ialla~!'lIlent as [;0011as il; is IllOrc or less .:leal'l} asc!'rtaill(:"l ho\\' mallY coolie~ will he l'I''IlIil'u.l to \\'ork Kos. H alHl !) illines as those working in ;\0. -1l\lin(~ an, gradually withdmwII until the ,)I'('lIwal sh lit ti II,~dO\\'11 or Limt Mille is accolllplishe,1. '1'111'\I'IIr;;t cImraetel's hal'u all'<'ady beell S(~llt llIlIler guard to I\uehing f!!'(:onling to illstructi:)IIS. I';xportf< $l.l.fi:Hi,\IO
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I'. GOHDON WIII;l'E. Resident !!nd C{«,;g.
.'-,.7111/('.. Oil t]I(' lRt the I (.esid"IIt f!ceoilipauied by the K ative Oflic:('rs flro(;ecded to ~arntok. No importa.llt cases one of incest which Cflllll: bdol'C' the COllrL excepting was p()n-I1I'O\'en :tll(l dism1ss"d, the rest wel'!~ all of 1.11(,Ilsliai 'hllcl, ()II tll(' Ht,h tb() H,esi,lent }'(~tul'llell to l\aholl~ eOI\st. 011 tllc
:LllIl Oil tll(' :.!Oth to ~illmnggltllg1'i(i l~th
tllp
1\.(",,1. ])('xtP.1'
Halltillg all(l l..fL fpr 'J'!~lnudok tll1~ :.!7th Ill, callie frolll IIp-rivel' tlll'lll:d
,..,"d Govemllleut
.1.'1 a,'IIIIII'llt
COOlif~S eOlltilllll! usn:d.
n:\'I'i\~(~
venti
late !\11t1mger
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. beginning
i ng'.
H:;,n~;ers tcnlpomrily ,1etail()ll for sp,'eial ,1111.,1'at th('. Miups illlllwdiately aft('.l' the IIlIlrder rd..rl'ed to : 1,0\'(' l'<'tllrl1('(l to I(Il(:hin~ Oil :IJsL installt. J\o ,Iistllrlmllt:e of :lll\, ],iuo has taken place at tlH' 1\lill!'s sille" thell alH'l tbe ('hillcse 'I'll<'
H. H. A. ])A Y, llesidcllt.
.Tllly.
1'1")111
who had allY ,1elllings I"ith hill}, Both i\lalays all
!A 0l'cllillg it lip il. W:lS 1'011 IIII that wit.h the "III of tlH\ posts ftlld slIits which are billian 'IllY of' the) old IIHtterial W:1Sgood. :\ IItl:e !!lost ,)f the pah :UJI1thr{'e (]lIarterR of the '5'ere absolntelv rotten, "-e~Oth IJaw AI; NVlIk, I:tte chief clerk n.t Hall, 'to (10 ,1ut\' llCre.. He left the GoVel'lllllcllt ",bout a year ago on aecoullt of ill health but rccovered and has rejoilled Oil ft three years :nt.
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nf the Minp at tho h:uHh of l,is Cl1ilJeso cook is Illuelr I'(~gr('.tted hI' all. At ollce cOllrteolls. J,inc1:\lld of a plt~:1Sallt (lisp~,siti(lIl. hI) was I1lllch Iike;II',I' tl10SC
_~ is cOluplcted it will be [dmo:,;t wholly new
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TIll! Sltd ell(l of Mr. I';. H, !\avswith
011 alld
,J. M. GOMEZ, Manager.
nil'
OI'(~rIl:tIIl
fillishel1before elld of'Anguf
I~S'I'i\'I'I~. .....Tilly. rtop gatherc(ll1uring the IIlonth was :i 1.:-\It,s "', :tIlll the crop o(~spatcl)()<1to tlw Homeo u,- Lilllitcd was 27 nicliis clean t:offce. iti'1IQ',gathering tett, 'pruning coUee, repairing and fillillg in holes for plallting rllbber were 'pal works <1nring the lIIol1th. coolies were employed in repairing fLnd the coffee drying slwdR. Ig cOlltracts ale in thorough gool1 orcler _".illg tea also in good order. '}"'ame1l paid the coolies' wages for .Juno on instant,
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an;1 pili; tile (0)pp11(1110 systcnl into a StILt(~ aft,'r Il:LI'ill,!!' slIhj!'et..<1 it to It tho1'(>ugh
]\uehing o~ repair
prisoll(,},s ll:lve heel1 )'()nlakil1g :tlld IIH~t,allil1g Ihe BU:tll road. all the lIlth olle Jllftde his while cntting firewood f()l' use in the gaol. ha.<;been a good dtJa.1of sicklless among thelll :'i-beri lms becolJ]e I'athm' bad agnin, .\J()1' Panas road was \\'l~cded by cOlltrael for repairs
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also those of GOI1Ipe allc1 is brger thalJ SIlIUl1jan, ~t1111 'l'mlnh Puteh will benefit (;ol1sidemblv b, thiR n,lT;tn~elllP.nt, a;;, befon'. thC' people of these lmmJWII(f8, Oil hcillg Slllllilloncd to attelltl Court or Ira\'illg allY e01lJplnillt to nJake, lmtl to leave tbeir work for two wl:ole (lays at Ipast, elilailing It great deal of expelJs<J. jncOI1\'!)lIi..llce and (lelay. 'j'lw Dyaks of' t.lre i\lelikil1 COlllltl'\' Cftll alse, he visite,l al'"l tlwir tax (;oll('.(:to.l J'rolll U'e,lolJg as lwlLll<Juart\H'S ,,'it h gl'(~at.cl' eOIlI'('n icuce IL11(1 proJi t to both tll(~nls('ln)s alld tll(' C:ol'(,l'Ilnlont.
. 'ilIe 4th five Chinese were arresterl at SktUlyct ~I;jllg int,() the h01lse of all elderly Dyal, \\"1)('111th(~y robbed of S01llC peppel' and a litth) .nd silver jewellery, 'J.'bey l:avc since bcen ,.red to ilJlpris()lIlnel1t by tbe SlIprcllle COllrt. Uw .l;'lth I w(mt to l\lIehillg rcll1l'lIing 011 the
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'.I'he inhabitant;; of this i..'1II1POIl(/,(Gc(long) which
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on the H:\th 0,11(1on aIJd OIJ the 30th t'e-
Balltill~',
:\l'l':Iek
11.1'111l;alllhlillg
hltV(~ I,,'ell rl'-Ipt to ('lllia pjL for at $:);). Pt'\' 111(~IISI'lIl. ,tll(l tile:
('III'\\' I '!'Ollg pel' JIH~II~(~lIl
AlIeu
tlw
FarllJs
Hoban Ha\'atok
II ill at $:.!O, p"1' IIICIISCIIl. j:=;
$I:J.
for this river and Eltbollg J:'n,l'IlJs
to
The decn'aH:
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SARA WA1\: GAZE'rTE,
SEPTEMBER
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_ P. S. AdelL sailec1 for Sibu on the 12th with the Rev(l. Father Keizer ancl .!\Ir. \V. U. I
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A lI[JlISt. P. S. fronl Bamm li3th andIla7.-a sailedretnrned for Bintu]n nil the 011tll!' };"jlll Agreements 4!) were made durillg the lnollt\!. instant. I St.LIUp duties l\nd fees a;,JQunted tu :!iOO.l!. Court fines and fees amounted to $25::1.78S. S. J{11ckin,galso left for Singapore on the: I 'rhe!'c is but little to report for the past mouth. A latter (late. number of guns which in .H)OHwere eitlwr sold 01' I
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presPonted to certain natives alld Chincse .by Mr.
