IOR/L/PJ/3/1069 No.69

The collections to the Straits Settlements Public Narrative, for the 2nd half of 1857, dated 1st November 1858, consists of the following small collections of papers (Coll 1-37), each of which has an extract from the Narrative:

• Coll 1, Correspondence regarding discrepancies appearing in the annual return of convicts of the Penang Settlement, July 1857 to November 1858.
• Coll 2, Indemnification claimed by Mr Brown, Proprietor of the Sugar Estate at Penang, for the destruction of sugar cane by fire, July 1857 to November 1858.
• Coll 3, Request by Revd A W Wallis that the Masters of the Free School at Penang may be allowed to participate in the privileges of the Pension Rules of 1831, July 1853 to November 1858.
• Coll 4, Correspondence regarding advances of pay to chaplains proceedings on medical certificate, August 1857 to November 1858. The correspondence is concerned with the case of the Reverend A W Wallis, Chaplain of Penang, who on account of ill health applied on medical certificate to go to Australia for one year.
• Coll 5, Application of Mr White, a resident at Penang, for several acres of land from Government, November 1856 to November 1858.
• Coll 6, Correspondence regarding the alarm felt among the European community at Penang during the Mohurrum [Muharram] festival, August 1857 to November 1858.
• Coll 7, Correspondence regarding the general feeling of alarm among the European inhabitants when Kurruck Singh (a State prisoner) was removed to Penang, August 1857 to November 1858.
• Coll 8, Correspondence regarding the retirement of John Dragon on his pension, and certain promotions amongst the clerks in the Resident Councillor's Office and Land Office, August 1857 to November 1858.
• Coll 9, Appointment of Lawrence Nairne, Merchant of Penang, to the office of Sheriff in the Straits Settlements, September 1857 to November 1858.
• Coll 10, Petitions from Kam Kang Gay and Tan Ageen, spirit (arrack) farmers, praying to be released from the payment of their rent due to Government on account of severe losses sustained, May 1857 to November 1858.
• Coll 11, Petition from the opium farmers at Penang stating their inability to continue the farm in consequence of the rise in the price of opium, October 1857 to November 1858.
• Coll 12, Correspondence regarding mortality amongst the convicts, October 1857 to November 1858.
• Coll 13, Half yearly statement of sugar and rum produced in and exported from Penang and Province Wellesley, ending 30th June 1857.
• Coll 14, Correspondence regarding the employment of two extra peons solicited by the Sheriff at Penang, November 1857 to November 1858.
• Coll 15, Correspondence regarding the consitution of the Medical Committee, July 1857 to November 1858.
• Coll 16 (2 vols), Grants of certificates of naturalisation to Chinese, Arab and Acheenese inhabitants of Penang and Singapore, October 1857 to November 1858.
• Coll 17, Establishment of ferries at Province Wellesley, and rates of toll, December 1857 to November 1858.
• Coll 18, Memorials from the Tamil and Malay interpreters to the Recorders Court at Penang regarding their pay and pension, June 1857 to November 1858.
• Coll 19, Claim of G Wahab, Deputy Commissioner of Police, for two years pay and a passage to England, July 1857 to November 1858.
• Coll 20, Correspondence regarding a requisition for Malays as Police at Hong Kong, June 1857 to November 1858.
• Coll 21, Resignation of Mr Frankfort, a dresser in the Police Hospital at Singapore, July 1857 to November 1858.
• Coll 22, Correspondence regarding the discontinuance of convicts being employed as street scavengers in Singapore, August 1857 to November 1858.
• Coll 23, Correspondence regarding the abrupt departure of Mr Caldwell, the late Registrar of the Court of Judicature at Singapore, May 1857 to November 1858.
• Coll 24, Correspondence regarding the difficulty experienced in carrying on the postal duties between Labuan and Singapore, April 1857 to November 1858.
• Coll 25, Bills for medical stores purchased by order of the Apothecary General, Calcutta, required for the public service, September 1857 to November 1858.
• Coll 26, Report on the annual inspection of the jails, hospitals and lunatic asylum at Singapore, dated 5th September 1857, by the Senior Surgeon, Straits Settlements.
• Coll 27, Resignation of Mr Roberts, Head Clerk in the Office of the Governor of the Straits Settlements, October 1857 to November 1858.
