Great Britain. Colonial Office - Records relating to the Malay states [M446-448] 1876-1896

M 446-448

fonds

1876-1896, Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]

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Microfilm : M 446-448

microfilm reels 35 mm

In 1874-75, at the direction of the Colonial Office, the Governor of the Straits Settlements, Sir Andrew Clarke, appointed Residents to the four Malay states of Perak, Selangor, Negri Sembilan and Pahang. In July 1895 the Malay rulers accepted a Treaty of Federation, which provided for a Resident-General responsible to the Governor of the Straits Settlements. The Federated Malay States became part of the Federation of Malaya in 1948

Extracts relating to the protected Malay States (Native States) from the Public Record Office classes CO273, CO537 and CO809. These are despatches from the Governor of the Straits Settlements to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, with enclosures, Colonial Office minutes and draft replies from the Colonial Office to the Governor, 1874-1896, and correspondence between the Colonial Office and other Government Departments, and from individuals or non-official organisations. M446-448: CO 273/84-218 Select. All the confidential despatches from the Governor to the Colonial Office including enclosures and Colonial Office minutes relating to the Native States, 1876-96

Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales
National Library of Australia holds microfilm master
Associated materials: see also reels M449-458
Available for reference
Australian Joint Copying Project handbook. Part 8 : Miscellaneous [M series], Entry 73, p. 41
Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series M446-448
Microfilm copy of originals held by the Public Record Office, Ruskin Avenue, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England