May 21, 1898.]
considerable improvement on previous returns, A partial washing off will take place to-morrow, when we trust to have a still further improve. ment. Olivers Battery.-As anticipated in my last report, no further trouble has been met with; it is running splendidly.
Work in connection with cutting of bye washes and repairs to dams for the reception of sand and slimes from the Battery will soon be completed. At present everything in connec tion with the mine, crushing, and winding plant are in good order.
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Mount Macdonald,
27th April, 1898.
I have the honour to report on the above Mines as follows:-~~
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
could not make use of all this shaft water for dam purposes; it would have filled a good sized oue.
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give vent to his insolence. Not without a goodly amount of shouting did he condescend to betake himself off.
Dam. This is proceeding, and will be a very What if a member of my family other than large one. The old bed is much deeper, and the myself, I mean a female one, had been in the contractors have already scooped out more act of bathing and this same fellow had made than 1,000 cubic yards and yet it is still half his sudden appearance in the bathroom without full. This is of course a pleasant surprise to warning! Would it be becoming? Surely not. us, for it means that we are getting a watershed I am quite sure that one and all will unhesitat- sufficient for very large plant. The weatheringly side with me in condemning such a gross is favouring us also in our work, as it keeps miscarriago of duty. Again, if powers are ves- very dry, and we shall have this dam completo ted in searchers to search for plague in Euro. in time for the winter rains.
peau houses, could they not effectit more reason. ubly? Firstly, they might be more polite in their dealings, nad secondly, could not the au- thorities furnish them with a written order noti- fying that both European and Chinese houses alike are subject to search?
JELEBU MINING, AND TRADING CO., LIMITED,
FAVOURABLE PROSPECTS.
The Jelebu Mining and Trading Co., Limited, communicate to the Singapore papers as fol- lows:-
the Riu lode, Jelebu, the directors said: "The In the report, dated 21st April, speaking of general indications of the lode continue favour- able," and a strong hope was then expressed of "the prospects of successful lode-mining."
Eureka Main Shaft-300 feet level, drive north extended a total of 26 feet; reef 10 fest wide showing gold occasionally. South drive extended to 17 feet; reef feet 5 wide; will start rise from this level to bouneet, with winze next Monday. 200 feet level.-Winze sunk a further distance of 10 feet, total from level 52 feet; reef 5 feet wide, of average grade. No driving has been done at this level since last report; width of reef in stopes above this level 5 to 8 feet; ore of average grade. 150 feet level.-Work at this level since last report confined to timber-lode manager certain telegrams, which relate to ing main drives and stoping; reef from 23 to 4 feet wide of payable stone.
B shaft. No work has been done since last report.
Olivers Battery-Cleaned up on the 16th inst., 6 days run, 170 tons for 57 ounces 3 dwts. retorted gold. Saturday, 23rd instant, cleaned copper plates only for 105 ozs. amalgam, being the best return from that source ever obtained by us. The general washing up will take place on Saturday, the 30th instaut.
THE GREAT EASTERN AND CALE- DONIAN GOLD MINING CO., LIMITED.
The following report has been received from the manager at the mines by the steamer Airlie :-
Mount Macdonald,
18th April, 1898. Very good and fast work has been done in all our mines since my last report of the 1st inst.
The Great Eastern Main Shaft has now reached the depth of 175 feet, and, after the sinking of a well, we shall start driving for the main reef, as well as for Clarke's reef west. This shaft has been put down very fast indeed.
Zulu Main Shaft.-The contractors have put in 6 more feet, making the total depth now 113 feet. They had to timber, and a floor they cut necessitated a few days' bailing through an in- rush of water, so that they had practically only one week's sinking. The ground in the bottom of the shaft is soft, so that work should proceed fast here. The water, which occurs in all shafts, is only surface water, as we are a long way above the river, and with depth it will disappear altogether.
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Since then, the Board have received from the
cross-cuts ordered to be made at a depth of 110 feet in the main shaft. that the intention of these cross-cuts was partly It may be explained
holders, at the general meeting to be held on to get information to put before the shure- 21st May, but-since the information available to communicate it at once. seems to be so important-it is thought better The following are the telegrams:-
Arise and Shine Shaft-We are now a few feet under the old workings, and shall cut for the reef in a few days. We are down, respec- tively have cleared out down to 64 feet, so that in cutting for the reef we run no risk of any of the old works falling down upon us. If only half the reports about this shute of gold are true we shall strike a very good reef here.
Bank of England. The depth of the old workings was 25 feet, which were cleared out by Saturday last, and to our great delight we found the reef to be 3 feet wide, whilst it seems to widen as we are going deeper. The next few feet will prove it. The stone is highly mineralized, and the pre when broken from the reef shows gold visible to the eye. This claim has always been looked upon as a very good one. in fact the whole line of reef, of which this fine claim forms a part, is rich, but we did not hope to find so large a lode. We shall draw a large supply of ore from this shaft, and shall open out as soon as we are down 100 feet. As you see, we are successful everywhere and all our statements are being borne out to the letter.
