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~--------THE SARA\VAK GAZETTE, 1ST AUG"UST, 1884.

KUCffei;enses of Lymphatic Sys'tem 6

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84 THE SARAWAK GAZBTTE, 1STAUGUST, 1884.

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fSimallggl/l/g, July 1st, 18S~. ;~ E)e\, I:~C ,; l~ U ?\~::I~) .~m: ~ .news

R.lJAH,-Ibave the honor to report to 'Your

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dom _1.. Lo" s OJ.1lt:l.tlSDl:lIles.Highncss for the past mouth as followo. , lILlI'ch,

Ou the 3rd ultiUlo, while still nt Lllil,)1tAntn, ~ The DYlik oUI.1::WGu]ut., who formcl'J.yApai Gamang uud Inggir, Dynks of LIj~"\ll"S

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r('c~i~e,J a hellvy Reutl~l1(:e l1u,l who e..;cs.pedhOllse, ~utoug, were fiued teu piculs fOl' the from l\II('hill~ ja,iJ to Lhe lIi'a:! of the Uejang,murJer of t\Vo Javauese Mnla)'s iu April hst. I has, f:til:lI~ r.apt.ure, bee:! i-ilJed by tho np-

Uutieng, K:tuJolJg, Tuleh Illld ~lIIgalang, of I rirel,thief:;. J::ejang river ill now free of 8uchthe sume hou~e, pal'ticil',\ted in t.he wlld,cr,. hila ch:Jf">,ctprs. .as did also .Bulit ana-;e!lthan uim!lIishe.1.

The .)(.cline in the ('(\venue ,leri\'cI! ill partlynttrilJlltal.le to the lInmbCI"s of nests t.ha.t aret,d,en ,,\'cr tn Sne!oag in ol'dp.I' to avoid p:LY-'mellt. of the Gnver:lIU'.Jut .Ines on them, undr.lso, I rt'!.::-ct to say, to the !Il"uft'icienl. ~uper.vi;;ioll excl'ci!


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THE SARA-WARGAZETTE, 1ST :MARCH, 188,1. 10

terday, but as he had fl'eqnently done I ~mp~ypits of wat.er in \;h~ch ~he sa~aso before, no special notice-was taken lIS saId to be parhcularly nch 1llgold.of him; but that he went to lie downin his cabin, and that the under-cook

did his work for him. He says thatdeceased awoke at about 4 p.m. andasked for hot water, which he used tohelp to swallow some opium; he com-plained again of considerable pain,but soon fell asleep again. At about6 p.m. the under-cook found he wasdead..

SiangAh So&n-Hylam-nnder-cookon boal"d I>.S."Ranee," st.ates that de-ceased wel1ton shore yesterday morn-ing to be shaved, and that he wascomplaining then of feeling ill, thathe l"etmned at about 2 p.m. goings~raight into his cabin where he wassoon asleep; that he awoke:1t about4 p.m. and asked \vitness if he wasgetting on all right with his work,and then asked for hot water, whichwitness gave him; after this he againwent to sleep. At 6 p. m. witnesssays he \vent to call deceased to havesome fovd, but found that he-was dead.Dr. Storie sends in a certificate to

eRv that he has examined the bodyexternally, and is of opinion that(leath was due to natural causes.The j ary after a brief consultation

returI.wd a vcrdict accordingly.REGINALD AWDRY,

Acting CorOller.

THE Malay schooner Lambir Jl assahol'which sailed for this port lately for .Javawas lost between the 1'alaua Island;:;and Tanjong Datu a few days ~fro. Hel'

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owuer Haji Sellay in _his ac~onllt ofTHE Hon'ble The Resident visited it says, he is utterly unable to !1cconn~

Upper Sarawak early in last month I for her loss. thll t half the sail was setThere was some alarm feJt at Bauh

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and the breeze was light when theowing a Banjar Malay named Gapoh, vessel sud.denly heeled o,:er and tilled?rother ?f ~a~an (~~th.t .time lying a~d sank 111_couple of nll~utes. This

l~ Kuchmg JaIl. aw:altmg tnal) having "',as about. ()p . m.. only one sampangIven out that If hIS brother was con- Viassaved. lllto wh~ch as many of thedemned to death he also would amok crew as could wIth sfI.fety sto',YellI\t Ba uh at which place his brothel' I t~lemselves tl!e rest hanging Oll to thehad been arrested. This threat fright- sl.de. In t,hlS manner they speu-t~heoned the people who fear an amoker mght and ,the next day they managellmore than a wild beast and the women to I'each Talang besar from whencewere placed in boats and taken tv they were paddled over to the main

- Kuching. Gapoh was arrested dur- land ~y the people who reside oning the night by the Resident's orders that Island. It is said that thisILnd it being proved that he had used ~essel was badly loaded a lot ofthis threatening language he was de- hght cargo being plD:cedat the bo~tolliported. the country. - and then filled up wIth Bako wood up

\ to her de~ks. The owner Haji Sellayhad warnmg of the unsea worthy con-dition of his vessel at Santnboncy, aswhilst still in the river this -Y~ssclnearly capsized.

