1910 sarawak gazette upper sarawak news

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THE SARAWAK.GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 1, 191C :and potatoes he happened, to plan t uea1' his t.he old blinu existence, in which there was t.o guide him; and then began his new life, he advanced forward a step, and learnt to . R\2Ularly, year by year, his seed-timeand har- aud to know that' there were unseen powers the Universe, whose will might be learnt .1..;nd,and,obedience to whom woul<1 bring and happiness. -- Decembe'r 1909, '.,lratian.-Sixty two agreements were re- ., in the Court. Sta.mps duties and fees "DRto $149,75. ling.-Three permits 'have been issued to JePpe1' and one to plant rubber. t.-Fines and fees amounted to $120,21). ;beft, Jong Shin, Thian Chong and Chong Yere imprisoned for 6 months each and 'ran oon for 0 months, ann for intentionally cansing Kaw, was seutenced to "six months. Other .ti.unot call for mention with the exception of of gang robbery at Kranji which stands ad- One of the robbers Chang Kiew by n:une red and offered to point out his accornplicei ;o:compl~lIied him to Sungi Moyan on the night 3nh a.nd raided several honses without how- jug any captures. ..:..e night of the 3rd at about 8 p. m, the house :.IL&nnamed Kon Lian caught fire and in :~ 'io'Ontime the whole of the bazaar proper was .uld by midnight nothing rell1f1.ined but a -mng heap of ashes. 'l'he fire engine was at .. had it been on the spot it would have been as after the fire had once got :~stan uothing '. .£.aTe stopped it. Nearly every shop had a '.' ~antity of l,ersoine oil in stock and in the ;;.ex~where the'fire began there were over 40 ~- ;0&31 loss as estimated by the tmders them- :s $46,000 but is in all probability consillemhly this as there was plenty of time to save , .u valuable property, Liew 'l'et lost a con- 0' amount of pepper and he puts hiR total . !~ $8,000. , Klan states he lost $4,000 but this I :lIn in- ~ disbelieve. 'rhe Opium Farmer's agent that two boxes of opium containing 6,000 ...ere stolen before his own eyes on the night be but his own policeman declared that tbis and that all the opium was saved. On UJis I raided the house temporarily occupied . i:~n failed to flad the missing opium. ;iI!Ie7th 'rhe Hon'ble The Hesident came up to '" shout the site for the new bazaar, Messrs Co. Ltd., having requested that no shops ~ erected within a certain distance from ~orli:s w!rich were in great danger of catching '!lID tbe night of the fire and would in all ha.ve caught had tbe wind not heen in the , r. y the traders were told that they might on the' old si ta or rather on that part of to be a safe distance from the mill and much discontent at the restricted area ! other proposals were afterwards Ilw,de ;Cern meeting with the approval of the tmders . ally Messrs The Borneo Company offered (~()O() towards the expenses of preparing a ------.... --- new site 011condition the sole r; 0 bl1ild on the old site was granted t'o them, this offer was accepted and a new site chosen <lotthe back of the S. P. G. Church. At first the people expressed themselves quite satisfied with this arrangement' but subsequently some foolish person or persons started the idea that they had a right to b'lild again on the old sit.} and the cOl1sequence w:~s that no labour was forthcoming to level the new site and' only a few applications were IHade for building lots, all the more influential traders hanging back. On the 20th it wal< given out that on the completion of the Ilew bazaar no shops woul-} be allowed elsewhere at Ban excepting existing ones in Bau village and over gO applications f01: building lots were receive(1. 'rhe first 40 were allotted but the rest have not yet heen given numbers. It is thoroughly understood by those applying that the shop houses in the new bazaar are to be built with bilian posts :.nd plank walls l\nc1no kajang and leaf llttap walls are per- missi ble. ' On the aOth olle 'rye J oon aile of Messrs The Borneo Company's men undertook with the COI11- pany's consel1t to do the necessary blasting and levelling and the work is now progressing most satisfactionly. On the 31st I left for Kuchil1g ltlld LUlldu havillg been granted a week's ieave. H. B. CHOCKElt, Re,~idcnt2nd Clas.~. '- December 1rJOD. On the 5th I left for dowlI river intending to visit Semrah where nn important jelldollg case was I awaiting settlement. 'When off Semmh I thought it unadvisable to attempt to enter this river as :~ very I helwy sea was running at tbe time and the lmr was one nULSSof foam. \Vhat little channel tbis river . pm;sesses entirely disappelus during the N. E. mon- soon. I therefore returned to Sebangau where I spent three lIights. Since lilY last visit here tbe Malays under the supervisiou of the N ati ve 0 fficee hlW~ been very energetic in tUl'1ling out anc1lllaking good roads through tbe Kampong. 'rhe greater part of the month I was l~Wa.yin the Ulu Sadollg where I visited the Dyaks on the right hand branch as far up as 'rebadoh aud Sijijak. In the lower river nothillg occurred during my absence ~ which calls for any special mention. At Tebakang the Dyaks mf1.demali.y constant but unsuccessful attempts to reopCl.olaud cases. Seeing they were given no encouragement to do so I sin- cerely hope that In future they \"ill desist fl'OlU this most wearisome practice. A dispute has arisen between the J ellan and lVIUl'ut Dyaks of Lanchang as to the latter's right to collect the birdsnests at Goo. Prow, SadoLJg side, which rOYldty $370 has previously heen paid al- ternate years by the Jenan and Tebakang Dyaks at Tebakang. The Murut Dyaks are relLily Jenans having re- moved from J enan and gone to their presen t abode some six years ago. It has now been arranged that the J enans collect 6,000 nests and the 1\iurllts 2,000 paying the royalty $278.50 and $DG.50, respectively at 'rebalmng. Many of the Land Dya'I,s in the left hand branch :tl'e very badly off for food. 'rhis is owing to the f:~ilure of last season's rice crop., As there are two full months to go before harvesting begins these people will I am afraid experience further distress. Already several deaths have been reported frol1l starvation. t) j .'1 .1 c' - -- -- - -

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Page 1: 1910 Sarawak Gazette Upper Sarawak News

THE SARAWAK.GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 1, 191C

:and potatoes he happened, to plan t uea1' hist.he old blinu existence, in which there wast.oguide him; and then began his new life,he advanced forward a step, and learnt to

. R\2Ularly,year by year, his seed-timeand har-aud to know that' there were unseen powers

the Universe, whose will might be learnt.1..;nd,and ,obedience to whom woul<1bringand happiness.

--Decembe'r 1909,

'.,lratian.-Sixty two agreements were re-., in the Court. Sta.mps duties and fees"DRto $149,75.

ling.-Three permits 'have been issued toJePpe1' and one to plant rubber.t.-Fines and fees amounted to $120,21).;beft, Jong Shin, Thian Chong and Chong

Yere imprisoned for 6 months each and 'ranoon for 0 months, ann for intentionally cansing

Kaw, was seutenced to "six months. Other.ti.unot call for mention with the exception of

of gang robbery at Kranji which stands ad-One of the robbers Chang Kiew by n:unered and offered to point out his accornplicei

;o:compl~lIied him to Sungi Moyan on the night3nh a.nd raided several honses without how-

jug any captures...:..e night of the 3rd at about 8 p. m, the house:.IL&nnamed Kon Lian caught fire and in :~

'io'Ontime the whole of the bazaar proper was.uld by midnight nothing rell1f1.ined but a

-mng heap of ashes. 'l'he fire engine was at.. had it been on the spot it would have beenas after the fire had once got :~stan uothing

'. .£.aTe stopped it. Nearly every shop had a'.' ~antity of l,ersoine oil in stock and in the

;;.ex~where the'fire began there were over 40~-;0&31loss as estimated by the tmders them-:s $46,000 but is in all probability consillemhly

this as there was plenty of time to save, .u valuable property, Liew 'l'et lost a con-

0' amount of pepper and he puts hiR total. !~ $8,000.

, Klan states he lost $4,000 but this I :lIn in-~ disbelieve. 'rhe Opium Farmer's agent

that two boxes of opium containing 6,000...ere stolen before his own eyes on the night

be but his own policeman declared that tbisand that all the opium was saved. On

UJis I raided the house temporarily occupied. i:~n failed to flad the missing opium.;iI!Ie7th 'rhe Hon'ble The Hesident came up to

'" shout the site for the new bazaar, MessrsCo. Ltd., having requested that no shops

~ erected within a certain distance from~orli:s w!rich were in great danger of catching'!lID tbe night of the fire and would in all

ha.ve caught had tbe wind not heen in the, r.y the traders were told that they mighton the' old si ta or rather on that part of

to be a safe distance from the mill andmuch discontent at the restricted area

! other proposals were afterwards Ilw,de;Cern meeting with the approval of the tmders

. ally Messrs The Borneo Company offered(~()O() towards the expenses of preparing a

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new site 011condition the sole r; 0 bl1ild on theold site was granted t'o them, this offer wasaccepted and a new site chosen <lotthe back of theS. P. G. Church. At first the people expressedthemselves quite satisfied with this arrangement'but subsequently some foolish person or personsstarted the idea that they had a right to b'lild againon the old sit.} and the cOl1sequence w:~s that nolabour was forthcoming to level the new site and'only a few applications were IHade for building lots,all the more influential traders hanging back. Onthe 20th it wal< given out that on the completion ofthe Ilew bazaar no shops woul-} be allowed elsewhereat Ban excepting existing ones in Bau village andover gO applications f01:building lots were receive(1.'rhe first 40 were allotted but the rest have not yetheen given numbers. It is thoroughly understoodby those applying that the shop houses in the newbazaar are to be built with bilian posts :.nd plankwalls l\nc1no kajang and leaf llttap walls are per-missi ble. '

On the aOth olle 'rye J oon aile of Messrs TheBorneo Company's men undertook with the COI11-pany's consel1t to do the necessary blasting andlevelling and the work is now progressing mostsatisfactionly.

On the 31st I left for Kuchil1g ltlld LUlldu havillgbeen granted a week's ieave.

H. B. CHOCKElt,Re,~idcnt2nd Clas.~.

'-December 1rJOD.

On the 5th I left for dowlI river intending to visitSemrah where nn important jelldollg case was

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awaiting settlement. 'When off Semmh I thought itunadvisable to attempt to enter this river as :~ very

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helwy sea was running at tbe time and the lmr wasone nULSSof foam. \Vhat little channel tbis river

. pm;sesses entirely disappelus during the N. E. mon-soon. I therefore returned to Sebangau where Ispent three lIights. Since lilY last visit here tbeMalays under the supervisiou of the N ati ve 0 fficeehlW~ been very energetic in tUl'1ling out anc1lllakinggood roads through tbe Kampong.

'rhe greater part of the month I was l~Wa.yin theUlu Sadollg where I visited the Dyaks on the righthand branch as far up as 'rebadoh aud Sijijak. Inthe lower river nothillg occurred during my absence ~which calls for any special mention.

At Tebakang the Dyaks mf1.demali.y constant butunsuccessful attempts to reopCl.ollaud cases. Seeingthey were given no encouragement to do so I sin-cerely hope that In future they \"ill desist fl'OlU thismost wearisome practice.

A dispute has arisen between the J ellan andlVIUl'utDyaks of Lanchang as to the latter's right tocollect the birdsnests at Goo. Prow, SadoLJg side,which rOYldty $370 has previously heen paid al-ternate years by the Jenan and Tebakang Dyaks atTebakang.

The Murut Dyaks are relLily Jenans having re-moved from J enan and gone to their presen t abodesome six years ago. It has now been arranged thatthe J enans collect 6,000 nests and the 1\iurllts 2,000paying the royalty $278.50 and $DG.50, respectivelyat 'rebalmng.

Many of the Land Dya'I,s in the left hand branch:tl'e very badly off for food. 'rhis is owing to thef:~ilure of last season's rice crop., As there are twofull months to go before harvesting begins thesepeople will I am afraid experience further distress.Already several deaths have been reported frol1lstarvation.

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.l n.~ NU"\.A. VVlU\' liAZd!j'l"l'Jij, MAHUH 1, uno..---.----

_XXII.- 'i'he D)'al\ custoin "Nnm)IOIi.'!01' ~oiJlg to a Solital'Y J)lnc~,

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By THE REVD. WAf.. HOWEr.],.

v THERE are two uses for "Nampok," 0110ill whidlDyaJ,s seck to be 111:1.l1eb\'!\ve mal the olll,-,!" ill- to discover a cure for ailments, and this lattt'!"

. pnctised only when the person who is suffeting is~ all human aid. 'l'he idea is religious the. 0 practising it betttldng himself to some solit-

place OIl 1l10untaills, hill;" rivers or evon in 0.tcry or wherever there if, allY probability of

g with the spirits, (Lnabefore !e(Lvillgth() spiritsis be approached with all ample otl'cl'ing. t;ome

,:.ortlmates have been known to have visited aplaces (uHl yet 110ver Ilfld the eb:Ulcl~of meet-

~ !:ingle 01ltu or spirit. The 1IIHler(,:tkillg is snill'oe dallgerol1s :lol1dto require conf>idemble pluck

- "'elf control nnd the spirits \1}:1.Yeither appeal' ill. or elsc in visiolls aWl III:1.Ytake on themselves

.!cnu's of anil\l(1.ls or reptiles in hideous shapes in!' to frighten Olle,

'nld tIle person give way to fright Imll run_ be !'-uITersdeath, but if he ('nn cuntrol himself

ei"*~in!'- his desir.a !1.nd the spirits finnl1y !1.ppenr.!'e him ill humnl) forlll bestowing kilHlIy .:1.lId~lIg 100kR on bim,

:~e- offeri)Jg with which the spirits Ilre approachecl"et'IIS he stolclI frow otber people and 1I0lle is1¥i to Imow whell :t perROII goes 1/((1//']101.'.