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IN our Issue 01 1Gtl~ J Illy we reported that Capt. H. V. Ie, Apphn, 14th Hussars, who \\"as forlJlerly in the British North B01'l1eo Serviee, had llIet with a Hcrio\lH aecident in 'Jndia. vVe are "lad to Htate ['or the infol'lllation of his fl'ier~(r'i here that he iH IIllleh better ,
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Howe a.tHic1i,and which were cunliseate(l hy Governnwnt in 130(j as it was found that no pel'luission had becn given by Gaverumelit for the trl1.nr:.ferof these gUlls nor Jlac1 any permits to .carry heen granted, have IIOWbeell retuL'Ile(l to their O\\'lIerR by H. H. the Hlt.iall'sorc1erHOlllt paymel.lt of $5.00 fOl'~ach g\~n. I
On
the
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IIIstSllt,
while
out
hUlltll1g
wIth
and ~hol1"11 stIll I.,utl", J . p,l1~t J.'~e on t!C left sIde. t.1e Doctors hope for Ills full recover,)' in six months tillle \vith eOlllplete rest. Capt.
Kualll.'et, ;rong Chiow was shot in the anu by him; .TonerChiow was followiller a deer when 1\uan Pet whe;' was only I~Hhort diswtnce oiT, firc(lliitting hin;
Applin has outaine(l Hid: IeiLve and proceede([
just below the shoulder.
'bome and we tmst !rlllll the 0hanrre. ,~
giving his friend allY IIssistancc whell he SIlIV what h.e had
will derive
JIIllch benefit I
! gardeners
Kuan Fct wadc olt'without
living neal', alld the bullet
\Vas abstmcte
VVI~wish to \'(~etify It slight elTor which by Heng Ewe, awl he was thell sent 1;0 h':uching !occlU'red ill the story whieh appeared in 0111' Hospital. last issue IIlHlel' the title "A. N aiael of the .Tong Choong Lui cOlllplaine
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HIH'l'OHYrepeats Itself.--l' roll I Ipoh, 1<. M. S. August 1Dth eomes the news that a Sikh Poliee Constable shot a Police Sergeant at Pap an for "reporting him for being asle(~p on dnty. On the 6th insta.nt new,; reached Knching fi'OI Bau U I) )er S' "LW'I. tl. t. S'H P 1" ~ u .', I ,~l, d '.'. I,t .,L I ~ 1 0 ICe Constable nalued RIssen SlIIgh was ellseoveretl asleep 011 (luty by the Sergeallt who threatened, to report him. Instead of shooting the Sergeant, howevt"r, t,he Constable liI'e(l at an inoffensive :Mal !LY CouHtable, by name fi[at-
blacked faces o.n<1wore cloth masks. 'L'here have been as usual a number of cases of thefts from gardens reported; as r~rule there is not IIluch else thau ~Iothes to be stolell froln the gar
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' who callie . to relieve hiul at his post. ,1. " ' 1 1, 1 1 ,' e .t 1en . tel,. pIes.llllmu J JIIto tl.e Jungle,.
salleh
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or elsewhere
to do it.
Dr. \VellillgtoJl was in the districL Oil the 2:11'11 11.11<1 ~4th. Garden ville tax has beel\ paid ill tLw1there are now but few gar(lens unaccuullted fol'. ,. I)~(jyardell~ have po.id tax t.his yel~r aliioltnting. to I
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takIng \VILh hUll a nile and several roun(ls of 3111lHnnitioll. Hinee. then he haH not b7ell seen though the polIce have been out aiter him and \\flrning has been Hent to the Dyn,ks round auont to Jle on the look out; as he had 110 provir,ions with him it is quite possiule he may have made away with hiHlseJf by this tillle so completely has he disappeared.
:;.1,17<>as a~alllst
H4Hg~l'(lens m1nOb,
t!LXaluOlIl~tlllg
to $2,24H; m all, there IS a decrease of um,oooVllles, the' I1Illl1bel' iu H)O(j beiw' HnB.OOOalld ill UJOH 710 000. ..., 'l;he prisollers .lto.vebeell tHI.lployed Oil lip-keep of roads t~nd lebasslng and clearlllg the roots f\'Olll the rubber plantation.
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A particuJarly eold hlooded murder at se:L took place recently hut as the ('iLse is still sl/.b jndice and will shortly come lip for trial hy :jury '\'e are unable to state more than the - bare facts. One J llrag!LI1'l'ahar started in his bandong accompanied by two IneH on a jourl1ey frclll Iel1ching to Sari, He.iang'. 'rhe b(~ndong, however, evelltnally !uTi\'ed at the Nalf1nas where suspicion was al'Ollsetl I)y the fcwt that the boat's papers were Hot in order, and as the two sailors, D(lill 311dHlIHsin, were unhhle to give a satisfaetory 1!(;col1ntof themselves enquiries were HHl
him with It stick
on the'leg; .Jong Ohoong Lui then ran 1111,1 IIIan age <1 to out-distance the men who char:.edhim. 'rhey had
AU[JI/st. 'l'he payment
of Hoad tax is 1101\'eOlllplete alld
shows It lUnch snllLller decrease tlatn I expected. It Ilta!' be of illterest to record the IIlllllber of gardens that have po.id tnx and itlllOll1JtS paid since l!Jm;, I
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!)72 gardens 1,112 " 1,IS!) " 1,17;) " I,GOB " 84:1 "
$2,:HO.!Jk ~,(j0:2.]i\ ~,H87A~ 2,HD2.1(j 2,:!5H.77 ~,187.7(j
'rhe highest point was l'eache(1 in I!JO;) siuce whell :l4(j gardells have gOlle out of cnltivatioll ill tlJis district. 'rhe B. C. L. have been sellillg the gardens registered in their name o.nd luwe IIOW only 38 on
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IYbooks. Quite f1.number of ganlenR have chn.llged uds during month but n.t very low pl'ices, Registration.-lOfJ deeds wem J'f)gisterf)(I dUl'ing nth, the largeRt number sillce Janul1.l'Y ID():j, Cond.-Fines and fees $6!J1.7:3. 'l'his large amoUllt accolll1tc(l for hy the Hmang ]).,'ak;;; hn.villg paid gl'eater part of their finc. On the 2lith !';cvera,l ma Dyaks were fined for settilJg pig tmps and e .Tuah was sentenced to a term of imprisonment ernbezzling GoverJllucnt monies (bis secolld :enco) and for fraud, OrdeJ's have been given that fntnre this man is not to receivf) anv Govel'l1nJCnt nies nor to be in any way looke'l[ upon as the ah" of Sodos village, a position he semus to have gatel1 to himself 011the strength of a few months cation sOllle years ago at the j\,[issiun school at
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his larg,) and scattered district. ])angor of J flngkoh and Lanallg of Herrlaun were each raised to tho rank of 1'erlgam. TIHJ'y ,will /Let a!'; Orang I\a.Ylt Petor's de/illties [Lttheir respective KmupoHgs. This should he of the greatcst assistance and convenience to Ol'au,\~ I\a,,'a Petor and the S]akow ])YfLks generally. '['he new Pengam rcceivecl their 81ll'llt J{llasrr fl'OlIJ.I\lIching. 'rhe prisollel's IHtve been chiefly engn.gecl in clearing hnd for ;;lle Hew orange estate. 'Ilhe seedling~ for ~:aIlJe are thriving well. It remains to be Beell ~vhether tlw !';ite chosen is a suitable one for plantIIIg ol'allges.
