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16. Under the arrangement which I have proposed, our relations with the States between Malacca, Johore, and Pahang, will be as follows:-Sungie Ujong and the three small States of Sri Menanti, Ulu Moar, and Jumpole, would be recognised as being under our protection; the two large States of Rambowe and Johole would be ruled as hitherto by their Datus, friendly treaties being made with them and advice given to them when asked for, the State of Moar between Malacca and Johore will be under Sultan Ali, a friendly treaty being also made with him. Jellabu and Jellye, two small States between Ulu Moar and Jumpole on the one side and Pahang on the other, would most probably join in the government of the three States under Tunku Ahmat. The Datu of Jellabu has recently been in communication with this government, and is most anxious for British support. Jellye is a small State, the boundaries and position of which are almost unknown, between Jumpole and Pahang. The Bandahara of Pahang is on very friendly terms with the British Government, and I would propose to make a treaty with him also, somewhat similar to those to be made with the Datus of Rambowe and Johole.

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17. If your Lordship will sanction the general scheme which I have submitted, I anticipate that great advantages will arise therefrom, and that the Nine States" will enjoy peace and order; the great natural resources which they contain (and which, owing to insecurity of life and property, have been as yet scarcely at all worked), will be opened up, and the prosperity of the old settlement of Malacca will be greatly enhanced. I am informed that many native merchants at that settlement are only waiting for your Lordship's decision in the matter to invest their capital in these States.

18. Meanwhile, Tunku Ahmat, who had been for some weeks in Singapore, has returned to Sri Menanti to occupy his former residence there.

The latest accounts that I have received show that the military detachments at Sri Menanti and Qualla Jumpole have had the effect of putting down the bands of free- booters who were disturbing the peace of the country.

19. In paragraph 15 of my Despatch, No. 176,* I informed your Lordship that I had requested the Maharajah of Johore to send for Tunku Antar, who was living in the northern part of Johore, and that I propose to conciliate him, and induce him to accept a small pension. When, however, the messengers arrived at the place where Tunku Antar had been living, they found that he had left for Jumpole, and it appears that the report referred to in paragraph 13 of my Despatch, No. 176, that neither he nor the Datu of Moar had taken part in recent disturbances, was incorrect. I have indeed received good evidence that, at one of the skirmishes between the Malay bands and the police, in which the former where the aggressors, Tunku Antar received a bad shot wound in the chest.

Notwithstanding the action of Tunku Antar and the Datu of Moar, I anticipate no difficulty in dealing with these Chiefs if the States adjacent to Sungie Ujong are once settled on the plan which I have submitted.

I would still propose to adopt conciliatory measures with them, and endeavour to induce them to settle down peaceably and quietly.

20. I shall anxiously await your Lordship's decision on the course to be pursued in respect to these States, and, should your Lordship see no objection, I would propose that your Lordship should communicate your views to me by telegram in order that there should be as little delay as possible.

I have, &c.

(Signed) WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS.

The Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon,

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&c. Colonial Office.

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Enclosure 1. (See Map.)

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Enclosure 2.

DRAFT PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS Certain evil-disposed persons having lately incited the inhabitants of Sri Menanti, Ulu Moar, and Jumpole, to make an attack on Sungie Ujong, a State in the immediate neighbourhood of Malacca, then and now under British protection, it was

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