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started' by boat for Lubok; Antu ac- truly venerable aspect and deportcomp&nied by the Resident of the themselves with much dignity.di1ltrict. Marup pengkalan 'wasreach- Simanggang was 'reached the nexted the same evening, but in conse- day at noon, and o~ the followingquence of a fresh in the rinr the (Wednesday) morning an early startboats only reached Lubok Antu on Sun- was made for ,Lingga which place was'day morning, 'and here aga.in a large

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reached about noon, and shortly af-Dumber of Dyaks had a.ssembled. ,All terwards H.ll. the Rajah left 'in thethe'principal chiefs of the upper waters'l Aline accompanied by. the Resident ofwere present inchiding many of those Batang Lupar, and anchored at thewho 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 I A.li1tethen steamedup to Baripg ,,,heroH.H. the Rajah and the Hesident of boats were ,awaitiing to convey His'Batnng Lupar rode on ponies toSOIDA Highness to Betong, and after waitingdistance past the frontier on the road for the first rush of the tide to pass byto 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 thowere brought to a standstill by the pepper gardens which' have latel~' beenabsence of any bridges on thc Dutch opened up her" by the Chine~e. Thereside; 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 MedicalOfficer(11.Haupp) :\ plea~ 'At t\ meeting held in tIle Fort severalsant ride back by moonliqht followed, Ohinese Rtated ~heir intention of open-andiLubok Antuwas ren.ched at 8 p,m. ing coffeeplantations 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 ofreference to tobacc" culture. water supply raised some few months

A number of palms' and cocoannts ago between the Borneo Coy. Limited.~~d been planted along the _ side of and the Shak Lung Mun' Gold 00.'the road to" afford II.rt:freslJing shade In the late settlement of the matterto the jaded traveller, but the Dyak' the Borneo Co. Limited undertook totravellers along the rOILdhave hitherto erect water ways of bilian to replacemistnken 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<:ocoanuts t.hought taat they wer,e put water from which should flow throught.here for immediate use. So there the Gold Co.'8 works, t\nd on to thoseare 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 nothave 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 partin 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 thelanding 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 thatof tile old Kongsi of the village little any breach of such regulations wouldgold has been worked by them a.nd 'be punishable by'a heavy fine.they are now turning their attention -'--_._--to a.gricultural pursnits. Some of the WE notice in the Straits T'imesthatheadmen of, the commtmity arc of ,the German boat l)reussen delivered

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the J.Jondon papers of the 13th Junein Singapore in twent,y three days,the Frt:nch boats have several tiinesdone it in twenty four days, and webave received letters ill Kuching onceor twice tmder the mOllth. 'rhe Frenchmails from Singapore frequently de-liver their mails in London the sameday as the P. and O. which. left aweek earlier.

boards on shore, and the obarts clearlydefine all shallows, we cannot under-stand how she got. aground. 'rheS1mbeam came up without any diffi-.culty without a pilot, as also men. of.war frequently .

Mr. Uoope was accompanied by hiswife and Miss Hopkinson they onlyremained about 36 hours, leaving atdaylight 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 AlintDivision Sarnwak) from ,dysentery a few,notes of hi~ tour will befounc1which took place in England on the , elsewhere.12th July, news of which was received! '1'he p,s. Adeh returning the sameby :telegram ill Singapore and for- : morning~~from Bintulu and Baramwarded by B.S.Rallet' on the 20th ulti~ with u.full cargo.1110,an account of Mr. Lows services ,l'assenger Mr. Buck, Resident ofwill be found in aDother column. Bintulu.

O~ the lith the s.s. Ral1t.tarrivedhom Sin CTltporelooking very smart"this was °her. first trip after beingdocke(lnnd repaired, Rhe brought theLovdon mail of 10th June, and leftfI(TlLill011 the 14th fol' Singapore with

WE heal' from Simulljall on the I aOfnllcargo and mails.2nd ultimo, that an alligator carried I Phsscnger Mr. Shannon who IH~sofl' 11.Vyuk out of Ins boat, and let'L Jar Europe. .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.leftto catch the alligator proved frnitless.

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for Sibu. Passenger !dr. F. J.D. Cox,The poor fellow.was in 11.sampan 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 forall wronCTtnl'lled round and found he Labnan tlllil)CTthe '1'rusan relief ofo 0was (tone. Bau('ers. Pa. ssen oCTerMr. E. A. W. Coxo ~

for '1'rnsan oif lea ve. .

'rnE p.s. .rlde.hleft on thtl 2nd nit. 'rho Hon'ble the Resident'left forfor Bintulu and Baram. Passengers Palm and Upper Sarawak the same dar.Messrs. Hose and Dav who returned ' __.__to their station offlea,:e. n.H. tbe Rajahaccompaniedbythe

, ".-- - . Ranee, Hajah Mudah and his twoAnouT 4 p.m. on the Srd ultimo the brothers att,ended the S.P.G. Mission

stearn-yacht Sunrisd\.Y.S. owned by School on the 16th and presented theMr. Jesser Coope visited the Sarawak prizes to the successful boys at the an-river, she unfortunl!-tely ran agroundnual examination, full particull)rs ofon 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 byIuspector of Police and Prisons went Mr. Buck (Resident of Bintulu) left in ,

down with some men in a 'rongkang. H.H. gun-boat Aline a.t 6 a. m. on theto give help, but the yachts crew suc-. 19th for Baram and Labuan. 'rheceeded in floating her w~thout their as-. p.s. Adt.h met the Aline at theI>istance. She \Vn.sdrawll1g ft. 13.6 and 111outhof the river '!l.nd conveyed Hisas large steamers sometimes come up HiCThness toBaram the ./Wnedrawingthe.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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. WE regret to hear that the Revd. J.L. Zehu del' is very d!\llgel'ousl~.ill atLllndu,. Doctor Storie was sent .forsome .days ago, aud is still unfl.b~etolell.\'e him.

