150 THE TAKING OVER OF REMAN. 



King of England and the King of Siam by which the Siamese 

 surrendered to England's protection all those countries 

 divided by a watershed, which he shortly described, thus — 

 the valleys of all rivers flowing into the Gulf of Siam re- 

 mained Siamese territory and the valleys of all rivers flowing 

 into the sea on the other side became the territory of 

 England. He was only concerned about the valleys of the 

 Petani and the Perak rivers. What now became Perak 

 territory was not very different from the old boundaries of 

 Perak. The territory which he was there to hand over to the 

 Eesident of Perak and to his old friend Mr. Berkeley com- 

 prised a population of 2,624, of whom 1,295 were Malays and 

 others, 975 Chinese, 346 Siamese and 8 Europeans. There 

 were 423 buffaloes, 441 cattle and 5 elephants, and 148 guns 

 of different sorts. He said there were certain buildings, and 

 he ended the enumeration of these properties by giving a 

 humorous list of the furniture in the Police Station. He 

 pointed out the uses to which the three tables were put, and 

 emphasised the fact that though there were only four chairs 

 they were large enough to accommodate eight persons. Ee- 

 suming- the serious and dignified way in which he had spoken, 

 he said that all the people handed over had been under his 

 care, and he hoped that the Eesident would treat Mr. Kemp, 

 Mr. Pearse, the Europeans working under them, the Siamese, 

 the Malays, the Chinese, the Indians and the foreign Malays 

 as if they were his own children. 



He had invited subscriptions and had received the follow T - 

 ing sums : 



$200 



iui . xvoujjj 



Mr. Pearse 





.. 200 



Wan Husein ... 





.. 230 



Eaja Prempuan 





150 



AhPoh 



... 



50 



Toh C ha wan ... 





20 





Total . 



. $850 



in order to establish at Becha Deradap a hospital for the sick. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



