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integral part of the dominions of Muhammed Shah II., Sultan of 

 Malacca ; who, on the fall of his capital, fled to Muar, thence to Pa- 

 hang, and finally to Johore, where he established a kingdom. Nan- 

 ing remained nominally under the Portuguese, till 1641-2, when with 

 Malacca it fell into the hands of the Dutch, and their allies the sove- 

 reigns of Johore and Achin. According to a Malay manuscript in 

 my possession, " the Hollanders made many bonds with the king of 

 Johore, on golden paper, including numerous divisions of shares 

 and territory," among which are specified the interior boundaries of 

 Malacca, viz." From the mouth of the Cassangto its source southerly ; 

 from the mouth of the Lingi river to Ramoan China northerly to Buket 

 Bruang, Bakowe Rendah, Ramonia Chondong, Padang Chachar, Da- 

 son Mariah, Dason Kappar Ulu Malacca to the source of the Cassang 

 river. Done, written, and sealed by the Hollanders and king of Johore, 

 on paper of gold." 



Valentyn, however, asserts, that the 1st article of the treaty be- 

 tween the Dutch and the king of Johore was, that the town be given 

 up to the Dutch, and the land to the king of Johore, reserving, how- 

 ever, to the Dutch so much territory about the town as is required, and 

 license to cut fire-wood. Be this as it may, Dutchpolicy soon extended 

 the meaning of this into the possession of an area of nearly 50 miles 

 by 30, which comprised the whole of Naning up to the frontiers of 

 Rumbowe and Johore. 



This line of latter days has been extended beyond Buket Bruang 

 and Ramoan China, to the left bank of the Lingi river, which it now 

 comprehends. 



History of Naning. — The Dutch, on their taking possession of Ma- 

 lacca in 1641, found Naning under the government of the Ampat 

 Suku, or heads of the four tribes, into which the inhabitants are di- 

 vided. In the Dutch Governor General Anthonij Van Diemen's 

 administration, an agreement was made by the first Land-voogd, or 

 Governor of Malacca, Johan Van Twist, on the 15th of August, 1641, 

 with the chiefs of Naning and the neighbouring villages : by which 

 the latter promised fidelity to the States General and the Company, 

 and abjured their former engagements with the Spaniards and Por- 

 tuguese. The property of all persons dying without issue to be di- 

 vided between the Company and the native chiefs ; that of persons 

 guilty of murder, to be appropriated half for the use of the Company, 

 and the remainder for their heirs. The company to be entitled to one- 

 tenth of the produce, and to a duty of 10 per cent, on the sale of 

 estates. Such taxes to be collected by native servants, who will be 

 rewarded by Governor General A. Van Diemen. 



