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R E C O R D S OF T H E G O V E R N M E N T O F T H E
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS
3(preserved in the National Library, Singapore)
INDIAN ADMINISTRATION
Series A Penang, Singapore and Malacca Consultations, 180630.
B Penang Despatches to London, 180530.
C London Letters to Penang, 181-g.
D Penang Despatches to India, 1800-26.
E India Letters to Penang, I 804-3 I.
F Letters from Native Rulers to Governor, 1817-37, 1865-74.
G Governor's Letters to Native Rulers, 1817-31,1841-5,1850-73.
H Penang : Letters and Orders in Council, 1817-25.
I Penang : Miscellaneous Letters, 1806-30.
J Penang : Old Indices to Records, 1806-30.
K Penang : Miscellaneous, I 805-9.
L Raffles's Administration, 1814--23.
JM Singapore: Letters to and from Bengal, 1823-61.
N Singapore : Resident's Diary, I 827-9.
0 Malacca: Resident's Diary, 1826-9.
P Commissioner Young's Land Records, 1837-9.
Q Singapore : Miscellaneous, 1826-73.
R Governor's despatches to Bengal, 1831-67.
S Bengal Letters to Governor, 1830-66.
- 1867 onwards.
GD Governor's Despatches to Colonial Office, 1867 onwards.
,GD/C Governor's Despatches (Confidential) to Colonial Office,
1867 onwards.
R E C O R D S O F T H E SUPREME GOVERNMENT O F I N D I A
(preserved in the National Archives of India, New Delhi)
RECORDS RELATING TO T H E STRAITS SETTLEMENTS (1851-67)
Home Department Consultations (Public).
Home Department Consultations (Judicial).
Home Department Consultations (Education).
Foreign Department Consultations.
Malacca Proceedings, 1852-60.
Marine Consultations.
Narratives of Proceedings of the Straits Government, 1851-9.
Secret Consultations.
COLONIAL O F F I C E RECORDS
(preserved at the Public Record Office, London)
CO 273 Series. Straits Settlements, Original Correspondence.
CO I@ Series. Labuan, Original Correspondence.
Volumes 14/16 to 1 4 / 2 0 relate to the Straits Settlements
prior to 1862.
F O R E I G N O F F I C E RECORDS
(preserved at the Public Record Office, London)
FO 12 Series. Borneo, 1842-75.
FO 37 Series. Holland and the Netherlands, 181674.
WAR O F F I C E RECORDS
(preserved at the Public Record Office, London) I
WO 33 Series. Volumes 33/15 to 33/32 cover the period 1865-78 and
contain material relating to the Straits Settlements.
B R I T I S H PARLIAMENT RECORDS
Hansard's Parliamentary Debates.
Accounts and Papers:
1861, XI11 (H. of C.) 423, pp. 69-373 (Report of Committee on
Colonial Military expenditure).
1862, XL (H. of C.) 259, pp. 583-662 (Straits Transfer).
BIBLIOGRAPHY 395
1863~,XL11I~-(H.of C.) 541, p. 299 (Trengganu bombardment).
1866, LII
' C[$7-. 88jZ74 s -7.-
British Sessional Papers:
Straits Transfer Bill (H. of C.), 1866, V, p. 327.
I W W J J GrI.SAAJXVIE-$AS
ings of the Legislative Council of
Proceedings of the Legislative Council of India (2nd ser.) from 1862.
S T R A I T S S E T T L E M E N T S C O U N C I L PAPERS
Executive Council Minutes, Series I N. From 1867.
Legislative Council Proceedings, Series I1 N. From 1867.
P R I V A T E PAPERS I N M A N U S C R I P T
CARD W E L L PAPERS Housed in the Public Record Office, London, in
the series PRO 30148.
Semi-official papers of Edward Cardwell, who was Secretary of State for
the Colonies 1864-6 during part of the Straits transfer negotiations.
i Vol. 4.0 (Box 6) : Cardwell's correspondence with Lord Carnarvon (the
succeeding Colonial Secretary), in 1866.
Vol. 45 (Box 7) : Colonial Miscellaneous papers, 1864-6.
7CARNARVON PAPERS Housed in the Public Record Office, London, in
the series PRO 3016.
Semi-official papers of Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, fourth earl of
Carnamon, Secretary of State for the Colonies, June 1866 to December
1868. Most of the Carnamon Papers refer to Carnarvon's public life after
1867, but additional items 132-40, deposited in the Public Record Office
in 1959, relate to his period as Colonial Secretary 1866-8.
CAVENAGH PAPERS In the possession of Major Orfeur Cavenagh of
Victoria, British Columbia.
Four volumes of personal diaries kept by Colonel (later Major General)
Orfeur Cavenagh during his term of office as Governor of the Straits
Settlements, 1859-67.
DYCE,CHARLESUnpublished manuscript about the Straits Settlements,
written about 1846, attached to folio of pictures in Singapore Art Museum.
