Visit to Penang, Perak, Pahang, Singora (Thailand), Patani, Kelantan, 19 June 1875-28 June 1875

 
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File 1
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The diary records the voyage from Singapore to Malacca and Penang, meeting with Frank Swettenham and discussions about the situation in Selangor, inspection of forts at Malacca, meeting with James Birch, the British Resident at Perak, and discussions on the situation in Perak, the debts of the Mantri [Menteri] Ngah Ibrahim, Chinese tin mines at Langat, the actions of Sir Andrew Clarke, the previous governor, in Perak, the Treaty of Pangkore (1874), Sultan Abdullah and his relations with Birch, the possibility of forcing Abdullah to abdicate, public finances, relations between Chinese and Malays, and the possibility of a large influx of Chinese if the British were to control Perak.
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Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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