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Appendix L.

Mr. Elliot to the Under-Secretary of State, War Ofice.

Downing Street, August 14, 1867. With reference to the letter addressed by you to the Under-Secretary of State for India on the 17th of June, suggesting that instructions should be issued as soon as practicable for the examination and valuation of the stores at Singapore, Penang, and Malacca, which are to be transferred to the War Department, I am directed by the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos to transmit to you, for the information of the Secretary of State for War, a copy of a letter received from the India Office, * 2nd July, 1867. inclosing copies of a correspondence which has passed on the subject with Major-General Cavanagh,

the late Governor of the Straits Settlements.*

It will be seen that the Secretary of State for India in Council authorizes the transfer of the military stores in the Straits Settlements to the Imperial Government, at a valuation to be made by a properly appointed Committee.

I am to state, that in so far as the intervention of the Governor of the Straits Settlements may be required, his Grace will be prepared to give him any instructions which the War Office may think

I am, &c.

necessary.

Sir,

(Signed)

Appendix M.

T. F. ELLIOT.

Letter from War Office to Colonial Office, dated 6th September, 1867, set out at length in

the Case, page 9.

Appendix N (a).

The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos to Sir H. Ord.

Downing Street, September 14, 1867.

I transmit to you, for your information, copies of a correspondence between the India Office, the War Office, and this Department on the subject of the transfer of the military stores in the Straits Settlements to the Imperial Government,

I have to direct you to be guided by the wishes of the Secretaries of State for War and India in regard to the disposal of those stores, and the appointment of a properly constituted Committee.

Bir,

I have, &c.

(Signed) BUCKINGHAM AND CHANDOS.

Appendix N (b).

Sir F. Rogers to the Under-Secretary of State, India Office.

Downing Street, September 16, 1867.

I am directed by the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos to transmit to you, for the information of the Secretary of State for India, and with reference to your letter of the 2nd August, a copy of a letter from the War Office on the subject of the transfer of the military stores in the Straits Settle- ments to the Imperial Government.

I am desired to state, that a copy of the correspondence has been forwarded to Colonel Ord, and that he has been directed to guide himself by the wishes of the Secretary of State for India, and the Secretary of State for War, in regard to the transfer of those stores.

I am, &c.

Bir,

Appendix 0.

(Signed)

Lord Clinton to the Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office.

F. ROGERS.

India Office, October 10, 1887.

I am directed by Sir Stafford Northcote to acknowledge your letter of the 16th ultime, forwarding a further communication from the War Office respecting the transfer of military atores at Singapore from the Indian to the Imperial Government,

"A copy of this letter, and of the former correspondence on the subject, has been forwaøded to the Governor-General of India, with a request that he will take care that the interests of the Indian Government are properly represented on the proposed Committee of Valuation.

I am, &c.

(Signed)

CLINTON.

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APPENDIX P.

Extract from Garrison Order by Colonel W. J. Cooke, Commanding Straits Settlements.

The whole extract is set out in this Case, page 9.

APPENDIX Q (a).

Proceedings of a Committee which was directed to Assemble by General Order No. II, dated Singapore, Wednesday, November 6, 1867, for the Valuation of Štores required for Military Service in the

Straits Settlements.

President,

Major McNair, R.A., Colonial Engineer

(With the sanction of His Excellency the Governor).

Members.

Major Georges, Staff Corps.

Deputy Assistant Commissary-General Thompson. Captain Ardagh, Deputy Commissary of Ordnance. Lieutenant Blackley, R.A.

Deputy Purveyor White.

To whom Assistant Superintendent of Stores, T. W. Wright, was afterwards added by General Order of 14th December, 1867.

The Committee having assembled, pursuant to orders, considered it advisable that Sub-Committees should be formed with a view to examining and taking lists of stores of each separate Department, and reporting upon their suitability or otherwise for the Imperial Service.

The Sub-Committees, in the execution of their duties, proceeded to examine the stores at Singa- pore, Malacca, and Penang, and prepared lists of the same, submitting the lists, with their recommen- dation, to the General Committee.

The lists were afterwards scrutinized by the General Committee, and those stores considered suitable, and in the quantity required for the Imperial Service, were enumerated in lists for valuation.* With the approval of Colonel Barrow, R.A., the officer deputed by the Indian Government to represent their interests, the Committee then adopted certain values, as those proper to be charged to the Imperial Government on taking over the stores. Lists of such stores showing the valuation adopted have been prepared, and are attached to these proceedings.

The Committee recommends that the articles enumerated in these lists be taken over by the Imperial Government, in the quantities and at the prices specified.

(Signed)

J. F. A. MCNAIR, Major R.A., President.

T. C. GEORGES, Major, Staff Corps,

A. R. THOMPSON, Deputy Assistant Commissary-General,

V. WHITE, Deputy Purveyor,

F. W. WRIGHT, Assistant Superintendent of Stores,

APPENDIX ().

Members.

Letter from the President of the Committee of Valuation to the Brigade-Major, Straits Settlements, of March 19, 1868,

+

This letter, so far as it bears on the question, is set out in full, with the exception of the following extracts referred to in the letter.

Sir,

"Singapore, February 24, 1868,

"In reply to your letter of 20th instant, I have the honour to inform you that I fully concur in the propriety of retaining, for the present, the guns now in position in the various batteries here and at Penang.

"A report has been already nade on the necessity of arming batteries in the Straits with rifled guns, fut as it will probably be many years before any steps are taken in the matter, it would not be advisable to denude them of their present armanient.

"I enclose a letter from the officer commanding Royal Artillery on the same subject.

"I have, &c.

(Signed) *J. W. LOVELL, Lieutenant-Colonel Royal Engineers. "The President of the Committee of Valuation,

"Singapore."

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Royal Artillery District Office, Fort Canning, Singapore, "February 22, 1868.

Sir,

**With reference to a letter dated Singapore, 20th February, 1868, from Major McNair, Colonial Engineer, forwarded by you for my information and remarks, I have the honour to state, that I

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