'rhe long hri(lge o\'el' HlIlIgei LUlJrll1 has been strengthelwd, 'rhis .bri(Ige wn.s built over Vi years ago by the late Haji Uxop. It bids fail' to last !\ . ,op 01' Meran.ng'. , On the 11th I went to Empl'o to settlc the uOl1lJd- number of years yet. At end of thc month I was obliged to return .. dispute Lct.ween the Empro alJl1 :Bungoh DYlIks. hmd in dispute was al1judged to belong to the Corpora.l SD \Vall Ali to hea(lqnartei"s oWillg to illsllhol'llinatinn and illtemperanco. ugohs hu t ns it had been clen.red alJd wa.x rcady burn off before they brought the matter forward F. 1.1'.DOUf/I', ElIJpro 1>yo.l(swere allowed to use it 011payHesid{!l!t fend Clas,~. t to the owners of the customary rent for Carmlandi;. I returned to Palm all tI;e IHtb. Tbe prisoners have been employed all the wmal eep of roads and GoverlJluelit gl'OlindR, white,bing police barl':tcks, otc,' 'rhern Imx he(~11f1. . L/If//lst. t deal of siclmess (chiefly fever) alllolJg them so it bas wilI!tlly been impossible to tllrlJ out 1Jj()I'() Mr, O. r,ang :wrivod at IJl1bok Aut\! to relieve lIIe (j 01' 7 nlen to work lindeI' the nUtIHlor. all .Tnly ;{Ist. BnxiHess df!tained 1I1e there 1IIJtii AnguRt' 211dwh"l1 Ildt for Himallggn.llg. 11. H. A, J>:\Y, '1'110Hatang Lupal' HiveI' was extraordiJ)[1,rily low Uf?sidc/lt. _.--............. alld progress O'"el'the gravel beds was very slow alld weal'yillg to flw erO\I' who wcre coustlLl~tly watlillg an(1 swinlluing fLIHllowering tbe.boat with ropes 11t _n ~_.. the elillieilit plaees. I was late iu gettiug to Hiul!tllgga.ug. A Ilf}llst. ~~ ... i!:' '" '. ring the nlOlJth coolies luwe benll eluployed ill 'J'hcl'c were xonle land cases at Betong which the ."ng',gathel'ing crops, prulling coH'ee, repairing and cleaning coffee. Conl.'t t.here \VILS,appal'Clltl.,', nnable to settle so Mr. I' crops gathered d IIring the nlon th \\'(Jl'() ~O H. ].1, Ow(>n went there accompanied by Ahg-. Haji parchment coffee mHI ;;0-1.HiSIlIiuh! tea. 'l'ltlllin on the (j'th J('al'ing at 10 1'. M. iifr. Owcu t'Cling the month 2G picu]s clean collee werc d(!s- port(.([ the l,'ort I1ili al)(1 it's SIIlTOUIHliltgs ill a very ed to the Borneo Company T.1inlitc(l. dirtyarHI ueg'Jectc(l stat.e allel au i!lelllir,v was heltl as to ex-t;(H'gt.. Anga's I'eccnt proceedingx (lIe bad gang of' coolies were also employed in r:arryiug hecil reported for "Iw:,,dce!. of duty" for SOllie JIlouths l' for repairing His Higll1less 'J'he Hajall's alow.
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bad,). 'l'he ehiefs \Vel'() lInalJilllOl1S ILI](lhn.(l nothing to xal' ill this Ilmn's favoul' so he was llislllissed the servi;:(~. 1~lllpati who 11Il" previously served at Be,J. M, (-JOi\my., tOllg for son Ie ~)ight yelws ix IIOWin charge at Beton/{ ILI)(1will, I beheve, pl'ove It trustwol'tby lIlan. .l/unafJe/'. MI'. Owen retnl'ncd to Himl1nggang on the lath. I ca1led P'JlIgnJu f:iantok 011 the Htb ILl'; I leal'llt on my rdUl1I from JJullok Antll that certain of hi!; Imo-+--ple.- ,to wit his XOll ILlld olle called IJajang-lmd ,July. reeeived and elJlhe1lishe(1 the stOl'ics which werc~ in importance has occllrred rlurilJg thc vogU(' a few IlJOlIths ago concerning the swindleL' IOH"'"1I as Pallgeran Omlll' of 13l1.liE:a.l'!\ngan N. I. 'l'11f'sr! two .VOllllg 1'00If; s"!OIn to hnve persuaded J)yak Beyenue is coming ill !tll(l the pepper Pell:~uln Samok that .Pangemll Oml1r had returlled to'lXhas practically all been Imid. 'J'h i'; latter \.0 HaJi l\aLa,lIgltn 11.1)(1had Lecn seen there and they a slight increase over hst year'l'; receipts, ,payment oC t!\~: It good mallY gaJ'dens hn.ve Weill. ahont the Undllp ol.'(lerillg the pr~ople to sacri:abandoned, fice to Ilill! a.x tbeir Petn.m J\hllg, the \Yar-God ! I IH'lieve that for thc present, at least, this gross amount of illegld tender pl'esen terl ILt the of the Un(lnps has beell checked. Of ry here consideraLly illcreases tl,c worl; of sup('rstitioll rk and police; Natives and Chines(,! never for COlil'se e(,I'llLill Malnys nre aecllsed of haviug- taken 'J.'Iloment dream of sorting their coins hefore- advnutage of' tlIis exeitellwnt and I have in jail, on There must be fI large peJ'r'entage of fOl'eign trial. a certain \Vall alld alwther Si!IJauggr1.llg Ma.lay who are ellltr~:ed with IUl\'illg passed themselves off in circulation throu/.!hout this distl'ict. tan wax visited em'l'n ~lIrl to" th allU .I{.elll- as 1'l'lal('(l t,o l'alJgel'an (jIlinI' and p()s~;essed thelnfrom 27th to 2Hth, At HemlJ1lllgiLIlJ IIrade sd,',,>; or nl! the bl.'ass-wa)'(-~ of certain Dugan!> for
. coolies ttustant.
were paid their
wages 1'01'.JItly 011 the
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Halltdl the ex-Pull~llln. fOL'lIled}' of (Jln Bkarallg, \\'as' released fmlll Knell in).! jail hy His Highlless' ol'cl(~l's ILIHllIas heen dil'cdt,d to Ji\'!.-';Lt Sungei 'l'iga. NOII(' of his people lIan! yet ileen to f;ee hiul or have tnke!) allY notice of hi~ l'eI('ltS(~ and returll.
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gaping callie the shrill i>tartled cry of tIle st!\!:( tl'Olll the jungle 011 lilY right. I hat1 heeu t1re:mling. Cr~st-fallen I picked up my rifle and rejoinetl t\~e
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I'etlll'uen to Bau to take up the seal'ch; bl'ge parties of lIlell huntet1 rounn Bau through the ganlells nnd
up to the Sambas hOl'll~r .and Mr. Day had IIlen ~ut sleepmg hanger-oll. He had heard lIotllJng. ,. r\O at Hu~au, Palm and Smmwan; a reward was alSO luck" said! Itnd in silj:)llce we 'tmrnped lmck to the otrel't'd for information lending to arrest or for the hOllse. '. IIIHLIIhrought in alive or dead but ahsolutely 110trace The uext mOL'lling as I t;,ok leave of lilY Itllsl I (If i,illl hns bee II found up to the ClH1of tlte lIIonth. told him that he wouhi 110tbe 10ng'tl'Onhle
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left
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of the numerous pCI/{1kalla1!.~ by some Cbillaman's boat who has been frightened to report it, or that he wt'nt into the Jungle ancl cOIIHnitted sl1ieide. .
