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No. 10

WAR OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE.

Pall Mall, March 4, 1876. I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Hardy to acknowledge the receipt of your letter et the 26th ultimo, stating that Sir Wm. Jervois had requested, by telegraph, that the 70 artilleryn.en sent from India might be retained in the Malay Peninsula, and expressing a hope on the part of Lord Carnarvon that Mr. Hardy could make arrangements for giving effect to the Governor's wishes.

In reply I am to request that you will acquaint his Lordship that Mr. Hardy has arranged for the retention of the artillery in compliance with the Governor's wishes, and a telegram to that effect was despatched on the 2nd instant to the General Officer Commanding the troops in the Straits Settlements.

Mr. Hardy has represented to the India Office that it would appear necessary for the Engineer officer applied for by Sir Wm. Jervois (if retained), and the artillerymen above referred to, to be transferred from the Indian to the Imperial establishment for pay and allowances whilst employed in the Malay Peninsula.

Referring to your subsequent letter of the 1st instant, enclosing further telegram from Sir Wm. Jervois recommending that the 10th Regiment might remain until relieved by another regiment, I am to transmit herewith copies of two telegrams which have been received from the General Officer Commanding, and of the replies returned to them.

I have, &c

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office

(Signed)

J. C. W VIVIAN.

COPY TELEGRAM from GENERAL Commanding in CHINA at HONG KONG to ADJUTANT- GENERAL, Horse Guards, London.

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Hong Kong, March 1, 1876. TENTH prepared for embarkation, and detention very undesirable. "ment to be carried out."

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and Consul General at Bangkok, relative to the action taken by the Siamese Government in regard to the participators in the recent outbreak at Perak; and I am to request that, in laying these papers before Lord Carnarvon, you will state to his Lordship that Lord Derby proposes, with his concurrence, to approve the arrangements made by Mr. Knox with the Siamese Government, for the rendition of persons implicated, as reported in the latter of the Despatches which accompany this letter.

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

am, &c.

(Signed)

T. V. LISTER.

Bangkok, January 22, 1876.

MY LORD,

I HAVE the honour to forward to your Lordship copy of a Despatch which I have received from the Governor of the Straits Settlements, in which I am requested, if I see no objection, to ask the Siamese Government to instruct the Rajah of Patani to, refuse refuge to certain Rajahs of Perak said to be implicated in the murder of Mr. Birch, late Resident of Perak, and further to request the Siamese Government to take steps

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to procure their arrest, and to hand them over to the British Government.

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As I have as yet no information as to the names of these Rajahs, with the exception

of ex-Sultan Ismail and Rajah Lela, and as the offences committed by some of them may be of such a nature as would not warrant me in asking that they should be given I have confined myself for the present to merely requesting, that all the fugitives from the British troops found in the Malay territories tributary to Siam may be at once removed to Singora. This latter province belongs to Siam proper, the inhabitants are for the most part Siamese, and the refugees can be detained there without the chance of their engaging in further hostilities, until such time as it may be decided what shall ultimately be done with them.

I enclose the Despatch which I have addressed to this Government on the subject. There has not been time to receive an answer to this Despatch, but I hope to be able

to forward it by the next mail, which will leave here in a few days.

The Earl of Derby,

&c. &c.

I have, &c.

(Signed) T. G. KNOX.

COPT TELEGRAM in reply from QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL TO GENERAL OFFICER Commanding, Hong Kong.

SIR,

London, March 1.

THE arrangement for detention of 10th Regiment must be carried out.'

COPY TELEGRAM from GENERAL Officer Commanding in CHINA, HONG KONG, to ADJUTANT- GENERAL, Horse Guards, London.

Hong Kong, March 2, 1876. "STRONGLY recommend Goorkhas and battery may be kept in Straits. Hope this may be ordered."

COPY TELEGRAM in reply from CHIEF CLERK, War Office, to General Officer Commanding,

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Hong Kong.

Government House, Penang, December 30, 1875.

I HAVE the honour to inform you, that the Maharajah Lela of Perak, by whose order Mr. Birch, the late Resident of Perak, was murdered, has upon the advance of our troops, fled into Patani.

Ex-Sultan Ismail and other chiefs of Perak implicated in the murder are also with them.

I beg, therefore, that if you see no objection, you will request the Siamese Govern- ment to instruct the Rajah of Patani to refuse a refuge to these chiefs, and furthermore to take steps to procure their arrest, and to hand them over to the British Government.

I would further suggest that the Rajahs of the other States under the protection of Siam should also be instructed to the same effect.

T. G. Knox, Esq.,

London, March 2, 1876.

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· GooRKHAs must return to India, but Artillery may remain."

&c.

&c.

I have, &c.

(Signed) WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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TELECO. 882

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No. 11.

FOREIGN OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE.

Foreign Office, March 4, 1876.

SIR.

Wrru reference to my letter of the 29th ultimo,† I am directed by the Earl of Derby to transmit to you, to be laid before the Earl of Carnarvon, the accompanying copies of two further Despatches, which have been received from Her Majesty's agent

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Bangkok, January 21, 1876.

I HAVE the honour to state that I have received a despatch from the Governor of the Straits Settlements, in which I am informed that the Rajahs Lela and Ismail, of Perak, and other chiefs said to be implicated in the murder of Mr. Birch, late British Resident in that province, have fled from the British troops in pursuit of them into the province of Patani.

I am aware that your Excellency has issued instructions to the rajahs of your Malay states, directing them to refuse a refuge to all those who may have been engaged in arms against the British troops.

I also feel certain that your Excellency is anxious to prevent any assistance being given to those believed to be implicated in instigating the disturbances which have lately taken place in Perak.

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