ELGINPAPERS Housed in the India Office Library, London, in the
series MS Eur. F 83.
Semi-official papers of James Bruce, eighth Earl of Elgin, relating to the
period when he was Governor General of India, 1862-3. The papers
relevant to the Straits Settlements are:
F 83117. Governor General to miscellaneous correspondents.
F 83/24. Miscellaneous correspondents to Governor General.
F 83/25. Sarawak Papers.
GLADSTONE PAPERS Housed in the British Museum.
Semi-official papers of W. E. Gladstone, Chancellor of the Exchequer
1859-65 and Leader of the House of Commons, 1865-6, during the Straits
396 BIBLIOGRAPHY
transfer negotiations. The volumes containing references to the Straits
Settlements are:
44096-7 XI, XI1 Correspondencewith G. Arbuthnot, Treasury, 1853-
1865.
44107 XVII Correspondence with Sir Frederic Rogers, 1840-89.
441 18 XXXIII Correspondencewith Sir Edward Cardwell, 1845-68.
44184 XCIX Correspondence with Sir Charles Wood, 1839-69.
44192 CVII Correspondence with G. A. Hamilton, Treasury,
1859-69.
44224-5 CXXXIX-CXLIV Correspondence with Lord Kimberley,
1859-80.
HALIFAXPAPERS Housed in the India Office Library, London.
(i)Twenty-two bound volumes of official and semi-official letters written
by Charles Wood, first Viscount Halifax, relating to the period June 1859
to February 1866 when Wood was Secretary of State for India.
(ii) Wood-Cavenagh correspondence. Letters written by Cavenagh to
Wood, 1864-6.
LAWRENCE PAPERS Housed in the India Office Library, London.
Semi-official papers of Sir John Lawrence relating to the period when he
was Governor General of India, 1863-9. References to the Straits Settle-
ments appear in the first series, vols. 4, 6, 8, 15, 18.
NEWSPAPERS
With the exception of the Prince of Wales Island Gazette, 1806-27, of which
the India Office Library has a complete holding, and the Singapore Chronicle,
of which the British Museum has copies for the years 1827-33 and the
India Office Library for the years 1827-35, the only known surviving copies
of Straits Settlements newspapers prior to 1867 are to be found in the
National Library, Singapore. Many of these are in bad condition, and no
series is complete.
Penang Gazette. Penang, from 1838.
Prince of Wales Island Gazette. Penang, I 806-27.
Prince of Wales Island Gazette. Penang, 1833-8.
Renamed the Penang Gazette in 1838.
.L Singapore Chronicle. Singapore, 1824-37..
-Singapore Free Press. I st ser. Singapore, 1835-69.
A weekly newspaper with a monthly overland summary.
-- Straits Times. Singapore, from 1845.
Bi-weekly from 1847 and daily from 1858, with a monthly overland
edition.
-- Singapore, I 893.
Annual Reports on the Administration of the Straits Settlements. Singapore, 1857-67.
BIBLIOGRAPHY 397
Annual Reports of the Singapore Institution Free School. Singapore, 1836-64.
Correspondence of the Rajah of Johore and the G o v m Concerning the Jurisdiction
over Tanjong Putri. Singapore, 1865.
Correspondence Relating to the Land Revenue System of the Straits Settlements, 1837-
1844. Singapore, I 883.
Pnpers and Correspondence Relating to the Land Revenue Administration of the Straits
Settlements, I 823-37. Singapore, I 884.
Proceedings of an Investigation Ma& by the Governor into Charges against the
Penang Police, October 1859. Singapore, 1859.
Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Enquire into the Penang Riots of 1867.
- Penang, 1868.
R e w t on the Progress of the Straits Settlements from 1859-60 to 1866-7 [by
.
Governor Cavenagh] Singapore, 1867.
Review of the Progress of the Straits Settlements since April 1867 [by Governor Ord].
Singapore, 1873.
Selected Correspondenceof Lettersfrom and to the Commissioner of Tenassmmm,1825-6
to 1842-3. Rangoon, 1928.
Straits Settlements Commerce and Shipping. Singapore, I 844-58, I 863-6.
Straits Settlements Government Gazette. Singapore, from I 858.
Straits Settlements General Orders. Singapore, I 867-72.
Tabular Statements of the Commerce of Singapore during the rears 1823-4 tO 1839-40
inclusive. Singapme, I 842.
Tabular Statement of Commerce and Shipping of Singapore during the Tears 1840-4.
Singapore, I 845.
Treaties and Engagements Entered into or Aficting the Native States of the Malay
Peninsula. Singapore, I 889.
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W A R D ,T M and J P G R A N T , OBciOl Pa@s on the Medical Statistics and
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(18511, 374-82.
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Prince of Wales Island in the Straits of Malacca, including Province Wellesley on
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