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and which are legally removeable, by a tenant, at a valuation to be made by two parties, mutually appointed: Provided, lastly, that if at any time during the said term, or the said further term of ninety-nine years, or after the determination of either of the said terms, any doubt, dispute, or difference, shall arise between his said Highness, his successors, or assigns, and the said lessees, or lessee for the time being, concerning any of the clauses, covenants, and agreements herein contained, or in anywise relating thereto, or the working or conveying out of the same, or any valuation to be made as aforesaid, or any other matter or thing whatsoever relating to the said mines and premises, then and in all such cases, such doubt, dispute, or differences shall, from time to time, as they may arise, be referred to an arbitrator, to be appointed by his Excellency the Governor of the Straits Settlements for the time being, or in the event of his being absent from Singapore, or unwilling to appoint them, to such persons as the Colonial Secretary of the Straits Settle- ments for the time being, shall appoint. And the decision or decisions of the persons from time to time appointed as aforesaid, shall be final and binding on both parties.
In witness whereof, the said parties have hereunto set their hands, at Malacca, the day and year first before written.
Sir,
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DEYA UDDIN BIN ZINURRIFHEED QUEDAH. CF. M. M. DE GELUES, by his Attorney,
RICHARD Barker.
J. G. DAVIDSON.
Signed, sealed, and delivered, in the presence of
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ALFRED R. ORD, Acting Lieutenant-Governor, Malacca.
No. 52.
Admiralty to Colonial Office.
Admiralty, November 25, 1873. WITH reference to previous correspondence, I am commanded by my Lords Com-. missioners of the Admiralty to transmit, for the information of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, a copy of a letter, dated 21st October, from the Senior Naval Officer at Singapore, in regard to further operations against the Laroot pirates, and the state of affairs at Acheen.
I am, &c.
(Signed)
Inclosure in No. 52.
ROBERT HALL.
Sir,
"Thalia," at Singapore, October 21, 1873. SINCE my letter of the 3rd instant, forwarding particulars of the late expedition against the pirates in the Laroot river, I have nothing to report beyond having captured two piratical row-boats with the boats of this ship, which were detached for four days searching the various creeks. Also, that Commander Grant, in the "Midge," with the pinnace and a party of sixteen marines from this ship, was employed for several days searching for piratical craft. I regret to say that, in consequence of having no steam- launch, they managed to evade capture.
2. I regret to have to report that James Kennedy, ordinary seaman, who was wounded on the 20th ultimo, as already reported, expired on the 11th instant from the effect of the wound received.
3. Affairs in Acheen are still quiet. Operations are intended to commence early in
I have, &c.
November next.
The Secretary of the Admiralty.
(Signed)
H. B. WOOLLCOMBE, Captain and Senior Naval Officer.
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No. 53.
Admirally to Colonial Office.
Sir,
Admiralty, November 28, 1878. WITH reference to my letter of the 25th instant and to previous correspondence, I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to transmit herewith, for the information of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, a copy of a despatch, of the 28th September, and its inclosures, from the naval Commander-in-chief in China relative to the proceedings of Her Majesty's ships "Thalia" and "Midge" in the Straits of Malacca against the pirates in the Laroot river.
2. I also forward the inclosures to the Admiral's despatch of the 8th September on the same subject.
Sir,
I am, &c.
(Signed) ROBERT HALL.
Inclosure in No. 53.
"Iron Duke," at Nambu, Japan, September 28, 1873.
IN continuation of the report contained in my submission of the 15th instant, I request you will lay before the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty the accompanying letters and their inclosures, which I have this day received from Captain Woollcombe of the "Thalia," reporting the proceedings of Her Majesty's ships under his orders in the Straits of Malacca, of which I have expressed my approval.
2. I have also received to-day a telegram forwarded from Yokohama by the Salamis," from the Senior Officer at Hong Kong, dated 18th September, communicating a message from Captain Woollcombe, informing me that the "Thalia" was leaving Singapore for Penang, where disturbances were anticipated.
That the "Midge's boats had been fired on off Laroot, and that Sub-Lieutenants W. Creswell and Lindesay had been dangerously wounded.
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3. In the third paragraph of my general letter of 13th ultimo, I informed their Lordships that I had sent directions to Hong Kong for the "Avon" to proceed to Singa- pore very opportunely, almost immediately after the departure of the “Thalia.”
On receiving Captain Woollcombe's next report after my return to Yokobana, I shall consider the propriety of sending a further reinforcement to the Straits of Malacca.
4. I desired to avail myself of this opportunity to remark that much advantage would arise on occasions of this kind if Her Majesty's ships were provided with a small and suitable steamboat.
Their Lordships will perceive that a reference is made to the present existing want in the letters of Captain Woollcombe and Commander Grant.
The Secretary of the Admiralty.
(Signed)
I have, &c.
CHAS. F. SHADWELL, Vice-Admiral and Commander-in-chief.
No. 54.
The Earl of Kimberley to Governor Sir Andrew Clarke, K.C.M.G. (No. 259.) Sir,
Downing Street, November 29, 1873. WITH reference to my despatch No. 143 of the 8th of July, I transmit, to you copies of a correspondence between this office and Mr. Seymour Clarke, which led to an interview on the 14th instant between me and a deputation of the Directors of the Salangore Tin Mining Company.
After bearing their explanations as to the nature of the undertaking and the protec- tion which they desired to have afforded to them, I told them that Her Majesty's Govern- ment were anxious that peace and order should prevail in the States of the Malay Peninsula, and that the rich resources of those States should be turned to account, but that in the present condition of several of those States I entertained serious doubt whether the native Governments were in a position to afford protection to Europeans who might engage in industrial enterprises within the native territories, and I was not prepared to
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