Ia. :"'W ye:lon; ago illl old 111::1.11W(~!lt 'l/Cll/lpnk ill 11.. """y. '.rhe first night be was l1J1visitedhy tbe-~ bllt 011his sl'colld visit the "]wJdir"-:L fero-

. !emale spirit-appeared :1.)111he roll f..r his life.:';,QII h\'l'll for UJ:1I1Yyears nfter tbat thol1gb tho

.t ,k" did hilll lJO gooa. It Sel'II!S ditlicult to~-l;md bow 11.DY:lk CfllI pOR!'-ibly oscnpe hfll'll1

~illg "na111pok" Iyillg expose(! aR he noes to'!. ~melltR 011 the bare grol1l1e! :unongst rocks 11.1111,....

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--.7r11l1l a J'!J .

"-'''y.. -.;! pepper :1.11<11rubber plantillg permits~~I1;Cll.

d"lIt;o/l Sixty-live agreelll0l1t~ have boell"'Td clurillg thE'! 1lJouth, stalllp dmies and fees

'!t'- -".g to 5141 AG. .a ".-Filles and fees al110nlltcll to $Gti !i0.

_ e }H\SLeen very little Court worl, duJing the~ ~tObaLlv on account of the pruxilnit,v of

'Xew Y~ar, .'3 illlposed amoulltcll to 82.10 at Ball alHl::.~ Palm and f) pcrsons were sentenced toof jmprisollIlJOl11.~l.-I returned fmlll Lundu 011the !)th after

e of 9 days all IC:1.ve,UJe 12th 'l'be Hon'ble The Hesident (who

- ']irs. Day was paying (1.visit to Mr. nnd Mrs.sat ill Court and deci(~ed a few' C1Lsesbrougbt

set~lemellt and also sanctioned certaill pay-;::. conuection with the prepariug of the sitenew blt~m!\r whieh is being madl~ to hold 78

. u,. ~e!; tills being the nll1l1bel' itpplietl for by~ who owned property in thc old b,tzmtr.:e :ue some 30 mortJ applications bnt it has

':-Ii l,een decide(l wbn.t :lormngelllCnt will be IIlll.de~Tli to these: there is plenty of space for

.. the far end o£ the ncw ba;mal' but the costlillg here may be pruhibitive. Hhould this

~ \0 ,.(! so thcn thcre is still 1'0011Ifur thirty

or morc houses on the cross W:1.Uleading £1'0111thenJiddle of the bazaar towards the Court House where.the ground iR comparatively flat and buildillg. siteswould not require Il\tlCh preparation.

011 the 24th the filling of the far side of the ba:7.!\:1.l'site \\'!!s let out 011contract for $'140 and the onlyIIlen III)\\' retn.inec1 on day w~ges are tbose employednl!!k iIIg the drains ILnd blo.sting limestolle whereII<:ccI>S!1.ry.The work hAs progressed .but slowlyowing to the inceEsant min.

I have much pleasure in here recording my tbanksfor the rendy n.ssistll.nce givcn me iu coul:ectioli withthis work by Messrs. H. H. Young alld J, D. Geikiewho hrl.VeRuppl ienll.]] my requirements, from waggonsto a(lvice regarding proper prices to be pn.ili to COI1-trflctorR.

III Rpite of the fact that it was forhidden to buildall the Rite of the old baZa!1.I'seveml shops of \'!1.l'yiIIgIlilIlen~inlls were erectell therc alld the OCCll])ltlltR:lotfirst plending that they had 110 where else'to livc,were (1.llowed to remn.in, but the nllmber of Rhopsgrndlla]]y increased and it bl'cllme evidell1; that itwas solely to catch the tro.de thnt these we)'e erected,mnllY of the o\\'ners Jiving eJsewnere, and ou the2Gth a. lIotice was issuec1 ortlering the rClllOval of all811Cherections within sevell (Ia\'s and this order basnow been complied with, The .minfltll for the 1Ilollthwas 22.4G iuehes alld as the snn was but mrelv seenthe eJl'ect au the roads call be il\l!1.giued, .

II. B. CROCEEH.,Rcsidcl1t .'?lIrlCla88,

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Little of ilnport:l.llce has tn.!\en plnee during ~hemonth ani! lltHilig the first h:df there were lIot soInnny eases ill Court as usnnl. .

011 1\ ew Year's dny some sports were helt1 011theplnill all'\ weroevidently lllucli o.ppreciated. :'IIes'slelland En.~sill!, two S!1.rn.w'Lktl ac1ers wlio v.ere armstedby tIle Dutch !1.utliorities in Bugau for alleged com-nlicitv ill tIle Inte b,JI'der troubles, itnd halltlel1 overto tl;p, Sara wak Gnvernment were fOl'wnl'cle(] to!\nc;hing 011the 10th; I h:wc since he:tl'll [1'0111YourHiglilless that these two nlen have beell prohibitedfrom resillillg in any other place bnt l(uchill,g.

Several Bn rau Dyaks who Imve farmillg hlld in8nllgei Sanmludalll complltill of Dyaks : lid Malaysfrol\l the ~arib:ls ellcroacliiug Oil tliClr jellitoug\Vorl-illgs. The bouudary betweell the fannillg lauds'of the S:tI'ihas atHi Batnug LlIpltr people was fixedfOl'merly at ~nugei i'vIelebu :1.ud I suspect that theBalans are now cIaimiug thp. right of this L'1ulldaryto r('serve all tlie jcllltoug 011their side for their ownfutlll'e nse. MI'. Aplin with Tnallku Draman,Peu"hulu DU\1l1allg, !l.IH1p, Sergt, Dalllsndill, left for:-;aumlndulII at the end of the mouth to settle thesejelntong disputes, the Balaus to have prior clainl ouwhat they CILIladequately work, bnt to iorbid auyreservatinu ou the ullworked trees,

In the Yearly Report for the District the exportof gutta jelutollg for tbe year was stated at '13.531piculs this however does not fully represeut the out-put, as the trade from Sebuyou, SalUH.ludlLtlI !Lndother streams on the coast is not returned, !Lnd thegutta is la'rgely bought by ~amwak i¥Io.lo.j'swho buydirect from the workers :loud clLny it to Kl1ehil!g;from ~ebl1yol1 aloutJ I am told the export of jdlltongwas over 5,000 piellis.

NewR ft'UIlJ the DIu Ai appe!1.rs to be s'ttisf'lctory,lllOst of the Iliell are working guttn. 11.11<1me spl'eallover [1,wide tl'llct of country, parties lue cOlIst,ulllycOining do\vn to Si1l1:Lnggl\lIg with jungle pt, ,dlleeeach tUlle P~LYin cOlltribmiotls towardsthclI' fi:ws,it is reported that (1.bout 150 boats of Engbn ,\IHL

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THE SARA \-VAK GAZET'rE, MAHOH 16, 1910.

reached, b(mds are threaded and tied. to act as eyes to prevent the childBeads are ;tlso tied round the hands

. make a miss when throwing n.spear.'the child are slightly besmeared with

thn.t when it chews the lips mighth is ll1ade to suck the tail of a ](li

; it from hltving thrnsh too SOOIl.:\.re dltshed on it;s head to enltble it

rain when its mothCl: tn.kes it to the'Zfrom the J'onrnal t~f the Straits

&yal Asiatic Societ!), No. 4fJ, 190G.

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1.~1:, ])a,y.

..,.,-Distance.-HtlCe CiHtrse. \Veightinches.

i;S.Il.-Distance-H.!Lce COllrse. \Veight~Dches..~ Rx Gl'ifl1n!\..-Di!\tanc(! --H!we Conl'so,

. .dicltp.,"1'>.,~ .-J)i;;tllnco--5 }'ul'1(JIIgs, ] faltl1icap.

- Del' uf Ha.ce 1. lmrrcrl.

RI.-Distttl1ce--5 FUI'!OllgS. IIttndici~p.,ner of Rlwe lJ. ba.rred,

Ex Gl'iffins.-])istan(;l~--;j Fm!ongs,-,licap. \Vinncr of I{!l(:e J II. btl.1Ted.

2nd J:)n'J-'.

~_I..-Disbtnce-4 Fm'Iang;;. Jhnilicitp..l:.-Distltl1Ce-4 Furlongs. Handicap.

~Ex Griffins.-Distance--l mile, IIandi-

...la.€ion Race.-Distttuce-l") Furlo;'.):;s.all Griffins thttt luwe run 011 either (bw-D()t won n RltCe. .

rs Hn1Hlic'1p.-- DistallC(~-' H:1,eeC0111'se.",UGriffins tht1t have \YOIIIt .Race at the

'uug. Wil')l1er of Consoli1tioLllhce ua.necl.~"a~ Hanoicltp,-Dishwec--4 Fnrlollgs.

,'iITauy pony run 11t thH ILlcetillg, entcred$3.51.1to carr)' 11 st., 7 }h,:;. off fol' evcl'Y

ondel'. All ponies open to he eh1illled at.. ,nee cnterel1.

1:h(",1-,111'01lI{h01lt II :->1:()IIP,

,;«key who has ever helll, 01:heClIl'efLlsecl,~ensc will he allowed to I'id(~.

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February.

month coolies wel:e employed in weed-and tipping, clu:illg tea, el1,rrj'mg

tIle jungle to stores ahd drying sheds,. lending to \vceding contracts ltnd

:,;:r.theredduring the month were l(j~ lhs\1parchment coffee.

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'1'he weeding contra.cts vi,~. GI, 51.~I;tr14 acmfields and ;~ pnrt of the estate tea and coffee iie!.]s[t\:e in good ordm'. '.

Out of the weeding contracts 4(j and 21 acres (\r~not weer1ed, as I lent 1110:.'ecoolies to water works,so the payment of two fields were stopped.

Uepa.il's to the eOffi)estore, drying sheds, telLstore,and H. H. 'rhe l\,[l.jnh's bath room were flt1ished.

'rhe hea\'y rain we had on the night of Brd Feb-ruary CltUser1more damage to the ]~oads and draillsand wltshed nwa,y the bridges, a few coffee bushes, alldalso H. H. 'rhe H.ajal.'s bath room spout, and a partof the tiles !tl1dboards.

Mr. Prior paid the coolies' wages for Jltnllary Oilthe 7th Febrnary HnO, at the landing place.

Ihinfrtll for the month was 32.7:1 inches.

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I llegislratiol/.-l'lmty two agreements were madei out duriug the mouth, sta.mp duties and fees amount.-

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ing to $7:.W:'i.Plalltlll[J.--'l'wo permits were issued at Pakn to

pJa.l~t ruhbr~l'. '

Conrt.-'l'hcrc \Vi~Spra.ctically no Uonrt work untilthe New Year's fcstivitie, we're o\'er. Pmes Itnd fees:ulIol\uted to $:21.;',.70. Six pCl'fiOns were sentenee.tto terms of imprisolJlIJent va.rying from one monthto six.

Gel/eraZ.-OIi the ~lIll I left for Knching to bepresent a.t the tl'i;d of CIHtl1g Kiew :tl1d Chin Buiwho wer(~ cll1trg(~c1with gn,ng robbery at Kranji; thecase was ItLljOllL'neduntil the :'ith when Chang Kiewwas fonn<1 guilty itlHl sentenced to I;en years' im-priS()lllI1e~lt !~IH1Chin Bui was acquiued.

'1'110nth, 10th, ] I th :tnd 12th were obsel.Ted by theChinese as holidays and consequently Messrs. 'l'he]3omeo COIJlpa.I1Y'sgold works were c\c,sed dowudnring tha.t perio(l. 'l'he New Year cnme in un-eventfully, there was however a disturbltnce in I3auvilla.ge on the JAth which originated through thesnlttching of money. from a. gn.mbling table Itlld deve-loped into [I,fight hetween two cbns which howeverwas stopped before allY sel'ions ditmage was clone.

On the 10th I went to Buso to tltke deli\'ery of$3,000 from Kuehillg 'rrea.snry, this sum being re-quired a.t Palm to l11eet expenses for the next five 01'six JlJonths dnl'illg which, period the receipts ofrevenue will b(~il1snllicient to cover Sll.Ule,the Dayakrevenue l1.n<1vine tltX not beitJg IJftyable till July 01'Augnst. Fmln P;dm I went on to l>aha.n where Ispent tbe nigbt with Mr. .T. S. vV. Beall who kindlyshowed me over the rnbber eF;tr~tetbe next morning.I was S01.'ryto see that the trees were 1\ot doing sowell a.s they hlLVehel~n, ma.ny of them being attackedhy a fun.[(l1swhich causes the ba.rk to rot a,utI. if nottre:tkd ildimc C\'elltua.lIy kills the trees: this basbeen causing MI'. Beall :t lot 'of trouble as it is difti-cult to loca.to :Lnd seems to s)?re:td rapidly.

'rhe worst of tbe wet season being npparentlvO\'Cl' I lla.ve been making :Lrra.ngellJellts for the badlyneeded repairs to the roa.<1s, t~nd after one or twounsuccessful tl.'ials have finally leL contmcts for the

I repairing' same as i\llder.i Ho'ad fro III Ban to 1'oa.k /lit;, .Tawbuf\an !) cent'S

per f:tthom.1toa.(1from Bau to Huso pili 'J'1l1Jl10ng$230.'rhe eontmctol'!\ h:we ulHlertakcn to cIeltn up the

roach lllld ditches tliol"Oughly to fi-l\ in rnts Itnd hole,;alld where llPc'eSS:Lrvraise the ro:t<ls 1;0(1,wi<Hh of

[:.1feet, fwd \\'h('I'(~ 1iiIi;lg is clo!w to beat the earth wellin. 'l'hel'e is II \"t:l'Y ball flt,ll ot el~rth on the 'l'UlJ-

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On the 8th I went to Kapit, and relieved Mr.,Chynoweth who returned to Sibu the following day.Abaug Maleng, who haa been tltken seriously illalso returned to 8ibu on this date for medical treat~ ,

ment but I regret to report tha~ he died two days'after his arrivltl. By the death of Abang lYlaleng.,the Government loses a very plucky ,and usefulNative Oflicer who has been of great assistance inlooking after the Balleh Dyaks, and was also muchrespected by them.

