258 THE DUTCH IN PERAK, 
1754 and 1821, in very plain figures carved on the plaster of the 
embrasures. 
I have not been able to find out in what year the Dutch again 
established themselves in: Perak to obtain a command of the tin- 
trade. In 1757 they had a military detachment there consisting 
of :— 
“] Ensign as Superintendent in Pera. 
1 Sergeant. 
1 Corporal. 
33 Rank and file of whom 7 were natives. 
1 Arquebusier and assistants. : 
1 Assistant-Surgeon. 
1 Master-Mason.’”’—NETSCHER : “ Twee Belegeringen van Malakka.” 
This force was, no doubt, posted at Pangkalan Halban, or Tan- 
jong Putus, on the Perak river, in accordance with an agreement 
with the Raja of Perak, of which I have found an account in a Ma- 
lay Chronicle called in Perak “ Misal Malayu.” The presence of a 
‘‘ master-mason” among the garrison would seem to shew that 
brick buildings were in the course of erection in that year and we 
may conclude accordingly that the factory was then only lately re- 
established. 
Here is the account by the Malay chronicler of the re-opening of 
trade with the Dutch. No date is given :— 
“Thus Sultan MozAFAR SHAH was again firmly established on the 
throne of his kingdom and carried on the government with the help of the 
Raja Muda. It is said that the Dutch then came to live at Tanjong Putus. 
By the orders of their Raja they went from Batavia to Malacca and thence 
came to Perak. They asked the Raja of Perak for a place to live in and: 
selected Pangkalan Halban. Their object was to buy tin withveals ; for a 
bhara of tin they could pay thirty-two reals; the duty was two 7eals besides. 
And all the wishes of the Hollanders were approved by Sultan MOZAFAR SHAH 
and they accordingly came to live at Pankalan Halban. They builta gedong (a 
brick house) and surrounded it with fortifications and, after this, people 
could no longer take tin out of the river for export, but all was given to 
the Hollanders, traders thenceforth having to take dollars with them on 
their voyages. Regarding the Hollanders themselves, their Captain was 
relieved every three years. For a long time they continued to live at Pang- 
kalan Halban and to watch the mouth of the Perak river, and in that time 
quantities of reals were paid by them to the Sultan towards the revenue of 
the State, and all the people in the country put by plenty of money. It is 
related that a certain Raja KHALIM was ordered by the Sultan to be sent to 
the Dutch at Malacca. This Raja KHALIM was the son of Raja PUTEH and 
nephew of the Sultan himself, but his father was a son of the Raja of Kedah; 
the Sultan had formerly been very fond of him and when the Sultan had been 
obliged (by civil war) to remove to Kuala Kangsa, Raja KHALIM had lived 
with him and had followed his fortunes, receiving the title of Raja Kechik 
