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PROCEEDINGS of a Medical Board assembled at Singapore, Straits Settlements, on the 22nd June 1876, by order of His Excellency the Governor, Straits Settlements, for the purpose of reporting on the health of Surgeon-Major H. L. Randell, Army Medical Department, and Principal Civil Medical Officer, Straits Settlements.
President.
Henry F. Norbury, Staff-Surgeon, R.N.
Members.
John C. Clarke, Surgeon, R.N.
Arthur J. M. Bentley, M.B., C.M., &c.
This Board having carefully examined Surgeon-Major H. L. Randell is of opinion that, although in sonie respects his constitution is not sound, yet it considers that there is not sufficient derangement present to incapacitate him from efficiently carrying out his duties here as Principal Civil Medical Officer, Straits Settlements.
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HENRY F. NORBURY, Staff-Surgeon, R.N., President.
JOHN C. CLARKE, Surgeon, R.N: ARTHUR J. M. Bentley, M.B., C.M. &c., Members.
PROCEEDINGS of the Medical Board assembled at Singapore, Strait Settlements, on the 10th May 1876, by order of His Excellency Major-General Sir F. Colborne, K.C.B., for the purpose of reporting upon a wound alleged to have been received in the Perak Expedition by Surgeon-Major H. L. Randell, Army Medical Department, Senior Civil Surgeon, Straits Settlements.
President.
Surgeon-Major F. A. Turton.
Members.
Surgeon W. Campbell, A.M.D. Surgeon A. Gorham, M.D., R.N.
The Board having assembled pursuant to order, proceed to examine the wound, and find that from appearances it bears evidence of having been caused by a bullet; that the injury was received in Perak as certified, by Major Nicolls, R. A., and Dr. Gorham, R.N., and that the wound itself is through the mass of muscles at the posterior femoral region of the left limb, that the limb itself is shortened, and they believe that Surgeon-Major Randell will never again regain the perfect use of his leg.
(Signed) F. A. TURTON, M.D., Surgeon-Major,
S.M.O., and President. W. CAMPBELL, Surgeon, A.M.D. A. GORHAM, M.D., Surgeon, R.N.
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No. 62.
Extract of a Despatch from Governor Sir W. F. D. JERVOIS, K.C.M.G., C.B., to the EARL OF CARNARVON, dated 22nd July 1876. (No. 264.)
(Received August 28, 1876.)
"With reference to my Despatch, No. 203, of 26th May last, I have the honour to report, that I have, subject to your Lordship's approval, appointed Mr. W. E. Maxwell to act as Assistant Resident in Laroot during the absence of Captain Speedy, upon a salary of $4,800 per annum. The salary of Captain Speedy $7,200, but I have, in my Despatch, No. 203, of the 26th May last, submitted the question to your Lordship whether, considering the nature of his appointment, any part of that salary should be drawn by him whilst on leave.
"2. I have been guided in the selection of Mr. Maxwell for this temporary post, by the fact that it has been reported to me by Mr. Davidson that an officer of ability and
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resolution was urgently required in Laroot to curtail unnecessary expenditure which has been suffered to grow up there, and it is essential to practice rigid economy, with the view of gradually liquidating the heavy debt with which the State of Perak is burdened.
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Mr. Maxwell is an able and energetic officer, thoroughly conversant with the Malay language, and I strongly recommend this temporary appointment for your Lordship's approval.
3. Mr. Gottlieb will relieve Mr. Maxwell as Magistrate in Province Wellesley. I have been influenced in making this appointment by a desire that the Magistrate in Province Wellesley should at the time of the introduction of the new Immigration Law be an officer whose age and long experience should command the respect of the planters. In saying this, I do not wish to be understood as casting any reflection on Mr. Maxwell, whose conduct in the magistracy has been distinguished throughout by ability and impartiality, but there is no question that the administration of the law between employer and employed gives rise to far less friction and heart-burning, when it is in the hands of an officer of mature years and long experience, than when it is in those of a comparatively young civilian, however able and however impartial.
"4. I feel convinced that your Lordship will recognise the importance of the new law being brought into operation under the most favourable possible circumstances, and it is in a great measure on this ground that I have induced Mr. Maxwell to consent to vacate his appointment in Province Wellesley in favour of Mr. Gottlieb. Upon Captain Speedy's return to Laroot it will not be difficult to find employment for Mr. Maxwell either in the vacant Singapore magistracy, which is Mr. Gottlieb's titular post, or more probably by employing him specially for the settlement of the Malacca land question, a matter of great importance and difficulty upon which I hope, ere long, to address your Lordship.
"I should mention that in anticipation of these changes, and with a view of avoiding unnecessary mutations in the magistracy, I have retained Mr. Gottlieb in his appoint- ment of Crown solicitor until the end of the present month, at which time he will proceed to enter upon his new duties."
SIR,
No. 63.
ADMIRALTY to COLONIAL OFFICE.
Admiralty, August 31, 1876.
I AM commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to send you herewith for the information of the Earl of Carnarvon the papers relative to the execution of Panjang Meroo, a Malay outlaw, which service was performed by the order of Brigadier-General Ross by a portion of the Naval Brigade at Qualla Kangsa,
The Under Secretary of State for the Colonies.
SIB,
(No. 264.)
I am, &c.
(Signed) VERNON LUSHINGTON.
"Undaunted," at Mauritius, July 5, 1876.
His Excellency Sir W. F. Drummond Jervois, K.C.M.G., C.B., Governor of the Straits Settlements, having informed me that he has been requested by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to furnish full details respecting the hanging of a Malay named l'anjang Meroo at a village called Tumung in Perak, by a party of blue jackets under Commander Garforth of H.M.S. "Philomel," acting under instructions of Brigadier- General Ross, C.B., about the beginning of this year, I have the honour, in order to avoid delay in transmission, and acting on the suggestion contained in his Excellency's letter, to enclose for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and for transmission to Lord Carnarvon, copy of a letter, No. 6, of May 26, 1876 (and its enclosure) from Commander Garforth, fully detailing the circumstances under which the execution of Panjang Meroo took place.
I have, &c. (Signed) R. J. MACDONALD,
Rear-Admiral, and Commander-in-Chief.
The Secretary of the Admiralty.
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