(Signed)
WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS.
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Penang, and all persons desiring to acquire unoccupied lands for the purpose of occupation, cultivation, or mining, can apply at the same office.
Lieutenant-Governor's Office,
Penang, July 13, 1874.
By his Excellency's command,
(Signed) A. E. H. ANSON,
Lieutenant-Governor of Penang.
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6. These endeavours, however, have been vain, as Raja Mahdie obstinately refuses any arrangement which does not make him Raja and sole owner of Klang, one of the districts of Salangore which he claims as his private property.
7. This claim the Sultan of Salangore denies, and no doubt with justice.
8. I have now received a letter from His Highness the Mabarajah of Johore, copy of which I have the honour to enclose for your Lordship's information. I also enclose a copy of my reply.
9. I cannot see that there is anything more to be done at present, except to watch Rajah Mahdie's movements.
I have, &c.
Enclosure 9. in No. 1.
Proclamation.
חיווי
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
C.O.
Reference :-
By His Excellency Colonel Sir Andrew Clarke, R.E., C.B., K.C.M.G., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Straits Settlements, and Vice-Admiral of the same.
(Signed) A. CLARKE, Governor and Commander-in-Chief.
WHEREAS by an engagement entered into at Pulo Pangkor, on the 20th day of January 1874, at the instance of and by the Chiefs of Perak, it was, among other things, agreed that a certain portion of territory, that is to say, the watershed of the Krean River, on the southern side of the river, should be declared to be British territory, as a rectification of the southern boundary of Province Wellesley, to the mutual advantage of both countries, the boundaries of which territory would thereafter be marked out as provided by the said engagement; and whereas the terms of the said engagement have been approved:
And whereas by a Proclamation published on the 13th day of July, in the year of our Lord 1874, the said territory was declared, amongst other things, to be British territory:
And whereas it has been found desirable now to annex the said territory to Province Wellesley, as originally intended:
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Now be it known to all men, that the said portion of territory referred to in the said recited engagement and Proclamation is hereby annexed to and is hereby to be con- sidered as a part of Province Wellesley, and as such a portion of the Settlement of Penang, and that the inner boundaries thereof will be published in the "Gazette time to time as the same are ascertained.
By his Excellency's command,
(Signed)
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Singapore, May 7, 1875.
W. W. WILLANS,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
(Private.)
MY DEAR GOVERNOR,
Enclosure 1. in No. 2.
Istna, Johore, July 11, 1875. WITH reference to our conversation a few days since, I have had a long interview with Rajah Mabdie at which I endeavoured to persuade him by all the means in my power to accept your Excellency's terms of a pension, residing either in Singapore or Johore, but I regret to say he is unwilling to accept them.
I further offered him again a portion of land in my territory to govern, but this he has
also refused.
As it now seems to me that the prospect of a settlement is impracticable, and since Mahdie was sent for by me at the special request of the late Governor, Sir Andrew Clarke, I am anxious to receive your Excellency's instructions regarding him, as it is obvious from this repeated refusal on his part that my influence will not be sufficient to prevent him from adopting a more objectionable action than at present.
I can assure your Excellency that it is a source of great regret to me that Rajah Mahdie refuses to take the good advice offered him, for in this, as well as in all other matters, I am only too desirous of furthering the interests of the British Government.
I am, &c. (Signed) Maharajah (in native character).
Governor Sir W. F. Jervois, K.C.M.G., C.B.,
&c.
&c.
&c.
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No. 2.
GOVERNOR SIR W. F. JERVOIS, K.C.M.G., C.B., to the EARL OF CARNARVON.
(Received August 30.)
No. 208.
MY LORD,
Government House, Singapore, July 20, 1875. PREVIOUS correspondence will have made your Lordship familiar with the name and character of Raja Mahdie, a Chief of Salangor, and grandson of the late Sultan.
2. My predecessor, well aware of the disturbances already caused by this Raja in Salangore, and fully alive to the trouble he might still give, in August 1874 asked the Maharajah of Johore to exert his influence to induce Raja Mahdie to come to Singapore.
3. Sir A. Clarke, I understand, trusted that Raja Mahdie might be brought to see the futility of endeavouring again to renew a party strife in Salangore and hoped that be might be prevailed upon to accept an allowance from the Salangore Government, and live for the future peaceably away from the scene of his late struggle.
4. Mahdie had expressed his intention of going to Singapore at the very time the Maharajah's message reached him, and he made his way overland from Langat to Johore, reaching the latter place about nine months ago.
5. Since Raja Mahadic's arrival in Johore, both my predecessor and myself have used every endeavour to induce him to give up further interference in Salangore affairs, and to accept an allowance from that Government.
MY DEAR MAHARAJAH,
Enclosure 2. in No. 2.
Government House, July 11, 1875. I BEG to acknowledge the receipt of your Highness's letter of this morning's date. I fully appreciate your Highness's good offices in having, at the special request of my predecessor, Sir Andrew Clarke, sent for Rajah Mahdie, and in having taken so much trouble in endeavouring to induce him to accept the offer made to him to accept an allowance and reside either in Singapore or Johore.
I fear that in the present state of mind of Rajab Mahdie I can make no proposal which is likely to meet his views, and I can now only express a hope that, for his own sake, he will not pisce himself in a position which might lead to a course of action which every one desirous of his welfare must wish to avoid."
His Highness the Maharajah of Johore,
&c.
&c.
&c.
Believe me, &c. (Signed) WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS.
No. 3.
GOVERNOR SIR W. F. JERVOIS, K.C.M.G., C.B!, to the EARL OF
CARNARVON. (Received August 30.)
No. 211.
MY LORD,
Government House, Singapore, July 22, 1875.
I HAVE the honour to draw your Lordship's attention to the great want which is at present experienced owing to the absence of any correct topographical information relating to the Malayan Peninsula.
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