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TUTTICO. 882
2 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
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territories, to any person or persons, European, American, or natives of any other country, but that he will allow British subjects to come and buy all sorts of merchandize, the same as other people.
ARTICLE VI.
The Honourable East India Company engage, that they will not form any Treaties or engagements which may exclude or obstruct the merchandize of the subjects of the Rajah of Perak, who come to trade at Penang, nor will they grant a monopoly of any sort of merchandize to one description of persons only, as is specified in the 5th Article, but will allow the natives of Perak to come and buy all sorts of merchandize, the same as other people.
ARTICLE VII.
His Majesty the Rajah of Perak engages that if any persons bring subjects of the Company from Penang and its dependencies for sale, he will not allow of their sale in the country of Perak, and the Honourable Company will be bound by a similar agreement with respect to the subjects of Perak, for the laws of England on no account allow of such ́ ́proceedings in any of the countries subject to the British authority.
ARTICLE VIII.
This Treaty, according to the foregoing Articles, is made for the purpose of promoting the peace and friendship of the two States, and securing the liberty of commerce and navigation between their respective subjects to the mutual advantage of both, and of it one draft is retained by His Majesty the Rajah of Perak, and one by Mr. Walter Sewell Cracroft, agent of the Honourable the Governor of Penang. To this is aflixed the seal of His Majesty the Rajah of Perak, to ratify it to the Honourable English East India Company, so that no disputes may hereafter arise concerning it, but that it may be permanent and last for ever.
(True copy)
(Signed), J. W. SALMOND,
Resident Councillor, Prince of Wales' Island.
Translation of an engagement of His Majesty Paduka Sri Sultan Abdullah Ma-Alum Shah, who is seated on the Royal Throne of the Perak country, given to Mr. John Anderson, agent to the Honourable Robert Fullerton, Governor of Pulo Penang, on behalf of the Honourable English East India Company, as a token of a lasting alliance and friendship, which can never be changed so long as the sun and moon shall endure, in order that friendship and union may be prolonged, and continue from this day forth for ever.
ARTICLE I.
His Majesty the King of Perak hereby agrees to fix the boundary between the States of Perak and Salangor at the River Bernam, and there shall be no encroachment on either side; and His Majesty engages not to interfere in the Government of Salangor, nor will be send any armament into that country; the subjects of Perak, however, being permitted to proceed thither for commercial purposes, conforming to the established rules and customs of other traders there frequenting.
ARTICLE II.
With respect to the agreement entered into between His Majesty the King of Salangor and Mr. John Anderson, agent to the Honourable Robert Fullerton, Governor of Pulo Penang, providing for the removal of Rajah Hassan from the Perak country and its dependencies, the King of Perak is well pleased with this agreement, and he engages not to receive Rajah Hassan, nor permit him to return to any part of the Perak territory. His Majesty the King of Perak also engages that he will not grant a monopoly or entrust the collection of the revenues in future to any other, in order that there may be no further disturbances in the country, and he has hereby fixed the duty on the tin exported from the Perak country, at 6 dollars per bhar, in order that the commerce of the kingdom may be thrown open and extended; that population may be increased; that all traders may be encouraged to resort to Perak, such as the subjects of the English Government, the Siamese, Balangor, and others, and that they may be enabled to carry
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on an intercourse with ease and satisfaction, and be at liberty to resort to all the posts settlements, and rivers within the State, to trade without any interruption for ever.
This Engagement is hereby made, and to it is affixed, as a token of its validity, the chop of His Majesty the King of Perak, and it is delivered to Mr. John Anderson, agent to the Honourable Robert Fullerton, Governor of Pulo Penang.
This paper, written on the 6th day of September, 1825, of the English year, and on the 20th day of Mohurrum, Monday, in the year of the Hegira, 1341.
(Chop of Paduka Sri Sultan Abdullah, King of Perak).
(True copy)
(Signed) J. W. SALMOND,
Resident Councillor, Prince of Wales' Island.
Engagement of Paduka Sri Sultan Abdullah Ma-Alam Shah, son of the deceased Jummal-oollab, and Supreme Ruler over the Perak country, made and delivered to Captain James Low, Agent of the Honourable Robert Fullerton, Governor in Council of Prince of Wales' Island, Singapore, and Malacca, and which is to be ever- lasting, as the revolutions and endurance of the sun and moon.
THE Sultan, who governs the whole of the Perak country and its dependencies, has this day, in the month and year herein specified, given over and ceded to the Honourable the East India Company of England, to be under its government henceforward and for ever, the Pulo Dingding and the Islands of Pangkor, together with all and every one of the islands which belonged of old and until this period to the Kings of Perak, and which have been hitherto included within the Perak State, because the said islands afford safe abodes to the pirates and robbers, who plunder and molest the traders on the coast and the inhabitants of the main land, &c., effectually deprive them of the means of seeking subsistence, and as the King of Perak has not the power or means singly to drive those pirates. For these reasons the King of Perak has of his own free will and pleasure, ceded and given over as aforesaid, the islands as aforesaid, to the Honourable the East India Company, to be kept and governed by them, and to be placed under any one of their Governments, as they may think fit. To this deed, as tokens of its validity, have this day been put the great seal or chop of the ruler of Perak country, Paduka Sri Sultan Abdullah Ma-Alum Shah, together with the chops of the chief Ministers of His Majesty's Government.
(Chop of Sultan Abdullah Ma-Alum Shah, King of Perak). (Chop of the Rajah Muda of Perak).
(Chop of the Rajah Bindahara of Perak).
(Chop of the Orang Kaya Besar of Perak).
(Chop of the Orang Kaya Tumungung Sri Paduka Rajah).
This Deed is made and written this 16th day of Ruhbea-ool-awal, Wednesday, 1242,
or the 18th day of October, in the year 1826.
(A true copy)
(Signed) JAMES Low, Captain, Political Agent to the
Honourable the Governor in Council of Prince of Wales' Island.
(True copy) (Signed) J. GARLING, Resident Councillor.
Engagement entered into betwixt His Majesty Paduka Sri Sultan Abdullah Ma-Alum Shah Ibun Murhoom Jammal-oollah, Supreme and Rightful Ruler over all and every part of the Perak country, and Captain James Low, Agent to the Honourable Robert Fullerton, Governor of Pulo Penang, Singapore, and Malacca, on behalf of the Honourable the East India Company, whereof copies have been interchanged, and which is to be everlasting as the sun and moon. Moreover, it is a token of lasting friendship and alliance to exist betwixt the Honourable the East India Company and the King of Perak, and betwixt the King and the Honourable Robert Fullerton.
ARTICLE I.
HIS Majesty the King of Perak, of his own free will and pleasure, hereby engages, that he will adhere to the stipulations respecting the boundaries of Perak and the settle-
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