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THE JtEITrSH NOETH BOK^fEO EEEALH. 
[ A.uy: 1, 1892. 
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The weather has been A’ery nnpropitioiis to Marudu 
Bay planting. Heavy rains almost daily prevented the 
burning off of jungle laud reijuired for the helds on three 
of the four Estates. During iny last visit I noticed 
however that on Tandik Estate 100 fields were two-thirds 
burnt off and the Manager was confident he would be 
in time to utilize the rains for liis planting, 
Bengkoka Estate (Pitas) experienced dry weath¬ 
er at first, and at the end of 3Iay one million plants 
w^ere in the fields. 
Banguey Estate was obliged to wait till the end of 
May for news of the formation of the new S 5 mdicate, 
before planting. 
0,244 Bales have been shipped up to date as against 
d,449. There are still shipments to be made. 
Coffee. —The Victona Estate at Kudat is looking 
Avell.' The trees arc loaded with berries, and Mr. 
Christian (who returned to his Estate on the 10th ult:) 
is anxious to use a pulper at once. The Coffee planted 
by Chinese covers many acres of land, and thrives re¬ 
markably under the adverse circumstances of non- 
pruning etc. 
Taritipan Estate seed-beds have greatly improved 
under the late rains. The coffee planted out is some¬ 
what stunted in some places, but other plants look well. 
Heaeth.— ^Very good on Estates. Deaths re¬ 
markably few. The discharged coolies who were sick, 
have been returned to Hongkong, but healthy men have 
Silam that day and landed my goods and next morning' 
continued in the Normnnitxi'd to St'ganan. 
On reaching there I found the s. 1. Dnrvel had just 
arrived with Mr. Pavitt on board who had come down 
to in.spect the gold fields and arrange about the la 5 dng 
out of town lots at Lalia Datu. iMr, Pavitt went on the 
same day in the Darcel. \ tried and ])iinished Mr. 
Kennedy's rebellious coolies acting upon instructions 
received from Sandakan. I went over the estate in the 
evening and saw a small but very nice crop. The cut¬ 
ting had already commenced. Mr. Caiioci has since left 
the estate and I believe Kennedy is carrying on by 
himself. 
Kext morning, the iGth, I went to Laha Data 
joined iMr. Pavitt and same day went by boat up the 
Tabanac river. On the 17th we walked out to the gold 
fields, which are situated about half wav' on the road from 
some men sluiciug and 
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Tabanac to Segama. We saw 
been re-engaged 
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Police. —There are 32 Constables and iM. 
officers in the Province and n Municipal police. 
Education.— The Bev. H. Biehards now numbers 
25 pupils in his scliool. Their progress is satisfactory. 
The Interior is quiet. 
A'ery little Polltax has come iu yet but as I intend 
visiting the Interior District 1 feel confident that the 
amount received will be half as much again as that of 
last year. 
Generai. —Trade i.s not so bad as anticipated. 
In Market Street, traders arc paying $.20 to $23 rent per 
month for shops GO'xJff' in size and only the high rent 
charged for the Government brick shops prevents occupa¬ 
tion. These rents will now be reduced to a level of |15 
per month. The sea wall reclamation is progressing 
rapidly towards the pier. This will form, I trust, the 
future Esplanade. 
Your &c., 
B. M. LITTLff, 
Acting Mesident. 
Sii.AM, Davel Bay, 9th July, 1892. 
Sir, —I have the honor to forward the following 
report on this district for the half month ending the 30th 
June, 
According to instructions I left Sandakan on the 
13th in s.s. JSfornumhurHt for Silam reaching Eaha Datu 
about noon next day. 
There I was informed of the suicide of Mr. Van der 
Aheelen an assistant at Segama Estate and also that 
Mr. Canoci an assistant of Mr. Kennedy's at Seganan 
had. been badly beaten by his coolies. I went on to 
"'in 
there was undoubtedly gold, hut whether m paying 
quantities or not is yet to be seen. The Chinamen say 
it is not. AYe had a talk with one old man who had 
been on the New South AVales fields. He was lookiim 
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very ill and did not say much in favor of this spot. AA^e 
told him he ought to try prospecting fartlicr up and do 
some trenching but he evidently did not understand it. 
At my request lie showed us a small parcel of gold in 
which the largest piece was about half the size of a 5 
cent piece. Ho said the men did not get sufficient to 
pay for their food, but this if true is owing to the 
irregular way they work', most of them being sick half 
the time. 
Air. Pavitt and I afterwards went to Silam. AAndle 
there I had all the Chiefs and tlieir followers up to my 
house and their men, about 100 in all, Bajows, Sooloos 
and Idahaiis. They had a feed and a “ main main " 
and went away happy at a late hour. 
On the 20th, we returned to Tabanac and went to 
Segama as we had been told tliere were Chinamen work¬ 
ing for gold on the main river, hut afterwards found 
this not to be the case. 
On the 24th ■when returning from Segama we met 
H. E. the Acting Governor and Air. Ahirwvck ridino- 
out. The next day His Excellency went to see • the 
men at work on tlie gold. Sickness is very had. One 
man had died since we were here before and the Aus¬ 
tralian man had almost to be carried to Eaha Datu he 
was so weak. 
I do not consider there is anything to justify the 
Government spending any money on this enterprise at 
present unless it be for prospecting. Air. Pavitt and I 
afterwards visited another field at Ulu Tabanac a much 
healthier and bettor looking spot. The men were 
cradling here and one of the men told me they made 
from 50 cents to 1.50 a day. It is worijh noting that 
the former river where the men are so sick falls into the 
hav. Should not the reef he looked for at the water¬ 
shed of these two streams ? 
On His Excellency's return from Segaiiau he paid 
a short visit to the Silam gardens and next morning I 
accompanied him to Simporna and Omaddal. At the 
latter place Panglima Durahmaii admitted that his- 
people had committed an act of piracy. He was or¬ 
dered to hand over the 7 men who had done the deed 
or else the whole village must pay a fine of |250.00. 
He was given seven days to do one or the other in. On 
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