British Malaya: An Account of the Origin and Progress of British Influence in Malaya |
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Abdullah administration affairs authority Bandar Bhâru Birch boats British Government British officers called carried chiefs Chinese coast Colonel Farquhar cultivation Dato district dollars Dutch duty East India Company English European Federated Malay give Godinho Governor Governor-General Harry Ord Honourable Hugh Low important influence interest island Ismail Java jungle Kědah Kelantan King Klang River Kuala Lumpor land Lârut letter Maharaja Lela Malacca Malay language Malay Peninsula Malaya Mantri matters ment miles mining native neighbouring never Păhang Pâsir Pêrak Pêrak River photograph by Lambert Pinang population port probably Province Wellesley railway Raja Yusuf recognized Resident revenue roads rulers Selangor sent Siam Siamese Singapore Sir Andrew Sir Stamford Sir Stamford Raffles Stamford Raffles steamers Straits of Malacca Straits Settlements success Sultan of Johore Sultan of Pêrak Sumatra Sungei Ujong Těměnggong territory tion trade treaty Trenggânu Tunku vessels village
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Page 232 - Their energy and enterprise have made the Malay States what they are to-day, and it would be impossible to overstate the obligation which the "Malay Government and people are under to these hardworking, capable, and law-abiding aliens.
Page 174 - Her Majesty's Government find it incumbent to employ such influence as they possess with the native princes to rescue, if possible, these fertile and productive countries from the ruin which must befall them if the present disorders continue unchecked.
Page 175 - I should wish you, especially, to consider whether it would be advisable to appoint a British officer to reside in any of the States. Such an appointment could, of course, only be made with the full consent of the native Government.
Page 217 - the Residents have been placed in the native States as advisers, not as rulers, and if they take upon themselves to disregard this principle they will most assuredly be held responsible if trouble springs out of their neglect of it.
Page 49 - My uncle being desirous of removing the uneasiness, granted a tract (of which the boundaries were defined) accordingly, placing entire dependence on the power of the Company to protect and defend him against his enemies, and Sir George Leith made a new treaty, consisting of fourteen articles, and constituting the two as one country. This, and the former treaty, are inscribed on the Company's records. During the whole government of my father and uncle, no injury or molestation of any consequence had...
Page 51 - I request that the engagements contracted by Mr Light with my late father, may be ratified as my country and I are deficient in strength ; the favor of his Majesty the King of England extended to me, will render his name illustrious for justice and beneficence, and the grace of his Majesty will fill me with gratitude ; under the power and Majesty of the king...
Page 128 - I rejoice to think that, in spite of the difficulties of his position, he lived to the age of ninety-three — gardening and hoarding and smoking opium to the last — and died mourned, not only by his own people, but by all who knew him.
Page 304 - Eastern government had given me, I should say they were these. In the first place, remember always that you are not in India or in any foreign dependency...
Page 294 - The Government cannot do the mining and the agriculture, but it can make it profitable for others to embark in such speculations by giving them every reasonable facility, and that we have tried to do.'63 The results of such a Government policy are shown below in the revenue of the Malay States.
Page 74 - Singapore should be established as a ' free port,' and that Singapore will long, and always remain a free port, and that no taxes on trade or industry will be established to check its future rise and prosperity, I can have no doubt." " I am justified in saying thus much on the authority of the Supreme Government of India, and on the authority of those who are most likely to have weight in the councils of our nation at home.