Subject to Your Highness' approva.l I propose to,appoint one Salleh I(ayong, a Kapit Malay, to thisvacant post.

'fhe Balleh lu1.3 been in a very unsettled state.Early ill the month JH.htk, Bangau, and some ninetyfollowers started off, it was said, to view the bodiesof their relations killed by Ukits ill the previousmonth, 'but in reality to take steps to revenge theirdeath, A pltrty was promptly desplttched to bringthem back which they successfully accomplished,

Later in the month I received news, by expressfrom I(n,pit, that a large force of Pengs and Ukits,had collectctl in Ill//. Balleh prep[\'l'I1tory to attackingthe DYltks. I placed little faith ill this l'llllJOUl'"which h[\,s since been proved to have been enormous-ly exaggerated, and have no doubt that it was gotup by tbe Dyaks as an excuse to go off themselves,on a fomy, I despatched Abang Ali to the Balleh,to remain there until further notice.

'While at l(ft'nowit, on the night of the 7tb, aportion of the Bazaar fell in, luckily the inmates,.bad removed from 'tbese uns:J.fe shops rt few days.previous so no accidents occurred, Lut some passers.by lmd [\,very nar).'ow escape.

'rhe Chinese luwe now been ordered £0 pull down,wlmt rcmains of these dilapidated houses.

'rhe Sibu Chinese propose to construct shortlyfoul' brick shops ltdjoining the two brick buildings.owned by P. Munall and Ban Hock. Buildillg,operations would have commenced before, but there,ftppelu's to 11[webeen, some slight misunderstandingwith Ban Hock with reference to the site adjoining,his shop-house.

Harvesting is now in full swing aCId the repods,from all pa,rts of the district [\,re exceptionally good.I visited the :Foo Chow colony at the latter end of'the month Q,nd found only a few people had begunlHtr\'esting as owing to their having delayed farmingoperatio!Js on account of the c1.rought in October lasttheir paddy is not yet ripe. 'I'be arelt of la,nd under'paddy i, htrger thm1 thltt of vhe previous year but,y!,cn considering the large tract of land made ovel" ,

L ~he Foo Chows last year it is disappointing tha.t .,a larger area still was not laid out in paddy.

The S. S. Company's steamers visited 8ibu on twooccasions during, the month and the s. s. A lice Lor-raine called in on the ~Jth and cleared the following

'"2Iatl office for the use of the Hesident hILSbeen day. Mr. Page-'fnrner and Miss P. Page-Turner-i,::-,:edto the Conrt House. This was built almost were passengeJ;S by the s. s. Alice Lorraine.

\:1,. by prison labour, under the supervision of ~he importation of rice ,:'a.;; considerably less~" . 1 t '1'1 t . l'Il

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durll1g the past month, whICh accounts for the',e~lencel carpen er. 10 cos ll1CUl'l'CCWI smallness of the figl1l'es under imports. The export-,

~I. " ation of india rubber; gutta percha, and rotans, ill-:ou:necooheLeongLoong, who had been detained creased owing to the slight rise in price of these,

"ta1, on the 15th committed suicide by hang- jungle products, while jelutong gutta fell, and inIIIomse11in one of the ant houses. consequence the export of ,the gutta amounted to

, General Manaaer of the Sarawak Collieries' 2,850 piculs ~nly.f

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A l "L . The followmg figures show the total Imports and

rom '1'00 fe on per s. s. 'tee 01Ta'Pleon Ex orts for the 11100lLhlj;h on a visit of inspection to the Mines. He P I t

.. 11Ipors.

7..~ North agam on the UJth. $28,aUt;

.(i; ;;~',. , :; -;': :,'.:~ ;. j.-': .':' .:,', :.'~ :which tlw contractor also undertakes to

~Jt,het;e W~l:~sOl1}el\\.qds!idcsIW,tl,H~Sqllia-~ road"w~i9h cpst $4.5}9,:'eJ?air, a.l1doneIddab. Tan'ah road where It Will be necessary.

a. substantial bridge for which purpose_oeen obt~tinedfrom Kl1ching. There are

'~ men at work on the Licllth 'l\tllfl.h rOltc1i&being thoroughly done up.contract for the completion of the uew bazaartbe fin,t 78 shops for !l.llneceSSltry preparation

aken by the first contractor (Ah Lim) h!l.sto Ali Bombo.y for $2GO. It will be ad-

10 extend this bazaar site for fIonother 850 feetand A]i Bombay has offered to uudertake

if required to do so: .68 27th I removed to Palm, Mr. E. R. Stilwell

~:cm I have been acting at Bftu, being due to.!;! the llext boat from Singapore.

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AnmH\1 Regltttrt 'was held all the [Ith under~un\bl~ wCltther conditions.

tides being at the nen.p were .iust suitableraccs, which were all hotly contested. Mr.

!,"OI1Htkindly acted as umpire throughout tlieLarge crowds of natl\'es thronged the wharf

..here an excellent view of the regatta conlded.

s...s. Dovre, Captain PlI.ulscn, ani ved from'7~ on the 11th in ballast and left on the 15th

.ang with a cargo of 1,312.G tons of coal lUld..os cf bUIlkers. Loading operations were

i-at c1elayed owing to the bore being on whilsti,y''''rewas in port. Each day she was obliged

'oose from the wharf for about 3 holll's.

,Ie:: to facilirtte the tying up of stertmcrs'le the wharf additional piles have been placed

,)Salong the embankment.weather about the 27th was very wet and

;;;,_ Some 40 Chinese fishing kotak ont of',",~ were forced to tn.ke shelter in the Sadong. about ;30 of them came up to Simunja.n and;here l\t the end of the month. ,

T'ooo r. Chinaman reported that a kola!.; had'.eve:Jin; of the .2Gth capsized in a S(lUall ofT:2,- ::mg, ,l\nd that the owner Ehuie was

. H0wever from information I reccivec1L Superintendent of Police and Prisons it-..~ar that Khuie is alive and well. The kotak=eis were washed ashore between Jaai LautSemmh.. They have, since been taken up to

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,-The Tego/'a Cup.-Value $"100with $50'aGded by Mr. H. H. Everett. A selling".b.odicap for Ex-griffins. 'Horses entered~c $400 to carry 11 stone with an allowance'Ill 1 lUs. for every $50 ui1der. Distance:]L. C. Entrance fee $5.

-The S. & S. S. S. Company's C'llp.-~Yalue$100 with $100 added. Second horse~ receive $50. A handicap for subscrip-am griffins Class JI.. 'Winner of 1st raceilaned. Entrance fee $10. Distance 5

, :-The Goebilt Cup.-- Value $200. Second'iG'Se to receive $50. Presented by, A handicap for sl1bscripbion,.,uifins Clas.~ JI. Winner of 2nd race(Urred. Entrance fee $10. Distance 5t':f:rlongs," ,-Thc Fund Cup.-Value $150. A handi.,ap for Ex-griffins. Winner of 3rd mce~ ianed. Distance 5 furlongs. Entrance,ice $5. '

Second Da~y.J\I:ondn;:)", July 1l'-1tll.

The. Towk.ay's ClIp.-Value $200. Se-horse to receive $50. A handicap for

..:-abscription griffins Class I:. Entrance,c $10. Distance 4 furlongs.

,-The Bomeo Company Ltd. ElllplaiJes!C~.-Value $200. Second horse to receivef~" A handicap for Subscription griffins;c-~... ..oJ..., Entrance fee $10. Distance

furlo!Jgs.To-The Padungan Stakes.-Valne $150.'. handicap for Ex-griffins. Entrance fee,.~ ;Distance one mile.'.-The Consolation C'llp.-Value $150.iPresented by Messrs. J. 1\1. Byran and, ~. Young. A handicap for &ubscription'~ns 'that bave run on either day and~b"'e !Jot won a race. Entraucc fee $10.,I".stance G furlongs." ,-The Wi1l1tCl"SHand-icap.-Valne $250.A cup presented by Messrs. The Borneo~pany Ltd. A handicap for all Sub-, ription griffins that bave won n. race at

" meeting excepting the winner of the;Cnsolation race. Entrance fee 5% of

~.nnings. Distance R. C..,':-Tne Gmnd Stand Cup.- Value $150.[Aselling race for griffins and ex-grittins.

£ses entered at $350 to carry 11 stone;h.an allowance of 7 lUs. for e\'ery $50

._er. Distance 4 furlongs. Entrance$5.

:::oewinner shall be put up to Auction ando~her horse wbich has run may be

. ed at the price.entered. "

NTHL Y REPOH.~l~g.

-Apl'il.

ts-3Gwere made out during the n}onth."es lIo1)dfees amounted to $37.5U.

anJ fees amounted to $288.75.permits-2:1 have been issued to plant

2 to plant pepper...-bo accidently shot Bisong was reieased,instant, Bain, Tuah Xampong of Tem-

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bawang Souh went security to produce him in Courtwhen necessary. Bisong is still in Hospital but outof danger. '

On the 15th Voon Ieee who has a vegetable gardennot far from Krolwng was badly assaulted by a mancalled Ah .Tang. Voon 1('eehad told 'Ah Jang thathe must stop paying attentions to his wife, as be n.olonger gave them presents, on this Ah Jang came tothe bouse at night and assaulted him; Voon Ree wassent to the General Hospital, Kuching, the BorneoCompany's dresser from Bidi' being kindly allowedto accompany him, and on arrival there his eye badto be removed, Ah J ang has not been seen since andprobably made his way at once to SarnblLs.

On the 19th instant the roof of one of the houses'in Bidi bazaar,caught fire, it is said to have beencaused by the spark from a passing locomotivefortunately it was noticell at once, and put outbefore it could spread.

'1'be pipes lor the water supply to tbe uew blLzaarhave been laid as far as the corner. They will notbe laid up the bazaar until it has been completed,

, the posts for the first four houses were erected onthe 29th instant. 'I'he pipes in the old bazaar have

, all been taken up and cleaned and coated with tarready for relaying.

During the month the 'l'unclong Police barracksha.ve been repaired and also one of the clerks'houses.

'I'he Coutractor on the Puak road had got as far8.S6! mile :-and about half of the J ugan road hasbeen completed. I have stopped 4 men who wereworking on monthly wages between Seniawan andBatu Kitang, as the. cost of the work they had donecame to ..ear]y double what it could have been'donefor by contract.

. I hase ,.isited Palm twice during the month.

E. R. STILWELL,Resident, Upper Sarawak.

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During the month coolies were employed inweeding, plucking tea, scrapiug off moss and killingred auts, on coffee bushes, cUl'ing tea and coffee,repairing r'oads lmd drains, and pruning tea.

'l'he crop gathered during the mObth was 300 lUs.made tea. '£he weeding cont.racts vi... 51, 61 anc114acre fields, and esbl1te tea and coffee field!?are ingood order. '

Of the weeding contl'l1.cbs fOl' the 21 and 46 acrefields about j}th part was weeded by estate labour asit Wl1Sleft n!1done by the contractor owing to coeliesbeing lent during February to the ,Vater \Yorks; as'there were so many weeds coolies were able only towe~d 45 to 50 bushes a day instead of 175 to 200,therefore it will cost a great deal to fi~lish the workon which account the contractors were given up.This state of affairs would not have occUl'l'ec1 if thefields had been weedec1montbly. I will try to finishtbe weeding next month and then give it back tothe contractor to be properly done monthly. ,

Mr. Prior paid the coolies' wages for March 011the6th A'pri11910 at the'lai1ding place.

Rainfall for the month was 17.6U inches.

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(jth :RAcE.-Th.e Grand Stand. .aup.-':'Value'~150..A selhng race for gr)flins and. ex-gr1fIh1s.Horses entered at $350 to carry 11 stonewith an allowance of 7 Its. for -every $50under. Distance 4 furlongs. Entrancefee $5.The winner shall be put up to Auction andany other horse which has run may beclaimed at the price entered.

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First Day.Sa'tuJ."('ay, .July 10th.

::-TlLe Sarawak Cup.-Value $~OO. Pre-anLed by HisHighness the H.ajah. 8econdi'-'se to receive $50. A race for subscrip-,'Coogriftins Class d. 14 hand 1 incb tocarry 11 stone with an allowance of 3! Its.

every half inch below 14.1. Entr:1nce5!e $10. Distance R C..-The Civil Service Cup.- Value $200.

Second horse to receive $50. A race fornbscription griffins Clas.~B. 14.1 to carry11 stone with an allowance of 3t lUs. for

:'coreryt inch below 14.1. Entrance fee $10.Dist:i.nce R. 0.-The Tego/'a.C1£p.-Yalue $100 witl1 $50

2liided by Mr. H. H. Everett. A selling: i:amiicap for Ex-griffins. Horses enteredfa1 $400 to carry 11 stone with an allowal1ce~" 7 1b!;. for every $50 under. Dist!\llce, 1 C. Entrance fee $5.

-The S. ((; S. S. S. Company's C'llP,-" ""..Iue$100 with $100 added. Second horse

V"receive $50. A handicap for subscrip-~n grillins Glass A. '\Villner of 1st race

. tarred. Entrance fee $10. Distance 5

. fadongs.,-The Goebilt Cup.--Value $200. Ple-

.-oted by tl.e British Malaysian Manu-;!ae1uring Co. Second horse to receive $50,;pesented by Mr. E. D. Butler. A handicap,iiK subscription griffins Clas.~ JI. vVillller

d 2nd race barred. Entrance fee $10.'!;isttmce 5 furlong&..-The Fund Cup.-Value $150. A hILl1c1i-

c::ap for Ex-gritl1ns. vVinller of Brd racewred. DistlLDce 5 furlongs. Entrancefee $5.

