66 THE SIAMESE MALAY STATES. 



It is interesting to see how a purely Malay Government 

 without European interference or guidance has endeavoured to 

 model the administration on our colonial lines even to the ap- 

 pointment of an Auditor General. Only Malays are employed 

 in the public offices most of them being- men of good position. 

 Here there is a real Post and Telegraph Office, the Telegraph 

 Department being superintended by a son of the Government 

 Munshi at Singapore. 



I cannot conclude without referring to the hospitable and 

 kind way in which we were everywhere received, the authori- 

 ties doing everything that could be done to make our visit 

 agreeable and assisting me in my consular work. 



