Mss Eur Mack Private 14

p. i: Military proceedings in Java.-Collection of Papers relative to the Expedition against Batavia & the Dutch Settlements in Java in 1811.

p. iii: Table of Contents.

1, pp. 1-9: Notes & Remarks on the State of the City of Batavia and of the Island of Java-from the communication of Peter Bauer 30th January 1811. Compared with Sketches & Plans, referring to a Sketch. Copy. Under the following sub-headings :-City of Batavia ; Canals; Fortifications of the City & Gates ; Castle ; Garrison ; Adjacent Country ; Marshes & in salubrity of the Air-Causes ; Sea and Land Breezes & their effects ; Water & Watering Places ; Redoubts & Batteries ; Landing ; Encamping Ground ; Anchorage or Roads ; Roads ; New City or Military Cantonment & Force there ; Chinese Town & Chinese Settlers, viewed with jealousy ; New Harbour Port & Naval Deptôt; General Idea of Java ; Bantam and Provinces East ; Horses. This information (as well as 2 and 3 infra) was collected at Madras in preparation for the Java expedition.

2, p. 10: Explanatory Notes of Java annexed to a Sketch Map communicated by Coll Barclay March 1811., Copy. Merely a list of the chief political divisions ; includes Madura and Bali.

3, pp. 11-16: Memoranda of Queries regarding the prevailing Winds, Currents &; Seasons of Java & the adjacent Coasts, Seas and Islands by Colonel Mackenzie addressed to & partly answered by Mr Collis-Madras March 27th 1811. Copy. Under the following sub-headings : Winds & Currents ; Passages ; Water & Rendezvous ; Coasts & Channels ; Monsoons & Seasons &(ca) ; Landing Places ; Supplies ; Nature of the Country.

4, pp. 19-36 : Memoir of the Present State of the Fortresses, Fortifications, Roads & Landing places in Java, Compiled from different Authorities May 29th 1811.-With a Military Map of Java exhibiting the different Roads, Posts, & their Relative positions.-Presented to the Commander in Chief on his arrival at Malacca June 1811. By Col(l) Mackenzie. Copy. In pp. 19-27 the principal places on the island are noticed and discussed from a strategical point of view, concluding with a short note of the South Coast of Java ; pp. 29-36 contain a number of tables of distances and notes on routes and roads, and also two copies (one neatly finished and one rough) of a sketch map of the road from Semarang to Solo and Jokyakarta.

5, pp. 55-98 : Military Report on the Coasts, Landing Places &; State of Affairs in Java August 1811 with Appendix & Plans. Copy. (a) pp. 57-89 : H.M. Ship Leda off Indramayoe [=Indramayu], 2 August 1811. Report of Proceedings on the North Coast of Java agreeable to the Instructions of His Excellency Sir S: Auchmuty Commander-in-Chief &c dated at Malacca of the 6th June 1811. By Col(l) Mackenzie. In two parts, of which the first (pp. 57-64) gives an account of Mackenzie's reconnaissance of the coast of Java (which he reached on the 13th July), and the second (pp. 65-9) describes the nature of the country generally, from the strategical point of view, based on information obtained during this cruise. 15 Appendices (pp. 71-89) give the evidence thus collected (mostly from native sources). The practical result of this reconnaissance was that it determined the subsequent landing of the British forces at Chilinching, where Mackenzie had landed on the 14th July and narrowly escaped being captured. (b) pp. 91-2 : Correspondence at Cheribon [=Chirĕbon] on the 24th July 1811 by Captain Owen with the Authorities ashore. Capt. [W. F. W.] Owen, H.M. Sloop Barracouta, adopted the ruse of pretending to be in the French Navy. (c) p. 95 : Batavia Roads, 15 July 1811. Copy of a Description of Marak [=Mĕrak Bay and Island] Communicated by Captain Sayer of H.M. Ship Leda. With a sketch showing the Military topography of the place. (d) p. 97 : H.M. Sloop Barracouta, abreast Edam Isle, off Batavia, 15 July 1811. Letter from Walter Stunt to Capt(n) W. F. W. Owen giving an account of his conduct during the landing at Chilinching. (e) p. 98 : H.M. Ship Leda, Edam Island, 16 July 1811. Letter from Lieut(t) Kelly Nazer to Capt(n) Geo. Sayer, H.M. Ship Leda, giving an account of his conduct on the same occasion.

