PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference:
EPEC.O. 882
3 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
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And it is hereby agreed that the submission hereby made shall not be defeated or effected by the death of the said parties, or any of them, pending the same, but shall or may be proceeded in, and the matters in difference determined in the same manner as if the award of the said Arbitrators had been made or determined in the lifetime of the party or parties so dying, and the executor or administrator, executors or administrators, of the party or parties so dying shall be and be deemed and considered to be a party and parties to the reference or submission hereby made, any rule of law or equity to the contrary notwithstanding,
And it is further agreed that, in the event of any of the parties hereto, their executors or administrators, being dissatisfied with the award and determination of the said Arbitrators, or with any portion thereof, he or they shall be at liberty, within one month from the day of the publication thereof, to petition his Excellency Sir Andrew Clarke, or his successor or successors in the said office of Governor of the Straits Settlements, -to remit such award and determination to the Arbitrators for reconsideration, stating in such petition the ground or grounds for their dissatisfaction with the same; and his Excellency the Governor may thereupon, and also independently of any such petition from any of the parties hereto, remit the whole of such award and determination, or the matters hereby referred, or such part or parts thereof as be or they shall think proper to the reconsideration and determination of the said Arbitrators; and the maid Arbitrators shall forthwith proceed to reconsider the matters as referred back to them, and shall, within one month therefrom, or within such further time as bis Excellency Sir Andrew Clarke, or his successor or successors in the said office of Governor of the Straits Settlements, shall appoint in like manner, make and publish their award and determination thereon, provided, however, that it shall be in the discretion of the said Arbitrators to confirm or amend their award and determination, and such amendment or confirmation shall thereupon be final.
And it is further agreed that, in case any of the said Arbitrators shall die, or refuse, or become incapable to act as arbitrator before the whole of the premises hereby referred shall be determined by the said Arbitrators, then the said Governor, or his successor or successors in the office of Governor of the Straits Settlements, shall forthwith thereafter in like manner, nominate and appoint some other fit person or persous to be Arbitrator or arbitrators in the place and stead of the Arbitrator or Arbitrators su dying, or refusing, or becoming incapable to act as aforesaid; and so in like manner upon the decease, or neglect, or refusal to act of any Arbitrator succeeding to the place of the Arbitrators herein appointed. And that every Arbitrator so to be appointed as a substitute for the said Arbitrators, or any succeeding Arbitrator, shall have the same power and authorities as the Arbitrator for whom the substitution would have had had be continued to act. And that the said Arbitrator shall be at liberty to proceed ex parte in case of the non- attendance of either of the said parties, or of their witnesses, after ten clear days' previous notice in writing, under the band of the aid Arbitrators, or any two of them, given to the said parties respectively, or left at his or their respective houses or place of business, or of their attorneys or agents in Penang, notifying the time and place of meeting to proceed with the said reference. And that the parties respectively shall produce before the Arbitrators all books, deeds, papers, accounts, vouchers, writings, and documents within their possession or control which the Arbitrators may require and call for as in their judgment relating to the matters referred. And that the parties respectively shall do all other acts necessary to enable the Arbitrators to make a just award; and that they, nor any of them, shall wilfully and wrongly do, or cause to be done, any act to delay or prevent the Arbitrators from making their award. And that it shall be lawful for the Arbitrators to obtain information upon or in respect of the premises hereby referred, or any of them, either by the statements of the parties hereto, or of any of them, made either in private or in the presence of the other party or parties, or by parole or written evidence, or by such other ways or means as they or he shall in their or his judgment think most advisable and deem must applicable to the nature and circumstances of the
case.
And it is further agreed, that the creditors shall not, for the space of twelve calendar months from the date of these presents, sue, arrest, prosecute, mulest or trouble, attack, seize, sequester, or extend the said Mantri for or concerning any debt, or claims, or judgments due or owing by him to them, or any of them, or any of the matters berein referred, or intended so to be.
And it in further agreed that the award of the said arbitrators upon the several matters herein referred shall, upon confirmation by the said Governor, or his successor or successors in the office of Governor of the Straits Settlements, be final and conclusive as between the parties.
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And, lastly, it is agreed that this submission may be made a rule of the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements at the instance of either the Mantri of Perak, or any of his add creditors, without any notice to the other of them.
In witness whereof the said parties have hereunto set their hands and seals, the day and year first herein-before written.
Signed, sealed, and delivered, in
the presence of
Witnesses:
(Signed)
SIB,
Ditto.
E. LEWIS.
(Signed) (L.M.)
IBRAHIM BIN JAFFAR
(in Malay characters). KHOO CHYR
(in Chinese characters). Chan AB QUAZ
(in Chinese characters).
J. P. D. MURAT.
(L.B.)
Ditto.
(L.B.)
C. W. S. KYnnersley.
(L.B.)
KHO BOO ANN.
A. D. NEUBRONNER.
J. P. D. Murat.
(L.B.)
CHIN GUAN TACK
(in Chinese characters).
(L.B.)
Gro. T. AddIS.
(LB)
J. P. D. MURAT.
(L.B.)
Ditto.
(L.B.)
Ditto.
(La)
Ditto.
(L.B.)
Ditto.
(L.B.)
Ditto.
(L.B.)
Ditto.
(L.B.)
Ditto.
(L.B.)
Ditto.
(Lauth.)
(In.)
(L.B.)
Goh ah Quiz
(L.R.)
Knoо Oоя KONG
(L.B.)
Low АH PHIN
(in Chinese
characters).
J. P. D. MURAT.
(L.)
JAMES IRVING.
Enclosure 7. in No. 48.
CHAN GOON Sang
(in Chinese characters).
LORRAINE, GILLESPIE, & Co.
S. A. ANTHONY.
Mahomed Camin
(in Malay characters).
CHIN AÐ ÝM
(in Chinese characters).
For my personal claim.
KнOO TAU TICK
(in Chinese characters). KOH SEANG THTE
(in Chinese characters).
Keoo Thao Tear
(in Chinese characters).
LE PEN (in Chinese characters).
KHOO CHENG SOORS
(in Chinese characters).
KHOO TIEN
(in Chinese characters).
Low Amst
(in Chinese characters).
(in Chinese characters).
(in Chinese characters).
Residency, Bandar Bahru, July 28, 1875.
WHEN Lis Excellency the Governor was in Penang on 22nd June last, he asked me for information respecting debt-slavery in the States of the Malay Peninsula.
I have often intended to address you with reference to debt-slavery as it exists in Perak, the State with which I am more especially soquainted, but I have delayed doing so, principally because, under Malayan rule, I am unable to suggest a remedy for the evils arising from this institution.
His Excellency having, however, desired me to furnish a full report upon the subject, I am now compelled to bring the matter specially to his notice, and to ask for some F 9
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