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gold working at Paku the ChineseJIIl\'inghired two p~lmping engines to

THE Right Revd. The Lord Bishop

of the diocese returned to S,na.wakby S.S. Ra1~ee on 8th ultimo after anabsence of some mouths.

THE S.8. Halle!!, Capt. ,Joyce, fromSingapore, anchored alongside tbeCompany's \vharf on the t;~h ultimo,left on the illoming of the 13th, re-turned 011 the 21st. Sailed for theabove lJOrt 011the 26th.

S. 6. Viyilaltt, :Mr.Walters. ,lrri\'ellhere on 11th ultimo \vith It cargo and

mail from Daram. She sailed againon It;~h, uut put back and returnedhere on 21st.

S. S. Loma Doollt!, arri\'ed flom Sa-dancyon 14th ultimo with a earn-vofo 0coai and after discharging sailed forBintulu 15th with 1\1'.. Gu~ritz. Shereturned 011 21st, Passeuger :\11'.Ba.mpfylde.

She left on 22nc1 for SantuLongwhere she \ViiI be beached for rcp:tirsnnder the supervision of Mr. Mathie,

chief engineer. of 1I.H.S. Aline.

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THE SARAWAR GAZETTE, 1ST MAY, 1884.

Rays, "are now our chief reliance, and 3Jte ms .they would defend our rule against ~-:o:-any enemy"-both from without and ON the afternoon of the 21st ultimo,within. '1'he Sea Dyaks are by far the smoke was .observed issuing from the1I10&tpowerful and warlike tribe in coal store in the Government CoalBorneo, and it must be borne in mind s?eds, but, owing to t~e prompt ac-Ihat this great tribe is again 'split up tlOI~ of. the authorities, the fire wasilJt.o lesser tribes, a combination of extmgmshed and what_ might havewhich would be impossible, unless proved a serious disaster prevented.(':tl]ed upon by the Government to ga- The cause was spontaneous ignitiont her, in such a case they wonld even arising from insufficient ventilation orI,llrn their arms against a refractory from the coals being stored in a damp1rihc of their own race, state. .

The writer further goes' on to say

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--t hILt "if any misfortune should hap- REBUlLDINC:RSa~ready commencedI"'11to the Rajah during the minority on that pOl'hon of the Town lately"I' his son, who at present is very burnt down, and 'as it great deal of,\'()Img there might be some trouble,;' building material is being collected,II"'Herh of what nature he only leaves all those houses destroyed will pro-

1111oOpresume. The GOoyernment of bably be soon Te-placed"by more sub-HlIl'Itwakhas been placed on so secure stantial and better looking buildings.1\ II/Isisby the first and present Rajr.hs, --III hO ]ooked up to and respected by _ A ~OWI~Gclub is being started infill its subjects, who bave a lively ap- I~ucllllJ~. a?other good step in thepl'l'l'intion of the achs.ntagesthey enjoy I nght dlrectlOn by the young men in/llId wllo would uphoM t.he Govel'll- ! Sarawak, the number of whom has

IIIPIII,to tlle la.st, that not~lil)g, ex.cept I been la.tdy au~m.el1,tedby so man:y1111ubHo]nt,e change Of withdrawal (If I l)e\~ arnY~ls. III IS to be hop~d thISIhll pl'osent system, "ould cause any

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i project ,,:111be successfully -carned outIUI(,II1.I'ol1b]e. Should the opportunity and 1JOt be allowed to fall to theI'VI'I' oeem of putting "some of our I ground from want of upanimity and\1""If.(people 011their mettle," they mIl '

