Proclamation of the Resident of Malacca announcing the appointment of William Edward Phillips as Governor of Penang in succession to William Petrie deceased
Scope & Content:
Includes a precedence list for the Dutch East Indies revised to 20 Jun 1783
Letter from William Farquhar, Resident of Malacca, to Adriaan Koek, President of the Court of Justice, regarding a dispute between the Chinese Low Hasang and Lokio on the one hand and the arrack farmer Tan Seang on the other