Letter From the Sultan of Johore to the Earl Granville Principal Secretary of State to the Colonies, 20 March 1886

8/14/2019 Letter From the Sultan of Johore to the Earl Granville Principal Secretary of State to the Colonies, 20 March 1886

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My Lord,

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42 QueensGateGardensS.W.20thMarch 1886.

In view of thepossibilityof any otherPower making, as under ts protectorate, ny ofthe Islands n the open Seasand Straits belonging o the Stateof Johore, shall feelmuch obliged if your Lordship will kindly arrange or a Registerof theseappanagesto bepreservedy Her Majesty'sSecretary f State or theColoniesas well asby HisExcellency he Governorof the Straits Settlements By this plan the interestsof anycountry will be safeguarded nder heprovisionof theAgreements ecentlymade.The Islands n question ange themselves around he Coastof Johore: all those onthe Western side, and a large number on the Easternside, being in the immediatevicinity of Johore; but of the latter a large proportion also extends further out,stretching o evenas ar as he neighborhoodof Borneo.Thesemost distant slandsconsistprincipallyof what are commonlycalled by theMalays the "Pulau Tujoh" (the "Seven Islands") with their respectivegroups ofislands,but classifiedby Europeans nder the three headingsof the Natunas, heAnambas,and he Tambelans, sundermentioned:

1. Boonboran - GreatNatuna

2.

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I)4.

5 .6.

2. PulauLaut3. Soobi

SerapanJimajaSiantan

7. Tambelan

North Natuna

SouthNatunasThe Natunas

The Anambas

The Tambelans

Source : Memorial of Malaysia Annex 63


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4. Having egard o recent cquisitions yForeign owersond o the ossof time whicha reference y the Governor o yourLordship or directionon mayoccasion, havedeemedt expedient efore eturningo Johore,o communicaten the first instancewith your Lordship;and I trustI may haveyourconcunencen this and that yourLordshipmay be goodenougho adoptmeasureshich mayavoid such eferenceand ossof time.

5. I proposeateronto fonvard o yourLordship detailedist of all the slandswith analphabaticalndex.

TheRightHonorablearlGranville sq.Her Majesty'sPrincipleSecretaryf Statefor the ColoniesDowningStreet

I have he honor o be,yourLordship'sObedientServant.

(sed)Sultanof Johore



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MemorandumCharts f the slands elongingo JohoreGeneral hans

7es I ts Western oast f Johore7e6 )403 Western, outhern, Eastern oast f Johore041 Eastemoast f Johoreimmediateicinity)660A Eastem oast f Johoreacrosso Borneo), hewinghe"PulauTujoh"or the Sevenslands".

Charts of Groups- ofthe-PulauTujohor theSevenslands

348 NorthandGreatNatunas104 SouthNatuna371 Anambas361 Tambelans

20s March1886AbdulRahman

Ged)Secretaryf the Sultan f Johore


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Letter From the Sultan of Johore to the Earl Granville Principal Secretary of State to the Colonies, 20 March 1886