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started' by boat for Lubok; Antu ac- truly venerable aspect and deport
comp&nied by the Resident of the themselves with much dignity.
di1ltrict. Marup pengkalan 'wasreach- Simanggang was 'reached the next
ed the same evening, but in conse- day at noon, and o~ the following
quence of a fresh in the rinr the (Wednesday) morning an early start
boats only reached Lubok Antu on Sun- was made for ,Lingga which place was'
day morning, 'and here aga.in a large reached about noon, and shortly af-
Dumber of Dyaks had a.ssembled. ,All terwards H.ll. the Rajah left 'in the
the'principal chiefs of the upper waters'l I
Aline accompanied by. the Resident of
were present inchiding many of those Batang Lupar, and anchored at the
who were last ye&rattacked at Kedaug, mouth of the Saribas the same even-
but who nre now peaceably living on ing. On 'Thursday morning His High-
the banks of the main river. ' neBS ,vent on shore at PU'ss. !ind the'
In the evening of the same day A.li1tethen steamed up to Baripg ,,,hero
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H.H. the Rajah and the Hesident of boats were ,awaitiing to convey His'
Batnng Lupar rode on ponies toSOIDA Highness to Betong, and after waiting
distance past the frontier on the road for the first rush of the tide to pass by
to Badau which is only 4!- miles from Fort T.liliwas reltched at' 6 p.m. and
. ,Lubok Autu station, but the ponies 1!is Highness the Hajah inspected tho
were brought to a standstill by the pepper gardens which' have latel~' been
absence of any bridges on thc Dutch opened up her" by the Chine~e. There
side; and 80 the last mile was done on are about three thousand'vmea wall
(pot. Bnda.u was reached a.t 5.30 p.m. up and looking' healthy, 'and other'
and after calling on tbe Control~I1I'(Mr. gardeJH;will shQrtly be opened. .
van Velthuysen), and meeting the Mi- It is hopeel that before long tbese
''litary Commandant M. de Jeer, "nd pla).ltations will be largel,v extended.
the Medical Officer(11.Haupp) :\ plea~ 'At t\ meeting held in tIle Fort several
sant ride back by moonliqht followed, Ohinese Rtated ~heir intention of open-
andiLubok Antuwas ren.ched at 8 p,m. ing coffee plantations as well.
In passil1~ o,'er Borne o"ftile hills, the ---
soil was of a dark chocolate color, as I Our Notes.
is, seen in .Tn.'-a. Samples of this were DURINGfI.visit of inspection in Up-
sent for ih, the morning and will be per Samwak the Besident was occu-
kept for Mr. Gibson's inspection, in pied in enquiring into the question of
reference to tobacc" culture. water supply raised some few months
A number of palms' and cocoannts ago between the Borneo Coy. Limited ,
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.~~d been planted along the side of and the Shak Lung Mun' Gold 00.
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'the road to" afford II.rt:freslJing shade In the late settlement of the matter
to the jaded traveller, but the Dyak' the Borneo Co. Limited undertook to -~
travellers along the rOILdhave hitherto erect water ways of bilian to replace
mistnken the object of these plants some ditches destroyed by the gold
,and palms, and in the ca.se of the minp!,s and to make a reservoir, the I

<:ocoanuts t.hought taat they wer,e put water from which should flow through
t.here for immediate use. So there the Gold Co.'8 works, t\nd on to those
are now few left, but the remnants of of the Borueo Co.~s the Gold Co. hay-
many may be seen in places where they ing the use of it on its way but not
have been demolished by passers by. in any way to divert the ,vater.
After a big meeting of all the Dyaks ,,'rhere being a t.endency on the part
in Lubo,k Antu Fort on Monday 4th, of the Chinese Gold Co. to act can.
E.fl: the Rajah lefe in the afternoon, tlary, to regulations made in;the settle-
stopping in the evening at Marup ment of this matter the head' of the
landing place, where a deputation of; 'Coy. was told in' Court at Paku, Mr.
Chinese, .waited upon His Highne~s, Everett, MaD~ger of the Borneo Co.
and stated that since the breaking up in Upper Sarawak being present that
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of tile old Kongsi of the village little any breach of such regulations would ,
gold has been worked by them a.nd 'be punishable by'a heavy fine. ,t
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they are now turning their attention -'--_._--
to a.gricultural pursnits. Some of the WE notice in the Straits T'imesthat
headmen of, the commtmity arc of ,the German boat l)reussen delivered I

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the J.Jondon papers of the 13th June boards on shore, and the obarts clearly
in Singapore in twent,y three days, define all shallows, we cannot under-
the Frt:nch boats have several tiines stand how she got. aground. 'rhe
done it in twenty four days, and we S1mbeam came up without any diffi-.
bave received letters ill Kuching once culty without a pilot, as also men. of.
or twice tmder the mOllth. 'rhe French war frequently . , I
mails from Singapore frequently de- Mr. Uoope was accompanied by his ]
liver their mails in London the same wife and Miss Hopkinson they only
day as the P. and O. which. left a remained about 36 hours, leaving at
week earlier. daylight on 5th for Hong. Konj;t.

