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THE BETTISH HOETH BOENEO HEEALH. [Aug; 1, 1892. 
up lier old anchorage in the Bay. The Egeria haS' been 
away two full months on survey work in the neighhour- 
liood of our Eastern and South Eastern boundaries. She 
left Sandakan on July 31st, to complete the whole Sur¬ 
vey and is expected to return here in about three weeks 
time. 
The s.s. ^lemnon arrived from Hongkong t'ia Kudat 
on the morning of Saturday July 23rd. IMr. H. C. 
Brushfield returned in the steamer and w’e are glad to 
say he has quite recovered his health during his stay in 
Hongkong, and is now looking well and fit. The Mem- 
non after loading with timber for the China Borneo 
Company left for Hongkong on July 28tlL 
1 We feel the greatest regret in announcing to our 
readers the death on the 16th July of Miis. Bouertson 
wife of Mr. John Robertson Superintendent of Public 
Works. Mrs. Rober'I’son had just undergone her con¬ 
finement and was going on well, when she took a turn 
for the ivorse. She passed a bad night on the 15th, and 
gradually sank, dying about midday on Saturday July 
16th. The funeral took place on Sunday evening July 
17th in the Sandakan Cemetery the Revereno W. H. 
Elton reading the burial service. A very large attend¬ 
ance of residents of Sandakan including several ladies, 
were present at the ceremony. 
Oi:r Kudat correspondent writes as follows under 
date July 22nd. The Ranee which left here on the 19th 
July shipped at Banguey 421 Bales of Tobacco which 
is reported to be of a very fine colour. The health on 
the Marudu Bay Estates has greatly improved of late. On 
one of the largest there has been no death for now 3 
months and the Doctor finds his time hanging heavily 
on his hands. The Mission is showing most encouraging 
results, and it is usual for over 100 Hakkas to attend 
Service on Sundays which must be very gTatif 3 dng to 
the Revd. Mr. Richardsy the school also I am told is 
well attended. 
Riding parties have not yet gone out of Fashion in 
Sandakan. On the afternoon of Saturday the 23rd ulti¬ 
mo a party of ten including four Ladies and the Capt. 
and a couple of the Ofiicers of H. M. S. E(jcria met at 
Mrs. Cooks house. Their leader took them along the 
Leila Road to past Bongin Mulanta and through shady 
jungle into the new Chinese Settlement at Bokara. The 
neat gardens and busy industry of the squatters were much 
admired. After a slight refreshment, the party returned to 
Sandakan at a good pace. The ponies behaved well and 
there were no mishaps to record, only the recollection of a 
pleasant ride which every one seemed to enjoy. 
The s.s. Kormanhy arrived at Sandakan from Me- 
nado on the morning of July 27th leaving for Singapore 
via Kudat and Labuan the same evening. Mr. Loeb 
was a passenger to Singapore. 
Captain Gray of the s. s. Normanby informs us 
that that the total loss of life incurred by the 
volcanic eruption at Sangar Island, recorded in our 
last issue amounts to some 1,600 human beings. 
A church in which were collected some 300 people 
the majority being women and children was com¬ 
pletely buried by the ashes and lava dust and all the 
congregation perished. The Major China of Bali had 
generously sent the steamer Ban Boh, Guan to Sangar 
with 1,600 bags of rice as a subscription to the house¬ 
less sufferers from the disaster. On the South side of 
the island the vegetation is again springing up and green 
IS replacing the sombre ashen hue of the landscape, ^ 
but it is calculated that the northern portion of the is¬ 
land wilt take' at least eight years to fully recover the 
effects of the catastrophe. All the inhabitants are be¬ 
ing supplied with free rice by the Dutch Government. 
Mr. J. Fernandes proprietor of the Sandakan Iron 
Works Leila Road left Sandakan per steamer 
on July 27th en route for Europe and Demerara, and 
will be absent about six months. We hear he has a 
commission to select a small sugar mill .for the use of 
the Borneo Development Company. . We wish Mr J. 
Fernandes a pleasant and successful trip and safe return 
to Borneo. During his absence all orders for the works 
will be carried out by Mr. E. Foreman. 
The s.s. Memnon left Sandakan for Hongkong on 
Thursday July 28th, she took timber on behalf of the 
China Borneo Company. Mr. Van der Hoeven and 
Mr. W. E. Roberts were passengers to Hongkong. Mr. 
J. Robertson left for a six wmeks change on vacation 
leave to Hongkong, Saigon and Bangkok. 
The Hongkong Daily Press of July 9th says 
The Kew Oriental Bank ? The Court has confirmed 
the order for winding up the New Oriental Bank Cor¬ 
poration Limited 
The steamer Sri Piitri arrived here from Labuan 
and Kudat on the night of July 28th having been ashore 
for six hours in the Mallewalli. She brings news that 
the Petrel with the outward Singapore Mail went ashore 
in the neighbourhood of the Jahat Shoals North East of 
Labuan and will have to be docked in Singapore. This 
means waiting till August 14th for our English Mails 
when about five will most likely be sprung upon us in a 
heap. 
We are requested by Mr. Alex : Wardrop to 
insert the following return of Gun Club shooting 
