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Globe, Volume II, Issue 187, 14 January 1875, Page 3

The Gold Fields Mercury , published in South Africa, in alluding to the contemplated departures of diggers to search for gold at Borneo, says : “ There is gold there, no doubt, that has been known for years, though it is not about Borneo that the present excitement has been got up, but about what are known as the Straits Settlements* Internal wars have been carried on for many years on the Malay Peninsula, but peace has been established in January, and hence explorations have been practicable, resulting in some extraordinary discoveries. The glowing reports which have been brought back have only tended to magnify ihe already almost fabulous accounts of the territory. One man had brought back gold nuggets, some of which are valued at £l2O ; another has discovered a gold reef; a third a mine of almost virgin silver; tin mines, copper mines, lead and cinnabar abound. Grants of land have already been applied for by planters who have prospected the new country, which is adapted for the growth of sugar, tapioca, rice, tea, and coffee. This Malay Peninsula has been lying idle for centuries, but is now, owing to Lord Carnarvon’s policy, opened to British enterprise. There is, however, one drawback. The country is close to the equator, is not of the healthiest, and the animal known as the Bengal tiger—at least, it is of that size—is too often in disagreeable proximity. We would rather take our chauce at Pilgrim’s Rest.”