SIR THOMAS STA3IFORD RAFFLKS. 
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mg the expedition is nlfriljutPfl to Mr RafBes. The 
services which lie had perfurrawl were m highly 
judf^ed of by Lord Minto^ — the perfurmaiice t>f any 
trust to lie repasetl in him was so eonfiflpulty anti- 
cipated^ — tfiat he at om-R appointed Mr Ra{He» 
Lieutenant-GoTernor of Java and its dependencies. 
" The cliaqpre was of the mont estensi^e, 4ird«oiw, 
and responsible nature, comprising on the ii^lflnrl of 
Java alone, a population of six million-', divided in- 
to thirty-six reBidt»ncit>!4, under powerful chii*fs, who 
bad lonp hwa defjirous of tlirowing off the Eoropeai* 
yoke, and wlio were Itv no mpans disposed to fiul>- 
niit quietly to the rule of their new t;overnor?t." 
Lord Minto remained in the island for six wevk* 
siiperintendmtr the new arranf^*'ments after wfricb 
the whole clmrg^ea were resigned to the care of Mr 
Raffles, who now removed to I3tiiten'/org, the sent 
of government, distant from Batavia about forty 
miles. For some time hie cares ami daties were «o 
heavy, that et-ery moment was recpjired for tlieir 
fal6bnent, but ere long the pursuits of nsitural hi«t<sry 
and antiquities beijan to fill his njuroMits of leiMtre- 
In a letter to bi» fir»t and ub! friL'nd Mr Ramsay, 
written in tbe sanif* year with hi^ estahlishment in 
the government, after mentionirit; the snrmonnting of 
several diliicultien, be savf, By the nt-xt oppor- 
tunity I shall have tbi* satisfaction of forwarding^ to 
the flutboritiefl in England, several rrportn from Dr 
Horslield,, ami other scientific gentlemen, on the 
natural history of the ittland ; and ni the Bataviaa 