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'l'i.e rLJ:'.ort of I ',ehavjnCJ 111tim,
what lel1(~.up t.o P. C. l\issi~1 .~ill:.;h manner IS as follo\\'>:>-1'. C. hlSSIll
Sil.gh w~nt.on dl'lty at 10 1'. M. in the CO!ut house, lI.t2 A. M. he shOLlJdhave called the relief Police for the ufizr.<J,rand 0.1sowakened P. C. Matsalleh whose 'I','udt' n.'IU'.'ssiulI. duty it W!1Z.tol"elieve him and who was slecpillg ill the office; !~t'2:30 P. C. Drah limn ClmH)np hom the l>E.\P. SIB, h:lza!u' and 011~oillg to the Court found P. C. l\:issin ~ingh asleep. ~l'his he reported to lJlLnce-Sergt.. Hol I SlHHI yon all pxLr:wl, fro\ll an )':ditorild Artide who wellt a\l(1 awakened him, 1'. C. h:is~itl Sillgh ill tlw "1':CO'IIOlllisL" on LII'.~ present d(~preHHioll and aRked for panion '\TIllhr'.t to be reportee1 III1<1IJ. :::i. prospects o( tmd(~. 'J.'hongh decidedly lIOIl-comHol told him to l'etul'lHd the office where it was his lUiLt:d, it seems to me that it might interest your (lnty to be in reserve till () A. M.; this he did, Itnd feRclel's for it showH for olle thing the vel'.v uncerWitSseen to lie down; some quarter of an hOlH'aftm', tain prospects of tile near future. P. C. Matsalleh who was on dutv hen.rd n. noise and I am, l1eal' HiI', on going to the ot1i.cedoor was !tt once shot at, but fortunatel\' he entered rather from one side of the YOUts faithfully, ,1o()J'find thus was missed; he at once closed with 1\. 1'. C. Kissin Singh and held on to him .'but,being. 'I'he Editor, !'lither all old lUan was not strong enoLlgll.a\l.:!hadto S(/)'(/wak 1111.,'1'1/,:. Id go, he then ran to the harracks followed by P...G.. Baloi, who had been in the Court lyina down but' ."1'011I tit.' "I~(,ullolllist" too frightelled to move. I hlwe siilce 'hen.rd .from I{llching that P. C. I{issin Singh haa been snbject .. Thc fjlle!;tioll is whether this \\'Orhl-wide l1e- to tits of mn.dness; probably his reason for. tiring I\t 1'. C. l\Ialsalleh was that he suspected him of having lJl'e~sion has toudw
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!tas still to be (0\111(1hefore a real, if slow awl gmdnal, recovery stal'ts ouce JIlot'e. \V (\ are inclilJ()(1 to thillk that, though the depl'esslOn nllL)' become tllore rtcute in 80me branches of tral1e, yet in othet's the recovery Ims alreacly cOlllmenced. 'h1US. tile bnihliug trade 'is said. to have nt lellgth received a real illlpet,lIs frolU cheap JlHmey, which nllty lthllost he called it's most inl))ot'tallt mw nHLtet'ial. IIHtem1, givcII Lillie and
peace, chelL]1 IllOney, ehCl\p foo(1, alld elwap
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nlateril11s will alwlLj's bring prospel'ity. bOllle SYIIIPtOI\lS of impl'OvenHmt are, perhaps, alrc!u1y visible ill the metal trades. '.I'he prospeets of a tine harvest ill IIHlia arc ce'!I.tainly encoumgir.g fol' IJlulcashire, au,l then! nt'e sonw who believe that the cllUapeuiug of materiallms n.h't)IL(lygiven a stimulus to the conslIInption of \\'oollells I~nd worsteds."
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September. Agreemcnts 7H Were mal1e out llming the 1IIOntli. Htamp duties and fees amoullted to $142.7li. Court lines all,i fees amounted to $278.00. I left HILUon the Hth instant havillg obtained leave to go to Singapore; the next mOl'nillg at B o'clock J receive,i f\ telephone lI!Cssage that P. C. 104 T{issill Hillgh who WflS011dllty ill the COIlt't had some time a,ftor 2 A. \1. shoL al; P. C. lVlatsalleh with a Chn"erll1IIel1trifle ud,Bn I'I'<J)II t.he rack lLlll1had thell llHUln at
ollec
to Ite lIotifir.el of tltis allcl a st'JlLrclt was illimediately he.!~IIII: with lite sallelioll of H. H. the: Hajah
:i\lu,tla
[ obtaiiw,l
:W Ha1\gers
alld
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ahout it must have been some olle ill the some of the clothes were recovc\'l:\(l at the
farm and were said to have been pawned
Hnd tlw Dyaks do not seem to snspeet ltll)'one. in particular, Baying that for Dyaks to steal in their own houses in snch a manner is unknown.
'('he prisolwrs have been employed keeping the roads in repair find making a small holtse for the s.\'ce; the honse where he has bsell living will !lOW he oecupied by tlte head schooillHLsteL' as ac(:urdiug he 11I1sto IHwe (lI1lLrt.el's fuund
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Malay or Dyak dressed as a Malay does--this is the first time I ever remember hearing of such a CILse
otl'with it;~\IIdS01\Jeal1\llIllIlitioll. I gave iustl'lIctiom I t,) IIis ne\\' agreement that tlte Dyak villages Oil the ~alllims l!Ol'lter were I
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011 the 14th installt Katok, It Grogo Dyak, was acci,ien tally shot by RllotheL' Grogo Dyak called Xganlln with whom he was OQt hUlltillg. Katok had tii'ell at. a deer and called out to NglUl\1Uldso to tire, Itilllself moving forward at the time; he got strltck in the ann, the l>Lllletwas Itbstmcted by Sellgl':wt' and hatok sent dowu.to Hospitltl; liLter ill the Illonth aud his gun conliscflted. J\gllnun was tined $r>o On tlte 21st Gnneu, a Jagoi Dyak, was tilled $:25 fnr setting a pig trap in the jungle, ~[ut of 'J'npong haa a 1Il1l'l'OW escape from being bltdly \\'ollllllel1, the spear j nst passing in front of his leg. 'l'here lH1vebeen a considemble nll!Ubel' of thefts £1'0111 gardell honses and offowls and vegetahles, etc., !lud also two complaints of theft of boxes or clothes at. uight fL'om the Grogo DYltk house, wltich couBists of ;;:-; lloors; as the DYltks deela,re there were no
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lIng of the same tribe.
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At the commencement of the month I took over the work from A..,F. Cheyne who gave 'me general inforrnation abOl:~f;the district. As I am only acting temporarily, I have 1101.been able to pay a visit to HILratok, Sessang and Hoban. hut 1'. C. Ambang hl1,s beell sellt up to c01lect the FILml and Assessment mOlley. On the 15th a violent gale blew from the 80uth'West t.lle whole !light, followed by heavy rain, I I
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.ch complaillallt made his statE'ment it was 19ht at first that the shooting was accic1entltl but ing on further enquiry that it seemed to be a berate attempt at murder the case was sent befo)'(' Supreme Court by which Suyung Wl1,S sentencCl1 10 years imprisonment. '1'he motive of the crime .~akit hatl: on account of Menggong's wife. On 2Hth one Ng Gek in charge (){It pepper garden lJging to Siang Hak \Vat at Musi reported that .ng the previous night 1()Opeppel' vines and :;7 ng rubber trees had heen cut down by five men. ,ese men had stnek ilJ the grouud two bamboos d with ]{erosineby the light of which they were ,rking and this enabled N g Gek to identify all the only one of whom, however, he Imew hy llauJ(J. ~is Ulan hits not yet been found but on search ing house he frequents two of the men living there re identified alJd arrested. 'rhe caf;e is still subice. '1'his crime of destroying peppel' vines for 'enge is very COUllllon, two or three cases being rted every Ulonth, though not on such a large scale thi!' as a rnle. It is seldom the perpetrators are ght and I c~u only renH~mber OliOcase in I.he last years. AbaJJg .\mit was illUlost of the Jl)onth but was Her towards the end of it and went to Bau to irvey the old Bau Bazaar. The prisoners have heen elllployed on the ustud keep of roads. The police barracks were finisheu Oil the 4th. e whole work was done hy 2 carpenters 011 dally es and two prisoners who are fair rough carnters, and there was a saving of about $2!)O in ges as compareu with contract prices. SOllie ,pairs have since been done to bungldow, I.Llarge mber of {Jela(]a.~being replacetl. H. H. A. DAY, Residel/t.
lig'h~lling and thunder,
but no damage
has been done
by it. 'l'owarc1s the end of the month mill has been continllal. On the lHth it was reported to me that [1.Malay womall had been hitten hy a water s11lllke(biraug), and that she was in great p!l.in. L. Corpl. Empal'an was sent to apply the itntidote wc>had in the Fort' and after that the paiu decreased and the WOIIHUIrecovered. '1'he Jnngkat and pel/[Jirch lmve had poor hauls during the month. 'l'he short briuge leading to the landing place has not been completed owing to wn.nt of biliau plan],s: It messltge has been given to P. C. Dnnyau jIlstmcting him to send lUore planks for this pllrp::Jse. Ou the 2-lth sOl1leBrunei lIJeli anived fl'Olll 1\11ching bringing hrassware weighing l(j pikuls 10 katis, 11.11<1 for IJon-pltynwllt of dllty $1l5.n~., 12 chaual/Ys, 1 kcndi and 17 b(/lw.~ are detained iu this Fort as secnrity. Medn.n. a Kuching mall, also hrought three small old jars which are detained for the sallie reason. From the l!Jth to the ~:jth the ;\[alt1.\'s and ])vltks who hn.dheeu notified to prepare for ~n expedition left this station for Sill1ltllggang; there were 80 "pala-luan," !lumbering 1,0::!!j lIIen. P. Dunggat who left here on the 1Uth previous to or(lel"s, was wrecked at the mouth of the San bas by rt tidal wrwe, losing three lIIen and n.1l wcapons. IJater in the evening they were resened hy fishenncn and brought to Kaboug aud were supplied with provisions by Government. l{n.nlpoug lIIen m:e employed. in tUI'll, (taily to take charge of the Fort (luring the absence o( the Fortulell. 'l'lw working of ra\v sago in this district seems to be gre:.ttly increasing Itnd the mnount of this commodity export'~d to Kuching WitS1004 coyaus during the month. 'rile fines fa;: the mouth amounted to $HO.28. '],he 'l'rade Hetul"IIs for the lIJonth were ItSunder :..Imports. $!),2!)O.
