The life of Sir Stamford Raffles / by Demetrius Charles Boulger.

  • Demetrius Charles Boulger
Date:
1897
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Credit: The life of Sir Stamford Raffles / by Demetrius Charles Boulger. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Acting Secretary, 45 ; appointed Sec- retary, ibid.; again praised officially, 46; helps Recorder, ibid.; receives increased salary, 47; called upon to refund, 47-48 ; appeals for favour- able consideration, 48-49 ; salary reduced, 51 ; semi-legal posts, ibid.; Press Censor, ibid.; attains rank of Senior Merchant, ibid.; favourable view of his conduct, 52 ; his popu- larity, 53 ; his hospitality, ibid.; thinks short letters abominable, 55 ; on Mahomedanism, 56 ; on mission- aries, 57 ; illness, 58 ; takes a holiday at Malacca, 59 ; described by Abdulla, 61-62 ; returns to Penang, 63 ; sends in report on Malacca, 64-75 ; receives approval of Governor-General, 75 ; and of Company, 76 ; praised by Lord Minto, 76 ; letters to Marsden, 76-78, 78 ; paper on Maritime laws of Malays, 78 ; connection with the Royal Navy, 80 ; proceeds to Cal- cutta, 82 ; turning-point in his career, 82-83 ; appointed agent to the Governor-General with the Malay States,89; sells “Runnymede,” ibid.; establishes himself at Malacca, 90 ; his letter to the chiefs, ibid.; his policy, 91-92 ; his letter on a Malay Suzerain, 94; his pursuits at Malacca, 94- 95 ; again described by Abdulla, 95- 96 ; projects a Malay school, 96 ; Lord Minto’s opinion of, ibid.; re- ceives letters from Lord Minto, 97- 98, 99 ; becomes Principal Secretary, 99 ; places voluminous reports before Lord Minto, 100 ; describes military position under Daendels, 100-101 ; meeting of Royal Asiatic Society, 101 ; his efforts to discover the best sea route, 101-103 ; perfect success of his proposals, 103 ; his work on Java quoted, 104-105, 107 ; on Malay mariners, 121; reaches “the prom- ised land,” 128 ; buries Leyden, 132 ; eulogium on Leyden, ibid.; appointed Lieutenant - Governor of Java, 136; exceptional powers of, 137 ; gives a dinner, etc., in Lord Minto’s honour, ibid.; his authority, 139 ; appoints Residents, 140 ; sends Commission to Palembang, ibid.; visits Samarang, 141 ; proceeds to Jojocarta, ibid.-, dramatic scene, 142 ; returns to Samarang, ibid.; marches again on Jojocarta, ibid.', capture of the Craton, 143-144 ; and the Sam- bas expedition, 146 ; first differences with Gillespie, 146-147 ; wishes to reduce European garrison, 147-148 ; proceeds to Samarang to deal with Sepoy mutiny, 150 ; demands sur- render of Manco Boomee, 151 ; his interview with the Susuhunan, 152 ; describes affair to the Secret Com- mittee, 153 ; his tact and firmness, 154 ; takes Minto’s motto as his guiding principle, 155 ; the text of his appointment, 156-157 ; special difficulties of his task, 157 ; modifies Dutch Code, ibid.; introduces trial by jury, 158 ; his deliberation,ibid.; extract from his “Java,” 160 ; grave difficulties with which he had to deal, 161 ; the easier part of his task, 162 ; revives the village system, 162- 163 ; opinion of the Javanese, 163- 164 ; abolishes feudal service, 165; relies on the people, ibid.; introduces new revenue system, 166 ; takes up coffee cultivation, 167 ; deals with currency difficulties, 168 ; sale of lands, 168-169 ; calls in paper currency, 169 ; the boldness of his measures, 171; receives letter from Lord Minto on the subject, 172-173 ; confidence in his own measures, 173-175 ; attempts to pro- mote intercourse with Japan, 176 ; sends Dr. Ainslie to Japan, 177 ; sends a commercial mission, ibid.; revives Batavian Society of Arts, etc., ibid.; delivers address on Japan, 178 ; writes to Lord Minto on the subject, 179-181 ; paints Japanese in attractive colours, ibid.; abolishes slavery, 182 ; blamed for doing so, ibid.; foun ds Java Benevolent Society, ibid.; his interest in missionaries, 183 ; President of Java Bible Society, ibid.; death of his wife Olivia, 184 ; monument to her, ibid.; his farewell ode to her, ibid.; death of all his children by her, 185 ; bad health of, ibid.; long letter on missionary enterprise, 186-189; his pursuit and patronage of science, 189 ; corre- spondence with Dr. Horsfield, 189— 193 ; ascends Gunung Gidi, 191 ; examines archaeological remains of Majapahit, etc., 193; obtains im- mense increase of revenue, 194 ; his Minute on the Land Revenue, 195— 196 ; his mode of life described, 196-199 ; his administration “not only without fear but without re- proach,” 199; he finds another Pharaoh “which knew not Joseph,” ibid.; how he received the charges, 9