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!lot hu fonnel 'YH.nting, ho,\'c,er, in the -_. , . ~ltfllltl . lI~ peaceful state that Sar:1,,"",ak . 'YE ~ake th~ fOlloWll1'gfrom the last11\"t11~lo~'cc1 o long such opportumtI8s Issue 01 the A orth Borneo Herald:-1\,&1Iltl~ likely to occnr. At the pre- . ,,]!,!consequenceo~Governor Leys procee-*jlll L nlOm ent th e E l1l'0I)ean staff of dmg to England on s~ckleiwe,,the Secretar)'. of Slate for the Colollles has, wIth t.he consentIlnl\'ol'I'I CODSlstS of 43 and not 20 as of the Court of Directors of the British North"htlbll ill tho n.rticle under notice. ~ Bol'l~cO C' o.l' b . tl ' D t Hon t,le W. II. I reacher to be Acting Gover-

"11t'~1" 0\11 nelo~ ou~.s .e u,'c 1, nor of t.he c?lol1y.~fLabuan in addition to tho"", ],). .ohn.ncelJol 'Hites a httle GovernorshIp of North -Borneo, The Secrctn.l'V'..IIIIIUI)'. 'J 'bn.tthe Dntch have done for Foreign Affairs has alw nppoillted !III:.HII...)I ~('twlu'dBcivilizing Borneo is not Trencb~.r t~ be H, n. M. Consl1l.Ge~1l'allltIn. (IOIIIO(tc\Dd therefore they cannot the ten~tol1es of the Sultan of Brunol ~nd of

, , . ~ d . l' . the [\':lJllh of ~:1ra"ak, These IIlllalgama.ted

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The somewhat hi.gl1de:4lh rate is due to the:;illgapore. anchored alongside the fact th~t a cus.tom.prevailsam?ng t~leChines.e(~l)lJlpanY'8 wharf on the lllormnO" of of sendlDg~l~ell'sIck to H?Sf>1t:J.Ill a mo.rl-. . . 0 bund condwon thereby SIHftlllg'the onus of/ I ,,: i3rd UltilllO, left on the afternoon uurial frocl themselves to the Governmel1t...I' the 8th, returned on the 17th. With regaru to Hospital accommodation thehho sailed on the afternoon of the

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i necessity far a dClld-house adjoining, wit.h:l')lId ta.ble, &c. for l'(}st mortem cx:uuiuations, is.. ., abundantly indicated. Such :m auditioll is Ull--- '

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doubtedlv 0. matter of the first importance,TifF. 8.S. LorI/a Do()//(., left for B~ra1ll both as a sanitary precautioll in cases-b;- no

oil t.he morninO" of the 7th ultuno, means infrequel1t-of corpses llela.yetlill b urial,"illt Mr. Suliva; returned on the lath! and as a menasof enabling (C..roner.s) juries,\~ .,It l\fessrs. Dal~benv aud Somerville i il~ea.ses~f supici~llSdeath, to found their \'cr..I " _, . J , ! dIets on InfonnatlOll more tnl


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THE SARA\VAK GAZETTE, 1STMAY, 1884.

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To tl'e Editor of '.'The Sarawak Gazette."

Sm,-As nIl your readers mny not have no-t iced the folJowing likely method of riddingt heir buildings of those destructive pests white!llltH, which appeared in a Inte number cf theSlra;ts Timcs, a. publication of the same in)'0111'jl;Rue may be appreciated:"A Dutch scientific periodical in an article quoted

III 1\'0 Java Bode of the 12th January recommends the11111\f "wnrangnn" or nativ~ arsenic as an e1fectiT8"'I1,,,,lyagainst whiteants by sprink1ing it in a powdered1..'111J11he flooring of infested houses or into holes.,"1 ~:allories made by these insects, Coating the wood-. .ork !Lndplaster of buildings with that substance dis-."h"d in warm water has been found equal ly effective,~,11. '


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THE SARAWAK GAZETTE, Is,!, MAY, 1884.

,,, lho irre~ular habit of judgmeut debtors pay-,":: ~ums thro' the Police in liquidation of their","I,L~, I have issued ~u order putting 0. stop1" Lhia. There were .1lsoseveral matters with"'1-:"1'11o Court books, &c., which required aE"",( deal of attention.