• Coll 28, Presentment by the Grand Jury of Singapore regarding the occupation of part of the jail for military purposes, proposing that the salaries of the Jailor and Peon be increased and the removal of the convicts to a more eligible site, October 1857 to November 1858.
• Coll 29, Correspondence regarding the benefit that would accrue by the possession of a certain piece of land in Singapore, in preventing collisions taking place at the angle of the Hotel de l'Esperance where the Esplanade Road joined the High Street, November 1857 to November 1858.
• Coll 30, Government advertisement of a pearl fishery to take place at Aripo, in the Island of Ceylon, on or about the 1st March 1858.
• Coll 31, Correspondence regarding the levying of a tenth on all timber felled for building purposes from the forests around Malacca, June 1857 to November 1858.
• Coll 32, Petition of a Malay woman whose husband was murdered while endevouring to arrest some escaped Bengal convicts, June 1857 to November 1858.
• Coll 33, Correspondence regarding the general survey of Malacca, July 1857 to November 1858.
• Coll 34, Claim of the Roman Catholic Mission to a tract of land near the village of Rumbia at Malacca, July 1857 to November 1858.
• Coll 35, Correspondence regarding the employment of convicts as peons, August 1857 to November 1858.
• Coll 36, Sanction given to the reward of $10 to a Malay man for killing a tiger at Malacca, August 1857 to November 1858.
• Coll 37, Requisition for a piece of ground for the erection of a cookroom for a police thannah at Malacca, September 1857 to November 1858.

Copy of a Narrative of the Proceedings of the Government of the Straits Settlements during the 1st quarter of 1858, dated 1st March 1859. Colls 38 to 88 are the collections to this Narrative.

• Coll 38, Correspondence reporting the despatch from Madras and receipt at Penang of Indian convicts sentenced to transportation beyond the sea, November 1857 to January 1858.
• Coll 39, Report on the escape of two Bombay convicts from the Penang Jail, December 1857 to January 1858.
• Coll 40, Correspondence regarding the purchase of revolvers for the use of the convict overseers, December 1857 to January 1858.
• Coll 41, Letter of naturalisation granted to a Chinese merchant at Prince of Wales Island named Lee Peh, December 1857 to January 1858.
• Coll 42, Departure for Europe of Thomas Braddell, Police Magistrate at Penang, January 1858.
• Coll 43, Arrangements connected with the Office of Coroner at Province Wellesley, January 1858.
• Coll 44, Grant of full allowances while on privilege leave to Mr Jones, an Uncovenanted officer, January 1858.
• Coll 45, Request for the sanction of Government to the appointment of John Ashness as a medical apprentice in the Civil Hospital at Penang, January 1858.
• Coll 46, Report of the swearing of the oath of allegiance by 22 persons subsequent to the grant of certificates of naturalisation, February 1858.
• Coll 47, Correspondence regarding the recapture of three Bombay convicts in Province Wellesley, January to February 1858.
• Coll 48, Correspondence regarding the salary of Mr Alexander pending the arrival of an officer to fill the post of Assistant to the Resident Councillor in Province Wellesley, January to February 1858.
• Coll 49, Request for the admission into the hospital at Penang of John Ashness and another person as medical apprentices declined by Government, February 1858.
• Coll 50, Papers regarding the Penang Police Force and the amount demanded for its maintenance, December 1857 to February 1858. Includes statements of the expenses and disbursements relating to the Police Force, and a Roll of the Police Force and where stationed in December 1857.
• Coll 51, Translations of addresses presented to Thomas Braddell, Assistant to the Resident Councillor, Prince of Wales Island, on his proceeding to England, from the Chinese, Muslim and Hindu inhabitants of that station, January 1858.
• Coll 52, Letter from the Resident Councillor, Prince of Wales Island, to the Governor of the Straits Settlements, reporting on convicts despatched to Bombay, dated 27th February 1858.
• Coll 53, Application by Mr Robertson, Deputy Commissioner of Police at Prince of Wales Island, for a leave of absence, March 1858.
• Coll 54, Covering letter forwarding interrogatories sent from the Government of Madras to the Governor of the Princes of Wales Island, Singapore and Malacca, to be returned once the reply of the witnesses had been obtained, January to November 1858.
• Coll 55, Correspondence regarding the survey fees charged on certain lots of land sold by Mr Ibbetson, March 1858.
