Subseries 1. Miscellaneous original and copy papers and reports, 1726 - 1806
Documents, mostly copies but some originals, relating to naval visits to Penang, proposals for an East India Company settlement on the island, negotiations with the Sultan of Quedah, the acquisition of the island in 1786, the geography and resources of the island, revenues, and the establishment of a court of judicature (1807). The writers of the letters and reports include Captain James Scott Captain Thomas Forrest, Captain Francis Light and Captain Alexander Kyd. There are also extracts from treaties, a journal of the weather at Fort Cornwallis (1793-94), a memoir of Prince of Wales Island considered politically and commercially, and extracts from Sir George Leith, A short account of the Prince of Wales Island (1805).
Miscellaneous original and copy papers and reports accumulated at India Board of Control offices, 1726 - 1806 (File 1)
Subseries G/34/2-8. Bengal proceedings, 1786 - 1795
This series of volumes contains proceedings of the Governor-General in Council at Fort William (Calcutta) relating to the Prince of Wales Island. The Governors-General were Lord Cornwallis and Sir John Shore. Incorporated in the proceedings are copies of correspondence between the Governor-General and the Superintendents at Prince of Wales Island (Francis Light and Philip Manington), correspondence with other presidencies (Madras, Bombay), officials and the Supreme Court at Fort William, and military and naval officers based at or visiting Prince of Wales Island. Attached to the proceedings are appendices comprising inter alia lists of shipping arrivals and departures, accounts of imports and exports, financial statements, lists of naval and military stores, transcripts of official inquiries, legal hearings and courts martial, lists of European and Chinese residents, registers of births, deaths and marriages.
Bengal proceedings relating to Penang, 1786 - 1787 (File 2)
Bengal consultations relating to Prince of Wales Island, 1788 - 1789 (File 3)
Bengal consultations relating to Prince of Wales Island, 1790 - 1791 (File 4)
Bengal consultations relating to Prince of Wales Island, 1792 - 1793 (File 5)
Bengal consultations relating to Prince of Wales Island, 1794 (File 6)
Bengal consultations relating to Prince of Wales Island, 1795 (File 7)
Original and copy papers of the Court of judicature at Penang, accumulated at the Board of Control offices, 1805 - 1812 (File 8)
The documents include a petition from the East India Company to King George III, letters patent establishing the court of judicature, extracts from proceedings of the Governor and Council at Prince of Wales Island, draft rules of the court, duties of peace officers and tables of fees, proclamations, and letters of Sir Edmond Stanley, the first recorder of the court.
Subseries G/34/9-10. Penang: miscellaneous papers, 1805 - 1823
The papers include reports and letters of R.T. Farquhar, Stamford Raffles, W.A. Clubley and W. Farquhar, extracts from proceedings of the Governor-General and Council at Fort William and the Governor and Council at Fort Cornwallis, financial papers, papers about spice plantations, and letters from the Governor and Council at Fort Cornwallis to the Court of Directors of the East India Company.
Penang: miscellaneous papers and reports, 1805 - 1810 (File 9)
Penang: miscellaneous papers, 1810 - 1823 (File 10)
Subseries G/34/11-145. Prince of Wales public consultations, 1805 - 1830
This long series of volumes contains proceedings and decisions of the Governor in Council at Fort Cornwallis (Prince of Wales Island), together with appendices and indexes. The Governor was assisted by two or three senior officials, the longest-serving of whom were William Phillips and John Erskine. Incorporated in the proceedings are correspondence of the Governor and the Secretary to the Government with the Chairman and the Court of Directors of the East India Company in London, the Governor-General at Calcutta and the Governors at Bombay and Madras, and with other officials, naval officers and military officers. There is also correspondence with the Resident at Malacca and the Sultan of Quedah (Kedah). Examples of other papers copied into the proceedings are instructions for diplomatic missions, financial statements, lists of imports and exports, petitions, proclamations, committee reports, and lists of documents forwarded to the East India Company. The appendices consist of a great variety of documents, such as lists of European residents, reports of the Court of Judicature, port charges, lists of military stores, reports of opium farms and other tax farms, and general orders of the Governor in Council.
