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ARTICLE VIII.

This Treaty, according to the foregoing Articles, is made for the purpose of pro- - moting 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 Salangor, and one by Mr. Walter Sewell Cracroft, Agent of the Honourable the Governor of Penang. To this is affixed the seal of His Majesty the Rajah of Salangor 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.

(A true copy.) (Signed)

J. W. SALMOND, Resident Councillor, Prince of Wales' Island.

AN Agreement of peace and friendship between the Honourable East India Company and Sri Sultan Ibrahim Shah, King of Salangor, settled by Mr. John Anderson, in virtue of powers delegated to him by the Honourable Robert Fullerton, Governor of Pulo Penang and its dependencies. Done at the Fort of Salangor, on the 6th day of Mohurrum, in the year of the Hegira 1241, or 20th day of August, A.D. 1825.

ARTICLE I.

Whereas the relations of peace and friendship have subsisted for a length of time between the Honourable East India Company and His Majesty the King of Selangor, and were confirmed by a Treaty of Commercial Alliance consisting of eight Articles, concluded by Mr. Walter Sewell Cracroft, on the 20th day of the month Shawal, in the year of the Hegira 1233, or the 23rd day of August, A.D. 1818, for the purpose of facilitating the.commercial intercourse between the two States, it is now agreed between His Majesty the King of Salangor, and Mr. John Anderson, as Agent to the Honourable Robert Fullerton, Governor of Pulo Penang, to confirm the said Treaty, which will remain unchanged for ever.

ARTICLE II.

His Majesty of Salangor engages with the Honourable Robert Fullerton, Governor of Pulo Penang, that from the date of this engagement, and for the time to come, the established boundary between the States of Perak and Salangor shall be the River Bernam, and no armament by land or sea from Salangor shall enter any part of the Perak territory or its dependencies, nor shall His Majesty of Salangor interfere in the government of the Perak country, for it is hereby restored to the King of Perak, pro- vided, nowever, that prows from Salangor shall be at liberty to proceed to Perak for the purpose of commerce, conforming to the rules and customs of other traders.resorting thither.

ARTICLE III.

His Majesty of Salangor engages to direct the immediate removal from the Perak territory of Rajah Hassan, who is now established at Sundie Bidor; and His Majesty of Salangor further engages that he will not permit Rajah Hassan to return thither, nor to interfere in any way with the government of the Perak country, and also that Rajah Hassan shall be prohibited from carrying away any people from that country, or the ryots of the King of Berak, who are unwilling to accompany him.

ARTICLE IV.

The King of Salangor engages not to permit any pirates to resort to any part of his territory, and the Governor of Pulo Penang will be bound by a similar engagement on his part.

ARTICLE V.

The King of Salangor engages, to seize and return to Pulo Penang any offenders, such as pirates, robbers, murderers, and others who may escape to Salangor, and if any. persons of the description above mentioned fly from Salangor to Pulo Penang, the Governor will be bound by a similar Agreement.

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ARTICLE VI.

This Agreement is made between His Majesty of Salangor and the Honourable Fast India Company, with mutual consent and good will between both parties, for the purpose of prolonging the peace and friendly communication between the two States, and it shall continue as long as the revolution of the starry sphere, in which the sun and moon perform their motions, shall endure. This engagement is made in the presence of all assembled, and to it is affixed the chop of His Majesty of Salangor, and the seal of the Honourable East India Company, being written and executed in duplicate, one copy being retained by the King of Salangor, and the other by the Honourable East India Company.

The end,

Sir,

(Seal of united East India Company and Prince of Wales' Island.)

(Signed)

(A true copy.)

(Signed)

August 26, 1825.

(Chop of Sultan Ibrahim Shah, King of Salangore.)

JAMES ANDERSON, Politicol Agent.

JOHN ANDERSON, Political Agent.

(True copy.)

(Signed) J. W. SALMOND,

Resident Councillor, Prince of Wales' Island.

Inclosure 2 in No. 84.

IN reply to your letter of the 2nd instant, I do hereby request that the nine Malay

Klang, February 4, 1874. subjects of the Salangore State, now in custody at Malacca, and alleged to be concerned in an act of piracy in the territory of Salangore, may be handed over to me under the Indian Act No. 7 of 1854, to be tried and dealt with according to law.

To the Honourable the Colonial Secretary,

Straits Settlements.

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I have, &c.

(Signed)

Inclosure 3 in No. 84.

TUNKU DIA UDIN.

Continuation of Report on the Proceedings of Government relating to the Native States in the Malay Peninsula.

SALANGORE.

THIS territory lies between Perak and Malacca, being bounded on the north by the Birnam River (see Treaty of 20th August, 1825, with Salangore), on the south by the Lingie River, and extending inland to the range of mountains running down the Malayan Peninsula

History of Salangore.

2. The name Salangore (second syllable pronounced long) is not to be found in the older Malayan histories. The kingdom is of recent origin. Formerly the principal river of the district, the Calang (second syllable pronounced long, and generally written Klang), gave its name to the whole country lying between Birnam, to the south of Perak, and Malacca proper. Under the Malayan Empire this district was ruled by a Governor deputed from Malacca; and, on the downfall of that Empire, it does not appear that its Malay Governors succeeded in forming an independent kingdom.

Bugghene Connection.

3. There has always, as far as history goes back, bean a close trading connection between the Bugghese and the ports in the Malayan Peninsula. The Buggbese are an enterprising and warlike people, inhabiting the Celebes Island, of greater proficiency in the arts of commerce and navigation than any of the people in the Western Archipelago. They traded largely with the Malayan peninsula, to the ports of which they brought, and still bring, yearly the valuable produce of the Eastern Islands, taking in exchange Euro- pean, Indian, and China articles.

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