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September. During the month 620 ItJs of tea were tlespatched the Borneo Company I,imite(1. , The crops gathered during the lllIJllth were l.i . l1ls parchment cofIee and a~2 ItJStelL. \Veeding, gatbering crops, rermiring roads ILlid ,~ins and pruning coflee were the \Vorl,s carrieu t during the llIonth. 'l'he bmnch road to Peng]\lL],tn frol1l the Pipe line ad has been repaired lUlUis in good Ol"
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,T. :'1. GOMEZ, J>lIblic JVorks.-The prisoners hav(' heen.engaged .1Iau((ger. in raising tbe Bakong Ho,ulll1H1 in taking material.
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safes in the office; he is evidently not the kind who goes about picking up unconsidered trifies. O~ October 1st we published a short report on At present there is no c~ue and if there w(>\,p the rubber experimentally planted by the Government in and around Kuching, Satap and Sigu. we should not give it away.
Some of the older trees were lately tapped uuder the Rupervision of Mr. M. G. Bradford and the 'I.'he ordinary kind of burglar has been IIIIS." Rltlnples of rubber thus obtained were forwarded to again at the hOllse of Mr. Brodie who lost Singapore to be reported on. We have now received from the Hon'ble 'I.'he Treasurer for publication the SaIne white suits and a gong (cltanang) satisfactory letter from Messrs. Paterson amongst other things about a week ago. 'l'hese following Simons & Co. Ld.
midnight prowlers seem to favollr Mr. Brodie's hQuse as not long previously the gardener, Singapore, 13th November, 1908. who sleeps on the premises, was ronsed up by P. H. DALLAS,I~sQ. one of thesE>gentr)' and chased him, bnt with'l'reasu ry, out sucee<;s. Kuching. 'l'he ldtchens Of several Elll'opean honses DEAlt Sm, have also been visited in tht. night, the mode \Ve A.rein receipt of YOllr f!lVOlll'of 2nd instant of procedure being to insert f1,long bamboo with your samples of Rubber which we return herewith 11hook at the end thrcugh the "jfdhwith as requested. . jallit" and fish ant anything hauging within '['oday's lnarket value of the samples is as reach, snch as clothes, etc. One gentleman follows :-.' of humour, having extracted all the cook's No.2, $270 pel' pickul, No.1, $200. pel' pickul, clothes and those of his wife in this way, Nos. a & 4, $250 per pickul. No.2, is uice quality arranged all their feeding bowls and other uten- aud would, we think, fetch top price for sheet on London market. The yellow colom is, however, sils, which were lying about at the back of the unusual and no doubt due to the water nsed. 'Ve the kitchen and were of too insignificant a enclose a sample of No.1 sheet, the colour of which value to steal, in a rowan the ground outside is geuerally liked. their sleeping apartment so that they fell over Hample No.1 is also of nice quality bllt the small thelll on opening the door in the lIlorning ! spots are not liked. 'j'hese are pl'Obably ca.uSl'd by some dirt in the pan. 'I.'be sample is not quite dried at one eud. . Samples Nos. 3 & 4 are of fair fjuality but arE:not properly dried. 'l'rusting that the above report will be of use to. His Higll1iess the Rajah Muda.
'l'HEfollowing extract from the notes of a contriLutor to the Pinang Ga~ette lIIay prove amusing to some of om reaclel'3. vVe reprint the paragraph with acknowledgments to the writer.I like to read tbe effusions of globe-trotters on the Straits: they Ilfford more humour than IIwhole yelU"s. CQmi~ Cut.~. A bright specimen is to be found in the She(field Wliekly Telegraph, in which 11.Captain Frank H. Shaw writes of "SingaplWc and the Straits Settlements." Bvidelltly he has a vivid illlagiuation anu a facile pen, for he says:Your first view of Singapore shows you a noble esplanade, along which pass in orderly procession the janrickshas of the white population, drawn by fiercefaced Malays, the lilleH.1 descendants of those old-time pirates II.nd villains, the head-hunters of the Southern Heas. . . . Sampans fly hither and thither, filled with a clamouring horde of Malayan b(1atmen, who beseech you, in tlumlt pidgin English, to emoalk upon their craft, the oest in the harboureach one is the very best, and every other is the very worst-and be transported in the flash of an eye to the shore. 'l'hese self-same Malays have beeu Imowu to rifle l~passenger of all he has, and then, capsizing the sampan, remove all traces of their crime. Later on this wonderful writer spellks of "a bearded Sikh policeman, cool and smart in white drill; and draws a truly alarming picture of the Malay "amok"
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h-isnaked body i.~scarred and bleeding he has oecome maddened by bhang-chewing! ! 'i'hose who have been in Singapore will be able to appreciate the hUllJOUl' of Captain li'mnk Shaw's article. "Ve regret we have not been privileged to read the whole of it if it is all in this style.
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'Ve are, Deal' Sir, Yours faithfully, (Signed) PATERSON, SIMONS& Co. LTD. 'rhe Samples above referred to may be seen and inspected by those iuterested iu the snbject at the Municipal Offices, Ruching.
'I'he OcmU'l'tmce of Gold ill (JI)I)er Sal'ilwal\.
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By J. SOMERVILI,EGEIKIE, B.Sc. TIIIfI paper is limited to a description of tile auriferous deposits occurring iu the lIeighbourhood of BI~uand Bidi iu Upper Samwak. So far as is known, these are the only localities in Sarawak where gold is met with in sufficient quantity to make work on a large scale remuuerative. Small amolU1ts, however, are distribnted over the country, and the precious metal is won by the natives in many ph1Ces from materials which are too poor and too limited in extent to warrant the erectioll of any kind of plant. Ban and Bi~1i lie some 15 miles south-west of Kuching, the capital, .and are close to the right-hand branch of the Sarawak river. Viewed from the top of any of the higher hills in this rcgion the country assumes the aspect of an immense plain, diversified by ahrnpt tors and peaks, occurring solitary or in gronps. Here and there lines of rugged aud precipitons crags of limestone traverse the Il1n(l,while now and again the eye is caught by certain less steep and more roundedmll.sses of igneous rock. 'l'l1e whole region is densely clothed with vegetation-the trees and shrubs finding a foot-hold on the barest and.
