RESIDENT'S GUARD.
Station.
Force.
Cost per annum.
Qualla Kangan, Taiping, (Larut), Bandar Bahru, Kinta.
1 superintendent.
$27,720.
200 non-commissioned off-
cers and men.
COMPOSITION AND PAY.
Remarks.
The superintendent will also be superintendent of the police force. Native officers, viz., 1 Subahdar and 2 Jemahdars, will be appointed to the guard.
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POLICE FORCE.
1 superintendent at $3,000 per annum
GUARD.
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3,000
1 superintendent, at $3,000 per autum
3,000
Z asst. superintendents at $1,800 per annum
3,600
1 subahdar, at $960 per annum
960
4 inspectors, at 8900 per annum
3,600
2 jemahdars, at $720 per annum
1,440
2 sergeant majors, at $300 per annum
600
1 quartermaster sergeant, at $480 per annum-
480
19 sergeants, at $180 per annum
3,420
6 sergeants, at $180 per annum
1,080
27 corporals, at $144 per annum
3,888
10 corporals, at $132 per annum
1,320
452 lance corporals and constables at $96
per annum
180 privates, at $108 per annum
19,440
43,392
Total
-
$58,500
Total
27,720
Police force $58,500 per annum. Guard $27,720
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Grand total $86,220
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4. As Assistant Superintendent in Larut I propose to retain the services of the present Assistant Superintendent, Mr. Peterson, who is an energetic, hard working officer, well qualified for the post.
5. As Assistant Superintendent in the Qualla Kangsa District, I would recommend that Mr. Leach, at present a colour sergeant in the 10th Regiment, should be appointed. Mr. Leach has served in the army for eight or ten years without an entry against his name, is a gentleman by birth, and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he obtained his degree. I understand that in, consequence of a quarrel with his family he enlisted into the service; he has lately been offered a commission, but he is anxious to be employed in the Native States. His character appears to be unimpeachable; he has a knowledge of Malay, and possesses the qualifications necessary to make a good Assistant Superintendent of Police, and I am glad to be able to recommend your Lordship to take advantage of his services.
6. The posts of inspectors would be well filled by steady non-commissioned officers of the army, who have learnt Malay whilst they have been quartered in the Straits Settlements. Colonel Lynch, commandant of the troops, is making inquiries as to men qualified for filling the four inspectorships, and I will not fail to submit their names to your Lordship for approval.
7. In paragraph 13 of my despatch to your Lordship, No. 369 of this date, I have stated that I propose that the guard shall be officered by one subahdar and two jemahdars, subordinate to the superintendent.
As the men qualified to hold these appointments cannot be found in the Straits, I propose to request the Indian Government to furnish from Bengal three good native officers of the description required, who can speak and read English.
I have, &c. (Signed) WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon,
No. 8.
&c.
&c.
&c.
No. 9.
GOVERNOR SIR W. F. D. JERVOIS, K.C.M.G., C.B., to the EARL OF
(No. 370.) MY LORD,
CARNARVON.
(Received November 20, 1876.)
Government House, Singapore, October 18, 1876. In paragraph 13 of my Despatch No. 369 of this date, I stated that there should be a superintendent over the whole police force in Perak, including the proposed guard, on a salary of $3,000 per annum, and that there should be two assistant superintendents at $1,800 per annum, and four inspectors at $900 per annum over the police in that
State.
2. In my Despatch No. 300, of 19th August, I recommended Mr. J. E. Hewick, Assistant-Superintendent in Province Wellesley for the post of Superintendent, but subsequently difficulties arose concerning his appointment, as stated in my confidential Despatch of this date.
I have been unable, therefore, to take advantage of your Lordship's authority conveyed to me in your telegram of the 7th instant, to appoint Mr. Hewick to the post. 3. I would now strongly recommend for the appointment, and I telegraphed to this effect to your Lordship on the 12th instant, Lieutenant Paul Swinburne, 80th Regiment. This officer has for the past six months been engaged, and with considerable success, in organising and disciplining the Seikh guard now at Bandar Bahru. Lieutenant Swinburne is an officer of considerable experience; has served in India, where he acquired a knowledge of the Hindustani language, an essential qualification as Super- intendent of the Resident's guard; he has a knowledge of Malay, and is possessed of
nuch energy and ability.
Lieutenant Swinburne is willing to undertake to put the whole force on a thoroughly sound footing as regards its organisation and discipline, provided he be not compelled to leave the army during the one or two years required to bring the force into a good state of efficiency. Lieutenant Swinburne's regiment is on the eve of leaving the Straits for the Cape Colony, and I would, therefore, beg your Lordship to request the War Office to place his services at the disposal of this Colony for the special work in which I propose that he shall be engaged.
↑ No. 7.
† No. 78 of Eastern, No. 20.
GOVERNOR SIL W. JERVOIS, K.C.M.G., C.B., to the EARL OF CARNARVON. (Received November 20.)
(Confidential.)
Government House, Singapore, October 18, 1876.
MY LORD,
In my despatch No. 297, dated 19th August,+ I stated that I did not consider Captain Speedy qualified for the position of Resident in Perak, and in my cypher telegram of September 16th, I begged that he should not return to Larut, at all events for some time to come,
2. I have now the honour to state confidentially to your Lordship the reasons why, in my opinion, it would be disadvantageous, were Captain Speedy to assume the post of Assistant Resident in Larut.
In order to explain my views on this point fully to your Lordship, 1 must refer to the connexion which Captain Speedy had with the district of Larut previous to our interven- tion therein in the early part of 1874.
3. As your Lordship is aware, in August 1872, disturbances broke out in Larut between two factions of Chinese, known respectively as See Kwans and Goh Kwans, and the struggle for supremacy was carried on with various success on either side. The Mantri of Perak (or Mantri of Larut as he is more generally called) first supported one side, then the other, and was consequently trusted by neither. In July 1873 he was using his influence on behalf of the Goh Kwans, and at that time held out inducements to Captain Speedy, then Assistant Superintendent of the Police at Penang, to enter his
4. At this time the Mantri was taking advantage of the disturbed state of Perak, to assert claims as independent sovereign of Larut, a position to which he had no title, as explained in paragraphs 68, 69, 74, and 75 of the memorandum by the Attorney General, which formed enclosure No. 7 of my predecessor's despatch No. 43 of 24th February 1874.‡
service.
Relying, however, on being able to make good his claims, I am informed that the Mantri promised Captain Speedy, in addition to a fixed salary, one third of the revenue
No. 7.
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No. 71, of Eastern No, 20.
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