We extract the following information from Mr. ort for the last quarter of
of moat promise has been the visit of a well-1983 Per rogede agriculture, "the feature known Deli planter in connexion with the Sabsh Land-farming Company, who reports very favourably on the soil up the ers on the south side of the Bay for tobacco planting, and for whose operations felling is now in progress on the Suan Lambir river." Allusion is here made to Mr. Gibson, who returned to the country in the Hong Ann gang of niuety-Singapore, We fear that he is somewhat Into in the season for his tobacco experiment, but we gather that he trusts, by employing an extra number of hands, to get the preliminary work put through expeditiously and so ensure success. It is, however, matter of regret that Mr. Gibson has not been able to visit and inspect any laud outside of Sandakan Bay, as in all probability superior soil is to be found elsewhere. At any rate Mr. Gibson has a name to lose as " tobacco-grower, the Directors of the Sabah Laud-farming Company could not have do: to entrust this branch of their to his hands, Mr. Pryer concludes an interesting report with the following re-The progress of Klopura. has not been so rapid a at one time promised.
the spring the population was growing faster than house accommodation could be built for it, and a large quantity of hastily run-up' atta houses much better class of gone on with, more particularly 'The' most preterit place is Sun Kwong Lung' two-storied brick bull ile roof."
On the 3rd Mi Amatista arrived at Sandakan from Hongkong and Manila with passengers Mr. Richards and Mr. Pryor, brother of the Resident, and forty-six deck passengers for that port. She also brought a very smart steam-launch for the Chins Sabah Land-farming Company. This handsome and useful little craft, named the Thistle, made a trial trip on the 5th March and attained a speed of knots, The same company have re-city-ton lighter, bui The British barque Lee Yih, 218 tone, T. J. Culhano, Master, sailed from Sandakan for Hongkong towards the end of April with a cargo of telegraph shipped by the Chinese. Sabah Band: farming Company.
In the Deutsche Tabak Leiting we find the following about British North Borneo and ite prospects with regard to tobacco cultivation there:—Practical proofs have just been obtained by the Sabah Land-farming Company which, according to advices as to the results of a trial with tobacco and sugar, to have given such sat factory results that they these products on a large scale 4 People will ask will it not be better to wait till but then com the question as to whether land be had for $1 per acre, because xs sven as Government is acquainted with the value of the land the prices will of course yo up. It will then not be improbable that the of the land will rise to £15 to £18 as or to £26 to £28 per acre as in 3 then we who have come first will be better off than those who come later. Destructive earthquakes such as we had lately in the south of Samatra and north of Java and which oft havoc in the Philippine Isla known in Borneo. The volcanic zor through the Malay Archipelago and goes through the length of Samatra, Java, Flores, Timor and northerly to. Gilulo and northera portion of the Philippines. Borneo la far away from these influences. That other enemy of agriculturist "Typhoons" is unknown; the island i free from cyclones as also strong winds in the neighbouring seas."—North Borneo Herald.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.