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most inhospitable limestone cliffs. N U1lleruus lI1.1'ger colol1red, hut they rapidly weather on exposure, and sumUer stre!l.ms wind their way amollg the hills assuming ItgreeniRh-colonr, and in time decomposillg to find an outlet ill the Sarawak river which drf1.illS to a yellow clay. In mallY places these weathered the whole district. dykes clm be dug with II.spade, even when the rocks Geowgical Featu/"es.-The general structurc of the they traverse have remained fairly hard and firm. From the geological evidence thus shortly set region under review is quite simple. \Ve have Itpparently a conformable series of stratified rocks, oc- forth, the following inferences may be drawn :-- . (a) 'rho limestone is obviously nJf1.rine, 1\)1(1 cupying upon the whole an approximately horimntal speaks to n. wide-spread sea having covered thi,s area or gently-undulating positiou, broken here and there daring some stage of the Jurassic period. '1'he thickby faults, alld invaded in many places by intrusive ness of the rocl, is not known, but from its relative igneous roclls. 'rhe bttsement rock of the series is a light grey to purit~ (where unaltered), it probably ILccumulated in dark blue lime.~tonecontaining nU1.uyfossils, from the clear and therefore somewhat deep water. charn.cter of which the rock is known to be of .Jurassic (b) The marl-beds, immediately overlying the age. As the Bottom of the limestone is nowher", ex- limestone, suggest somewhat shallower WItter. Probably, therefore, Itt the timb of their depof;ition, the posed, it is impossible to ascertain the thicknessbut, in visible section, HOOft. [tt lel1st can be lIIea- depth of the sea had diminished, and the formatioll of the limestone had ceased. As the marls are of sm'ell. '1'he rock is close-grained. and abundantly traversed by. veins of calcite. Its bedding is not n.s interrupted OL'local occurrence, they would appeal' a rule well-nl!l.rked, but, af>already indicated, it is to have experienced considerahle erosion before the deposition of the next succeeding group of strata. for the most part horizontal. Considerable jumbling (c) The massive series of shales, sandstones and and confusion, however, OCCIll'in the neighboul'hood of the igneous rocks, and the limestone iri such posi- cOlIglomerates suggest deposition in yet shalloweL" \Ve nJII.Y tions is often metn.morphosed and converted into water, which may lllwe been estuarine. ma.rble. IJong exposed to weatherillg action, the !'!uppose that the erosion of the underlying n1ltrls surface of the limestone assume!'! the bi7.ltrre COII- was effected by the sallie current or current!'! whieh figumtion and peculiar outlinp.s which llre knowlI to cleposite
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may, the limestones are abundantly fissured ftllll shattere(l, while the superjacent sedimentary 8trltt.ft are contorted al~d jumbled over wide aJ'ea8. 'fht! igneous rocks have forced their way upwards through fissures in the limestone, and not infrequently have sprea::l out laterally along the bedding-planes of dw shales, so as to form laccolites and sills. Immense quantities of highly-heated vapolll's Ulust llave been evolved from the igneous rocks, the effects of which are seen in the abundant impregnations and disseminations of silica, iron-pyrites, gold, etc. Where the rocks are much jumbled aud shattered they have been permeated to such an extent that they now form conspicuous breccias. Permeation and impregnation, however, are not confined to the shattered !1.reas. 'l'he unbroken sh!1.les,0.))(1in many places, undisturbed limestone, have been saturated with silica, aud are frequeutly auriferous. Such marll10riscdlilll€'stones, when examinen in thin slices under the microscope, show a crystalline texture, but often coutain fully as much quartz as calcite. It is hardly possible that all these emanatiou8 came only from the dykes now visible at the sl1l'face; it seems more likely that they were largely derived from Itdeep-seated and still-concealed plutonic mass. (f) Hincc the period of igneous activity and the 1)rod uction of the accompanying pneulflatolytic phenomena, tbe only geologICal change of which we have any evideuce is the long-continued and profound denudation to which the present configuration of the s11l'bce is due. The main gold-bearing belt of Upper Samwak mo.y be said to)extend frolll S. \V. to N .E. through. Bau and Bidi. It follows, in fact, the series of fractures which destroyed the anticlinal fold. Limestone is reported as occ\1lTing some distance up all the main ri \'ers towards the north-east, aml it is possible, therefore, that the anticlinal axis may contiuue in that direction. Very little is known of the tract of cOlmtry referred to, but, should the fractured belt preserve its course, ore-bodies might well be expectecl to accompany it. Types or Classe.~of Ore Deposits.-'rhe several arebodies are often strongly differentiated, so th!1.t distinct types can be recognised, which at first sight seem to have little relation or connection the one with the other. Closer examination, however, shows that all have had a common origin-they are only modifications of one and the SltlJle ldnd of formation. All the ore milled may be roughly divided into two classes, vi:l. :--
symmetrical figures, an art. learn.ed from the old MI\IIl.vwoman when she accompamed het. father to the Hta.tion two padi years since '? But a.bove all did she not meet Ingka this morning, Inglm the slim, the laughing one, and as he passed her lhey exchanged glances and tried to speak 'the cust;I)'Imry salutations as if they had nothing else to S,t,)'. He was always in her thoughts, lngka the slim; as children they had played together, and who could beat him at throwing the hard-wood top, at wrestling, running, or hnrling the miniature spear? '\.'1\8 it not he who would fashion grotesque wooden dolls for her, and carry her on 'his back when she tired'? And later, when he went away for months and mouths to work in the jungle, how empty and dull had the house seemed; and how manly and strong did he look on his returu. 'l'rue there were tales, but-custom was cnstomaud she lmew what women's tales were worth. How they chattered, th05e others amongst themselves! 'l'he upper storey resounded with their laughter and jokes at night. For herself, and she smiled as she 'thought of it, lovelorn indeed mllst he the luckless wight who tried the defeuces of hel' room, guarded as she was by an elderly and sour tempered aunt on the one side and by an octogenarian but yet sprightly maternal relation on the other, while before the door was her widowed sister Senga 'with two squealing brats-Senga, who still retained sufticient traces of her youth to make her jealous of the yoimger Iyak with her fresh beaUty, her lithe form, aw] hel' bright merry eyes. 'l'here had been talk of her marrying Lumbu, but she tried not to think of it. LUIllbu, illdeed! 'l'he Clumsy One; his very name condemned him in her eyes. POl' she was in love with a slim figure, clear skin and long flowing hair, alheit allied to poverty. 'Vhat cared she for the rows of oln jars in tile room of LUlllbu's f!llther. Let sOine-one else marry for them. for she had no desire to be tied to the sulky how-legged Lumbu, be he of ever so good birth. And so her thoughts run on and on as she weaves the intricate design, and she does what maidens all the world over will do, builds castle after castle in the air, pulling down one only to replace it with l\uother. She and lngka would marry despite opposition, despite poverly, despite-Smack! a stinging blow 1m he'r bare shoulders, "Up, thou lazy one, who art thou to sit dreamillg while others moro worthy pound and winnow and boil'? Up and make thyself of more use than a silly nodding cat." Filial affection, aided by a large and super-heated rice(.:.) Ole occuLTing as irregular bonies in lime- scoop, prompts her to throw a cover over her work,_ stone; seize the clump of water gourds, and I1nrry to the(2) Impregnations or disseminations in shale. door to join the long procession of laughing women Of these the former are usually much richer in gold who are thronging down the passage way to the end of the long house. and more heavily "mineralized" than the Itttter. And, behold, as Iyak approaches the wateriug(To be continued) place, see the Slitu One nonchalantly whittling a piece of stick and listening to the blacksmiths work"'ar.t and "'ouf. ing at a hut close by, but at the same titne keeping an eye on the hurrying rows of chattering wOlllen as ,\ Dyal/;: (.OVC! SIOI'Y. they file past in long strings. lyak scuttel'S past Iyak sits weaving, and as her nimble fingers pluck like a frightened rabbit, not ventnring to lift her at the crossing threads 01' tug at the heavy wooden eyes to his for fear the following women should catch blade, she hUlns to herself or turns to throw a the glance. But who of all of them knows better how to make graceful piny of wrist and elbow as she laughing remark to right 01' left where the other girls busy themsel ves in the adjoining rooms. 