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, September 1805 - November 1805 (File 11)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, November 1805 - December 1805 (File 12)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, January 1806 - July 1806 (File 13)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, August 1806 - October 1806 (File 14)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, October 1806 - December 1806 (File 15)
Nominal roll of NCOs and soldiers of HM 30th Foot, 1806 - 1820 (File 15A)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, appendix, 1806 (File 16)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, January 1807 - August 1807 (File 17)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, August 1807 - December 1807 (File 18)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, January 1808 - June 1808 (File 19)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, October 1806 - December 1808 (File 20)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, index, 1808 (File 21)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, January 1809 - June 1809 (File 22)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, July 1809 - December 1809 (File 23)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, appendix, 1809 (File 24)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, index, 1809 (File 25)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, January 1810 - June 1810 (File 26)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, June 1810 - December 1810 (File 27)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, index, 1810 (File 28)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, appendix, 1810 (File 29)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, January 1811 - June 1811 (File 30)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, July 1811 - December 1811 (File 31)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, 1811 (File 32)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, appendix, 1811 (File 33)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, January 1812 - June 1812 (File 34)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, January 1812 - December 1812 (File 35)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, index, 1812 (File 36)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, appendix, 1812 (File 37)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, January 1813 - March 1813 (File 38)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, April 1813 - June 1813 (File 39)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, July 1813 - September 1813 (File 40)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, September 1813 - December 1813 (File 41)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, appendix, 1813 (File 42)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, January 1814 - April 1814 (File 43)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, May 1814 - August 1814 (File 44)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, September 1814 - December 1814 (File 45)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, appendix, 1814 (File 46)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, index, 1814 (File 47)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, January 1815 - March 1815 (File 48)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, April 1815 - July 1815 (File 49)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, July 1815 - August 1815 (File 50)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, August 1815 - December 1815 (File 51)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, appendix, 1815 (File 52)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, index, 1815 (File 53)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, January 1816 - March 1816 (File 54)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, April 1816 - June 1816 (File 55)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, July 1816 - September 1816 (File 56)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, September 1816 - December 1816 (File 57)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, index, 1816 (File 58)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, appendix, 1816 (File 59)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, January 1817 - April 1817 (File 60)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, May 1817 - September 1817 (File 61)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, September 1817 - December 1817 (File 62)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, index, 1817 (File 63)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, appendix, 1817 (File 64)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, January 1818 - April 1818 (File 65)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, April 1818 - August 1818 (File 66)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, September 1818 - October 1818 (File 67)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, November 1818 - December 1818 (File 68)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, index and appendix, 1818 (File 69)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, January 1819 - April 1819 (File 70)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, June 1819 - September 1819 (File 71)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, September 1819 - December 1819 (File 72)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, 1819 (File 73)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, January 1820 - April 1820 (File 74)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, May 1820 - July 1820 (File 75)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, August 1820 - October 1820 (File 76)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, October 1820 - December 1820 (File 77)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, index, 1820 (File 78)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, January 1821 - June 1821 (File 79)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, July 1821 - November 1821 (File 80)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, December 1821 (File 81)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, index, 1821 (File 82)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, appendix, 1821 (File 83)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, January 1822 - March 1822 (File 84)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, April 1822 - June 1822 (File 85)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, July 1822 - October 1822 (File 86)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, November 1822 - December 1822 (File 87)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, index, 1822 (File 88)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, January 1823 - April 1823 (File 89)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, May 1823 - August 1823 (File 90)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, September 1823 - December 1823 (File 91)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, index, 1823 (File 92)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, appendices, 1823 (File 93)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, January 1824 - May 1824 (File 94)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, June 1824 - August 1824 (File 95)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, September 1824 - December 1824 (File 96)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, index, 1824 (File 97)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, appendices, 1824 (File 98)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, January 1825 - March 1825 (File 99)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, March 1825 - April 1825 (File 100)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, May 1825 - June 1825 (File 101)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, June 1825 - August 1825 (File 102)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, August 1825 - September 1825 (File 103)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, October 1825 - November 1825 (File 104)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, December 1825 (File 105)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, index, 1825 (File 106)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, appendix, 1825 (File 107)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, January 1826 - March 1826 (File 108)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, March 1826 - May 1826 (File 109)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, May 1826 - August 1826 (File 110)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, August 1826 - November 1826 (File 111)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, November 1826 - December 1826 (File 112)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, index, 1826 (File 113)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, appendix, 1826 (File 114)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, January 1827 - February 1827 (File 115)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, February 1827 - April 1827 (File 116)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, April 1827 - August 1827 (File 117)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, August 1827 - November 1827 (File 118)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, November 1827 - December 1827 (File 119)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, index, 1827 (File 120)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, appendix, 1827 (File 121)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, January 1828 - April 1828 (File 122)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, April 1828 - August 1828 (File 123)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, August 1828 - October 1828 (File 124)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, October 1828 - December 1828 (File 125)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, index, 1828 (File 126)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, January 1829 - March 1829 (File 127)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, April 1829 - May 1829 (File 128)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, June 1829 - August 1829 (File 129)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, August 1829 - December 1829 (File 130)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, 1829 (File 131)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, January 1830 - April 1830 (File 132)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, April 1830 - June 1830 (File 133)
Prince of Wales Island public consultations, index, 1830 (File 134)
Subseries G/34/135-145. Prince of Wales secret and political consultations, 1806 - 1829
Proceedings of the Governor and Council at Fort Cornwallis incorporating letters and other documents on such matters as the military establishment, the movement of naval ships, naval expeditions, the appointment and dismissal of civil servants, censorship of the press, police, piracy, the detention of enemy ships, treaties, and relations with the Dutch East Indies, Malacca, the Malay states, Siam and Burma.