6, pp. 103-28 : State of the Civil & Military Establishments of the Dutch on the Island of Java in 1810 Alphabetically arranged from Personal Enquiries, the Batavian Almanac & other Authorities begun at Sea in May 1811. on the Voyage to Java. Evidently by Col(l) Mackenzie. Copy. The alphabetical list (pp. 103-18) includes 36 place-names beginning with Ankee [=Angke] and ending with Welt-Vreeden [=Weltevreden], but in many cases the remarks on them are scanty, in some entirely wanting. Then follow (pp. 119-28) a number of tables headed as follows : Population of Java [1726 and 1778] ; Receipts & Expenditure of the Dutch Colonies in 1779; Abstract View of the Military Establishment in Java in March 1811 ; Another View of the Strength & Distribution of the Military Force on the Island of Java-12th March 1811 [showing the distribution, both local and racial]; Military Establishment 1810; and Civil Establishment.

7, pp. 141-59 : Arrangement of Iniormation required of Java, to be con,sidered regarding the Points suggested in the Commander in Chief's Instructions. prepared on the Passage in June 1811 by Coll Mackenzie. Copy. Contains only a number of questions, for the most part without answers. under the following sub-headings : Jacatra [=Jakatra] Division ; Cheribon [=Chirĕbon] Division ; Bantam Division; Samarang [=Sĕmarang] & Soorabaya [= Surabaya] ; General Questions applicable to all parts ; General Military Queries ; General Observations [a few positive statements are inserted here about Bantam] ; Queries of a Political Nature that may probably be usefully enquired for ; Native States ; Heads to be discussed after Enquiry ; Hints, Memoranda, Expedients & Miscellaneous Queries [here also there are a few positive recommendations].

8, pp. 179-81 : Account of the Surprize of the Batteries on the morning of the 22(d) Aug(t) [1811] & of their Recovery-with a Sketch Plan. Evidently by Col(l) Mackenzie. Copy. This refers to an attack made on the British batteries near Matraman (between Weltevreden and Meester Cornelis) described by Collet, L'Ile de Java sous la Domination Française. pp. 472-6, and Thorn, Memoir of the Conquest of Java, &c. (1815), pp. 48-9.

9, pp. 185-6 : Reference to the Attacks on the Enemy's Posts at Meester Cornelis on the 26th August 1811. Copy. Apparently an explanation of positions on a sketch plan which is not appended.

10, p. 187 : Reference to the Enemy's Works. Copy. Presumably refers to the same plan as 9 supra.

11, p. 189 : Expedition to Java-Reports. Letters & Papers in the Engineers Department. A short list of dockets of papers (1811-13), some of which are set out in the following numbers. Copy.

12, pp. 203-4 : Present State of the Fortifiications, Public Buildings & Water-Works of the Military Station of Soorabaya [=Surabaya] in Java, as they stood , on being occupied by the British force under the Command of Colonel Gibbs taken on the 27(th) 28(th) 29(th) September 1811. In tabular form. By Col(l) Mackenzie. Copy.

13, pp. 205-7 : Descriptive Notice of the Town, Harbour & Fortifications of Soorabaya [=Surabaya]. Copy. A plan was intended to have occupied p. 209.

14 pp. 210-12c: Extract from Statement of the claim of Lieut(t) Geneneral Sir Samuel Auchmuty on the Java Prize Property. London Printed for J: J: Stockdale, N(o) 41. Pall Mall 1816. The extracts are from pp. 10, 16 and 23, in addition to which there is a letter from Auchmuty (dated Syndale House ; 18 June 1815) on the same subject extracted from p.39).

