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No. 55.
GOVERNOR SIR W. F. D. JERVOIS, K.C.M.G., C.B., to the EARL OF
(Telegraphic).
CARNARVON.
February 8, 1877. HIMALAYA will return here from Hong Kong about 10th March. May she transport remainder of 80th to Cape after taking Indian battery to Rangoon ?
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No. 57A.
CARNARVON.
GOVERNOR SIR W. F. D. JERVOIS, K.C.M.G., C.B., to the EARL OF
(Telegraphic.)
February 8.
I recommend that Mr. Low should be appointed, with 1,500l. a year pay, Resident of Perak, as Mr. Davidson has resigned on account of ill-health. Mr. Low must come
out at once.
No. 56.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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The EARL OF CARNARVON to GOVERNOR SIR W. F. D. JERVOIS, K.C.M.G., C.B.
(No. 23.)
SIR,
Downing Street, February 8, 1877.
In reply to your telegram of the 12th of January, I have the honour to transmit to you a copy of a letter from the War Office stating that Lieutenant Swinburne may remain in the Straits Settlements after the departure of his regiment.
Sir W. F. D. Jervois,
&c.
&c.
SIR,
No. 57.
I have, &c. (Signed)
CARNARVON.
The EARL OF CARNARVON to GoVERNOR SIR A. PHAYRE,
(Secret.)
K.C.S.I., C.B.
Downing Street, February 8, 1877. WITH reference to my Despatch No. 2, of the 4th of January,† suggesting that an Ordinance should be passed to provide for the detention in Mauritius or its dependencies of the ex-Sultan Abdullah and other chiefs to be deported from the Malay Peninsula, I have the honour to inform you that my attention has been called to article 4 of your Commission as Governor; to article 23 of your Instructions of the 6th November 1874; to articles 7 and 9 of the Order in Council of the 22nd of April 1872, relating to the Board of Civil Commissioners for the Seychelles islands; and also to the Mauritius Ordinance No. 14 of 1853.
2. From these documents I gather that the Governor of Mauritius with the Council of Government has the power of extending to the Seychelles any law in force in Mauritius, but it does not appear to be expressly declared that the Governor has a power of legislating directly for Seychelles.
3. It is obviously of the greatest importance that the Ordinance now contemplated should be absolutely free from any technical objections, and I shall be glad to learn whether the effect of these documents has been considered in the Colony in connexion with the legislation for matters which concern the Seychelles only, and with what result.
4. I anticipate, however, that there will be no practical difficulty in preparing such an Ordinance as I have required, as it can be passed, authorising the confinement of the Malay chiefs in such parts of the Colony as you may by Order under your hand direct; and it would appear that the Ordinance can then be extended to the Seychelles, and the Seychelles named in the Governor's Order.
5. I now address you as a precaution against a possible difficulty, but I am prepared to learn from your reply to my former despatch, that with the assistance of your legal advisers you have already succeeded in satisfactorily drafting the measure.
Sir A. Phayre,
&c. &c.
• No. 43.
have, &c.
(Signed) CARNARVON.
† No. 41.
GOVERNOR Sin W. F. JERVOIS, K.C.M.G., C.B., to the EARL OF CARNARVON. (Received February 10, 1877.)
(No. 4.) MY LORD,
Government House, Singapore, January 5, 1877.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's Despatch No. 258 of 13th November, approving of the Rajah Bandahara acting temporarily as Regent of Perak, but asking how I would propose to substitute the nomination of Rajah Yusuf when the time probably comes for creating a permanent Ruler of Perak in place of Abdullah.
2. When writing that despatch, your Lordship had not received my despatch No. 399 of the 14th November,t in which I reported the death of the Rajah Bandahara, and stated that during the absence of the Sultan from Perak, and in default of any special appointment (Abdullah not having taken any action upon my request that he should appoint another chief to act for him during his detention at Singapore), the chief authority in the country devolved upon Rajah Yusuf. This authority falls upon him by virtue of his office as "Rajah Muda" or heir apparent to the Sultanship.
3. In Despatch No. 250, of 1st November last,‡ your Lordship approved of the nomi- nation of Rajah Yusuf to act as Regent during the absence of the Sultan, and the Bandahara-the Sultan's nominee-having died, the arrangement as approved now holds good.
An opportunity will thus be afforded of testing the qualifications of Rajah Yusuf for the post of Regent.
I have, &c. 1(Signed) WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon,
&c.
&c.
&c.
No. 59.
GOVERNOR SIR W. F. D. JERVOIS, K.C.M.G., C.B., to the EARL OF
No. 10. Mr LORD,
CARNARVON.
(Received 10th February 1877.)
Government House, Singapore, January 11, 1877.
IN my despatch No. 272, of 30th July§ I reported to your Lordship the circumstances connected with the surrender of the Maharajah Lela and four others, viz., Nga Jabbor, Pandak Indut, Panjang Buh, and Kulup Alli, charged with the murder of Mr. Birch and others, and I explained that some delay would unavoidably ensue before their trial could take place. I pointed out that the offence with which they were charged having been committed in Perak, the trial of the prisoners must be carried on there, under the authority of the ruler of that state, and that, as it would be out of the question to retain Abdullah as Sultan of Perak, the trial would have to be postponed until a new ruler was appointed. Meanwhile, I kept them confined in the civil prison here.
2. Besides the prisoners named in the preceding paragraph, two others awaited their trial on the same charge; viz., the Datu Sagor, whose capture and confinement in
• No. 122, of “ Eastern No. 20.”
No. 110 of "Eastern No. 20."
† No. 27.
§ No. 65 of " Eastern, No. 20." G 4
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