Second:.Day.:U:ondny, July 18th.

.-The Towlcay's Cup.-Value $~200. Se-. C'GIldhorse to receive $50. A handicap for. Snbscription griffins Class .RI. Entrallce!.ce $10. Distance 4 (urlongs.

.-The Bomeo. Company Ltd. EmployesC.;rp.-Vldue $200. 8econd horse to receive$~. A haudicap for Subscription grinins

.0 (::Os;; ..~. Entra.lIce fee $10. Distance. j rorlougs.

,-The Padlmgan Stakes.-Value $150.Presented anonymously.. A handica.p forEx-griffins. Elltrance fee $5. Distallce'Cue mile. .

. -The Consolation Cup.-Value $150...Presented by Messrs. J. M. Bryan andE. S. Youug. A halldicap for bubscription~ftius that have 'ruu on either day n.nd

ve not \von a")'o.ce. ElItr.allce fee $10.'stance G furlongs.

-The Win?le>"s I-Iandicap.- Va.~u.e.$250." A -()t1p. pl'CselJ:ted. .by Messrs'.: Th~ Bonieo:CoUlpany Ltd. A hanoicap fox' all. Sub.Kription griffins that have won tL race at

. J:is1r1eetidg. excepting the winner of theConsolation race. Entrance fee 5% of

c winnings. Distance n. C.

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UPl»]~1t SA.ltA.'V A.Ii.BAU AND;PAU.U.-

May.

Begistration.-'rwenty-nine agreements were madeout during the month, stamp duties and fees amount-ing to $G7.G7.

Planting.-One hundred I\nd thirty-two rubberand olle Tuba planting. permits were issued.

Court.-:Fines and fees amounted to $225.75.Early in the month it was reported from Batu

Kitang that a small Chinese girl, Lim .Pet, had justbeen married to a pepp3r gardener there. TheHon'ble 'rhe Divisional Resident asked me to en-quire into the matter, this I did with the result tbatwhen the evidence collected was laid before HisHigbness The Bajah, he sentenced the mother ofthe girl, called Mooi Tsze Jin, to one year's imprison-ment and the lJlan to whom Liru Pet was marriedto () months H. L.

No doubt ma.ny cases of this sort occur amongstthe clas!; of Chil'1ese to be met with on the gardensand this one ouly came to ligh t through a COIll-passionate Malay reporting it. .

On the oth instant I left for Penglmllan A1llpatto collect Dyn.k Revenue. At Geit the Ol'ang Kayo.complained that Ruching Malays named Saat andSepeh had begun planting rubber amongst theirfl'uit trees, and I have since written to The Hon 'blethe Resident with regard to their complaint as boththese men were in Kuching. .

I spent the. night of the 7th at Empro and tookin the tax of 4 kan/pongs there and the next morningproceeded to Pengkallan Amp&.t. Here I found 8 Be-tong Dyal(s; as these men had not taken out thenecessary Sea-Dyak pass to reside in Upper Sara-wak I ordered' them to return to Kuching andadvised 'rhe Hon'ble The Resident of this; the nextmorning I vIsited Serma where by the vote of thepeople Pengara Jeger was appointed Orang Kayo. inthe place of Orang Kayo. Barreck who was lately re- ?

moved from that post.Kunyia, a Goon DYltk from S!\mbas just across the.

border, visited me at Pengl\allan Ampat; he statedhis village consisting of 18 doors thought of movingto Samwak territory and taking up the land between'Tabia aud the border; be was told to come and re-port to me f~t Bau bef,ore they moved.

Ol'aug Kaya 1'usseh of Braaug was replaced byKidoo his bl'nther at the request of hims~lf and Ilispeople to,O, he was getting too old to be.able to get

I about well. .I 'l'he harvest all roun~ has bew well n.bove averagE>I this year. HavllIg collected all the Dyak Beveuue

except that of the Brang and Sam ban people, whowere uot ready, I left Pcngkallan .'\.mpat on the:1l10l't~iugof the 11th a,nd IH',rived at Busau the sameevemng,. .' .

On receipt of the news of H. M. 'l'he King'sdec~ase the fhg was Iud! IIHlstedand J{eptso untilafter the date of the funeral. .

. On the 24th iu!;tant a sad accident occurr~d a.t n{Ji:the wife and child of L. C. Hal'Jlam 8ingl1 'Leing

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May.On the 11th the s. s. Alice Lorraille arrived brino-

ing Mr. Newington who has bee\1 appointed to dodnty here.

Mr. Ermen left the same day for Lirnbano.'l'he Revd. Father Stotter a,nd the Revd~Father

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Anthony Mulder arrived from the "Cnt" via Oya on- the 24th,the former letwin(1a(1ainon the 26th.April. 'rhe Court Writer of Balal~an ~rrivec1 0'11the 28th

is nothing that c!1.llsfor any special mention and reported all well in that district.L~. The export o~ raw sago amounted to 733 coyans,~lIn~ of the Court has ueen occupied in as compared with 621 co~ans for the corresponding

:mg Jelutong disputes. 'l'here seems small month last year; 483 plCuls of gutta were also,. uf these dim!nish~ng, so long as the price of exp(Jr,t~d., , .,iiehttona remalllS hl(1h. rlmty-five schooners cleared for I\.uchll1o and...~ Lol7,the new ju:nior clerk, took up his th:l~ty-thre~arrivecL '"\. ent on the 18th; as he has done some oHice Ihe pol.lce c.ourt has been very bnsy with land

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nld not be long before he isI

case~ and ll1hel'ltance cases. ,

. ofpel'fol'TlIing his dnties here. f:mes a~ld fees amounted to $617.61.:and Mrr-;.Maddocks left by express boat on I I he prIsoners ha\'e been employed in re-roofinO'

Io!' Kucbing..,

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~he cat,tle .~hed and bungltlow kitchen, 1\lso on th~tune. Dnrlllg hIs absence the Colliery will ro~ds and 1:ort componnd.

charge of Mr. Evans who arrived from rhe t~lephone hne broke down on the 15th andn 1-'£11Knching per s. I. YOUllg Harr1J on I was repall'ed the next day. '. The wire was broken in three places in the Ova-

Pcna.tsection, .

instantaneously 'while bathiug at a_ far from the Bidi Bazaar. Jurie, a Kro-'!ak, was working timber all the side of the, above the stream and felled a large treetaking pl'ecautions to'see if anyone was in. -ty, the top bmnches of the tree struck the

woman aud little boy and when Juriea few minutes after he found them b('lthdead.

~ been detained here awaiting the sentence!]Ij~hness '1'he Rajah.!Ie bave been !J. number of jungle disputes

;he month consequent upon the large number"ts which have been taken out to plantprincipally ill the Palm district.phntations will mostly be small ones andabout 2,000 trees, (if the permit bolderscal'l'Y

,~ stated intention) this would mean for theih 270,000 trees; but I much doubt if IlHtny,be quantity for which they have taken out

jf they do not clear and plant within atime, others wishing to use the land willto do so.

--The road from B:ttn Kitang to Siniawanbeen put into good order, as has also thed aud the road between Paku and Jambu-

clearing :tud, repairing of the road to Puak~jshed early next month.

\:JWd between Buan and Ban is the only oneilMw needs attention.

'\Baztl(II.,-'rhe frame \vork of about 50 houses!'!IIerected by the end of the month, a good,",opervision is required to keep them in Itline and the posts perpendicular.

E. n. S'l'ILWELL,Resident, Upper Sa 1'1/10(1lc.

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,the end of 1IJ0nth the mines had practically, :ed from the effects of the recent fire. Next

;hey should be w0rkiug at full pressure..\bang Jin signed a contract to build the new

bridge for $240. All material to Le sup-

,prisoners completed the anlJual white-washing,toh.'labanI' continues to be very scal'ce; no doubt

gOod sign but oue that causes some incon-iil the Public \Vorks Department, where

IiI'e maiJY thi'\Jgs requiring attention.Tery difficult to obt'(1in labour just now, withmshiug state of trade all able 'bodied natives:ly:epgag.edin.the jun..{le.toschooners cleared out with coal thi~ month

1Ui16uiited to 8:'19tous H cwts, whilst the out-871 tOllS 18 cwts'. ' 'rhe latter 'will be con-

'~y'incl:eased next mcmth.F. F. BOUUr,

Resident 2nd Class,

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, " April.,

'l'he SaratokMalays, ana' Dyal,s have alreadyharvested and the' Sessang' Malays are just com-mencing.

'l'hejltnglcat fishing nets have been erected, andsome of the fishermen have trought home a littlefresll fish, in a few days time doubtless there will bea larger supply. The hauls of the pengireh were notso large as before. ,

Only nine jeluto,11g.permits have been issued toMalays and Dyaks with 44 "varkel's.

The H.uban planters are commencing to cultivatePara rubber, several thousands of these plants have

I already been imported. '

'l'he water melon plants on the coast are nowfruiting and it \Vasa great misfortune to the plantersthn.t a part of their vines withered through theflooding of the gardens by salt water.

The weather has been very c1ryand drinking waterhas been hard to get.

'l'he tmde returns for the month are:-Imports. Exports.$20,539 $15,072

A. E. CHEYNE,Write1'.

U (;RAil.-

W. J; M. SHAVl,Resident 2nd Clas.~.

TJtUSAN.-January, Febmary and March.

Mr. J. Stansfield" geologist, started on the 2ndJanuary on a walk up the 'rrllsan. I understandhe followed the path n.s far as Bt~h, the flat swampcOLlntry o.t the head of the'river. He returned 011the 28th insto.nt.

I visited the station OlJthe 12th i!Jstan t remaininguntil the 17th instant. I WItS occupied \~ith CourtworlefoL' the greater pn,l't qf the time.

I aCI~ompo.nied :\TI'. P;I,I'II(~lito audit the accounts.\Ve :Hri~'ed eo.1'Il' Pr\ die ~n~h instant. and left thefollowing cla,j' fOI"IJ:1,wa:;.

MI'. J. Stansfielll, geoln,gist, left 011 ;jth Pebl'uaryon the teL'lni'IJI\Lion of his agreement. He was notsuccessful in filll1ing I\ny ,ninemls.

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path on the left bank of th~ river, frolll theIhzra?igan, is much more used and reaches the

of the river. The rocks lire sandst.olles I~JIi.lIas flu' as the Lawas extends. 'rh \. a)'(~ I

'bta:lly bedded; in !';ome places they dip slight,ly ,east. and at the. very heao of the river {" the

At the bead of the Maputeh bra,neh "r LIH'the hills are very steep and theil: SlllllJllitswith a thick growth of messy jungle, every-

hltving a great coating of mess which isg with moist lire, There are traces of rhino-

on these hills.minerals are fOlllld ill this part. 'l.'he residllcsgravels are as before.

~eneml dew of the cO\.1IItry is obtainn.ble frompoillts, anq the hills on ail sides n.re seen to beof sandstone. .

..J-Half all hom's boat journey from 1,l~was&be L:1.w/I.SDn.mit joins the IJawn.s Beslu' on it'sblmk. 'I'he Lawas DI~mit is mnch tbe smaller

both in volume of water 11,IIdin width, but it'sis considera.ble and it's tributaries lUany,

two hoUl's' journey from it's moutb the rivers un-navigitble. 'I'here are tnany kara?lgan.~

can be passed on a flood river, as fILl' as Ku-.~Lpuloh. As a rule the htnlhng-place at Tunw,h, -. aud from there are jungle paths up-river.

stream8 arc very ntllllCrOl1Sin the neighbour-of '.l'umah, the residlles of th(~ir k,(/,angallsof the usual type.,b-water deposits in the (.,ltWaSDaluit itselfmany iuteresting featureR, iuell1eling small

of leaf-beds, from whiel, thm'e is !t, slightof oil. .

of sandstone alld quartzite crop out in theof the river ItlJO are highly illclined to the

I

n.Kapuloh runs through highly inelilled and

crushed strata, sands tOlleS, and sllldes whichI

been c.onverted into u. black Rhinillg rock of.. nature, which has been erroneol1sly cl~lle(l

#lrang by (,he lJatives. 'rhi!" stream euts backBatll Em'it, the s.1,meqUllrtzite ILIHjsu.lldRtoncbeiug developerl throughuut it's eoursf.'. ']'hees from the ka/'1l71rJfm,~:1.1'"similar t,C)those. ,tbove, ill ::;ot1le phtc:eR "..,eurrin~ it! COIl-

,ble at11nunt.Kuala Bul\!1.l.'C)othe k((/'(/.//(/'/II contaills lUanv

with, nodules of iron Pyr:it,~a in tlwul. 0;1,~iug up the Bukaroo tlJeRe il:<:reu.se ill Illltnbersize. The rocks !1.r(~similar to those of tho

oh, the quartzites cOIJtaining \'eins I1Il(lllodulespyrites. The same kin(l of thillg is foulld ill

'Kapulan, hut the pyrites does not contai II allY. of gold 01' any uther \'ldUlthle lI1etiti.