8he dashes her hand over the surface of the water and' fills the bobbing gourds, or bends to throw WItter is evidently in good spirits, bnbbling over with over herself? Who can show such luxnriant masses merriment. Ann why not? Is she not the fairest of jet-black hair, or can trip up the slippery log with and most fascinating. not only in the long honse, hut even in the whole river? \\'ho can vie with her sU8h clueless ease? in phLiting the lIIat 01' basket in cunningly interShe passes the watching one on her hotllcward mingled p'ILtel'llS, oj' in weaving the cloth of intricate way, and even plucks up courage to lift her eyes and design'? ])0 not even the older women bring their mm'lIIur the conventiOtlld phrase, Are you not work to her for advice or approval? Who but she bathing?" and without waitiug for the laughiug reply in the river Cl\1lstring the many coloured beads in hurries on with beating heart. And as she lies in
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her curtains that night listening to the bursts of \1p and sheds his rays on her throngh the delapidateit smothereillaughter overhead, and the drowsy grumroofing--11 pathetic fignre with the long perspective bling of the old women on either side, she imagines of the old house stretching behilld hor. she can catch the sotl\Hl of a nl111'mured Jove-song Su(ldenly she is :1warc of the qnick al:\t"llled heats from the direction of his verallthh far down the of the "1;I1\Vak"frolll the distant hotlsc throbbing and length of the house. pulsing through the quiet night. Her [1bsence has So it goes on in the old old way, a whispered word, been noticed, and they will be searching for her. She a glance, a smile. some small courtesy in the daily glances fearfully to right n.nd left, and, rising, moves round. The outside world sees no more, but she n. little wn.y along the passn.ge as if looking for dreams and dreams and feels it is indeed good to live. something. . . But at last the awakening comes, fmd it comes in It is there the seal.'chers find her whcn they come this manner. He had beell away for some time, peering and calling along the lellgth of the house trading 01' working .in the jungle, as she thought, from a h!1lf-rotten beam in front of and life hn.d for the time been a void for 1101'. But at -hanging the door-wR.y of hel' old 1'00111. htst he anives, and she sees him pass along the house '1'. D. to his room, he seems tired alHl is unusually silent. ~ ---.-.....------'rhn.t eveuing she does not see him agn.iu, hut at ITlw "bol'e stOl''y is said to be fOlllll\ed 011fl\ct. III thanl;illl( the bathing place she chatters gaily to the other girls '1'. D. for his eOlltribntion we hope that othors will emnlate his and her laughter rises shrill that e\'ening for she is example. 'rherc Illnst he n:al1.Yn"til'e slodes "Ild log-ends ill whi,'h onl' l'oad01's w,)l1l,l he inte,'cstc(1 :,,"1 we "h:\11 he .I'Cf.Y happy again. 'rhe blow comes from Lungang, the Podgy One, plcf\sed to ]>l1blish thelll ir Ontstntiol1 omCCI'" will hell' h'y c.ollccting the lIlaterilll. Ed. S. G.I who is chattering there 11n<1who glances slyly at .......-----....-..-.. Iyak n.s she cl1snally asks her neighbour if she has heard that Ingka is to fetch his wife from downriver after the harvest. :For n. moment IYl1k is as if stunned and feels dizzy, but she recovers herself alld listens, hearing enough to convince her thn.t the story is no mere women's talk. She goes silently back along the nn.rrow path to the house.. !11Hlflnds the October. old women talking the matter over, and discussing AgrcclIIcnts.-25 were made out during the month. the ancestry of the engaged couple. Iyak listens to :-;talllpduties and fees ltlllOI.tlltedto $4r>.fj(I. it all n.s if in a (lrel1.m,and busies herself preparing COllrt.-Filies and fees ~.Illollnted to $l1a.8n. \ the evening 111en.I, while she even n1l1kosno eOll1nHmt D... Bn.rker arrivec] on the Bnl instant; I left here whcn In.ter on tho subject 01 her own nHtrri:tge is bronght forward n.nd the name of tbe hateful LU.Jl)bl1 the next day with him, His Highness '1'he H.n.jah is intrQ(lucecl 8he listelH, dumbly to it a.ll and sits 1\ItlClah having s:1.nctioned nlY going 011short lell,ve to Singapore and. the Native States. I retlll'ned to silent while her mother and aunt ghmt ovor the number of jars in which, after the marrin.ge, they would Ban on the ;.Irdin'stant, Mr. Day having kindly taken charge of the station during my 11bsence; notbing of hn.ve a reversionn.I'Y intErest. n.n'yimport!1nce happened dm'ing the .oJonth, people 'l'hn.t night 1yak sleeps not, but lies with widestaring eyes seeing and hef!.rillg nothing. 'rhe llt'>X(; being nlOstly occnpie(t in making out peppel' ngl'eemornillg she rir,es 111)(]fillishes the \York in the house nwnl;S; the majQl'ity of thesc hn.ve been wade OUt in before picl,ing up her basket aud st!u'ting off to the Kuching, \lloney being borrowed in most cases from '\Vha Hong of that place, n.nrlI roulld /I.large nmnber farm to CH.ny the newly-reaped crop. And there wl11king beside her is Ingka the faith- of deech; to he registered on illY retlll'll. 'Ibe prisoners were employed in keeping up roacls less, hut !lot a Rign does she make that she is aware anrl Government grounds. I regret to say there has of his presence. He speaks to her but she hurries been a goocl cleal of beri-heri amongst them. on with bowed hen.d alld. averted cyes.. She toils on through the heat of the day, her head buzzing under K H. S'I'ILWgLL, the broad Jeaf hat, and at the time of the n.ftel'lloon Rcsident. men.1she sits and eats mechn.nically, heeding not the .....--... chn.ff and shrill laughter of the girls. As the suu sets the whole party st;art for hOllie, their hacks bowed beneath the helLVYloads. ~he is the last of the string, and n.sshe listens to the sounds of her companions getting fainter and fn.inter n.s'she I returned from I\uching- on the llth bv the s. s. lags further Il,nd further behind, :~ Hudd()n revulsion Alice ],orrrrine with the Pl'incipn.1 Medical OlJicer,
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How Cf111 she go back to
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the house all(1 elldure the chamllg remarks n.t the the nlOl'ning of t.he 12Lh, t.he s. H. Alice T,o}'}'rtille bathing plaee or sit patiellt (]urillg the l!\'lIlt1hlillg of klwing again for Kuching at \I ,I. ~I. with Dr. Barker the old wOllleu. The idea is lln!Jc)[1l'aule. :-:ihaIIlust all(l Mr. Boult. be 1110nesOllwwbere. She sltd(lenly slips off her load' There being II,nUlIlber of catt.le l'lIlIlJing loose at alld plnllges headlong into a si,]n path. Althongh the l\lincs Ql'iters wore given tlmt these should be she stumbles blilldly along bhe !\II()WS\\'ell tbat the fell<:erl in !1nd permits were obt~.ined from headpath leads to the old desertecl hOllse over the riclge, quartl.)rs for (j hel1d, the baln.nce bci ng rClllo\'ed elsethe house in which she was baril, :111<1 where she alld whenL ~ix head were taken over hv the Government Illglm ha.ve played together as ~hildre\J. for $lij;j making the herd up to ~i'head, nil of which So as chr]mcss falls she emergGs. still rnnni!1g, [\\'0 now kept at tbe wharf. frolll the thick undergrowth on to the clear sfJl1ceill On tlw 19th tbe Pawn Fanllcr's sllop n.t the Mines front of the 11!1lf-ruinedhouse, a.nd without looki\Jg Wl1S hl1l'gled, the SUIll of $!j{j bcing stolen; two men to right or left llll1kes straight for the !adl]er, n.nd, were 111'l'ested ltnd <:hal'gecl with this offence but the ascending it, disappears into the gloom. evidence was hn.rdly strong enough for a conviction wew And there in the long vcmll
