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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

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No. 268.

GOVERNOR SIR J. ANDERSON to MR. LYTTELTON.

(Received 9.15 a.m., September 16, 1905.)

TELEGRAM.

[Answered by No. 271.]

In reply to your telegram of yesterday's date,* other side will make no admis- sions. Originals or properly certified copies will be required of Company's letters 6th September, 14th October, 15th December last year, 25th January, with enclosures, and 9th February this year.f

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(No. 374.)

SIR,

No. 269.

GOVERNOR SIR J. ANDERSON to MR. LYTTELTON.

(Received September 18, 1905.)

[Answered by No. 272.]

Government House, Singapore, August 22, 1905. I HAVE the honour to request that it may be suggested to the Tanjong Pagar Dock Arbitrators that it would be convenient if they could arrange to stop at Penang on their voyage to Singapore for the purpose of inspecting the Prye River Dock. 2. Arrangements can be made for the Colonial steamer "Sea Mew " them from Penang to Singapore.

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of meetings, would have given them 2,500 dollars each; but in practice the sum was divided amongst them in proportion to the number of meetings attended by each.

7. On the assumption that the official members would be paid at the same rate as the others, it was recommended to me by the Board that the sum should be raised to 25,000 dollars, which would allow payment at the same rate as under the Company, as Mr. Nicholson, as Managing Director, drew no fees, and does not draw any under the Board.

8. I should add that at the first meeting of the Board Mr. Nicholson was elected Chairman, by a practically unanimous ballot, only one vote being given for another member.

9. Pending the completion of the Arbitration and the arrangements as to the contemplated new works, I hope you will allow the official members to attend the meetings of the Board regularly and to draw the fees. They are the hardest worked and most capable officers in the service here, and do not spare themselves in the public interest, and the work of the Board requires a great deal of time and application.

10. In a year or two, I think it will probably be unnecessary and undesirable to desire them to do more than attend occasionally, when the agenda shows that questions of policy are to be discussed, and, if the arrangement proposed is agreed to, it should be made provisional, say, for not more than three years.

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I have, &c.,

(No. 265.)

JOHN ANDERSON.

SIR,

No. 271.

I have, &c.,

JOHN ANDERSON.

MR. LYTTELTON to GOVERNOR SIR J. ANDERSON.

Downing Street, September 20, 1905.

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No. 270.

GOVERNOR SIR J. ANDERSON to MR. LYTTELTON..

(Confidential.)

SIR,

(Received September 18, 1905.)

[Answered by No. 274.]

Government House, Singapore, August 23, 1905. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your telegram of the 21st instant as to the composition and remuneration of the Tanjong Pagar Dock

Board.

2. Before the appointed day Mr. D. K. Somerville, Mr. Paul Haffter, and Mr. Von Rossing had resigned and left for Europe, the latter leaving Mr. A. G. Faber as acting head of the firm of Behn, Meyer and Company.

3. The vacancies thus created were not filled up by the Company, and the remaining five Directors-Messrs. Nicholson, Waddell, Shelford, Romenij and Sugden-mentioned in my confidential despatch of the 23rd of March § all accepted my invitation to join the new Board.

4. In addition, I appointed Mr. John Anderson, Member of the Legislative Council and head of the firm of Guthrie and Company; Mr. McArthur, Managing Director of the Straits Trading Company and also Director of the Straits Steamship Company; Mr. John Somerville, Manager of Adamson, Gilfillan and Company; and Mr. Faber temporarily, pending the return of the chief representative of the firm of Behn, Meyer and Company from Europe. Mr. McNeil, of Syme and Company, was unable to join the Board, owing to the state of the affairs of his firm.

5. As official members I appointed Mr. Brockman, the Acting Colonial Secretary, and Mr. Authonisz, the Acting Treasurer.

6. Under the Company's management the Directors divided amongst them- selves annually a sum of 22,500 dollars, which, if all had attended the same number

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† Nos. 13, 16, 30, 42 and 47.

↑ No. 243.

I HAVE the honour to forward to you the original letters from the London Committee of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company for which you asked in your tele- gram of September 16th.f

2. I should be glad if you would return these papers when they are no longer required.

I have, &c.,

ALFRED LYTTELTON.

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SIR,

(No. 266.)

No. 272.

MR. LYTTELTON to GoVERNOR SIR J. ANDERSON.

Downing Street, September 20, 1905.

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 374, of the 22nd of August, ‡ in which you suggest that the arbitrators in the Tanjong Pagar Dock case should stop at Penang, on their way to Singapore, for the purpose of inspecting the Prye River Dock.

2. I am, however, advised that it would be improper for the arbitrators to adopt such a course without the approval of the umpire; in other words, they ought not to inspect the dock except as members of the Court, acting with the approval of the umpire, or in pursuance of the directions of the Court, issued at the request of one of the parties to the arbitration.

I have, &c.,

ALFRED LYTTELTON.

* Nos. 13, 16, 30, 42 and 47.

† No. 268.

‡ No. 269.

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