WE regret having to announce the H.H. the Rnjab returned from Si-
death of Mr. H. B. Low (Resident 3rq manggllng. on the 10th in the Alint f
Division Sarnwak) from ,dysentery a few,notes of hi~ tour will befounc1 1
which took place in England on the , elsewhere. 1
12th July, news of which was received! '1'he p,s. Adeh returning the same 1
by :telegram ill Singapore and for- : morning~~from Bintulu and Baram ]
warded by B.S.Rallet' on the 20th ulti~ with u.full cargo. ]
1110,an account of Mr. Lows services ,l'assenger Mr. Buck, Resident of 1
will be found in aDother column. Bintulu. {
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. WE regret to hear that the Revd. J. O~ the lith the s.s. Ral1t.tarrived
L. Zehu del' is very d!\llgel'ousl~.ill at hom Sin CTltporelooking very smart" I
Lllndu,. Doctor Storie was sent .for this was °her. first trip after being (
some .days ago, aud is still unfl.b~eto docke(lnnd repaired, Rhe brought the ]
lell.\'e him. Lovdon mail of 10th June, and left ,
fI(TlLill011 the 14th fol' Singapore with .I
WE heal' from Simulljall on the I aOfnllcargo and mails.
2nd ultimo, that an alligator carried I Phsscnger Mr. Shannon who IH~s (
ofl' 11.Vyuk out of Ins boat, and let'L Jar Europe. . '.1
tha.t the ouly. remains found was a ___ (
nart .of the po'or man's head, all effort.s O!\ the 13th tbo Lorna Doollt.left (
I to catch the alligator proved frnitless. for Sibu. Passenger !dr. F. J.D. Cox,
,
The poor fellow. was in 11.sampan I 811eretul'lIed to I~uching on the 16th.
with !1. companion, au(l his C0111- .

pauion fiuding tlw sampan steering Ox tbe 15th the p.s. Adeh' left for
all wronCT
o tnl'lled round and found he Labnan tlllil)CTthe
0 '1'rusan relief of 1
was o(tone. Bau('ers.
~ Pa ssen oCTerMr. E. A. W. Cox
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for '1'rnsan oif lea ve. .
'rnE p.s. .rlde.hleft on thtl 2nd nit. 'rho Hon'ble the Resident'left for 1
for Bintulu and Baram. Passengers
Messrs. Hose and Dav who returned ' __.__
Palm and Upper Sarawak the same dar. a
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to their station offlea,:e. n.H. tbe Rajahaccompaniedbythe f
, ".-- - Ranee, Hajah Mudah and his two
. ]
AnouT 4 p.m. on the Srd ultimo the brothers att,ended the S.P.G. Mission t
stearn-yacht Sunrisd\.Y.S. owned by School on the 16th and presented the
Mr. Jesser Coope visited the Sarawak prizes to the successful boys at the an-
river, she unfortunl!-tely ran agroundnual examination, full particull)rs of
on a mud ballk just. below 'rallah Putih. 'which will-be found in ;ano~he:r.co1]JDln.'
but was got otT without any damage . .
being' done, Captain Peck, General .' H. H. tbe Rajah. accompanied by .F
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Iuspector of Police and Prisons went Mr. Buck (Resident of Bintulu) left in ,
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down with some men in a 'rongkang. H.H. gun-boat Aline a.t 6 a. m. on the 'e
to give help, but the yachts crew suc-. 19th for Baram and Labuan. 'rhe
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I ceeded in floating her w~thout their as-. p.s. Adt.h met the Aline at the
i I>istance. She \Vn.sdrawll1g ft. 13.6 and 111outhof the river '!l.nd conveyed His 1
as large steamers sometimes come up HiCThness toBaram the ./Wnedrawing t
the.river drawing over 17 feet and tpe tooOmuch water to'get..over the bar. (
river is well marked out with notice.. His Highuess rejoined th~ Al'ine at
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THE S.S. Lorna Doane arrived from La- Bandar and Mr. Everett who took charge' t
lman bringing l\fr. RickettR and M~'. Sttlfhell
on the 10th ultimo.
the boats containing the tuba, led his rni - s
ture fleet to a point above the rapids in
..., Sungei Lalang, some two miles below the
O~ the 14th ultimo Their Highnesses the village of Grogo where the decoction ]
Hnjah, Hanoe nnd family left Kuching in the thrown into the water, all eagerly sea
gun-boat Aline for Singapore ~n route for the surface for the appearance of the first
England. ' Although the fish did not run very large
Shortly after 3 p.m. on that day, the Eu- good sport was obtained from this point to
ropean residents, principal Malays and several spot when the Sungei joins the main st
Chinese Towkays assembled at the Astana Here a short stay was made for breakfast,
landing stage to bid farewe!! to Their High- which f:resh supplies of t.uba were put into
nesses ,,'ho embarked amid ringing cheers from water and all became on the !11ertwatching
those assembled and from the boys of the the fish to rise. About midday a thunde
Malay school who were drawn up in line with heavy rain threatened to put a stop to
near the Market place. As the Aline got un- proceedings but as it lasted but a short .
der weigh a salute of 21 guns was fired from the sport was soon resumed. At a deep
Fort Marguerita and crackers and maroons named Lubok Tondong, almost surround
were let off by the Chinese, along the bazaar sand-stone rocks, the fun grew fast and
facing the river. Their Highnesses anchored the pool being full of ikan Labang which
for the niglit in the mouth of the river at very lively, most of them being fine large -
Santubong whither they were accompanied by One Kaloi of enormous size caused much
the Hon'ble th~ Resident and Mrs. Maxwell, citement finally breaking away with se'
leaying for Singapore at sunrise on the 15th. spear heads in him. T~e boats with their
The voyage to Europe will be accomplished followed the tuba down stream as far as
in the 1Iessn.geries Maritimes s.s. Djel1uwh but the European contingent landed on
which left Singapore on the 22nd. ing at Buso, it being 5 o'clock by the time
On the same day the s.s. Banee arrived wharf was reached. At Lubok Pa~'
from Singapore with the European mailleav- Singi two sawfish were taken, one by
ing again on the 17th with a full cargo and Everett, the other succumbing to the s
passengers-Archdeacon Meredith and Mr. a Malay; there had previously been co- ~