Sui runs through highly inclined alH] eon-strata and in common with the IJaw!l.s l>amit.o and Kapl1lall, the !Wrr.I71[Jf!nresilllws con-

in It<]dition to the uSllal zireoll and chl'Olnite, II,,rtioll uf iron pyrites, 1181\,..11.1'ellll,ted witl, uxidt,

III Kuala Sni llP-strerilll the beds as fILl' ItSSihangang are highLy illclined ant] relded,

changing rapidly in all10nllt 11,110tlirectioll, 'l'he.Wlng runs through black ~hlLles which ('olltainnodules of shale lJ)ixelj with iron pyrites in

amOlllJt. 'l'hese slmles ,ru'(\ tbe oltlest \'ocks of'i.~was district anq closely re~etllhle t.ho~e of the

n <1istrict of T'\:nsltn, At l\uala Sibangan~!.av. ItS Damit tltk~s It sharp tnl'n '11)(1 fot' some

. ce rnns thron~I,llilnek eOlltot't.ed slmles, Higher"ihe rockf; are salld'st,olles ILlld these are /lot so

:y fulded or inclilJeci, fr011l I,hi's poi lit, UII, to theof the river, uipiJing ouly gm\t]y. '1.'IIe residues

upper course pf the T...lt\\'IlS ]),lIlIit arp of thetype,; alJd cOlJ~ailJ no pyrites.

Jeries:ofbenutiflll\vat"rfnlls ocellI,' in the .Ln.wn.s~t, alld anotber .series in ql.J~ of it's'tr'ibutaries.,.. .

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'JI~I.EIt SARA \VAli. .

BA1T AND (~An.1T..,-.rune.

..Igreemcuts.-27 were made out dtlring the 1lJ01it!i.Slamp,~.-Duties and fees amounted to $48.25.Gourt.-Fines l~ndfees amounted to $439, .

.Plantinq.-46 permits have been issued to plantrubber.

011 the 4th instltnt, KUlJyia of Goon (SalJ1bas)reported that he I\lId his people had removed acrossthe border and Imc1 built themselves a house b(~-tween it Itlld rrabir~; the hOllse consists of 1.8 doors.

On tile evening of tlw 9th 1 had to go to Bidi as arow hao broken out there during the day betweellChinese belonging to the v!\.t-discharging J{ol1g,~eeand Mala.ysin charge of the engillc. In the.evenitJ<'a Malay while passing throngh the bftz'tar w~assaulted by some of tile J(oll{J.~r~eILlelJ ILIlOthis lellto the Malays from the kampoll!J turuiug out armedwith the intentioll of retaliating; they were, however,sen t home before lI1!1cb hartn WitS done, only oneChiuarnal1 being ass'lulted; wheu I 3.rriveo there Jplaced a police guard oVt\t' the eXIts from the lcam.-pOllg with orders that 110 one 'W,tS to pass out; thelIext mOl'lling j;hJ3 prillcipltl 'Mu.by an,] Chineseoffenders were filler1 Itnd there has beell n,l rUl'tlH>I'troll ble,

On the 12th I visite,l the Homeo CIJlllt)'LIII""H.llbbcr Estate at Dithan; about 60 !lb. or ;'III,i) 'I'

is being turned out thel'e daily and I ulldet'sr,a"dthis Itmount will SOOIl be added to, the parl,joll o(the Estate over whjch [went WHSvel')' w<,11 kept1111d new and substantial c:oolie lines were beill"built for the Javanese c(>.Jlies. .~

There hltVp. beell It good many jUlIgle OispukScOllseqlll1nt 011 S;) nlany people openillg rubb3r pln.n-t'LtiutJs, blit Oil the wlwie, not as m:1.lI,\' a" were t.n.he expef't,t'd.

[t ha\'il,g b,'utJ proved in Court on the 14th illst".lIttimt Abill. (f) to whuLII the. halance of the ()~tILteorthe late NVOII(YFook wa,; halu]eo ovel'. for bel' own

use ltll(l th';1.t(;7 their small SOli, hn.s beel') squaudcrillg-it :1.lId tllat in a shol'!. tilne it would hlwe all passl"!illt.o the hands of IL Mat",y police const'Lble who h'lIjn.lready harl :,ilt~ IHe of ILgood ileal of it n.l1cl \\' I';ab..ut [II 1.,aIT\, 1.11.' WOllllLll, Itltb()u~il she luust k~ItblllJt HO veal's' ohit:r tlmll lie is. u;'der \V:LStlJ:I"i,~th:lt wh'Ltever \'f!IIIIIillec] should be taken over by tileCOLlrt, a snt1icicllt IIlIJnthly Rl1l11to bepaill to :\.bi'1 (f)aile! the bo.ln.n<:e I,ept by ;;he COUl't 01' hllnl]eil topropel' tI:uste(~s for the SOli who will not b" uf rL~(~'for S()tnt' years. .

On ti,e aOth ;Julit, 1I.~;I,insl, whom.L, C. Ha L'r1fLIIISillgh 11:1.<1hrougbt; It Gln.ilu fo\.' cOll1pt:nsation forcausing tbl~ dCltth of his \\' ife aud chilo by negligencl'..was by order of (.he HOlllJllrable the Residt~lIt finp.[$100 and th~ SUIII of $100 elaimed ao comp(msati()!I'was to be paic1 by GoVel'lllnellt to the claiml1,nt,

'I'lw building :Jf the b!tzaar lUts, beeu got ouwith well dnriug the 11I()lIth ,uld should be finished byend of July,

Rn((d,~ 'I'h(~ . Plmk rcll1,(ll:()lItl':l.et \VIi" G()lIlplett',lcl1.rl)' ill tht, mOllth. Hnrlll rOILo is being repltil'<Joby Soollg i\'Toi Fook. sPl'illggok mad W,tS l'cpn.irt'dby pl'i::;ol1 IaboUI',

The largt' bl'i<1gt' ()II Lhe .Tngall road collapsed onthe 20th'illstl1.l1t ttw timbers being rottell. 'I'heCOIIJlllissioner of PubliG \oVol'ks informs Ille be is

mn.k.ing t,ne neCeRS'1.I'y:1.l'l'Ill1gements £01'r.epbcing it.

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Ac{,'id(~ilt 011board s. s. "1i.m:hillJ!.'...

'.1.'.tll!i \jlUi.AWAh. liAZdij'l"l'li:. ALJUU::;T 16, UHO.

.A serious accident occurred on board the s. R.

itching 011 Suuday, the 14th inst!1nt, about 21', M.li]e the head stevedore, Ah J ee, better 1o]()\\'11It!>;

1ujang owing to hi!>heigh t, WitSsuperintending t"~~oading of cargo on board he was struck ou ti,l'

by the heavy block of the den'icle guy andcked over the 3tarboard side of the ship into the

!bter which was alongside. The unfortunate manconveyed to the General HORpital where an

11ination bhowed th!1t he waH sutfering fromtnre of the skull and a broken !l.rrn in additionminor illjuries. On enquiry to-day (Monday)learn that Ah .Teo iR going on ai>well as C!1n bectedltlld hopes are entertained of his recovery.

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Tlu; tlf\ua] monthly howling handicap took ,placethe Club on tile Jst in&tant, and reslllteC! f\.Rfo].

4'Ui Hcr.+ \JO+ 1)1:1

. TIHHnaS' SdlOul 1IIIIH'U\'C'lIIc'nt1~lIild.---..

Amount I\)rc,uly l\('kI'O'odc(lgcd ... jlB.liOO.OnJlr. Law Kon End ... ... ll:UIO

'Per :'11'. Loong- Q11l! (Chincse trndel'~ill Siul11l1jl\l1 l>"z"'\I') 140.00

. $mallcr alt1onntf\ ... ... ~3\!.,jO

Totl\l $H.08ViO.~.. -

f.""! Undel'lllClltiolle<l have kinllly cOI1Rellh-cl tot fo\' the !l.bove fnud.

Mr. Ou~ 'I.'i(\I1~ HweeMr. Wee Hock 'Kec

Mr. Chan Hool1J.( HZl'IIII-. Kho GIIIIII Lilli

P. Plli~nRRPONT-J\mADO \\'S.Hon. Sec:. <£-'l'rca.q,rer.

S.l1'U we. I, 1'1nSmllll.---....-

",UOI'''' t41 .lIc' l'thl"'c'tun dUI'in;,:' .July, 1910.

}tJ t IIlIolog ica lC,Jllectiolls.

IlS ... 2H};OO

~8(j405

Zoolo{J1:calCollections.

a585236241;-\

'J'ot:d 1.520 1,(j(i2

is the high0!;t IInll\l.)(~rso fltl' recorded for anyInth.

bighest IIUlI1hl.I' l'ec(\l'ded for one day was] 4011 !)th. I

I.T. C. MOUUl'O~,

ICum/or.

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(JPI.I~R Sf\UA \V 1\Ii..RA1! AND PAIUT.-

July.

A!Jrccmcnts.-15 were made out duriug tbe ulontb.Stamps.-Duties and fees anJounted to $52.50.COl/rt.-Fines and fees amounted to $240.20.Plantillfl.-23 permits have been issued to plaut

ru bl>er, ;J for pepper and 1 fOL'tuba. .On the morning of the 1st all the opium beld by

the differel1t fn,rms in the dif\tl'ict was depo<;ited her'eand a retnl'l1 of the arrack in lULnd was mal1e andthe llew farlnor st!l.rted with a fresh supply.

The Court vVriter Seng Ewe started all the 4tbinstant f0l' Ja.goi to vaccinate there and with theexceptiou of a few days, was away the re!'!t of themonth. The number vaccinated from lymph waRB4a of which 342 took, there were tJ2!J 11.1'111to armvn.ccinatiolls of which 370 took, the fa.ilnrl::'sall being-in two yillages. All the villagers in the Uln haveIIOWLeen vaccinated-Sub!!., and Krokong having1,I:\enviRited last year, and a certain amount has also,been done at 8ingghi. I hope next month to Hnish8ingghi-:tnd st!1l't on tlw Mallty [(alllpong at Bnsan.I grcatly wish to get the Dyaks of the left hand,hl'l1nch vaceinMed, bnt there is no One to spare fromhe!'e LOc10the work.

On the 2Mh at Dn.l!l1.llnsel'ious assault was COIII-witted hy Kn.romo Tan .no on !l.nother .)IL\'H.llesecoolif\ lIamed 8arjani; the former attacked the la.tterwith a sickle and wounde(\ him severely, he is IIOWill Snngei Tell~gah Hospit!tl. Karomo '.l.'arono is(l(~tai IIeel here pel 1<1ing trill I.

The Government School closed during the lUOllthnncl l;hAlIsua] feast was gi ven to the boys. I ,was notsllceessi'lJ! in outaiuiug auyone to hold ILn eXfL1I1in!1.-tioll this ,\'eftl' n.f\has been done formerly. .

The Ci1iJlf~"ehead master Thian Sen ]eh' at the-elH1 of the teL'lIl and had his passage paid baek t(~China.

Tbe Chines~ tradC'\'R here are trying to tind It manto I,;d<ehiR place from Singapore, as it WI'Stlwy wll(}wcr~ 110tcOllteuted with tbe late master. '

[ \'IRitp,i Pakn tw:cn dl1l'iug the montlJ.

t' lot of work bas been done all, the Ilew Lazaar(1nri IIg the Illont~ and the majority of traders will beready to lI10ve ILlabout the middle of Angn!'!t.

P. lV. D.-A contract was let fcr erection of ItkewRi ne oil sto\'e !\t $85 !\nd same has' been COlll-pleted on vacant land opposite the CCinh ''''riter'f;houR€'.

A cOlltmct has also been let for the erection oft;lw pork a.nd vegetable markets at $45 e!l.ch andthese should be finished early in August.

RO(ld.~.-'l'he Buall road has been cleared andl'epltired by cOlltmct. .

'rhe road from Palm to Buan and the .Ja11lbusantUllllel mad and also Ayi-er Pallas road were clearedby SerR.mbo Dya],s. 'l'he erection of the uew bridgeon tiw Jugfl.n road. WILScOlluuellced during theIIIOllth. the luatel'ial Itl)d labour beiug provided bythe P. \V. D. Knching.

'1'be prisollers have been employed Oil repn.iringthe road to H. H. tile H.!!-.i!1b'sbungalow and onIIIfl.killg t.lle new bazaar I'oad. '

E. R. S'l'ILWELL,Resiclent, Upper Sal'Qwak,

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THE SARA W AK GA.ZETTE, SEPTEMBER 16, 1910.

however, this una~rhaIHl. misuse (~f.the nicknameI

di,treren~ ways. The edit.or sits in,

his o~ce day 31)rlproved to be especIally directed !1.gamst some per- IlIght with telephone recel\'en\ all rOllnd hll11, There

the p!1.rties in fault are liable to be tined,I

is one thing against the nuwspapers, tbey do not,T ,. . alwltys contain the truth, they have to put in sOl1le-~o. XXXT.-Bm.ya, AND Rap1t,~ OR Rapoh,

I

thing to interest their readers. Their circulation is

The . bai!l(~ is pl'OpeJ'ty tha~ a decease,a person ~'~I'y quich, we oft.en get th,e 6.30,ed,ition at 1),:3?S II) the next worl(1. TI))s property IS of two I Newsp'Lpers a.re, very llsefulllJ fact It IS one of HIs

'Dds :-

I

blessings to us. In some papers arlvertisemenhI.~G(lods that

,

have been presente(i to the de- appear under the head. of ~ersonfl.l, these are chieflyed before his del~th took place-indeed thei;e lo\'e passages -(Stratts 1l1ne~,)ents are nearly 11.1ways actual death-bed presentse bv friends aud relation!'; who come to visit him

hi!'; 'i,tst illness. ,Vheu death occurs no mOl'eents can be given but the deceased's own goods

,y be set aside for him.These goods are placeli, after being dn.nHtged ordered worthless, upon the deceased'!'; grave n.t

e tillle that his burial takes plaee., H.-Are miniature Mticles supposeo to repreflent

different utensil" useci hy the deceased ill dailywhen Oil earth which will IIOWbe nsefnl to him

the lIext world. 'l'hesc 1~1'tic]esn.re placell ill 1t~ket(1I/.a)n.t the cOllclnsioll of the 'l\Iol1rlli IIg F'eltst'

:alCai AI/tu) Iwci placC!l on the gmve.The'Mournillg Feast' takefl pln.ce flomc time after

c1ecel\fled'fI death :~no nH~Ybe (alld often is) putfor vell.rs, After this ceremoll\' the decease,l isto )~a\'f~110lIIore claims lipon the propert.y thn.tollce his when 011earth.