l'uLlic Works and ro~s. Tbe bucgalow at

1',.J.1I requires thoroughly repairing and I,11,,,"1,\recommend this beillO'done with 0.few,1i,,11Iulte1'ations, 115per p1a~ annexed, at the1,"," it is re-roofed, as agooc1 many upper1,,"1":1'8 will require re-placing and the roofIlIlhllll; wb~Te it has sunk "II'itkth~ front and1.'"'1\vosts. ' The priSORI found very insecureI."t LhiHwilt be remedied ,as soon as Lilian1./,",1,/1 l\I'e obtnined from Kltching_ A new:I"./,."n ~tution for Busau is I believe in hnnd..I III1chiug. ! 'Iew iHntions are equally required"I I"I(or:t IInd Bau. I append plal1 for approval,"I 1\d'Il"!, I1.IH1trong btatioll, with accommo-,111111,"or an Officer. The Bidi statiou is..i... ill II \'e1'Y bad condition hut pel'bl1.ps i t"III 1I0l Le wodhwhile renewing it, .the place

1..,1111:llIW nearlJ~ deserted.'1'11(1BIU1 and Siniawanroads require repair-

'''II I propose employiug' Prison laboul' aadI1 ';\I~ll1g the Hau om1 Paku Chinese fol' theI '1'4Ilt'guu the 'Bau road. The Bomeo Com-"'Illy ,,1'11About to repaii." the road to Tegora"""Ih UllUly requires i.t.

II illlor" I. A new impetus t-o gold w-orking,.Iie 1'f'tJngiven Ly the et'ection of two pnmp-"'Ii fln!lillcs hired from The Borneo COUl-

11)', Limited. One at Pint of 8 horse

1",\\"", which has becn wOI'killg' for some"..., hired by the Chao Tiong COlllpu:JY111111!1ft Olher at Paku of 30 Lorse power,hlt...1 "1 the Iliar.! Chong Kongsi will be

'n'I hIli" lu a faw tiay!!. The Piat l\olJgsiu.. .lulllll \'cry well and the Paku Kongsi scem,II t .,lIIlluille of 8ncces~. The 81111.]?l11lgMUll,. '"1111At Dnll I hear are aoing badly, thedl.1'! 1("n~lIiI lt Ball, the Tlli Pm'it (For ShUll),toIt" h..vlI "\'0 hired a pumping engine from thei 'HI\I 'I '"~'Ihllve as Jet nat been very suceessful.h"1.111111'0still working antimony ore for thcI >11111"111)'ctweeu Paku and Busau wheretltl' llI 1'' ''11I.to be an inexhaustable supply, and41,.. 1I1I1\ll'I\I1Ya\'e 1'cC"Ommel:eedsmel ring at'''''1\11 At Tegora there are some iO-80kIhl' working 01'0 by contract; apparently.' "IIIII!rl\tivt'l employment as I hear both""'~. ""11 Chi nose ~a.n


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Udik e:x;pressing great dissatisfaction at the i than the returns shew by 14 in '82 andverdict was directed to appeal when the Hon. 12 ill '83. I here exempted n Jagui Dyak:the Resident of the Brd Division visited Muka.h named PaNyugit (Melum), who is sufferingin August last. This he faileu to do, from a chronic disease, from paying yearly tD.x.

The case is JlOWbrought forward for fina.l F, om here the roltd to Jagui lie~ th!,on:rhsettlement_ farming grounds nnd over "batang's" all thoThe Court takiog into consideration. that way, aod it"is about n. fi",e hours walk to the

when he on a. former occasion felled twelve village at the foot of Jagui mountain. Thi~trees on tbe disputed land, thay were allowed village is knowo as Kamp:>Dg Simatan a:Jcthashim, on the uouel'standing that be feiied n.o 50 doors. Nearly on the top, and approachedmore, and also as he did not appelll when dl- by a sleep path, is Kampong Temadak of 10reeted to, confirm the form~r decision. doers, aod right on the summit is KI\mpong'

Court rose at 1.30 p.m. Ata!! of 50 doors. 'rue Pangara liyes at 1\.am-~atU1'day, 17th, 1884.-In 1'e Wee Ching- pong Temadak and the Orang Kay a.at Kampong

witnesses had not sworn in the pIopel' form

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Aras. With the exceptiou of the Orang 1\:;1.ya'5they are directed to swear ngain in front of famil)' the.btter kampong is deserted, over 30the Fort; this they now do, to the satisfaction families have shifted to Bahang, "bout si-x toof a.1I parties. The Court therefore award, lie\"en milO!s oyer the Dutch border. Ou ar-Wee Ching $95.50. i rival I found the Omng Kaya uudel' IL'pemali'

00 Thursday and Friday afternoon and this I ~lis wife having ~nst ~i\'en birt.h to a child :Iud,morning I partly audited th~ accol1uts, which