15, pp. 213-62 : Report & Journal of Lieutenant Colonel C. Mackenzie's Proceedings on the Island of Java from 1(st) October 1811 to 7th June 1813 transmitted to the Commander in Chief at Fort S(t) George-and continuation afterwards to the 18th July 1813.-Communicated with a Copy of the former to the Government at Fort William of [lege on] the 14th December 1813. Copy. (a) p. 214 : Batavia, 7 June 1813. Letter from Lieut(t) – Co(l) Colin Mackenzie to Captn H. Scott, Secretary to H. E. Lieut(t) –Genl(l). Abercrombie, Commander-in-Chief, Fort St. George, enclosing the Report. (b) pp. 215-62 : Batavia, 7 June 1813. Report and Journal of the Proceedings of Lieut(t) Colonel Mackenzie Chief Engineer on the Expedition to Batavia on the Island of Java from October 1811 to June 1813. The continuation to 18 July 1813 is dated Fort William 4 December 1813. Comprises an account of his journeys of inspection throughout the island, with descriptions of the topography, scenery, routes, &c., particularly from the strategical point of view, but containing much general information, his work on the Committee appointed in February 1812 to investigate the state of the island in general, with particular reference to the land system and administration, involving a further tour (which included a short excursion to Bali and a visit to Madura and many parts of Java), his arrival at Jokyakarta two days before the place was taken, &c., and a concluding section enumerating in general terms the various points (strategical, topographical, statistical, economic, historical, and the like) on which he recommended enquiries to be made.

16, pp. 269-326c : Appendix to the Military Report & Journal of Lieutenant Colonel Mackenzie of the Madras Engineers in Java. Copy (except (b) iii). pp. 271-4: Table of Contents and lists of Maps, Plans and Drawings. (a) pp. 277-316 : Appendix A.-Papers explanatory of the Research into the Records, Archives & Charts of the late Government & of the History, Antiquities & Military Defence of Java. (In spite of the title there appears to be nothing here relating to antiquities.) Includes :- (i) pp. 277-90 : Correspondence and orders relating to Mackenzie's application for permission to inspect the abovementioned records (some of which appear to be included in Mack. Class XIV, 29), &c., and some of the results of his researches (10 October 1811 to 1 June 1812) ; (ii) pp. 291-6 : Letter, dated 29 August 1812, from S. M. Stephenson, Surgeon at Surabaya, to Mackenzie, on the saltpetre works at Grissee [=Grĕsik] (with extracts from Thomson's Chemsitry and Black's Lectures on Chemistry) ; (iii) pp. 297-302 : Letter, dated Batavia, 21 January 1812, from T. S. Raffles, Lieut(t)-Gov(r) of Java, to Mackenzie, F. J. Rothenbuhler, J. Knops, and P. H. [van] Lawick van Pabst, appointing them to be a committee for investigating the state of the island, with particular reference to the land tenure and administration and enumerating 37 points for enquiry. Identical with 35. 2 infra, q.v. (iv) pp. 303-9 : Heads of a Memoir of the Regentship or District of --- in Java intended for obtaining a complete Geographical & Statistical View of the Island - communicated for circulation by Lieutt Colonel Mackenzie [Part I ; 22 sections; Part II: 38 sections, distributed under the subheads Population, Customs and Manners of the Natives, Cattle (Domestic, Wild), Lands, Administration of Justice] ; (v) pp. 311-12 : Weltevreden, 6 November 1811. Literal Copy of the Original Report by Col(l) Starrenburg of the Gallo-Dutch Engineer Establishment. On the Corps of Engineers, the Military Bureau & on the Depôts of Military Charts & Papers & the Surveys of Java [addressed to Mackenzie] ; (vi) pp. 313-16: Samarang [=Sĕmarang], 28 May 1812. Memoir [by H. Cornelius] on the State & Progress of the Geographic Surveys executed on the Island of Java Translated from the Dutch. (b) pp. 319-26c: B Appendix.-Military Reports & Memoirs on [Meester] Cornelis with a Sketch Plan. Includes:- (i) pp. 319-22 : Weltevreden, 18 October 1811. Letter from Mackenzie to, Col(l) R. R. Gillespie, Commanding the Forces in Java, describing the topography of Meester Cornelis and discussing the measures to be taken in the event of a permanent post being established there ; (ii) pp. 323-6 : 21 October 1811. Observations on Tannabang [=Tanah Abang]. By Mackenzie. A topographical description of this place (near Weltevreden) with considerations as to the establishment of a post and depôt there ; and (on a loose sheet) (iii) pp. 326 b & c : Plan of Tannabang [=Tanah Abang] & of the Ground adjacent Nov 21(st) 1811, on a scale of 6 inches to 1 mile. Neatly executed and coloured. Initialled by Mackenzie.