x IN MEMORIAM. 
such success in the Federated Malay States. After acting as 
Resident Councillor, Penang, from 1884 to 1889, Mr. Maxwell 
(who for his services in connection with the Nisero affair had been 
created aC. M. G.) was appointed in 1889 British Resident, 
Selangor, and in 1892 Colonial Secretary, S. 8S. After adminis- 
tering the Government here for some months, he was appointed 
Governor of the Gold Coast, where, after distinguished services 
in the Ashanti Expedition, he was made a K. C. M.G. His iron 
constitution was not proof against the deadly climate of the 
Coast, and he wes cut off in the prime of life. The news of his 
death came as a great shock to his many friends in the Straits. 
During his long career in the Colony and in the Native 
States, Sir W. Maxwell enjoyed exceptional opportunities of 
acquiring large stores of information on subjects of special in- 
terest to the Society. Of these opportunities he readily availed 
himself. <A facile writer, his pen was never idle, and the hours 
which he could snatch from his all-absorbing official duties were 
devoted to literary work. His first contribution to the Society’s 
journal was a paper on Malay Proverbs, written when he was 
Assistant Resident of Perak, and read at a meeting of the Socie- 
ty in May 1878. The second number of the Journal contained 
a further paper on the same subject, as wellas ‘ Notes on two 
Perak MSS.” ‘To the third number he contributed more work 
on Malay Proverbs, and on the Sakais and other aboriginal 
tribes of Perak. Soon after this, Sir W. Maxwell] went home on 
leave ; and his next contribution is to be found in the ninth 
number of the Society’s Jo. rnal, which contains a most interest- 
ine paper, historical and geographical, entitled, ‘‘ A journey on 
foot to the Patani Frontier in 1876” (67 pages), and another 
on the ‘‘ History of Perak from native sources.” 
In 1883 he was unanimously elected to the honorary Secret- 
aryship of the Society, and continued to hold that office till 
1887, when, owing to absence from Singapore, he asked to be 
relieved of the arduous duties which it involved. During this_ 
period the Society owed its existence in a great measure to the 
energy of its Secretary, as it received but scanty support in the 
way of contributions from members. Sir William contributed 
papers on ‘' The Dutch in Perak,’ on more ‘Malay Proverbs,” 
and on ** Shamanism in Perak,” and on ‘ The Laws and Customs 
