The steamer Alwine, which of what is being event worth recording appears to be the occupation of the mines by the French, This was done while the steamer lay there, and was effected by about 600 m Chinese offered very little opposition, and wore driven out with scarcely any fighting.
hero is a large stock of coal there which has been got up from the mines, and this will no doubt come in vei Frouch, fleet. out, the Chinese poured " lot of ker oil over some of the coal, and it, With the exception' of thi 5 everything appeared to be going on quietly while the Alwine Iny there, and the fishing population were following their usual avocations unmolested. Tiree French men-of-war, the Bayard and two smaller ones, and the transport Nive were lying off the entrance tothe harbour, and another cruiser came and loft again while the Alwine was there, It was reported that the number of the French landing force at Tamsui 700.—Daily Press 'NORTH BORNEO, Over two hundred thousand tobacco plants have and been put out on the Suan nba Estate planting is going on as quickly as possible. The Manager presses his satisfaction with the experiment 0 far.
His Excellency the Governor, accom-Ghinese Hakka settlement at Kudat on nied by the Acting Resident, visited the
August 9th.
The gardens were looking exceedingly well and it was evident that the men never were so loppy and proserous and there was no sickness. It is tis factory to find that the settlers are planting produce for ti an market, instead of growing vegetables only, as at present there is very little sale for the latter, owing to the Chinese who are planting near the settlement growing more than enou-h for local consumption, Some young Liberian coffee plants were looking very healthy. If these Hakkas will grow ground nut and other valuable products for export in fair quantity there is no rea~ oon why they should not get on well, and form the nucleus of a large agricultural settlement, Public works at Sandakan have certainly made a grent stride of late. The Govern-mont offices and Court House have been comploted and are occupied by the different Departments and pronounced to be most comfortable, and what threatened to be an ugly structure has been redeemed by cer tain ornamental addi tic taste of the Superintendent of Public Works Department. The Hospital is at last making progress and the Public Market is well in hand, Water has been put up, also a Depot. for petroleum and combustibles, the Bridge over the Sandakan river has been completed, and the Rani ways have been added to and kept in fair condition, Plans have been prepared for a Government House and the site for it has been cleared by convict Inbour.
The Sandakan Club has boon opened with great eclat, the members giving a dance and supper at which nearly all the residents were pi Among!
we noticed Mea. and Miss Ire char, Mes, Pryor, Mrs. Morrison and Gout, In addition to al billiard table, Mr. Dent lis most mauificontly pro-sented the Club with a library of 220 volumes of some of the best Itnglish authors, At general mosting the Lion. Secretary, Mr. H. B. Dunlop, was requested to convey to Mr. Dont the hearty thanks of the members for his generous and appreciate community at large will thoughtful gifts, which are most thoroughly
be glad to hear of this additional (though non ly interest which Mr. Dei of North will always be id Borneo He ald.
The Court of Directors having sanctioned the issue of notes in North Borneo to the extent of $25,000 for the conv the traders and of t considerable quantity have al it way into circulation, the natives also accepting them readily, as being more convenient and portable than dollar pieces and having this additional advautege over the dollar, namely, that dollars may be, and, it is to be regretted, frequently are spurious, yet 80 well made as often to escape detection, while there is no probability of any successful attempt being made to imitate the company's notes. Still another advantage ha hat by means of them remittances be safely and cheaply made, the notes being cashed not only in Borneo, but by the Agents in Hongkong, Singapore, and also in London, so that the North Borneo notes are in reality more convenient than those of the Kastern Banks, which only cash their notes at the places of issue, A Hongkong note is with diiculty cashed in Singapore and clee versd, ud probably neither Singapore nor Hon; ong notes would be cashed in Land whereas the North Borneo without charge for commission in North Borneo, Hongkong, Singapore, and Londo At present, notes of three denominati only have been issued—t $1, $5, and $25, and it would be a grea convenience if these were supplemented by the issue of a note of the value of $10.
By order of the Court it is provided that a reserve specie of at least one-third of held by the public must be treasury and held entirely apart from any other reserve deposit or funds of the Company, specifically to meet these notes, and a weekly return is made by the Treasurer to the Governor of the amount of each denomination in circulation, The notes have been engraved by Messrs. Blades, Enst Blades, London, and are of three different sizes, the SI note being the smallest and the $25 one the largest, Exch note is signed by H. B, Dunlop, Accountant, avd by A Cook, 'Treasurer General. ° The Yalues are plainly marked in English and Mulay characters, and the five dollar notes are impressed' with the Company's arms, while the other two pro-sout a pleasing picture of the great mountain Kinabalu, the pride of North Borneo, 13,693 ft, high,—North Borneo Herald, AUSIRAGT OF PEKING GAZETTES, September 15th.—(Court Circular.) The Grand Secretary Teo requested parting instructions on starting for Fuhkien, and had audience of leave, (1) A Dectoo in answer to a report from the Governor of Sheng-king to whom an application had beau referred from certain inese at Feng-tien, made to the Board of Revenue, for permission to cultivate cor tain waste land in that province lying to north of a town called Hai-lung hang. The Governor reports that the land in question is situated within the limits of the Imperial Hunting Reserves, and that the permission solicited should not be grant The Doctoo expresses astonishment ity of such proposal, and. in directing the Governor to maintain the strict integrity of the Reserve from the trusion of squatters, orders the Bo:
ud any future applicants for peri to cultivate land therein to Feng-tien for trial and punishment, (2) A_ Postscript Memorial from the Acting Governor of Shansi reporting the barbarous conduct of a Di Day who employed illegal torture examination of a pri him. 'The Magisteat impression that the prisoner Was a sorcerer would use his diabolical arts to make his escape, ordered the man's eyes to be put out by rubbing lime into them, and severed the tendons of both his heels.' The Memorialist is of opin that for an officer holding the position of a local authority to make torture on the mere suspicion that a pri-souer under examination wi diabolical arts, instead of try out avy bias, is an act of perverse which ought to subject him t from the public service. He the Magistrate in question may be dismissed preparatory to being placed on his trial.—Grauted by Rescript.
September 16+h.—(1) The following appointments are announced Sheng Yi (5) to be Libationer of the Imperial Academy.
Nion (BB ST) to be Director of the Imperial Banqueting Court, Ho Ching, Governor-General of Fuhe kien and Chekiang, is ordered to come
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