':n hoth 1. ana I r. an off(~ring is of comse necessarylhe spirit!; whell these good>; are placeo UpOIl the

sed'>; gl'ltVC,The il(/Pll'~ or Rrrpoh, like the bai!Ja, is property 1-- _,.._'u._.___._________,. a. decc,~sed persoll Iwells ill the lIext world with

adoit.ional distillctioll that it 'm.II.~t cOllsi!';t of

s exclusively o\\'lIeo h.\' the ,1ecelLsed who mltstdiml n.\\':l.\' f\'OlII his home in foreigll parts.

e gOOlIf1Illust be bl11'iecl tile (lay after the news~he d,!ceaseo's cle:~th is l'ecei\'ed :1l1rl they I~re;cd ill the SIHlle w,w th'l.t the cleceased's Itctuld

e wonld he treatecf

'& ill the ease of the baiy(( all ofTcrillg is of conrseary tQ the spirits and the :~eceased, at the cun-

-~on of the ceremony, is saill to have 110moreS llpOIl property that was ollce his whell on

h. '

XXXII.-AN EVITJO;\lEN CAIJr.m>Sabnt.

is ill-omen that Wltrns th(; hearer against danger,Jeath must be respected or else evil will assuredly

\Y. It is cOllveye,l to persolls by mcallS of anI11mOIlaltemtioll ill the lIote of the kite (mcnaul)

~be Celltrococcyx (bubl/t), ill the unusual.noise.- by the domestic pig (jani), or t.he cry of (~deer

) or tiger (I'ClIUlItl/g), or strange sound pro-by brassware (Iltai tema{]a) that has heen

II, by 801lle mentiS or another, in the room.the sOllnds made by the birds nn<1allinmls nbovctioued are helLnl the heal'cr IIIUst nt once return

If the 8011llds are produce<1 by the brn.fls-ill the l10nse the honse l\1u<;t Iw at ollce c1e-

is believed by the peoplp that these birds,.Is, !~lId bmss gooofl hrwe, for the time being,e flpil'itR flncl are :~ble to convey w".rnin~!'; towhich ml1st uot be dii>rcgarded, The only \\;ay

pe the!';e threatellcci dangel's is either to i,illbirdfl ~lId beasts or sell the brttss goods.

, S(~IWUlho~'s' Vimrs 011 .Journalism.

following nb;;crvntioll,s Oil ncw;;p'tper;; by.1011 elell1ent,uy flchoolhoys .tre l'I!col'ded in the

Ial of Education, being extl'llcts from 'School..1O:-lf yon buy one p:\.pe\' it is qnite ellough,

I&.De papers hold the flall1e news put down in

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198

Sn I"n,wa,l\ ~lnSelllll.---

\'isitc...", to t.hc! Innsmllll dnrinl:' August, 1910.

, EthllologicalCJllectio1!s.

ZoologicalCollections.

Enrope!tnsMalaysChineseDyn.ks, etc.

Vi(iHI;'IOH

':25:")

18725;,\42'281

'l'otn.1 l,36G

'l'he highest numbel' recol'oell fol' one day was 97on ..\l1gnst 4th.

J. C. MOULTON,Curator.

(JPI'I~n. SAltA "'AILIlA,IT AND ]tAu'U.--

Au{JI/,~t.

.-f(f/'eemenk-2D Wel'(1made out durillg the mOllth.Sfrllll.p,~.-lJuties and fees :~1llounted to $31.50.CUI/d.-Filles and fees l~lIlonnted to $H07.45.Plallting.-G permits h:we been issned to plant

rnbher a,nd 1 to plant tuba.Ba-.1 Cyanide WOl'ks shipped for July 1,890 ounces

of gold alld 773 ounce;; of 'silver.Bidi CY:L11ideWorks shipped for July 1017 ounces

d gold and 204 ounces of ,~ilver.. On the evening of the :Jrd ;~ lIIall c,tlled ,hn Shin\\i!'.S as<;anlted hy Chee Kinl Siew,Phang [-[oi ILIHIChee Shak at belliaw[1,l1. J'au Shin was flont toGeneral Hospital and died there fl'om the effects of!l. blow said to have heen given him by Chee IGmSiew. I regret thi\t none of the men have beenarrested, and feltr they have got IHVlty from thecountry.. An inquest was held in Kuching anu Iforwarded minutes of the enquiry MId here to theCoroner. '

:.\11'.13en.n, having reported that el,;)ven Javanesecoolies had escaped vir; Serlin to S.Lmbasand thn.tMI'. Demode had followetl them. CarpI. ,Van Ali w,~~flent on the ~2nd with a letter from the Honollrablo'rhe Officer Administering 'rhe Govl,!rnment request-ing the H.esident of Siunbas to ex:tr:1.dite these menif thcy conld be fauna. ' '

'i'he Governnwnt flchool w,~s opnneLl n.glLill011the2bt, a Chinefle nmster to repil~ce 1'hi:m :-\en has notyet been foulH1, bnt ;\[ltlay and Engli,:;h al'e baillf{tn.ught.

'1'he tempomrv Im%a,~r in Shuk LUllg Mun wagclosed 011 the 2!Jth instant and the 1111tjo.rityoftraders have now relllove,l 'illto the IHHV bazaar, :I.Ilumber of honses are Hot yet entirely completed,bllt 8nt1ieiently for 1>f~oplnto lI\ove ill,

The pork and \'egetahle market were nearlyfjnishcd by the ell(l of the mOllth, rind fOllr LllX.lamps h:tve beell orelereclfr01l1Sillgapur," so that thebazaar should, he well lighted.

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Wl;J,t~xp.ip.e$. bave heeu laid as. fa.r as' the I. ing of the bazaar and early next month Ito complete same \vith necessary stand pipes

:have visited :Palm twice during the month.W. D.-'1'be Jugan bridge was completed 011

.~ instant.prisollers have beell engagec1almost entirely

new bazaar.E. R. STIL W]'~IJIJ,

Resident, Upper Sar!l1/:ak.

'1/\'('/\ NG I~S'I'A'I'I~.-August.

'ng the month coolies were employed illc..g

.' pl1.1cldllg tea, curin~ tea and coffee, repair- I

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ris alld draills. prunin~ tea, handling alldg ruosl>es on coffee ( by doing so will get more

1a year nfter) [~lId lending to weeding con-

crop gathered for the mOllth was 34H 11)15.I

during tbe month Hi pilmls clean coffee, 2brokell coffee, 2 pilmls black coffee, 4UO IUI>.pekoe, and 180 tts. pekoe were despatcheil toThe Borneo C01l1P[~IIYLimited, ill two gmdes.

weellin~ cnntra<'t.s I'i.::. IiI. IiI and 14 an('s~e e!'L:lt'J te:L al.,i clItl't:.e fields illcilldilig .W_ are in good or.ler.

Prior pr.id the coolies wo.gC&for J Illy 011 thest r\t la.nding plncp-.

all for the mOllth was 1iU)Ii inches.

V. V. GOMEZ,Manarl!'r.

-July.

six biultllljall Dyak!Owho have for sOllletinlt'"etainetl ill Kuchillg were early III the mOllth

to return to the dn.trict as their relati\'cs'&Ccorc1ancewith the Govemmeut order re-down-rivel'. It remains to be seell if there is

t land ill the lower river to provide farnll> for_ aks who have just settled there.

old mcuth of the Simuujan has so silted upept at neady higb water beats are unahle toand onto rl'bis comes as sOlJ1ewhat of a hard-tbe Eampong Sadong Malays whose honrs

'~g this river are uow very much restridellthev choose to push their bO:LLseach tilile

~~il~e to Ilse thelli at low "vater ahout a milc" ~he lIlud. SOlne lH owners of houReRhave. their iuteutioll of removiug to 'l'l~II.i()lIg'~the lIew Kuala t;imunjan. 'l'hese lwople.die Goverllllleut will ~ontilJue tlJe road f!"OlII'1 of the bridge to the laud joinillg 'l'anjollgI strollgly recommend this aed further would

tbat the prescllt cattle grouud be hlLnded~e l\Ialn.ys as n. site for a new ka/ll}Ju1/(/.,i!e could be removed to a piece of bud

. cleared jm t below the statioll. The making11if contracted for could I think be calTied

:ry uioderat.e cost.~ the lIIonth the pipe-line was broken just

reservoir, all old tree havillg fallelJ 011iL."frolll the Colliery quickly repaired the d:mmge

that short stoppage of water cansell much. nce. 'l'he weather was very lhy at the

Ctl tba lath for Kuching to be prescnt at the"'fllillg again 01120th.teelle 'Medical Oflicer arrived on Bath per s. I.

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w\lo.1.'eliev~sdresser Law Hock Boou. Dr. Greeneinspected the hospital and jail; be a.lsoexa.mined theprisoners. 'fhere are generally one or two cases ofberi-beri amongst the hltter.

'1'he s. I. Chamois made two; the. S..S. Sal'awakand tb.e pinnace Sri Ilul"1i-iaeach three trips ti.ismouth.

'1'he exports amollnted to $15.507.IiOllnd the im-ports $15,49H.30.

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SIUl'.-AIIgllst.

His Higlllless 11CColllplUliedby H. H. The TuanBunst1 arrived at ~ibu 011the lith alld proceeded to.Knpit the following day.

On the 7th His HIghness preside'! in Court when.a few nmtters were hrought to His Higllllei'ls' uotice.'rhe Chillese petitioned that severe punishmentsmight he meted out to tmders buying jungle produce.froIl! Dyaks living in the iuterior who lu'e uuder'advances to the local. shop-keepers. His Highuesswas pleased to point out to the petitiouers that. theDyn.ks lived far aWI1Yin the upper reaches of the.l'ivl'r anll if tlwy. the Chillese, I.!,wt'HlhalH:t1Sto Ru<:hpeople tllPY dll! so at ti,eir o\\'n risk.

In the early part of the mOllth the AssistantH.esidellt visited Benatang, Sariki aud other villagesin the deltl1 in order to 11ttend to Comt of Heq1.1ests,allcl other matters.

I visited the Foo Chow;; at S. Mirah a.nd settled.!\.few dispntes with referellce to fruit trees. '1'hisf;ll)all portion of the Fan Chow Colouy appear to.have made littlc [Ldvance during the last two years.and there is little or nl) openillg for thelll as theSaduan people require all the farlllin~ land left to.them as well as suitable lalld on which to phuitrubber.

T\\'ellly-two Foo c;how ancl forty l\eh illlll)igrants.alTived c1nrin~ the l1Ionth. The latter were broughtin by the Calltoul'se COlllpIUl)' a.nd it is to be hopedthat with the extra capital, saill to have beeu raised,.and the assistallce of those coolies the Company'sgarouJs nmy be put iu working order once more.

Frolll the 13th to the 17th I spent at Kauowit andNalJgl~ JullLu. Few Dyaks visited either Station,as the epidemic which has beeu prev:dent in theBulleh antl Katibl1s for SOllie IllOnths past has uowhrok(:n Ollt at I\allowit.

The ~ilHl bazaar has also b.~en deserted (iuriuKthe h~tter part of the Iponth for the sl~me reasou.Two prisouers c1iell nfter only a few hours sickness..

C()uhl I~ Modical Onicer be spared to visit this. 0

~tlLtiou for 11short time it would, I think. he n. good.thiug to send olle lip to dingnose this {,'olliplaintwhich has alrealh causell a nUllibel' of de!\.ths in this.district. .

AccOlnpl~lIied hy the Assistn,lIt Hp.Ridelit. I wentto Matu 011the 18th. After tIle Besi<!ellt of LowE-r'Hejang hail ,haml ell c'vel' temporarily to !\lr.Chynoweth we returned to Sibu viI; H.ejallg.

His Highness hlwillg granted me three mouths.leave to Europe I handed over ttll booh, ca.sb etc..

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I The Gt~llIiJliLJg Furilicr applied for l~ redllctioll in.

I the rental of the Farm owing to the lVah I-Iui

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lVI\'.' 1\11(1Miss Pnge.Tu)"IJ(!\' were p!tssell~ersbythe p, s. [(aka leavi,:g here 011Lhe2Hrd.

'I'he H. and S. Compauy's steamers caHel\Oilthree.

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Then he wrote to the "Athenreulll" ;- II am minded' to advance the commercial prosperity

Iof England alld to better the condition of the ,native:ra.cesb)' acquiring tcnitorial possession in the :\'lah~yIArchipelago.

I have weighed all the difficulties, and alii of opinioJlthat for this purpose a scho01;ler of 14~ tOilS and :tgood crew with, ,J,\mes Dtooke for COIlllllILlHleri.,suUicient. '

:Xo one contradicted him. He set si1.il ill l!;BH,d arrived in Sarawak at a most propitiuus IlIOlllelltfor his ambitious. Muda Hassil11, uncle of the,}tan of Borneo, was endeavouring to suppress a,ive rebellion. He had saved sOlne shipwreckedglish sailors, and Brooke went to cOllvey to himthanks of the citizens of Singapore.

Muda at once said that an I<.:nglish1l1an with'Iors and brass guns would be useful ill helping to:Iodge rebels who had built wooden forts. brooke,,b a natural instinct for such things, ellterel1 into

efight with great enthusiasm. He served along-'e one of the governor's younger hrothel's, wading'st high through morasses, stUl:g hy illsects, andkened by,tropical heat.