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THE S.S. Lorna Doane arrived from La-lman bringing l\fr. RickettR and M~'. Sttlfhellon the 10th ultimo.

...,O~ the 14th ultimo Their Highnesses the

Hnjah, Hanoe nnd family left Kuching in thegun-boat Aline for Singapore ~n route forEngland. '

Shortly after 3 p.m. on that day, the Eu-ropean residents, principal Malays and severalChinese Towkays assembled at the Astanalanding stage to bid farewe!! to Their High-nesses ,,'ho embarked amid ringing cheers fromthose assembled and from the boys of theMalay school who were drawn up in linenear the Market place. As the Aline got un-der weigh a salute of 21 guns was fired fromFort Marguerita and crackers and maroonswere let off by the Chinese, along the bazaarfacing the river. Their Highnesses anchoredfor the niglit in the mouth of the river atSantubong whither they were accompanied bythe Hon'ble th~ Resident and Mrs. Maxwell,leaying for Singapore at sunrise on the 15th.The voyage to Europe will be accomplishedin the 1Iessn.geries Maritimes s.s. Djel1uwhwhich left Singapore on the 22nd.

On the same day the s.s. Banee arrivedfrom Singapore with the European mailleav-ing again on the 17th with a full cargo andpassengers-Archdeacon Meredith and Mr.Douglas.

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O~ the 15th ultimo the s.s. L01'lza Looneleft for Simanggang, Lingga and Sibu, passen-gers-Messrs; Gibson, Somerville and H.icketts.

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kr 11 p.m. on the night of' the 16th analarm of fire was raised. On arrival at thescene it appeared that the dapor of Mr. Kayrfye, the Government dispenser, had takenfire. The fire engine was promptly on thespot and a good supply of water was at handso that the fire was confined to the daporwhich was burnt out and preyented from catch-ing the house close by. Two other small fireshave occurred in the Campongs during thepast month.

rfHE snipe season here was opened on the~lst. As yet only three small bags havebeen made. .

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O~\Vednesday the 21st ultimo the Hon'blethe Hesident got up a ttlbaing expedition onthe right hand branch of the Sarawak riverabove Buso. '

The previous evening a party consistingof Mrs. ~Iaxwell, Mr. and Miss Cadell, Mr.and Mrs. Jeffreys, Capt. Peck 'and Messrs.Frere and Lewis left Kuching for the BorneoCo.'s station at Buso where they were hospi-tably entertained by Mr. Everett, the Com-pany's manager, the Resident joining the partynext morning when an early start was madefor the upper reaches of the river. The Datu

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Bandar and Mr. Everett who took charge'the boats containing the tuba, led his rni -ture fleet to a point above the rapids inSungei Lalang, some two miles below thevillage of Grogo where the decoctionthrown into the water, all eagerly seathe surface for the appearance of the firstAlthough the fish did not run very largegood sport was obtained from this point tospot when the Sungei joins the main stHere a short stay was made for breakfast,which f:resh supplies of t.uba were put intowater and all became on the !11ertwatchingthe fish to rise. About midday a thundewith heavy rain threatened to put a stop toproceedings but as it lasted but a short .the sport was soon resumed. At a deepnamed Lubok Tondong, almost surroundsand-stone rocks, the fun grew fast andthe pool being full of ikan Labang whichvery lively, most of them being fine large -One Kaloi of enormous size caused muchcitement finally breaking away with se'spear heads in him. T~e boats with theirfollowed the tuba down stream as far asbut the European contingent landed oning at Buso, it being 5 o'clock by the timewharf was reached. At Lubok Pa~'Singi two sawfish were taken, one byEverett, the other succumbing to the sa Malay; there had previously been co- ~

able doubt expressed as to whether thewho stated that they had taken thisfresh water were strictly veracious butsettled the matter at once.'. .' '., .;. .';M" .. .

The best kinds of fish takEm wereLabang, S'mat, Malang and Baung all ofwere of considerable size. ' The partyat Mr. Everett's partook of two sorts at t..in the evening, the Kaloiand S'mat, the-being in our opinion decidedly thehad but few bones; the company agree!in taste it much resembled the comb"vour of Cod and Oyster sauce.

All thoroughly enjoyed their daysment for in addition to the excitement ofing the finny denizens of the river thewas picturesque and characteris~ic. o~awhose population may be said almoston the water; men, women and chilropeans, Malays, Chinese and Dyaks, aBpresent and thoroughly ,entered into theof the sport, shouting with excitemworKing their paddles with a will onpearance of a big fish.

The river, somewhat thick with uprains, fiowingswiftly between i,ts banksstandstone rocks crowned 'with' folfage"ground covered with a luxurious'jungle trees and ferns, in some placesover by spreading branches which gave. '

ant shade to those beneath them, -".delightf~l picture .whose foregroundever moving crowd of boats with tcrews. Such was U~escene we 80enjmonth and trust that this will be 'by no

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