Light confirmed as Superintendent; reinforcements will be sent; trade secondary to need for a naval base; passes not to be granted; salutes for foreign ships only; 150 labourers from Benkulen; conduct towards Malay rulers approved; avoid involvement in disputes with Siam or Burma. with. - Francis...
Resolutions and orders: charterparty of Prince Henry; establishment of Eliza; cash advance to Light; artillery and artificers; Marine Corps instead of sepoy detachment. with. - Francis Light, Calcutta 10 & 20 Mar 1786; has freighted the Prince Henry (Capt James Glass) and begun purchasing st...
Replies to various questions raised by Light; letters to Sultans of Riau and Kedah, and list of presents. with. - Francis Light, Calcutta 3 Apr 1786; supply of surveying instruments and additional arms. - Capt James Glass, Calcutta 2 Apr 1786; military stores for defence of Prince Henry. - tents ...
Orders on financial arrangements; Glass also to carry news of the Penang settlement to the Sultan of Borneo and to attempt to recover EIC property there; instructions to Light for settling at Penang; circular to Madras, Bombay, Benkulen and Canton. with. - James Scott, Tranquebar 31 Mar 1786; Bur...