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Rc?ipuL'tiug the Hrst scttleiiieut of Singapore : 

 *' In tlie first agreement," says Cmwfor!^, ** with 

 the uBimi^ ditef) ilia imuogeitt^t mskmmtMto 



little iiinrc timii ;i peniiission for the formation 

 of n Hritisli fui-tory and ('>tiil)lislinieiit, nloiig 

 two miles of the northern shore, and inland to 

 die extent of the point-blank range of H cimBOn- 

 shot* There was, in realttj, m t&a^i^ em^ 

 sum (I'lviiig a legal right of legislation. The 

 only law whicli coultl have existed was the Mahiy 

 coilt;. The native chief was considered to he the 

 proprietor of the land, even within the bounds 

 #e Britisb hxMtf ? m^L M to^ b@ mtMi^i 



In p^petojiy, to one half of such « hi ties of cus- 

 toms as might liereafter Ijc h'vied at the port. 

 Iij the progress of the settlement, these arrange- 

 ments were of course found liighly inconvenient 

 and eidbfimsdiiig, md mm mmB/^ %j ilm 

 treaty I am abottl U i^scSrOie* 



'*The island of Singapore belonged to the 

 Malayan ])nncipality of Johore, a state wdiich 

 j)robably was never of much consequence, and 

 fC0 %Si last century bid been of none at alU 

 Suttati Mabomet, the hs^ pnm^i 4^ ^hmt the 

 year 1810, leaving no legitimate issue. No prince 

 of his family assumed the throne in ininuMliate 

 succession to hiui, and the etjuntry was dismem- 

 beiud' HittOOg his priucijKd officet^. The Bind 



