"This (interesting letter or Sir T. S. Baffles has beex ktndlt 



PLACED AT THE DISPOSAL OF THE STRAITS ASIATIC SOCIETY BY THE CHAIRMAN- 



of the il a ?. it.es Library and Museum Committee, with the following 



EXPLAN \ TH'iN. 



Singapore, 3rd December. 1878. 



r was requested when leaving England, by my friend Mr. T. 

 Dunman, formerly Commissioner of Police, Straits Settlements, 

 to take charge of the enclosed most interesting letter from Sir 

 Stamford Raffles to Colonel Addenbrooke, dated Singapore the 

 10th June 1879, and to offer it to the Baffles Museum here in the 

 name of T. H. Scholefield Esq. of Bournemouth, Devonshire, to 

 whom it belongs. 



7 have no doubt you will consider the Utter, containing as it 

 does the vieivs of the Founder of the Settlement at the time of his 

 taking possession, of sufficient value and interest to provide for 

 its safe-keeping in the Raffles Museum. 



Tin ( 'hair man of 



The Committee of Management 

 of the Raffles Museum.' 



I have &c, 

 Signed) w. w. wtllans, 



Singapore, I Oth June, 1819. 

 My dear ( Jolonel, 



Y<ui will probably have to consult the Map in order 

 to ascertain from what part of the world this letter is dated. 

 Refer to the extremity of the Malay Peninsula where you 

 will observe several small Islands forming the Straits of 

 Singapore. On one of these are the ruins of the ancient 

 Capital of " Singapura," or " City of the Lion" as it is called 

 by the Malays. Here I have just planted the British Flag, 

 and a more commanding and promising Station for the pro- 