• Coll 56, Notice regarding the rate of assessment for all houses, buildings and lands within the stations of the Straits Settlements for 1858.
• Coll 57, Request by the Bombay Government for a column to be added to the descriptive rolls of escaped convicts showing their native places, December 1857 to January 1858.
• Coll 58, Correspondence indicating that it was not the intention of Government to resume the ground forming the Singapore race course, January 1858.
• Coll 59, Grant of a certificate of naturalisation to Choa Boon Trat and Wee Lsuan Wee, January 1858.
• Coll 60, Papers regarding the expense of the Police Force at Singapore, December 1857 to January 1858.
• Coll 61, Petition from Perrirengadum, a prisoner in the Jail at Singapore, praying for his release due to ill health, January 1858.
• Coll 62, Correspondence regarding the despatch of hard wood trees from the Straits Settlements to Hong Kong, January 1858.
• Coll 63, Grant of a certificate of naturalisation to Abraham Solomon, a native of Baghdad, January 1858.
• Coll 64, Correspondence regarding the sweeping and cleaning of the town of Singapore, January 1858.
• Coll 65, Correspondence from Dr Rose, Senior Surgeon, reporting on his visit of inspection to the jails and hospitals in the Straits Settlements, December 1857 to January 1858.
• Coll 66 (comes after Coll 67 in the volume), Request by the Governor of Hong Kong for copies of ordinances or laws regulating the retail of opium in the Straits Settlements, and for information showing the gross and net receipts from that source for the previous five years, January to February 1858. Includes the reply from E A Blundell, Governor of the Straits Settlements.
• Coll 67, Correspondence regarding increased salaries to certain officers entertained by the Municipal Committee, January to February 1858.
• Coll 68, Letter from the Chairman of the Municipal Commissioners to E A Blundell, Governor of the Straits Settlements, regarding the construction of certain roads within the town of Singapore, February 1858.
• Coll 69, Appointment by the Municipal Commissioners of John James Malden as Overseer of Public Works for the period of absence on sick certificate of L Cahill, February 1858.
• Coll 70, Correspondence regarding the audit of the accounts of the Municipal Commissioners of Singapore, February 1858.
• Coll 71, Grant of a certificate of naturalisation to Eugene Hinnekindt, a native of Spain, February 1858.
• Coll 72, Employment of a Chinese dresser in the pauper hospital [Tan Tock Seng Hospital] at Singapore, February 1858.
• Coll 73, Appointment of Jonas Daniel Vaughan temporarily as Deputy Coroner for Singapore, February 1858.
• Coll 74, Appointment of Agent of the Oriental Bank Corporation, Singapore, February 1858.
• Coll 75, Letter from the Government of Madras forwarding the sentence on two convicts named Puttarhiah and C Vohinnah who were transported to Singapore, February to March 1858.
• Coll 76, Correspondence regarding the removal of a Hindu temple at Singapore, January to February 1858.
• Coll 77, Correspondence regarding the serving of a notice sent from Madras, January to March 1858.
• Coll 78, Request by E J Leveson for a certificate of being a British subject, March 1858.
• Coll 79, Application from Captain Dinsdale, 22nd Regiment NI, for appointment to the post of Secretary and Aide de Camp to the Governor of the Straits Settlements, March 1858.
• Coll 80, Petitions by residents of the native community of Malacca for the retention of Mr Williams as Assistant Resident at Malacca, December 1857 to January 1858.
• Coll 81, Papers regarding arrangements to transport two time expired convicts named Pieres Percar and Sinho Appoo to Ceylon, December 1857 to January 1858.
• Coll 82, Correspondence regarding the return of 11 time expired convicts from Malacca to Ceylon, January 1858.
• Coll 83, Leave of absence granted to Dr Williamson, Residency Surgeon at Malacca, December 1857 to January 1858.
• Coll 84, Correspondence regarding a fraudulent transaction on the part of the Rev F W Lindstedt, Uncovenanted Chaplain of Malacca, February 1858.
• Coll 85, Correspondence regarding the expense of feeding government cattle at Malacca, February 1858.
• Coll 86, Correspondence regarding the remuneration to Mr Velge as Acting Magistrate at Malacca, February 1858.
• Coll 87, Correspondence regarding an epidemic of cholera amoung the convicts at Malacca, January to March 1858.
• Coll 88, Correspondence regarding blankets for the Convict Department at Malacca, March 1858.