No. 30.
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No. 25.
The EARL OF CARNARVON to GOVERNOR SIR W. JERVOIS, K.C.M.G., C.B.
(No. 291.) SIB,
Downing Street, December 15, 1876.
I CAUSED a copy of your telegram of the 1st of December, applying for the services of Armourer Serjeant Green to be referred to the Secretary of State for War, and in reply I have to inform you that Mr. Hardy has assented to the retention by your Government of his services, provided that you defray the travelling expenses of his successor at Hong Kong.
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No. 29.
GOVERNOR SIR W. JERVOIS, K.C.M.G., C.B., to the EARL of carnarvon.
(Received December 22, 1876)
(Telegraphic.)
Singapore, December 20, 1876, 12 p.m.
I recommend that my
STRENGTH Perak police was very carefully considered. requisition dated 6th December* be supplied in full.
I have, &c.
(Signed)
CARNARVON.
No. 31.
No. 26.
The EARL OF CARNARVON to GOVERNOR SIR W. JERVOIS, K.C.M.G., C.B.
(Telegraphic.)
Downing Street, December 15, 1876.
To meet immediate requirements, accoutrements for 350 men have been ordered; but before ordering remainder, I wish you to consider, and report by telegraph, whether, in view of heavy cost of 700 men, smaller regular police force might not suffice for guards and for all purposes. State your opinion freely, as my despatches may have seemed to suggest larger force than you would consider absolutely required.
CARNARVON.
STB,
WAR OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE.'
War Office, December 22, 1876.
In reply to your letter of the 9th instant,t I am directed by the Secretary of State for War to acquaint you, for the information of the Earl of Carnarvon, that all the necessary arrangements have been made with the India Office for the removal from the Straits Settlements of the Indian Battery of Royal Artillery.
I am, &c.
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
(Signed)
J. C. VIVIAN.
سلسلا
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
THCO. 882
GOVERNOR SIR W. JERVOIS, K.C.M.G., C.B., to the EARL OF CARNARVON. (Received December 16, 1876.)
(No. 399.) MY LORD,
Government House, Singapore, November 14, 1876. WITH reference to my despatch No. 341, of the 22nd September, reporting that Sultan Abdullah had nominated the Rajah Bandahara to act for him during his absence from Perak, I regret to inform your Lordship that the Bandahara died at his residence at Sayong (near Qualla Kangsa) on the 30th ultimo.
2. I have requested the Sultan to nominate another chief to act for him during his detention in Singapore, but he has not as yet done so, and I think it probable that, unless pressure be brought to bear on him of a more stringent nature than appears to me desirable under the circumstances, he will avoid taking any action upon my request. 3. Meanwhile, during the absence of the Sultan from Perak, and in default of any special appointment, the chief authority in the country falls upon Rajah Muda Yusuf.
I have, &c. (Signed) WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS. The Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon,
&c.
&c.
&c.
SIB,
The CROWN AGENTS to the COLONIAL OFFICE.
Downing Street, London, December 22, 1876.
THE period for which we are authorised to borrow the 60,000%. for the Straits Settlements, referred to in your letter of the 28th September last, will expire on the 30th instant, and as we have received no remittances from any quarter to enable us to repay this debt, we request that we may be favoured with the Earl of Carnarvon'■ authority to extend the time for repayment for a further period of three or six months.
If the funds are eventually to be provided by Parliamentary vote, it would perhaps be better to borrow for the longer term at once, while money is cheap.
I am, &c. Hon. R. H. Meade,
No. 32.
P. G. JULYAN.
No. 27.
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No. 28.
GOVERNOR SIR W. JERVOIS, K.C.M.G., C.B., to the EARL OF CARNARVON. (Received December 20, 1876.)
(Telegraphic.)
Downing Street, December 16, 1876. THE investigation as to Abdullah is closed, and the papers have recently been forwarded to your Lordship. The recommendation of my Council is that Abdullah and Shahbandar be deported to Labuan; Laxamana, and the Mantri to the Seychelles. In order to save time, 1 suggest that if these recommendations meet with the approval of Her Majesty's Government, the measures necessary to legalize such deportation should at once be taken in hand.
• No. 18.
↑ No. 117, of “ Eastern No, 20,*
GOVERNOR SIR W. JERVOIS, K.C.M.G., C.B. to the EARL OF CARNARVON.
(Telegraphic.)
Singapore, December 23, 1876, 12 p.m.
MAHARJAH LELLA and six others charged with murder of Birch condemned by Malay Tribunal to be hanged. Report of trial not yet received.
No. 33.
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The EARL Of CarnarvON to GOVERNOR SIR W. JERVOIS, K.C.M.G., C.B.
(Telegraphic.)
Downing Street, December 26, 1876.
I HAVE received your telegram of 23rd.§ As Abdullah, who is, perhaps, equally guilty, is only to be deported, I hesitate as to the propriety of hanging Lela and the other six, and should wish you to consider this, and to report as to any differences of the guilt of
• No. 22.
† No. 23.
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No. 78, of "Eastern No. 20."
§ No. 82.