The rebels were slain by hundl'eds. Theil' fortsburnt, and Brooke took many of his foes' \Vi\'(~s

daughters captive, alld held them as hnstf\ges,dll. \V;lS gmtefu!. "You sha1l lIe Uaj:d, or :->;ll'a-

he said tu Bruoke. 'l'ilii; did lIot SlIil; .\lakl>la,,wily savuge, who prior to Brooke's arrival had

1 i\Iudl~'S right-hanel man. '

,Muda himself postponed the fulfihucnt of his,mise, probably regretting afterwards thl~t it "'fiRr wade. Brooke held on, though Makota, it IS. tried ,to poison him. 'What Hl'Ooke dil} was to

, h armed sailors to the pILia,::e, sei~e Ma\\(Jt,~.~surround Muda Hassim. Makota was bll\1ishl'd,

a signed the documents,' and Brooke becanw.~h..During four years' service with Brooke, BI'OWII

many adventUl'p.s and hair-breadth escapeR illwak. He received ~~haudsollle monetary n~war{l

bis services.moug othel' incidents i'n a remarkahle e;LI't'IH',

_,wnserved on a vessel that weut out to ChilHLa lettel'-of-IlIarqlJe, I\nd after much tightiug her

aiu fell into the hands of the natives, aud byrial decree was ordered to be sliced to pieceR.

~ the same time an ElIglish lady nnllwlt K ohlecaptured, put into a travelliug cage, alHl sentugh several Chinese provinces as a sho\\', beillgfir"t white WOInall nlallY of the ChilieRe had e\'(!r .

'hen Brown evelltually returlled to y" l'Ulouth,further adventures, he found he hall IOllg beclI

J up as dead. He use,l to have l11iUl'yilltert!stelltors of his tales of piracy and bloodshed ill theipelago, !lIld Capt. Mal'l'YI~t, the novelist, spent"hours with him while he recounted f.:()lIlehlood-iing experiences.' -his old age he was aided by Lhe present H:~jahmwak and other :;entlerncn.

'uce his return to Cley he had saved seren pl'rWIISbeing drowned, and no old salt "\"as better

,Vll.the entire length of the East Coast.

UUIlt-hly Buwling IIUlldknll..

e following are the scores of the ~eptembel', ling Halldicap (20 rolls) which took place onlst October CLtthe Sara.wak Club.

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J)BAH Sm,-I have much pleasure in sending you-the Battillg averages alld records of the bowling' ofthe Sar:l.\vlI.kCricket Cln b for tbe past season.

Yoms faithfully,, IKCOG.

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1__J.. K Sll\lh. .. '12.1.\11.Hrl'lL" 14H. 1'. A,ia.,," .. (;(I. U. (lilllL" . . 14Api .. 12D. f" a on.. . . 12It. S, HlLld,y .. 7H. BatclIULIi . . InH.Bell . . !JE. !'ft.l'uell ..!-JBIL""h " IiKn,;sill1 .. 10Nicolns .. ()C. C. HohisOH . . !JH. W. V. Scott .. 14Udi" .. IiC. l~cnwick . . 10'Y. It. IIILI'L.." .. IiJi~.I,. GI'O\"(~ .. !JBn,iug .. 10J. 1>.1',!welJ ..' Ii

. Hi:.{nifi('Knut.oul.. .~lIIul"~r of iuuillj.(s t,o llunlif,r-=r..

A Iii.,." ""t'kc:t rcccu Wt\1oIt'st:\lJli~ht'(l b)' )lC!'OM1"',Ul')'1\11 47 lIut Hilt and H. P..AUUIIIK 29 ~xta'UH4=RO.

Owillg to the bowling ILlIalysis lIot having beenkept, the bowlillg average'S cannot be IIl:tde out.

'l'he following gcntlemen were the most successfulwith the ball.

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,r. M, Bl')'11011H.I'R.rJwJlL. ]~. HindeG. C. (HUILIIH, BllklllllllApi ..

Numb,.,. (~f IVid..I'I.'t.

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Ij I~I'I'~ It. ISf\UA W 1\ 1(.BAU AND PAU,U.-

Sl~ptember.Rubber.-DahaIJ Estate :3,400 Itls: of rubber was-

producod for Eeptember. '.Bau Cyanide works shipped for August gold 8:14.1

o~s., silver i.\5B,(j o~s. .Bidi Cyanide works shipped for Augnst gold 68<!.8,

O~R.,silver H)5.:3 U~S.RI'{listm t iOIl.-'1'wo h IIndred and twen ty-olle agree-

IIJents were registered dnril1g the mUl1th, 207 at Bau,alld 14 at Paku, stamp duties 1~l1dfees aillollntiug to.$554. .

l'llllltillg.-'l'hree plantil1g permits were issueddnring the month, one tu plant rubb~r. one pepper-nnd olle tubr.l.

GOllrt.--Filles and fees alllou!Jted to $880.25.Early in the IlJollth cholel'H. wa.s reporte(l to be at

::-iingghi, and I nutified the Omllg I\:aYI\ that untilLhey were clear of it, his people must !Jot bringdowlI fruit or vegetables to the bazaars. On the,10th the Ol'a!Jg E.aya came down alld said there hadbeen 110 deaths in the villages since the monthb'efol'e, nnd he did lIot think there had bee!J cases of'c!lOlera; bis people were at once allowed to bringtheir produce to the baza'ars as usual., On the 4th P. C. ]~no aud Mat who were bringing

n. Pl'isonel' nallH~d Bong I\ua.i alias Boug J\f!l.1!overfrUlu Busau (he having abscouded fronl bl::l'esometime ago aud just beel! recaptured in l\uching),allowell him to eSCILpecluse to tbe Sel'iuggok corner;the man had haudcuffs on; the story tuld by tbe

Avcru.ge. Score. Huudicllp. '.rot,,].(14) :Jai). + 110 4411(1] J) 26H + 170 4an(121} 267 + 15 419(1110) 401 + 1.1 41:;(141) <:02 + ll 4H(ll'l) 34 + 168 40(.155) 1112 + H:l il\J.l(19(j) 381 scratch mHo

No. of Highest TotlLltime A"el'aHc;not onto Scol'e. HI1I1".

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Police was that they wer~ attacked by 5 men on the I

road and that consec:luently the pr!soner gotawa:y; I

they were both armed but neither used their Iweapons; the story proved to be an entirely fit.titious I . September.. .one, and they were each sentenced to 3 JlIOlltl~RI I l'e~.l1l"1ledfrom lea.ve on the 12th instant and re-imprisonment. . .' . ! slllli'C11.inties on the 14th; the Acting 'Writer retul'n-. On the 12th Mr. Bean from Dahan Est!\tt, ~)I'O-I ill" to I..illaga on the 16th.secuted 10 Javanese coolie!> for absconding, after 71'he ne~' permanent barracks (of bilian wood}considerable trouble and at great expense these ! are now completed and the Fortmen have movedmen have bec'n recovered from Sambas, the Dutch I illto them. 'rhe kitchen .has been contracted forAuthorities having kindly handed .thelI~ over. . 'l'hey

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On the same date a Javanese co~lie c~l1ed Karol?o according to' their opinion has passed and now isTarono was sentcuced to 3 years 1111prlsomnent I.U too late for phulting.I\.uching jldl for murderous assault on t1.nothet. coobe The weather has bep.n very wet with frequentSerjauie.\vhom he uearly l~i1led with a. sickle; there squalls, lightning anrl thullder and rain incessan.tly.was \'el')' slight provoclttIon alld the assault was r \VA.Sinformed thnt there was a heavy fresh up-l'1\'erpremeditated. which overflowed the banks. .

'l'hel'e has been It good deal of petty theft COIII- . FoUl' hen.d of cattle were sold to some Saribl\splained of and also as usual at this. time of the year Malays for killillg on Hari Raya fOI;theSllnI of $~D.thefts of peppel' from garden steeplllg weJl~. There Me still a fe\~ 01(1cows which could be dls-

My time has been quite fiJled up with Court poc;edof. .

work and a large incren.se in th1e 1I1lIIIher of agl'ee-. The jUllgkat fishillg 1m'! ceased entirely n.nd thements mn.deout. . . I fisherl1len are attelldiug to other .work. SeveraL

The Chinese have engaged 1\master for tl.1Cschool kilollg h.we beell fixed Idcmg the sh.ore n.nd the hau~s.and it h:1f; been armllged that they pitY his salary

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have been fail'. Luckily the fishl1lg folk set theirand the Govel'llmellt wiJl engn.ge the ~llaster as fish tmps earlier this year, ot})I~rwise ~here wouldbefore to teach M,.day alld elenlen tl\.ry r,,"ghsh at I have been no supply of fresh fish durl11g the fa.st.the GO\'el'llmellt :--chonl. '

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month.. 'rhe Lux lalllps whirh flrri\'ed during the mOllth 1'he jeluLong illspectol' dirl not make his mUIH\

have been erected. ., of illspection durill~ tlw Ilttter part of ~he m()lItl~.'I'he vegetn.h]e mlwket IS uow 111.use foul' personsj having no policeman tll accompany lunl. P. C.

p:1ying a smaJl nll)nthly relit wIth rIght to sell 1 Alnbl\.lIg is in charge of tin.mtok during the absp.nce.vegetnbles there. . Iof P. C. Bunyaw who has gone on one mouth'!;

'rhe IIIIISOIl who contl'!\cted to fillish the pork ]el\ve. P. 0. Lamit also is on leave. .

1I19.rket tiOOl'I\.bscollded without completing it, bl~:I

Aglls re-enliste~\ vice pri\'l\.te Bagang who Witshe had done 1110re work than thc amount of ius. Ioulld to be unsatIsfactory. .advn.nce cove\'ed. . 'rhc H.oban bilian sawyer by name Chew Eug

'l'he slaughtbl' house has been crected <1Ul'Illg th~) Selig has brought sevel'ai coolies frolll Kllching to.mouth aud the baRills for standpipes have Idso beeu \York \1l1tler him. Almost:l.lI his forme\' coolies hadconstructed and the pipe line si\llulrl hB cOlnplete abscoutie.l either to Km:hiug per small boat,; 01' toearly lIext nlOlIth.. . I the Batl\lI~ He~,\ng, overland. .

DUl'lllg the 1TI0ntli Seng Ewp. vacelllated I FIl1Cs alld iees for the month amoullt to $1l~J.50 persons n.t ~usnl1 of Wl101l14 took. 1

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:1;j " "~ell1n.wan',, all took " r:in the two forlllcr cases Ferries & Co's IYlllph was $IG..J44used aud in the latter ~!dgoll.

'1'he prisollers have beell .emplo.\'ed IIl'arly elltirelyin the bazaar !1.lIdsUI'l'oundlllgs.

E. R S'l'II..WEIJL,Resideut, Upper Sntrlll:llk.

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Durillg the month coolies were ernployet1 ill weed- Iiug, plucking and tipping tell., curing tea II.lItlcotfee, I

repairiug roads IIlId drains, lentling to weeiiillg con- Itracts and to Rese\'voir liue l1./c. I

'l'he crop gathered for tIle IIIIInLh \\'itS aoo 1])8 tea. ;alld 13 pikuls parchment coffee .!\nd liming themonth 780 Ins broken pekoe [Iud .180 11)8pekoe weredespatched to M",ssrs. The Borneo COlnpany Ltrl.

'1'he \\'Peciirig COlltract<; alld the Estate tel~ fieldsare in good order alld a pa\'t of the Estate coffee

. field is I1nweeded.I ha.\'e dischargerl 7 coolies on the expi1'l1.tioll of

their agreements and pl\Ylilellt of their debts.Mr. Prior pi~id the coolies' wages for September

011the 5th October lDlO I\t the landing phwe.The l'aillflLll for the month \VItS 12.1:\5illches.

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NIl'. .J. Ihrillg-Goulrl left here, by La Ph! on the.Hnl for J(uching en-rou.t!! to Europe Oll short leave,

I left here 011.the Hth. i'llorder to visit the np-riverstations and Capt. Heher of s. s. Rajah wllll.wn!;here Oll a visit accompallied me. . .

011 arrival I\t Song' I fOlilld that the fort kitch(mhad bee!l bUl'llt to the ground. I held all inquiryas to what had caQsed the' fhe, but did !lot filld tlmtanyolle in pnrticlllar:w.as-:to blame. the aff.~il'appenr-illg to have bee!l a pu\'e accidellt.

At I(rl.pit two M:days were sentenced to 2 yearshard lalioiir each for bu~gl:;LryHot.Helaga. I returnedto tiibu Oll the 11th: '.". ': ". ·

.MI'. F. A. W.Page-T'u1'llt:)r .returned frOlll len.vE.''on, ~he 17th alld after visiting Kapit he left forMatu 011the 24th to take over chn.rge of tlH.LowerH.ejl\lIg. Mr, Chynoweth, who had been8&i~tiollellin the Lowel' H.ejallg during .MI'. Page-'l'lll'IH~I"SabselJce on 1~:weretul"lIetl to thll> station on the 20thand resumed his duties hel'e the following dn.y.

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l.,t ~ace, 9 a. m.-':'SHIP'S Gws.-lst prize $6. sented by . . . . 'Fo: any de~cription2nd prIze $3. From Dayang Atun's Panglmlllt1\ to of bOH.tswlt.h Crews limited to 1" men. Entrancethe Stone 'Wharf. fee $1. Wmners of the 3rd race to pull with 13-

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nllcl 2nd in the 3rd race to pnll with 14 paddles, 2/1d R,ac.e, 9.15 a. m.-BANDoNG RACE.-} 01' I,o/Ut . olll.v.. 1st prize to Crew $15. 2nd prize to Crewfide fishlllg' boats to be propell~d?y oars, stecnmll\lI ,$7,:30. From Batu Biliong to the Stone Wharf.only. to use a paddle. Crews hmltcd to 5 mell. L~t Iprize $7.50. 2nd prize $5. From Dayltng Atnll'8; .1ath Race, 5: p. m.-THE CONSOLATIONCUP.-.PangkaJlnn to the Stone Wha d. .

