Colonial Secretary's Office, 
Singapore, 12th September, 1892. 
Sir, — I am directed by the Governor to inform you that His Excellency’s atten- 
tion has been called to the report of Mr. N. Denison (printed as No. IV of the Perak 
Reports on the Cultivation of Padi, etc.) dated the 5th February, 1892. 
2. His Excellency is of opinion that upon an important matter of this sort, to 
which the Governor has specially directed the attention of the Residents of Native 
States, a fuller report was to have been expected from an Officer holding the post 
of Superintendent of Lower Perak. Mr. Denison is mistaken in supposing that 
upon any subject his views are sufficiently well known to enable a report to be dis- 
pensed with in his case. 
3. While requesting you to call upon Mr. DENISON to furnish a proper report, 
I am to say that it is assumed that no Officer of his experience would recommend 
that Government should grant free passages, remit land rent for three years, main- 
tain cultivators on guaranteed work for six months, and undertake the drainage of 
land besides constructing irrigation works, roads and paths, unless he were prepared 
to prove by carefully worked-out calculations that the expenditure would be recover- 
ed either by actual repayment or by increased revenue within a reasonable time. 
You will be good enough, therefore, to call upon Mr. Denison for these calculations. 
4. lam to request also that you will instruct the State Auditor to prepare a 
statement for submission to His Excellency shewing all advances made for the pur- 
pose of the encouragement of cultivation and immigration in the district of Lower 
Perak in the last ten years, the sums repaid, and the amounts written off as irrecover- 
able. 
To The Acting Resident, Perak. 
1 have, &c., 
4W . E. MAXWELL, 
Colonial Secretary , S. S _ 
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Residency, Perak, 
Taiping, ijth October, 1892. 
Sir, — In reply to your letter number Perak 2 3 ff* of the 12th September. I have 
the honour to enclose an interesting report by Mr. Noel Denison, Superintendent, 
Lower Perak, dated the 10th October, on the subject of the encouragement of padi 
cultivation and the introduction of the agricultural settlers, with an'account of the 
schemes inaugurated in the District of Lower Perak. 
2. Attached to the report is copy of a statement by the State Auditor of advances 
made on account of Immigrants in that District during the last ten years, as called for 
in paragraph 4 of your letter under reply. 
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I have, &c., 
W. H. TREACHER, 
Acting British Resident, Perak. 
