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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1824. Excerpt: ... Java. expense incurred on account of the island while under British rule, it appears by the Treasury Minute of the 26th May 1822, that no question was made by His Majesty's Government as to the amount; and that however large the outlay, the necessity of it was admitted, by its immediate transfer to the public account. It is likewise worthy of remark, that on the restitution of Java to the Dutch, not a pensioner was thrown as a burden upon the Company, not a complaint was preferred by a single native or Dutchman against my rule. SUMATRA. Having noticed some of my services in the government of Java and its dependencies, I now proceed to the second head, viz., my appointment to Bencoolen, and the services in which I was there engaged. I beg permission to advert, in the first instance, to the circumstances under which I was originally nominated by the Bengal Government to that station; the suspension of my succession thereto, under the orders of your Honourable Court; and your subsequent confirmation of my appointment, with the rank and title of Lieutenant-Governor. Secondly, to the state in which I found that settlement and its dependencies on my assuming the office, and the measures which I adopted for effecting a total reform in the system of its administration; administration; the success which attended those measures, and Sumatra. the approbation thereof by your Honourable Court; and, lastly, to the proceedings which I adopted, with reference to the questions of the Lampoong country, Samanka Bay, Palembang, Padang, Menangkabau, and Pulo Nias j upon which points I had the misfortune to incur the displeasure of your Honourable Court. In the year 1813, the office of Resident at Fort Marlbro' being vacated by the resignation of Mr. Parker, the Bengal Governm...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781235622786
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 18
  • Spine Width: 1 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1235622789
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 54 gr


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