Douglas. able doubt expressed as to whether the

who stated that they had taken this
O~ the 15th ultimo the s.s. L01'lza Loone fresh water were strictly veracious but
left for Simanggang, Lingga and Sibu, passen- settled the matter at'. once.
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gers-Messrs; Gibson, Somerville and H.icketts. The best kinds of fish takEm were
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Labang, S'mat, Malang and Baung all of
kr 11 p.m. on the night of' the 16th an were of considerable size. The party
alarm of fire was raised. On arrival at the '

at Mr. Everett's partook of two sorts at t..

scene it appeared that the dapor of Mr. Kay in the evening, the Kaloiand S'mat, the-
rfye, the Government dispenser, had taken being in our opinion decidedly the
fire. The fire engine was promptly on the had but few bones; the company agree!
spot and a good supply of water was at hand in taste it much resembled the comb"
I so that the fire was confined to the dapor
-I vour of Cod and Oyster sauce.
which was burnt out and preyented from catch-
ing the house close by. Two other small fires All thoroughly enjoyed their days
ment for in addition to the excitement of
have occurred in the Campongs during the
past month. ing the finny denizens of the river the
was picturesque and characteris~ic. o~a
whose population may be said almost
rfHE snipe season here was opened on the on the water; men, women and chil
~lst. As yet only three small bags have ropeans, Malays, Chinese and Dyaks, aB
been made. .
present and thoroughly ,entered into the
of the sport, shouting with excitem
FISH SPEARIKG ON THE UPPER RIVER. worKing their paddles with a will on
-I O~\Vednesday the 21st ultimo the Hon'ble pearance of a big fish.
i the Hesident got up a ttlbaing expedition on The river, somewhat thick with up
I the right hand branch of the Sarawak river rains, fiowingswiftly between i,ts banks
above Buso. ' standstone rocks crowned 'with' folfage"
The previous evening a party consisting ground covered with a luxurious'
of Mrs. ~Iaxwell, Mr. and Miss Cadell, Mr. jungle trees and ferns, in some places
and Mrs. Jeffreys, Capt. Peck 'and Messrs. over by spreading branches which gave. '

Frere and Lewis left Kuching for the Borneo ant shade to those beneath them, -".
Co.'s station at Buso where they were hospi- delightf~l picture .whose foreground
tably entertained by Mr. Everett, the Com-
pany's manager, the Resident joining the party
ever moving crowd of boats with t
next morning when an early start was made crews. Such was U~escene we 80enj
for the upper reaches of the river. The Datu month and trust that this will be 'by no
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