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1n Ilceordan~e wI~h tl, .e cllstom of t~ese people,had not been audited for two yea.rs. The ca&h ~e could neither ~ecelve a stranger III his 1'0'00I found correct. A few items of 1011'" tandinO' fOI' 10 days nor Ilimself speak to one for 8 days,.in the Deposit and COUl't books I g~lved irec~

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but the laUel' ~njunction he vi?lated, Bnd cametions to write off. I should have preferred to down to .stay 111the P'lng:tl"a. II room where Ihave stayed one day longer in order to have was putt~~lg up. L ~,.finished tbe accounts but on account of the

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AC,}OrctlUgto .he Orang I\.aya, tue .Jag-ulHon'ble tbe Resident ~f the~rd Division lellv- pp.ople paid last yenr 400 in rice aud doUara,in.. for Engla.ud I bave to leave at noon in or 72 more tlmn the recm'ds she\'\"IYas('eceived.ordel' to meet him here. I do not therefore

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r as.20 ryf the door~,mention anything about a.ccounk ~entlOn~'l above as h:~\'ID;. sillfted to B,~bll.ng-.

I h I h t b . dul 8') alter the collecLlOll ot the revenue 11183.ve t Ie onor.o e,IMallY more f'llUilies wish t,) fol:ow 8uit, and

Gentlemen, , wilJ do so, unless some restmint. is piaced tlpoUYour most humble and obedient ser.ant, I them; their reason i:s scarcity of good fn.rming

CHARLES S. PEAR::'IE. I grounds on ti.is side of the barder. During. .! the p:;st five ycar3 the retlln.s shew :l. de~re:\s3

in the yearly revenue of this \'illa~e of $200,a very large percentage. Oi those at BclU3.n:;the Sultan of Sambas IlIlS alt'ead)' appointed,at their own re'luest, an Orang KayIJ., B.:.kut,and II.Panga.ra, PaN Ilgit.l'he Dyaks ill these viIi ages ha.ve neady all

finished ha.rve.stin;;, with better results timuobtained last ye:u', tU;:lIgh not quite up toexpecta.tions.

The COIII"twork during I.he month has b~en,as usual, light. There were It) petty csses inthe Police Court. Ia the Court of Reqlle~t~35 cases were hea.rd to recover $504 aUlI 25summons issued to recover $200. A murder-ous 113sault was made on a Chioese hawker,

~ who was in bis boa.t Ilt BU!ll\:l on the night of~ Ie lltu, and the !!ame Chinaman had thepainter of his bO:l.tcut on the night of the21st, no evidence to incrimi:late auv oue hasup to date been obt:lined. "

The Bllsan Police sta~ion has beeu complet-ed; similar substantihl . buildings are badlywllnted at Bnu and l'egora.A few of the Chine;;e who '\1,'entto the miJICS

in the Native states huYC ,'et.;rned, 'ha.vingbeen unable to obtain work thel'o in the capa.-city of minefs.

I have the honor to be.Sir, .

Your most obedient servant,C. A. BA:\[PFYLDE,

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mpptr Snnthnth.-:0:-Pahu, June 1st, 1884.

SIlI,-I have the honour to report as follo\\"9,011the affairs in this disb'ict during the pastmooth.

During the month I visited the Krokong,Aup and Jagui Dyaks.

The walk to Krokoog is bad and muddy, atleast the one I look was, tbo' I am told thereis a better one, ~nd from Bidi it takes 3 hoursto accomplish. The Ol'ang Kayil. received mekindly and did his best to make us comforta-ble. There are 35 doors here, and; accordingto the Orang Kaya, pay tax yeady 125 indollars aod rice: more than tue returns suewby 2 in '82 and by.10 in '83. They complain-ed here that the Jagui people were tnking allthe "temelan" and ratt.ans from their land;they claim in the direction of Jag'Ui, up tothe ~epoog river, this claim seems to meexcessIVe.

Flom Krokong to Aup the road was verybad, taking about 8t hours, on my arrival Ifound everyone away at their farm but ate.tawak soon brought the Orang Kaya and someother!! to the village.

The Aup people have been here two yesrsonly, the villa.ge being situated fUI.thel"to theeastward than marked on the map, and on theeast bank of the Tepong. They bave but 10dooril here and pay yearly, according to theOrang Kaya, 30 io rice and casb, being more

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To the HOI~'hleTh" Rc.,idrnl.or Sn,ralOf//;Proper,

Al/chin!,.J

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