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which he accordingly did. and restored the con- 

 cubine to her master tlirough ths medium of In- 

 chi Arooin The Sulthau.i, in testimony oi his 

 gratitude, conferred upon Joowaim Lengang the 

 title of Si Kajah Merali. accompanied by a pre- 

 sent of a sword, and a *.ilJc Badjou (or honorary 

 dress) and two .slaves, a boy and a girl. Un the 

 demise of the Pangbooloo of Nanning, Si Rajah 

 Merah. akiiough not of the tribe to which the office 

 of Panghoolou had been previously coiifiQed, was 

 appointed, through the influence of the Captain 

 Malay, to succeed him, and the office lia» ever 

 since continued in his femily, the sword und 

 Badjoo passing from each Pangliooloo to bis suc- 

 cessor. It is singular that this transaction, al- 

 though so intimately connected witli the Dutch 

 Government, appears to have been unnoticed by 

 them. A gold headed stick was also presented 

 to llie Panghooloo at this inauguration, to which 

 the Duich added, a silver seal with their Coinpa- 

 ny's arms. 



m?' ^" "'^^^ produce 



having fallen to two hundred gan- 

 taogs' annually, it was commuted lu !74(j to 400 

 gantams as a tribute in lieu ol being levied as a 

 tenth, but one half of this was remitted on account 

 of the poverty of the inhabitants until 1776 when 

 the whole was levied, and the same amount ever 

 afterwards furnished. 



A.^D. i«o. Heg. in this year the Dutch concluded 



t. " J ^ f "^"^'y l^^iahs of Rum- 



bow and Colong. the principal stipulations of 

 which were, the securing of the monopoly of tin 



* Ahotii 1 fBlloD manure. 