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ta.llow vegetable oil is used in the proport.ion of l:j alHl stringers of ore in the calcite, and these got per cept to 85 pel' cent of lime and prepa.red in the fewer and poorer with the depth. '1'lIree Chinese same Wav as the tallow mixture. workillgs have been openecl with silllill1.r result. If ther'e is I1.n"further information vou wOllltllilw '1'h" I.re is a hard black stone, reserubling chert. to have I shou!';t be pleased to place' it at your dis- It eOlltains 87% silica, 11% stibnite, with v!wiable posal, bnt in my humble opinion it is a (jIH,stioll alllllllllts of iron oxide, alumina, cl1.lcium-carbonate, with bichromate of potash to acillpt it to thn 111<::11"re. The gold is COR.rseI1.nd free, alld varies ill conditions and this can only lH\ (letennilletl hy 1''-;' qt1.,IILity from !j dwt. up to ~o oz. per ton. In one . perimcntal varilttion of the proportion of }Jigmcnt. level the llHttrix of the gold was a layer of sand, Believe me, loosely cemented by ca.lcite. 1'his assayed very well, but unfortunately was only a few inches thick, and Yours truly, of no extent. It is obviously of I:-tter origin than the 8(1. FHED A. ~L'A LBOT'. ore-body of the limestone, and is doubtless (ll.1e ta secondary concentration of the gold by watel'. III A. C. PJo~AUS0l\, ES(J., mallY of the cracks and fissl1l'es, in proximity to tho:} Editor, or,!-body, fine Illud h:\s been deposited, alld thi's in tilne ruay similarly hecome calcified hy percolating D. :v D. Herald, water. Smullll.-all n. N. Ii. Examination of the' neighlJ01Il'ho()(1 uf .T.lmbl\s.\ll == shows that all over the limestone plain, in which 'I'lac Ot'('UI'l'NItC of (ilold in these l'ehltively large aurif9rons ore-hodies oecur, sinlilar hut smitHer surface..po:::kets (frOln '1 ft. np to [1,t'H'I'Summll". 10 ft. ill (lepth) make their appearance. " PrOlIJ these ---+-ha\'e been t,~kell cOllsiderable qn:lntities\)f 'Intimony, Br ,J. S()~muvrLLB GEIKm, 11. Su. which occurs mixed with qnartz. Here and there -the limestone is overlai(l by small out.lier SOl' patches (Continuation .) of ilighly silicified shale, canyillg antimony and a little gold. 'l'ow!lrds eR.st and west, howe\'er, where 1.-Holll OI'4! ill l.hlll!".OI"', As just mentioned, this ore yields a higlwr por- the shall!s form It more odess continuons l:overing of thickness, alltimony has been WOlked for years, centage "f the metnl aud is III01'1)"ulillemlized" rhau some and here (just 11Sat .Jambusan) the ore has been the illlpregnnted shales. '['his Illay be d IIC in tIle follO\\'ed down into similar pockets in the limestone. tirst place to the ready solubility of the li111estone, 'rhe shales referred to R.re [Ill milch (listllrbed, a,nd I1.ndto its .11Oreahundantly jointe(] l:haracter, which have been abundalltly permeated by silica. They · would natumlly afford readier pnssage to ascending carry from a, grain to !j dwt. of gold pel' ton. It aHd descending solntions, I\nd r>l'Ovide cavities for should be added that numerous (hrkes alld intrusive the deposition of minera.! matter. sheets occur in the lIeighboudlOod. It is' not improbable, also, that the limestone I1.nd 'l'be phenomena presented by the ore-undies of any carbonaceous matter it con1.ailled may hl1.veinduced the precipitatioJ\ of the minerals carried in this region would seem to show that the millemlizing coming fl"Oll1below found ready passage solution. Nor can it be denied that ill many cases solutions through joints and fissures in the limestone nntil secondary enrichment of the me-bodies may have been brought about (long subsequent to their forma.. they reached the relatively impeL'lneable shales above. Precipitation, therefore, woul(l tend to be concenLion) by water percolating down from the snrface. tmted in the upper part of the limestone. But 1'he deposits in the limestone may be grouped as wherever the overlying beds were much jUll1bbi and follows :-(a) Masses ',\'ith ;ll-(letined honndaries, shattered the mineral solutions readily passed upyielding free goid :-(b) Masses with well-defiued boundaries, the stone not much solidified, Itnd yield- wards from the limestolle and permeated the shales. ing mostly sulphides :-(c) Masses with well-defined "I'he ai'e-bodies occurriug in the limestone nppear to be cases of metasomatic replace~nent. '1.'hey do not boundaries, the stone containing:t high percentage occupy originn.l cavities in the I'Ock. for there is of siliea. . everywhere a gradual passa.gc, as it \\'ere, from th(} (a) Masse.~ with -ill-defined Boulldaries, !Jieldill(J ore-stone into the country rock. Free Oold.-The best example of this class occnrs at Similar deposits of less extent occur in Bau MonnJambusan, about ~ miles' east of Bau. .'l'his is !\ swampy valley overlooked by a steep limestone cliff, tain-a steep limestone crag formiug the upcast sidecra.g beiug tmversed some (j00.ft. in height, which marks the line of one of a line of main faulting-the of the great faults-J'ambusan being on the down- by a dyke of quartz-porphYl',Y which can be followed in clear section running up through the limestone throw side. 1'he ore here appears itS large irregular masses in the limestone-those masses that cropped almost to the ore-body, wheu it dies onto at the snrface having been worked out sOllie years (b) Masse.~with well-de.tin~dBoundaries, the Stone ago by the Chinese, who are said to have obtained a not much silici;{ied, and yieldh~(l1no.stly Sltlphide.~.-large quantity of gold. 'rhe limits of the ore-bodies Good examples of this class of ore-bodies are met in question are not well detined-the stone having with in the 8n San Shin district, Bau. They differ been taken out until the percentnge of country-rock from the class already descl'ibed not auly in the (limestone) and vein-stuff (calcite) became too large nature of the are but by the fact that their limits are to wake work profitable. tolerably well defined. Hel'e a sheet of porphyry One' of the Chinese excn,vations measures as has been intruded aloug ~he hot'izontal junction of follows: length 80 ft., breadth B5 ft., depth GO It. the limestone and overlying shales. rl'he shales and, 11'1'0111 the walls of this working small pieces of ore to 11.considerable exteut, the porphyry 111so,ba\'e cau be knocked oft', some of which assay up to 10 oz. been deuuded away, so as to expose the limestone pet. tun. The Borneo Company have for the last with its ore-bodieB~ As showing that mineralization two years been trying to prove the~e pocket.s in depth, is connected in some' cases at least with the presence hut so f,w unsuccessfully. At the bottom of one of of these igneous rocks, It may occasionR.lly be noted the Chinese workings a \'ein of calcite, about 3 ft. that when intrusive sheets occupy a hori7.0ntal posithick, aud dipping BOo,was followed do\vnwards for tion in the shales, mineralization is wholly confined 100 ft., but both in the incline !lnd in levo\s driven to the shales .l\nderlyiI1g them.. It would seem as if on the vein, ncthillg was met with save a few patches the sills had to some extent blanketed tho underlying ,:.:.;
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minerali7.ing agent.
the upward
passag() of the
fltllen. On the other IHtnd, the simleR Inay have been gradually intl'Olluced either previous to nL'contemporaneously with the permeation of the Rtrata hy heated vapours. Before the region began to be afIected by 1IIctanlOrphic action, IIlCt,eoric water might have licked out cavities in the uSllal way, into which the overlying shaleR may have subsided either Ruddenly or pal'i passn with the de\'eloplllellt of the caves. Or the same result may ha\'e been brought ahout during the period of metn.11lOrphislIl by the heated vapours dissolving and removing the limestone, and so allowing the shales graillHtlly to subside. '1'he following is a11analysis of one of these ores occurring at Bidi :82'(1 . Silica .................... Arsenic ... 1'(1 14'0 An ti III0ny ............................. 1'1; Iron .................................... O'H Sulphur ...............................
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Up to the present little has been done to open up this are, as the quantity Itppears to be Rmall, while it is not of !~nature suited to the methodR of t,reat:lllent in use~ One of the bodies explored had the following dimensions :-length 10 ft., width at centre 3 ft., depth 15 ft. '1'he ore consisted of sulphides with no gangue, and was separated frol1l the limestone by a layei' of clay. '1'he are gave on analysis:Per cent. Sulphur A.rseuic Iron Zinc ... Lead Copper Cobalt Silic9. Oxygen
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H1..7,j 20';1~ 2'7'SH ]..1'(\2 4'10 ()'4,0
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0'30 ()'H4 0'11
100'0
100'00
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