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incurred by demarcation or otherwise should be halved between Johore on the one hand, and the Straits Settlements, the Negri Sembilan, and Pahang on the other, as suggested in the 8th paragraph of the award.

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4. The award and accompanying papers having been signed in duplicate, one set of papers will be sent to the Governor of the Straits Settlements for record at Singapore and the other will be sent to

Sir R. Herbert

as Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Sultan of Johore, unless the Johore Commissionera prefer that it should be sent to

you Johore through the Governor of the Straits Settlements. Both the will be printed for record at this office, and when copies are available, some will be sent papers and the map Sir R. Herbert

for the use of Johore, and some will be sent to the Colony.

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5. Mr. Chamberlain will instruct the Governor that, subject to such minor modifications as actual demarcation may render necessary (provisions for which have been made in paragraphs 5-8 of the award-in terms which the Secretary of State approves), this award has received his confirmation and final approval, and that no protests against it will be entertained. It has been made in a spirit of friendly compromise, and in that .spirit is to be carried out. He trusts that the Resident General, who has signed the award, will insist upon this interpretation of it, and he is confident that the Johore Commissioners will invite the Sultan of Johore to take the same view of the case.

6. There remains the question of the Island of Pulau Keban, to which the Commis- sioners refer in their letter of the 19th ult. That island belongs to Pahang, but might with advantage, in the Commissioners' opinion, be transferred to Johore. On this point the Secretary of State proposes to instruct the Governor that the Sultan of Pahang should be informed that the island, having been declared to be a part of his Sultanate under Sir Harry Ord's award in 1868, will not be transferred to Johore against his consent, and that it rests with him either to retain it or to leave or transfer it to Johore on whatever conditions he pleases, provided that the inhabitants, if any, are not interfered with, and that its lease or transfer is not made a condition for altering the boundary line which has now been recommended and approved. Subject to these conditions, the Secretary of State considers that there would be advantage in leasing or transferring it to Johore, inasmuch as geographically it is more nearly connected with Johore than with Pahang.

This letter has also been addressed to the other members of the Boundary Commission.

I am, etc.,

EDWARD WINGFIELD.

• No. 2.

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

Reference—

wwimmin THILLICO. 882

5 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

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