Printed for the use of the Colonial Office. January 1876.
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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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Further Correspondence relating to the Affairs of certain Native
States in the Malay Peninsula in the neighbourhood of the
Straits Settlements.
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No. 1.
Major-General Sir Harry Ord, C.B., to the Earl of Carnarvon.
My Lord,
1, Princes Square, London, W., November 18, 1874. THE letter I had the honour to address to your Lordship under this day's date respecting native affairs in the Malay Peninsula, was written before I had the opportunity of seeing the correspondence on the subject just presented to Parliament. A perusal of these papers leads me to modify some of the observations made in my letter, and I have therefore the honour to request your Lordship will allow me to withdraw it and to substi- tute for it the present letter.
2. The greater part of this correspondence has reference to the measures taken by Sir A. Clarke, on his relieving me in the administration of the Government, to restore peace and order in certain of the native States which, at the time of my leaving, were in a very unsettled condition, and one highly injurious to the commercial interests of the Settlements; and my object in addressing your Lordship is to supply certain omissions in this correspondence respecting the actual condition of the States-to show the causes which had led to it; the measures which were taken by me for the preservation of peace; and the reason why I was prevented from carrying them out to the full extent.
3. It appears that on the Governor's arrival at Penang he found two men-of-war engaged in suppressing the piratical attacks made on trading and fishing vessels by one of the rival factions which were contending for the supremacy in Perak, but they were not attempting, and the naval officers told him they had no power to cope with, the outrages which these factions were perpetrating on each other in the interior waters of Perak.
4. The opportunity for interference was afforded by an attack which was made by one of them on the police station on the River Krean, on which the Governor, before resorting to force, resolved to try what mediation would do; and with the assistance of Mr. Pickering, he prevailed on both parties to disarm, and to agree to submit their differences to his arbitration. Having in this way succeeded in restoring peace to the country, he withdrew
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