Prince of Wales Island secret and political consultations, January 1806 - December 1806 (File 135)
Prince of Wales Island secret and political consultations, with index, 1807 (File 136)
Prince of Wales Island secret and political consultations (duplicate volume), January 1808 - August 1809 (File 136)
Prince of Wales Island secret and political consultations, with index, January 1808 - December 1813 (File 137)
Prince of Wales Island secret and political consultations, June 1826 - October 1826 (File 138)
Prince of Wales Island secret and political consultations, October 1826 - December 1826 (File 139)
Prince of Wales Island secret and political consultations, index, 1826 (File 140)
Prince of Wales Island secret and political consultations, January 1827 - August 1827 (File 141)
Prince of Wales Island secret and political consultations, August 1827 - December 1827 (File 142)
Prince of Wales Island secret and political consultations, index, 1827 (File 143)
Prince of Wales Island secret and political consultations, with index, 1828 (File 144)
Prince of Wales Island secret and political consultations, with index, January 1829 - July 1829 (File 145)
Subseries G/34/146-150. Marine consultations, 1806 - 1809
These papers comprise correspondence between the Marine Department and the Governor and Secretary of the Prince of Wales Island Government on such matters as shipbuilding, timber supplies, marine stores, disposal of vessels, the arsenal, and finances. There are also minutes of the Governor, general orders, statements on defences, proclamations and public notices.
Prince of Wales Island marine consultations, with index, 1806 (File 146)
Prince of Wales Island marine consultations, appendix, 1806 (File 147)
Prince of Wales Island marine consultations, with index, 1807 (File 148)
Prince of Wales Island marine consultations, with index, 1808 (File 149)
Prince of Wales Island marine consultations, 1809 (File 150)
Subseries G/34/151-152. Prince of Wales military consultations, 1806 - 1807
Proceedings of the Governor and Council and the Commander-in-Chief at Fort Cornwallis including minutes of the Governor and correspondence on such matters as military appointments, the military establishment, the militia, military courts, barracks, the ordnance department, artillery, military stores and provisions, the militia, native troops, charges against officers, and general orders.
Prince of Wales Island military consultations, 1806 (File 151)
Prince of Wales Island military consultations, with index, 1807 (File 152)
Subseries G/34/153. Singapore diary, 1827 - 1830
The diaries record the daily activities of John Prince and his successor Kenneth Murchison, the Resident Councillors at Singapore. They include copies of letters to the Secretary of the Straits Settlements Government, letters to officials and military and naval officers, translations of letters from Malay rulers, copies of advertisements, petitions, lists of British-born residents, reports on revenue, trade statistics and lists of land grants. There are also proceedings of the Governor in Council during visits of the Governor to Singapore (eg. Sept.-Oct. 1829).
Singapore diary, 4 January 1827 - 3 May 1827 (File 153)
Singapore diary, 8 May 1827 - 22 June 1827 (File 154)
Singapore diary, 23 June 1827 - 31 December 1827 (File 155)
Singapore diary, 2 January 1828 - 5 June 1828 (File 156)
Singapore diary, 7 June 1828 - 29 December 1828 (File 157)
Singapore diary, index, 1828 (File 158)
Singapore diary, 2 January 1829 - 29 June 1829 (File 159)
Singapore diary, 1 July 1829 - 31 December 1829 (File 160)
Singapore diary, index, 1829 (File 161)
Singapore diary, 1 January 1830 - 30 March 1830 (File 162)
Subseries G/34/163-164. Singapore secret and political proceedings, 1827 - 1828
Proceedings of meetings of the Governor and the Resident Councillor at Singapore containing correspondence with the Secretary of the Straits Settlement Government, British envoys and Malayan rulers concerning troop movements, political and military affairs in Europe, relations with and between Malay states and other matters.