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. ~ It race at this meetmg. Entrance fee $1. 1st prize31d Race, 9.~O a. 7/t.-CHAMBEH 01 COMMEI~CE to Crew $25. 2nd prize to Crew $15. From Tanjong

CuP.- Value. $oO.-Prcsentecl by Messrs. Chan hee P!1tinO'an to the Stone vVharf. . .

Ong, Ong 'l'lang Swee and Yeo Gual! Chow. For ...any description of boat with Crews limited to 15men. Entrance fee $1.50. 1st prize to Crew $15.2nd prize to Crew $7.50 From Tanjong Patinganto the Stone Wharf. I ':U[ ():Th'I't" :rHI Y DT;''D onr rg

. I":\!." 'U~:\: . 1.. .~~.I:2.l.. X~.. r.....4th Rar.e.-10 a. m.-BANDONGRAcE.-For bonct,

. ~ ~~ ~_fide fishing boats manned by Chinese only. Crewslimited tf> ten mell. 1st prize $10. 2nc1prize $7.50'

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3rd prize $5. From Dayang Atun's PI~ngkallan tothe Stone Wharf.

I5th Race, 10.15 (t. m.-AnMY, NAVY ANDCONS'l'A-DULARY.-Crews limited to 15 men. 1st prize $15.2nd pri7.e $7.50. From Dayang Atlln's Pangkalh\nto the Stone 'Wharf.

6th Bace, 10.45 a. 7n.-FOR 130..\,'l'SWITH CREWSI.IMITED '1'0EIGHT MEN.-1st prize $8. 2nel prize$4. From D!\yang Atun's Pltngkallan to the StoneWharf.

7th Race, 11.15 a. m.-l'HE OFFICES RACE.-Arace for employes in the Go\'emment and MercantileOffices. Crews limited to fifteen paddles and oneflag bearer, who shall be bond fide employed in orabout nn otI1ce or department on nlOllthly wages andnot as boat or 'l'ongkang coolies or on day wages,Police, Military and Naval depaJ'tmelits not eligible.1st prize $16. 2nd prize $8. Frolll D~\yang A.tnn'sPangkallan to the Stone "'-'harf.

8th Race, 11.45 a.m.-HIs HIGHNESS '1'HE H.A.JAH'SCuP.- Value $130.-2nd prize $li:3 -For bOltts with

'unlimited Crews. Entrance fee $2. 1st prize toCrew $50. 2nd prize to Crew $25. Hrd prize toCrew $15. Frol11 Ba.tn Biliong to the Ri,one 'Vhar£.

['l'he above programme is subject to alteration.].

UAU AND PAIOT.-Octobel'.

Agrecment.~.--38~1 were regi~tered during the-month, 388 at Bau I1nc1Gat PaInt. .

8tamps.-Dlities and fees'amounted to $5D2.70.C01trt.-Fines and fees amounted to $342.Planting.-7- permits were issued during the-

nlonth, 5 to plant rubbel', 1 pepper and 1 tuba.Rnbber.-Dahan Estate produced 6,121t tus. of

rnbber for October.Ban cyanide. works shipped 1.,927.9 07.S. of gold

and 604.5 ozs. of silver for Septembel'. !I,nd Bi({icyanide works shipped 071.3 ozs. of gold alld 14l.:i.ozs. of silver for the same month.

A lepel' IHtmed Chui Kee Joon who had heen selltto the C~tJ!}psome months ago lUll] returned here ontwo previous occasions, did so again on the 3nlinst:1nt and on the moruing of the 4th he was. fonnd

.o1!tside the cloor of the house where his \vife wasliving snfferiug from the efIects of tuba poisoningfrom which he died very shortly. .

The (ith WItS observed as a hoiiclay being HariRa!fa.

On the 10th two Jav:ulese coolies were Ln'ou"ht;. ill by Snlong of Busan, he had fOllnd theln 1J~ltr

I NTERV A L. i\Illsi, they were absconders hom the ~llngei 'l'ellg:1h-- Estate, alld were forwarded to Kuching.Racing will be resumed at 2 p. m. ~he 14th was o~served as A.feast' day by the

. , I Clllnese for the opemllg ceremony of the new bltza:1I';.9th. R?ce, 2. .]J. 1n.-'-BAN?O~G H.ACEr:-l!or b01l1l the 1'opekollg ,from old Bau vilh1ge WItS brought i.u

.fid.e. fis~in~ boats Cr~ws llIlllte(~ to LJ ') mell; l~t processioll to Stmk Lung MUll, and before .tll alt~tl:prize $~2.oJO.. 2nd prIze $15. Ii rom hall Seng S i;et np in the middle of the rO~td pmyers were 811idPangkalall to the Stone \Vharf. !tlld !\ large quantity of crackers fireel ofI !tud the-

10th Race, 2.15p. ?n.-FISHERMAN'S H.AcE.-One 1'opeleong was then deposited iu a ternpomry attaplllllll sculling. (Dayong Ilean). 1st !)l'ize $2. 2nd buihling at one end of the .street, and facing it at the.prize $1. Brd prize 1)0 cents. From Muam Pa- other end was the open ail' wuyang. .By 10 A. M.dungall to the Stolle 'Wharf. the whole bazaar was densely packed' with people

11th Race, 2.30 p. m :.:ScHoOL Boys HACE.-Hol' !tllc1at that time there could not h~ve .been fill' shortbone; fide School boys only. Crews limited to 18 of '1,000 people present. 'l'he. festlVltle~ ~vere k~pt.boys. 1st prize $12. 2ncl prize $4.50. From I{llallt t~p for the next two Ot. three d~.~.sand eactl e~enlllgGresik to the Stone Wharf. tnere were between 2,000 and .3,000 people 111the.

I ntI R 3 -T E CHA'Ml'ION UUl'.- VALUE baz?,ar; the crowd was mos.t ordet}y and 110 CU1I1-.,N £ ace, .p. m. H '. ,. plallits were made of ally mlsbeluwlOllr.$100.-Presented by The Opium Farm Syndicate. Th L I I

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Opell to all, boats, crews 'unllll11te( . !ontrance ee t:' '"$'> 1 t

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13th Ilace, 3.30 p. 7n.-Folt BOATSWITHCREWSI '1'he 1\-IatH\O'erof the Ban ~vVorksreportel! on tlJeT.IMITED TO THREE MEN. 1st prize $8, 211d prize, 27th the death of a mall called Salum, aL tiijijH.k$1.50. From Borneo qompany's Pangkalan to the Ihospit,al from the effect of se\'ere scaids; he haa::hone Wharf.. I beell in charO'e of an enO'ine at the New Phtut alld

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the ClJgine was at rest, thus heltting np the coucleI1Rer'.prize $10. 2nd prize $7.50. Brd pri7.e $5. From water in a tank close hy; unfortunately lie accidelltld Iyi\1uara Padullgan to the'Stone,\Vho.d. ' . slipped aucl fell into thia 'ti1llk. He was pulled out,

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TB:~ SARAWAKGAZETTE'~":bEOE~fBER;l; 191'&

'l'he lebsee. of the. Sadong. O'pium,F~nPt,:!I:I~s.~rs.K wong Sang '\V0 were fined $100 for sell.l11g"opmm.at a. higher rate than authorized by Govenlme.r:it,.They immediately lodged an appeal but a few dayslater asked to be allowed to withdraw same. .

'1'he s. s. Ulv 885 tons rpgister, Captain Pe'derson.arrived in ballast from Penang on the 7th. She leftagl\in on the 11th for Singapore with a cargo of 1,OMtOilS5 cwts. of coal and bunkers 160 tons. Withonly short IJotice it was impossible to give her a fullcargo as local sales have been exceptionally good oflate. 'l'he mines have been working at full pressureturning out 80 tons per day. . .

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a nasty accident whilst busily engaged in the kitchen.with cooking operations. At the time she was wear-

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ing bracelets of imitation bead.s "made in Austria."E. R. STILWELL, which are composed of some 'highly inflammable.

Resident, Upper 8al'awak. I substalJce, when they caught fire and her arm wasseverely bUl'lJt. Had HOt assistance been readilyforthcoming it is highly probable the result wouldhave been more serious. It is interesting to note

- thatsincethisoccurrenceseveraltl:adershavegivenSeptember. . up stocking these Ol'lla.ments, whilst natives are

Fines and fees amounted to $504.65. being informed of their dangerous nature.One'On the 2nd I left for Gedong at which pla.ce a towkay who had just received a large consignment

certain amount of excitement prevailed owing to one of these goods promptly returned the whole lot.Sin Yong How who 'had that mOl'llilJg severely 'Per s. I. Chamois on the 7th I received orders toassaulted Yen ;o;oon'rong with It paran{J, fol' 110 proceed to Kuehing. Hlwing IHl.nded over allapparent reason, being still at large. HinYung How Govemment lIlonies and keys of safes to the Courtwas eventually caught that same evening whilst in I'Writer I left by the launch the next day.the act of stealing a Malay's boat. He made a The prisollers have cleared tbe new cattle groullddesperate effort to evade arrest and was not captured which is situated alongside the hospita.l road andbefore he had succeeded in swimming some 500 yards have erected the cow shed. The barbed wire fencingdown stream. has lHrived, but the parapat posts arc not yet ready.

011 the 4th I left Gedong for !tilt Milikill spending 'rhese shou\n be done shortly. . .one night at Lebur O. K. Daka's kampollg. '1'he Nine schoonel'!:; ann three steamers cleared fornext day I went on to Rasuh via Hemun, 'l'ruboh, Knching with coal this month which amounted toAreng, "Lenggoh and Bedup. Staying one night at 1,214 tons H) cwts.Hasuh I started the following morning for Segaun '1'rade returns are as under :--pas~ing through Srob8;ll and Ampungan. At Segaun

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orts.an IIllport!\nt land dispute between the ,Dy!tks of C t I $22071: 05 $!) 141:~OPalaman Tarat Bukar and Segaun necessitated my "oas.a 8' "8~3

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ht A th ' .1.'orel"n 'J i. .)remallJmg t ere wo mg s. s e case IS one 1'>'wbich concerns tbe boundary Letween the LandDyaks of SadOl:g and those on the Sarawltk, 1LlnSamarahan, sides the matter will have to be referredto tbe Hon'ble The Administrator for adjudication.

I returned to Hlmunjan on the 8th.'l'he 26th being His Highness The H.ajah i\Iuda's

birthday the usual public holiday was held and the:fl.ag-stt\ff was decorated.

tThe moUth has been exceptionally ,vet, in con-

equence many of the up-river Dyaks have not y.etbumt off their clearings. They are anxiously awalt-"ng a spell of dry weather..I 'l'hirteen Eailing vessels and three steamers cleared~ut with cOl~1which amounted to 1,704 tons Ii; cwts.

'1'he trade returns am:-

Exports.$27,479.60

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aJ,nrp~~.I!-.t..~nce'.byMr. Main wbo was near him; I)uthe succumbed 'in 'hospital as reported.. '

.r hav'e !l'i;rii.n.g~d.with:. the Manager' of. theBau'Works that in future the railway from .the godownsto 'the further side uf Tai PlI.[rit gold working.; is notto be open to tbe public. Formerly everyone usedthis as the ma.in road from here to Bidi, but thelarge a.mount of traffic on this part of the line rendersit now dangerous;. the roa.d.now from here to Bidiwill be through Bau village, and this joins the rail-way at the further side of tbe Tai Parrit workings.

My time has been largely taken up attendin~ tothe 'Writing out of agreements.

P. W. D.-The prisoners have been employed onclearing and laying out surroundings to IJew bazaar;and on repairing the road through old Bau village.

Imports.$17,002

October.Fines and fees .amounted to $(j!)2.29.H~l'i Raya passed :>ffin the customary malineI'.P. C. Lamar who on the 3rd was sent to 'l'ebakangarrest Bulin a Malay for theft, having got the

cused'together with the stolen property, allowedim to escape. It appears 011the return journeyey stopped at Ampul1gil.nand being the lIight ofe raya the pohce constable made merry :ind

eglected to .handcuff his charge although he hadrefully selected two pairs of manacles before start-a.Abaug Man the native officer who has beeu onk leave for the last four months resumed his dutiesthe 11th. He appears to be quite well again.

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SBIANGGAN(~.-October and November.

I have to report that Abang Bra.him the eldestson of Aban~.:Haji Tamin died from, apparently,consumption the day before hari raya.

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fired and the Malay chiefs and others were received'at the fort.

'1'he Dth (Sunday) being Her Highness The Ranee'sI birthday a holiday was observed on the 10th.I It has been reported from Lingga that a China-

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man named Teo Ah Khian was drowned at Bakongowing to his boat ?apsizing the ~am~ being flooded

. by the waves resultlllg from a SWJft tide, one other,Lim Ab Khun was with him alld was picked up justin time by some people' returning to Liugga fromSimanggang. Up to tbe present nothiug has beenheard of the body of Teo Ah Khian.

A complaint has been made of Ma]ays playingpitch and toss in the bazaar, yuung people collect-ing in numbers and obstructing the thorougbfare.A notice had been ph\ced in the baza.ar sometimeago forbidding this, so the chiefs have IIOW.1'1Iy.warned their people alld the practice has stopped.It is a bad habit for young people to get into andmight be the source of leading them into trollble.

On the 18th instant, six Chillese arrived fromKabong under arrest. and a letter frotll the Court\Vriter there informing that a Chinamall uamed

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