oil — to, another equally esteemed friemU the 

 Honble, Samuel Garlinjr Esq., Resident 

 Coaiicillor of Malacca, for a chart of Sin- 

 -gapore harbor, and other valuable materU 

 y]^to Ensign Newbold oftheSM 1. 

 for his interesting papers on the Salangore 

 coast und the Quallo Linggy— to Captain 

 Poole, late of the Survey department at 

 Malacca for one of the enibellishmentsi of 

 the work, and his procuring for me from 

 the Quarter Master General*8 department 

 Huch copies of his various surveys as 1 re- 

 quired—to that department for pennitting 

 me to embody them, and to Colonel Giir- 

 rard, the Chief Engineer, for executing the 

 charts — to the Rev. C. Thomsen, for a pa- 

 per treatmg on the Aborigines — and to Lt. 

 Lawford, of the mlillery^ for his kindness in 

 making such charts as were requisite. 



When my intention of publishing was 

 made known, many papers connected with 

 the Archipelago were kindly furnished me, 

 but, m they touched upon countries that 

 were foreign to my design^ I have not 

 made use of them/ although my thanks 

 are equally due to the individuals. 



In eonclasion, 1 beg to state that, when 

 I advertized the work, I promised a trea- 

 tise on Malayan literature in expectation of 

 an essay, which, by some unforeseen occur' 



