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No. 9.
The EARL OF CARNARVON to GOVERNOR SIB W. F. JERVOIS, K.C.M.G., C.B.
No. 161.
SIB,
Downing Street, September 25, 1875.
I HAVE had under my consideration your Despatch of the 8th of July last, respect- ing the boundary to be definitely selected between Province Wellesley and the native territories of Perak and Quedah to the south and east. I concur in the proposed boun- dary which you have selected, running from Tangong Piedong on the coast to the point where the eastern boundary of Province Wellesley meets the Krean River, leaving the further decision in the matter to the Boundary Commissioners: and I also approve of the arrangements you propose as to the collection and custody of the revenue in the disputed territory.
I have, &c. (Signed)
No. 10.
CARNARVON.
The EARL OF CARNARVON to GOVERNOR SIR W. F. JERVOIS, K.C.M.G., C.B.
No. 162.
SIR,
Downing Street, September 25, 1875.
In reply to your Despatch of the 22nd of Julyt respecting the want of correct topographical information concerning the Malay Peninsula, I have the honour to transmit to you, for your information, copies of a correspondence with the Admiralty, from which you will learn that a new survey of the coast is not contemplated by their Lordships.
I have, &c. (Signed)
No. 11.
CARNARVON.
Downing Street, September 28, 1875.
The EARL OF CARNARVON to GOVERNOR SIR W. F. JERVOIS, K.C.M.G., C.B.
No. 163. SIB,
I HAVE had under my consideration your Despatch dated the 20th of July, respect ing the present attitude of Rajah Mahdie with reference to the state of Salangore. In a telegram I sent you on the 2nd of September I informed you that if Rajah Mahdie were taken prisoner on any hostile expedition, Her Majesty's Government would not feel at liberty to interfere for the purpose of saving his life. He will, therefore, undertake any such measures of aggression at his risk. You will, of course, lose no opportunity of impressing on Rajah Mahdie the expediency of abstaining from any act of hostility against Salangore, and I feel no doubt that the Maharajah of Johore will assist you to the best of his ability.
I have, &c. (Signed) CARNARVON.
No. 12. The EARL OF CARNARVON to GOVERNOR SIR W. F. JERVOIS, K.C.M.G., C.B.
No. 164.
Downing Street, September 28, 1875.
Sm,
I HAVE had under my consideration your Despatches of the 5th Junes and of the 23rd July,|| respecting the relations between the Bandahara of Pahang and Tunku Dis Oodin, the Viceroy of Salangore. I approve of the measures which you adopted in order to prevent the possibility of disturbances in these States. The sources of information at my command respecting the Malay States are very scanty, and I should feel much obliged if you would have a Memorandum prepared for me, showing the names and titles of the different Rulers, and (when any) the names of their dispossessed predecessors who may yet be alive, and the conditions under which they exist. The names of those who pretend or profess to have claims would also be useful, if that information can be procured, and any additional facts as to the revenue and expenditure, debt, &c., of these States, and their relations between themselves, Siam, and with the British Government.
This statement need not be given at any great length, and, perhaps, even it will be found possible to supply it in a tabulated form, to which might be added the names of
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those British officers who are acting as Residents. Copy of any instructions given to those Residents should be added in a separate paper. A memorandum embodying such information as was possessed in this Office on the subject was drawn up under the direc tion of Lord Kimberley in September, 1873, and a copy of it was forwarded to your predecessor on the 20th of that month. But far fuller information is required before I can exactly appreciate all the bearings of this question. As regarda Rajah Mahdie I have addressed you in another despatch.
I have, &c. (Signed) CARNARVON.
No. 13.
GOVERNOR SIR W, F. JERVOIS, K.Ç.M.G., C.B., to the EARL OF CARNARNON. (Received October 25), No. 268. MY LORD,
Government House, Singapore, September 18, 1875.
I HAVE the honour to inform your Lordship that, in order to obtain a more perfect understanding respecting the condition of affairs in Perak, I determined to make a tour through that State. I accordingly started from Singapore on the 31st ultimo, and returned this morning. During this absence of 18 days I have_visited the interior of Perak and Laroot, and I have had interviews with the Sultan, Ex-Sultan Ismail, Rajah Muda Yusuf (the heir-apparent), and all the principal and several minor Chiefs. I have also obtained, from personal observation, a knowledge of the views with which the people, both Malays and Chinese, regard the British Government. I will furnish your Lordship with full information relating to this visit when reporting generally upon the state of
affairs in the native States.
I have, &c. (Signed) WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS.
No. 14.
GOVERNOR SI W. F. JERVOIS, K.C.M.G., C.B., to the EARL OF CARNARVON. (Received October 25th.) No. 269. MY LORD,
Government House, Singapore, September 18, 1875. In my despatch to your Lordship, dated 23rd July 1875,* I reported, for your Lordship's information, that I had paid a visit to the Eastern States of the Malayan Peninsula, with a view of establishing more intimate relations with those States, and I expressed a hope that benefit, both commercially and politically, would be derived there-
from.
2. I have now the honour to inform your Lordship that about a month after my return to Singapore, I received a letter from the Sultan of Tringanu, to the effect that he was most anxious to pay me a visit and to renew his acquaintance with the British Government, and he begged that I would send a vessel for his conveyance to Singapore. 3. I accordingly sent the Colonial steamer " Pluto" for him; and his Highness, accompanied by numerous retinue (110 men and 40 women), arrived at Singapore on the 29th ultimo. He was received on landing with all honours. I showed him all the~ attention in my power during the two days between his arrival and my departure for the State of Perak (which had been previously arranged), and his Highness, with his wives and family, were also subsequently entertained at Government House.
The Sultan, with bis large party, after enjoying the hospitality of the Colony for a fortnight, returned to Tringanu, much pleased at the manner in which he had been welcomed and entertained.
4. Tringanu is one of the richest of the States on the eastern coast, but much has yet to be done before its resources can be properly developed. I trust, therefore, that the friendly relations which have thus been renewed by the visit of the Sultan to Singapore will tend to improve the condition of Tringanu and the trade between that State and this Golony.
I have, &c. (Signed)
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