THE BHITISH HOETH BORNEO HERALD. 
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Aug: 1, 1892.1 
the 29tli I was lauded at Silaiu and His Excellency and 
Mr. Pavitt went on to Sandajian. 
About midday on the dOth a Sooloo boat came in 
with a dead man and woman both most fearfully muti¬ 
lated. The men who brought them reported a horrible 
Amok at Laha Batii in which two Chinamen were also 
killed and two Sooloos and three Chinese wounded (two 
of the latter have since died). The Amoker was him¬ 
self wounded and with the others is now in the estate 
hospital. The Amoker had some little time ago been 
divorced from the woman he killed which is supposed to 
be the reason of his actions, 
I regret to state that the 7 other Sooloo murderers 
are still at large. 
As will be seen I have been away from Silam all 
the month and am not able this time do make any 
report on the accounts. 
One Dvak Constable No. 07 Uteck died on the 26th* 
Yours &c,, 
A. R. DUNLOP, 
MafiMrate-in-Chavge^ 
Darvel Bag. 
Head Quarter’s Office, 
16th July 1892. 
Sir, — I have the honor to forward my report for 
the month ending 15th July. 
Tents aired 3 times Magazine 4 times. 
Ammunition issued for service Sugut 500 
• do class firing 1,873 
do • sold 575 
Inspector Jones left for duty on west coast on 17th 
June and returned on 8th July. JMr. Wardrop left for 
Einabatangan on 13th July to execute warrants, &c. 
One P. C. died at Silam. 
6 Discharges. 
6 Enlistments. 
Your &c., 
E. ALG. BAiiNETT Captain, 
CoDDnandant. 
Land Office. 
Sandakan, 18th July, 1892. 
Sir, —I have the honor to forward my report for 
the month ending 15th Inst. 
12 Plans and Copies of Leases and 6 Title Deeds 
have been prepared by the Draughtsman, 2 Occupation 
Tickets and 7 keelong Permits have been made out. 
Mr. E. A. Pavitt went to Silam on the 14th June 
and returned on the 1st July after cutting two short 
traces through the jungle from the Lahad Datu Estate 
to the Gold Mining lands. Mr. Pavitt made a special 
report on the Gold Mining Prospects from which it 
appears that the Chinese now at work can earn suffi¬ 
cient to make good wages but that there is a good deal 
of sickness. If the enterprise is carried on sufficiently 
long the Miners will doubtless get better quarters on 
the field than they now have and a good deal of the 
past sickness may fairly be attributed to bad housing. 
The Gambler in the garden planted by Govern¬ 
ment on the Crocker Road is looking very well and is in 
flower, it was planted about August 1891. 
The Expenditure for June was .§1,660.86 including 
§549.00 paid to Mr. Mackenzie and §100 advance to 
Col. Rozzoli on account of Surveys. 
The Receipts on account of the Land Department 
were:— 
k'ash . § 849.28 
I Stamp Fees . 51.00 
' , 900.28 
Sandakan Town Rates ... ... ... 467.88 
Water Rate . 78.00 
$1,446.16 
Your &c, ==» 
E. A. PAVITT, 
for Commissioner of Lands. 
MedICAE DePAR'I'MEN' r, 
Sandakan, 20th July, 1892. 
Sir, —I have the honor to forward the following 
monthly report for this Department 
A. Sandakan. —-Month ending loth July: The 
general health of the town was good; during the second 
half of the mouth the tendency to disease of the re¬ 
spiratory system again increased. The deaths regis¬ 
tered during the month numbered 27 as compared with 
30 and 25 in the two previous months, and included 17 
Chinese and 10 of Malay races. The cause of death re¬ 
gistered was ill 3 cases of each Remittent Fever and 
Phthisis, in 2 cases each Anchylostomasis, Exhaustion, 
Dropsey, DiarrhoGa, and Pneumonia, and in one case 
each Fever, Beri-'beri, Anaemia, Old Age, Natural 
(Rinses, Heart disease, Pleurisy, Pci’itonitis, Cirrhosis of 
Liver, Gangrene, and drowning. 
B. Bahaeea. —Mr. Wing Wan reports for month 
ending 30th June.—“The health of the coolies was 
satisfactory, no deaths being registered 
C. Kuo A'!'. —Mouth ending 30th June: Dr. Chap¬ 
man reports:—‘‘The health of the town was good: there 
were 6 deaths registered as compared with 10 in May 
and 3 in April: the cause was in 2 cases Malaria, and 
in 1 each Injury, Bronchitis, Anaemia and cause un¬ 
known”. 
D. Gava. —Month ending 30th June: Mr. 
I’erkins reports :—“ The general health of the District 
during the month was good: the deaths registered num¬ 
bered 2 as coiiipared with 2 in May and 3 in April: 
the cause of death was in one case old age and in the 
other ( an infant) unknown. 
E. Lakuan. —Month ending 30tli .Juno; Dr. 
Stewart reports :—“No death occurred (in Hospital) 
during the month : the cases admitted during the month 
were mostly of a simple character. 1 am glad to be 
able to report that measures have been taken to im¬ 
prove the sanitation at Coal Point. I visited Mcmpakol 
and Menumbnk on the 24th and 25th and found the 
health of those places very satisfactory, tlic epidemic 
which was prevalent in May last * having comjiletely 
passed away ”. 
I enclose also the quarterly return of eases treated 
in the Government Hospital, and the quarterly Meteo¬ 
rological returns for the Territory for the Quarter ending 
30th June. 
Your &c., 
JAMES H. WALKER, m.d., 
Principal Medical Officer. 