Caledonian Main Shaft.-Notwithstanding the water, our men have put it down 14. feet, making a total depth of 131 feet, a splendid result since the men were able to go on again with the sinking. The water is getting also less, and we only regret that we cannot and
offices by taking efficient steps to check a repeti- I hope the Sanitary Board will use its good
tion of such an act as I have described, and will also instruct its subordinates to exercise a due amount of civility-1 am, Sir, yours faithfully.
J. M. XAVIER.
Hongkong, 16th May, 1898.
BRITISH NORTH BORNEO.
THE SUBMISSION OF MAT SALLEH, The British North Borneo Herald gives the following account of the submission of Mat Salleh :-
In consequence of a letter from Mr. Cowie and . E. the Governor dated March 26th, Mat Salleh came down to the Ulu Menggatal for the purpose of discussing matters, and ten- dering his submission, the Company's police Struck lode, at 110 feet, one foot thick-not having in the meantime, been withdrawn from through. Payable.
the interior.
(No. 1-4th May.)
(No. 2.-5th May.)
Lodo 2 feet thick-not through.
(No. 3-5th May.)
Lodo 3 feet thick, payable, not yet through. (No. 4-6th May.)
Lode 4 feet thick-payable, all throngh. The sinking of the shaft to a greater depth has been re-s'arted.
The lode manager expects that, with deeper sinking, there may be still better results as the lode has been getting thicker all the way down, and he expresses the assurance that "no further fear need be felt as to the permanency of the lode.
CORRESPONDENCE
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[We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents.] PLAGUE SEARCHERS IN EUROPEAN HOUSES.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS," liberality in allowing me, through the medium SIR-I hope I may count ou your kind
tion of my rights, which a member of the plague of your paper, to give utterance to the vindica searching party wilfully ignored and trespassed upon. I will detail the occurrence as follows:-
Was
On April 19th Mr. Cowie went up unarmed and alone to Palutan (Ulu Manggatal) where he met Mat Salleh. During the interview, which was wholly amicable, Mat Salleh asked that his mou who are in gaol should be released, and that he and his followers should be allowed to live on the R. Inanum. Both these requests were refused, the first on the ground that these men had been put in gaol for their own crimes, and that it was the fortune of war, and the second because the Government had other views as to his disposal. Mr. Cowie said the Government were willing to grant Mat and his men a free pardon, on condition that they surrendered their guns as a token of submission, and in future ~ should help instead of hindering the Govern- ment. Mat Salleh stated that in the beginning his troubles were in connection with his own people, and that he wished no harm to the Govern- inent, take place on the following day between H. E. It was arranged that a meeting should
the Governor and Mat Salleh at Pangeran Kabar's village on the Menggatal.
In the evening Mat Salleh sent in his spear accepted and returned by Mr. Cowie, who said and kriss as tokens of goodwill. These were
the Company's service and not against it. be trusted that in future they would be used in
On the 20th April Mr. Cowie and H. E. the Governor, accompanied by Messrs. Wise and Pearson, went up unarmed to Pangeran Kahar's village, arriving there about 9 a.m. After waiting about an hour and three quarters for Mat Salleh (his delay being ostensibly on account of the death of a child of one of his
4.30 p.m., while I was undressing in my room On Saturday last, the 14th inst., at about preparatory to taking a bath, happy in the con- sciousness that I would be free from any intru- sion. I suddenly discovered that some one tampering with the handle of the door, and to my chagrin the door was vigorously pushed open and in stepped a burly Chinese, who, after ing glance of scorn and walked past me with a confronting me for a second, gave me a wither. majestic gait into the bathroom, looking intently at every corner and crevice to find a something as if his very life depended upon that something. Finding myself, however, so badly treated by and, moreover, being the host I resorted to my my unwelcome guest, I naturally felt hurt, right of questioning his mission, to which query he replied with a most nonchalant air, Have got plague." I answered him that there was no plague, and further asked him who on earth could have put such a notion into his head. He remarked that he came to look for plague as the house was tenanted by Chinese. I replied that I was the occupier, and the Chinese he was alinding to were my servants, so I demanded He expressed himself willing to give up his his prompt exit, whereupon he became inso-guns (which he said were five in number), but lent and freely used uncouth language to asked that no police should be stationed on the
me) be arrived at Pangeran Kahar's house, followed by about 200 men armed with spears and krisses, several also carrying rifles and wearing cartridge belts full of cartridges. Terms were again proposed to him, and he was told that he would be allowed to live in the interior, and take charge of the Tambunans. He again, apparently at the instigation of Merawi and Dato Sahak, made the two requests before, and was told that two men only, viz., which Mr. Cowie had refused him the day
Baudar and another, would be released, on account of their old age, but that the Inanum was closed to him. However the Inanum men who had followed him would be allowed to return there; on being asked whom he would suggest as a chief for them he named the O. K. Serail, a man whom Mr. Wise had already proposed to place there.
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