Singapore secret and political consultations, with index, May 1827 - June 1827 (File 163)
Singapore secret and political consultations, with index, February 1828 (File 164)
Subseries G/34/165-168. Malacca diary, 1826 - 1830
The diaries record the daily activities of Samuel Garling, the Resident Councillor at Malacca. They include correspondence with the Governor of the Straits Settlements, Robert Fullerton, and the Secretary of the Straits Settlements Government, the Resident Councillor at Singapore, the Court of Directors of the East India Company, officials, military and naval officers, missionaries, newspaper editors and Malay residents. There are also proceedings of meetings between Fullerton and Garling, minutes by Fullerton and Garling, copies of government orders, public notices, regulations, financial statements, reports of committees, petitions, judicial proceedings, lists of government offices and a slave registry (1829).
Malacca diary, 15 August 1826 - 25 June 1827 (File 165)
Malacca diary, index, August 1826 - June 1827 (File 166)
Malacca diary, with index, 6 July 1827 - 28 December 1827 (File 167)
Malacca diary, with index, 2 January 1828 - December 1828 (File 168)
Malacca diary, 2 January 1829 - December 1829 (File 169)
Malacca diary, index, 1829 (File 170)
Malacca diary, 2 January 1830 - 12 July 1830 (File 171)
Subseries G/34/172-173. Malacca political consultations, 1827 - 1828
Record of consultations between the Governor of the Straits Settlements, Robert Fullerton, and the Resident Councillor of Malacca, Samuel Garling, including copies of correspondence, petitions and other papers.
Malacca political consultations, with index, 26 June 1827 - 5 July 1827 (File 172)
Malacca political consultations, with index, 21 January 1828 - 20 June 1828 (File 173)
Subseries G/34/174-178. Malacca journal and ledger, 1826 - 1830
Financial accounts and ledgers of the Malacca residency.
Malacca journal and ledger, August 1826 - April 1827 (File 174)
Malacca journal and ledger, May 1827 - April 1828 (File 175)
Malacca journal and ledger, May 1828 - April 1829 (File 176)
Malacca journal and ledger, May 1829 - April 1830 (File 177)
Malacca journal and ledger, May 1830 - July 1830 (File 178)
Subseries G/34/179-185. Letters received from Prince of Wales Island, 1805 - 1830
Reports and letters from the Governor or the Governor in Council at Fort Cornwallis to the Chairman and Court of Directors of the East India Company in London. In addition, there are letters from the Secretary of the Prince of Wales Island Government to the Secretary of the East India Company.
Letters received from Prince of Wales Island, November 1805 - April 1809 (File 179)
Letters received from Prince of Wales Island, August 1809 - February 1814 (File 180)
Letters received from Prince of Wales Island, September 1814 - April 1818 (File 181)
Letters received from Prince of Wales Island, May 1818 - December 1820 (File 182)
Letters received from Prince of Wales Island, 1818 - 1819 (File 182A)
Copies of letters and other official documents. The correspondents include Lord Hastings, the Governor-General, J.A. Bannerman, Governor of Prince of Wales Island, W.A. Clubley, Secretary of the Government at Fort Cornwallis, John Adam, Secretary of the Government at Fort William, Major William Farquhar, Resident at Singapore, and Sir Stamford Raffles, the Governor-General of Bencoolen.
Letters received from Prince of Wales Island, June 1821 - October 1825 (File 183)
Letters received from Prince of Wales Island, February 1826 - November 1830 (File 184)
Letters received from Prince of Wales Island, November 1805 - June 1830 (File 185)
Subseries G/34/186-196. Despatches to Prince of Wales Island, 1805 - 1830
Drafts and copies of despatches from the Court of Directors of the East India Company in London to the Governor and Council of Prince of Wales Island (1805-26) and the Governor and Council of the Straits Settlements (1826-30).
Despatches to Prince of Wales Island, April 1805 - September 1808 (File 186)
Despatches to Prince of Wales Island, January 1809 - July 1811 (File 187)
Despatches from Prince of Wales Island, September 1811 - September 1813 (File 188)
Despatches to Prince of Wales Island, November 1813 - February 1815 (File 189)
Despatches to Prince of Wales Island, March 1815 - December 1816 (File 190)
Despatches to Prince of Wales Island, July 1817 - December 1818 (File 191)
Despatches to Prince of Wales Island, January 1819 - May 1832 (File 192)
Despatches to Prince of Wales Island, July 1822 - December 1824 (File 193)
Despatches to Prince of Wales Island, February 1824 - February 1828 (File 194)
Despatches to Prince of Wales Island, March 1828 - May 1830 (File 195)
Despatches to Prince of Wales Island, abstracts, April 1805 - May 1830 (File 196)
