280 BRITISH CONNECTION WITH MALAYA. 
tinue to receive assistance in their administration from British 
Officers styled ‘‘ Residents.” Since then, both in Pérak, Sélangor, 
and Sungei Ujong, Residents have been stationed uninterruptedly, 
and without requiring any Military support, except such asa drilled 
corps of Sikhs can furnish. They are assisted by a staff 
comprising both native and European officers, and it is their duty to 
aid the nativerulers by advice, and to carry out certain executive 
functions delegated to them. The supreme authority in Pérak and 
Sélaneor is vested in the State Council, consisting, in each State, of 
the Malay Chief, the highest native authorities, and the principal 
British officials. The Residents are directly under the Govern-. 
ment of the Straits Settlements, and it is admitted that great 
success has hitherto attended the development of Sir ANDREW 
CLARKE’S experiment. 
A. M. SKINNER. 
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