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from all such questions as policy as I have indicated, I may properly express an opinion on the measures taken by you, either in conjunction with the General-in-Command or in exercise of your authority and influence as Governor,
3. With regard, then, to the conduct of those operations which became necessary after the murder of Mr. Birch, I am happy to be able to assure you of the general approval of Her Majesty's Government, so far as the circumstances are before them in your despatches or otherwise; and I may add that, in the practical management of affairs since the occurrence of that outrage, and in circumstances of no ordinary difficulty, you appear to me to have shown the judgment and calmness which I anticipated from you; and while adopting all those energetic measures which the circumstances of the case required, you have at the same time, as far as I can judge, not hesitated to discourage all extreme measures in which the innocent might have suffered with the guilty.
4. I have much pleasure in acknowledging the hearty co-operation you have received from the naval and military authorities on the spot. I regret much that the operations have not been without losses, and that valuable lives, such as those of Mr. J. W. Birch and Captain Innes, have been unhappily lost to the service of the Crown.
I have, &c. (Signed)
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No. 136. TELEGRAM from the EARL OF CARNARVON to GOVERNOR SI W. F. D. JERVOIS, K.C.M.G.
Downing Street, February 4, 1876. AGENTS authorised to borrow from Bank of England. You can draw on them ten days sight, unless possible to borrow from local banks at 4 per cent.
Perhaps Imperial funds may hereafter assist. Despatch follows.
No. 187.
TELEGRAM from the EARL OF CARNARVON to GOVERNOR SIR W. F. D. JERVOIS, K.C.M.G.
Downing Street, February 4, 1876, 3.40 P.M.
Her Majesty's Government will in due course announce decision respecting future policy. Answer you are not at present authorised to give explanations.
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No. 133.
TELEGRAM from GOVERNOR SIR W. F. D. JERVOIS, K.C.M.G., to the EARL OF
CARNARVON.
(Received, February 2, 10.10 A.M.)
Singapore, February 2, 1866, 1.26 P.M.
me for information con- UNOFFICIAL members and public here generally press
I have told them I cannot afford informatjon cerning future policy in native States. which Secretary of State declines yet to make public, Does your Lordship approve
this answer?
No. 134.
TELEGRAM from GOVERNOR SIR W. F. D. JERVOIS, K.C.M.G., to the FARL of CARNARVON,
(Received at the Colonial Office, February 2, 12.20 p.m.)
Singapore, February 2, 1876. SULTAN ABDULLAH of Perak, styling himself the Blessed of God, has sent me follow- ing letter, and asked me to telegraph it to Her Majesty Queen Victoria:
We are very much grieved for your Majesty's officer, Mr. Birch, who has been foully killed by the Maharajah Lela, plotting with Rajah Ismail. We are deeply grieved for this. We much thank your Majesty for haying at once sent a large force into our country to punish these wicked men. Because of the good work done by the General, and other officers, and the troops of your Majesty, in this short time those murderers have been driven out. We have lately been to see your Majesty's troops at Bandar Bahru (the Residency), and we met your Majesty's officers who were there. We trust that your Majesty will ever aasist us, and give peace to us and to our country.
The EARL OF CARNARVON to GOVERNOR SIR W. F. D. JERVOIS, K.C.M.G.
(No. 28.)
Downing Street, February 4, 1876.
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On the 24th ultimo I received a telegram from you reporting the exhaustion of the balances in the Colonial Treasury, and requesting authority to draw on the Imperial Treasury for 20,000/.
2. Though you state that this money was required owing to expenditure on military services, I have not felt that there was sufficient information before me as to the amount or objects of expenditure already incurred to warrant my making an application to the Lords of the Treasury for assistance at present, and I have replied by telegraph that you are at liberty to draw on the agents, whom I shall authorise to procure the necessary advances from the Bank of England, as suggested in your despatch No. 363 of the 22nd of December.
3. No decision has yet been taken as to the funds whence the cost of the Malay expedition is to be defrayed. It is not possible at this moment to determine what pro- portion the Colonial Treasury inay be required to bear, but you will bear in mind that in any case there will devolve upon it heavy incidental charges connected with the outbreak other than those for the pay, provisions, and transport from India and Hong Kong of the troops employed, and I shall be glad to receive from you, as early as possible, complete accounts of all expenditure defrayed by your authority up to the latest date possible.
4. When such accounts are received, I shall be in a position to apply to the Treasury for the reimbursement of any moneys paid out of the Colonial Treasury which might fairly be charged to the Imperial exchequer, though no items will be admitted till the accounts have been subjected to a rigorous examination.
I have, &c. (Signed) CARNARVON.
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Parapsirash of TELEGRAM sent by the EARL OF CARNARVON to Governor SIR W. F. D. JERVOIS, K.C.M.G.
February 3, 1876, 6.35 r.m.
You should report by despatch as to Abdullah's telegram. In the present state of the Colonial finances, and now that disturbances are over, telegrama should be economised.
Substance of a TELEGRAM from GOVERNOR SIR W. F. D. JERVOIS, K.C.M.G., to the EARL OF CARNARVON.
February 5, 1876. In reply to your telegram of 4th,* I cannot recommend that your Lordship should be committed to the policy of simply giving advice to the Sultan and hope your Lordship will not do so before you receive my reply to your despatch of 10th December.†
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