SOME ACCOUNT 



OF THE 



INDEPENDENT NATIVE STATES 



OP THE 



MALAY PENINSULA, 



ESPECIALLY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH LED TO THE MOEE 



INTIMATE RELATIONS RECENTLY ADOPTED TOWARDS 



SOME OF THEM BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. 



IN TWO PARTS. 



PART I. — A Eecord of Eyents prior to 1st June, 1875. 

 PART II. — The Native States since 1st June, 1875. 



PART I. , . 



To understand the circumstances which led to the more inti- 

 mate relations between this Government and the Native States of 

 the Malayan Peninsula, it will be necessary to glance at the 

 accompanying sketch of the Peninsula and the Straits of Malacca, 

 and see the position of the Straits Settlements, *. e., Singapore, 

 Penang, and Malacca, with Province "Wellesley and the Islands of 

 Pengkor, with regard to those States, which were not, in 1874, 

 under the Protectorate of Siam, and towards the most of which 

 the British Government has assumed a policy of active advice, 

 assistance and control, hitherto avoided. 



