Ugueîfvho c%q ,;dJbi;jt*yo}ifany infqrmatjçm çpon the sqbfoéty! and particularly, 'it is «jits
E x c e llen c y ’s wish, that you should endeavour to discover whether the outrages, said to
ljaye foegn committed;, , were the gffoçt oSh w^nippnpss. upq®)thç,parlt ? &£ jîïfei.Cand iart 8, o f
whet^i^fhp .sjjÆtiefs^dtd not, in , measure, fender tfeççnsel^esjt^j^Kus.: to.thé
.tó 5tójt®D^^.h^^^ip|ug#n#jiC(Btrahaad‘ ai)d>iUt^l4^^^vt- raffluB&gj p ru d® & ’and:eii>'
.tïrisrye JtnOjWledgp o f thp a ^ i f s p f Candy qaal^it twinecesSaryto enter into furmêmjetails.
I haye lakbnThe. .liberty; johiençfosjng all -the _ fityjrefflffo&qnge w h ich has passed^pptiitltij
jb^inesSjWitJi the G ojd^ gn d a a t^ 4^ i te la n g , Lieutensuit O ’C o n n e ll ;gn ,d 7 shall request^
that as soon us ypurj inv^stisatl^gys, Cjon cl uded j-.yori willj^eijuaint ime with' the re su lt o?
it, fortthe informatjçn^hjfù,;5■ E ^ e lLm c y î r - .... ,__~I have foe honour to be»<&c. j i
,, ~C o pLm ^ îfu ly i j ' v £ $ 98.%^ j j j Signed) - , RojLERivARn UTHjroy.
T o R o b e r t A r b u th n o t, E s q . C h i e f S ecretary t o Go v ernmen t, 'ÇclésthQâif,.
Sir— In obedience to the a w » w r i i< conveyed ts^itn#iip^ ■ffivlr*wi&V,
tg f of-. tfiggiyth instant, I; haveythe honour to acquaint you tha£ 'bjqMrediâtqly, re’plffr'&bfo •
Putejang, .and n ow beg leave tojdav before you* for the information o f his Excÿl<m<|y* r
iÿhejgùj.yeïnor, ^thç.i'esiilt.of the investigation with which I was charged.
T h e perusal ,*q£ .the „enclosed depositions w o u ld ,- I am persmdeT^wjt]j|iqt4^ n y cóm-
*te*i»o«ÉWlikp,W|»jbcématter
o f my jnj^sion, tp, Putglang ; ,but a$it may be expected that I sh o u ld j^ t trahs ii^JhèS n-
closed papers without some remarks, I shall content myself w ith briefly stating the jjmpffiil '
o f the information as j t , ip [ sm , i | | f e - .
In the mpjrths_of' March and A p r il last, a number o f natives, -living under the;d5ritish
government, in and .about; ^’ utelang, set out, in two divisions, with a number o f cattle
• laden with „various articles o f merchandise, namely, salt, salt-fish, cloth tobacco, and''
copper money, intending to dispose. o f them- >&. .foe Candian country in exchange for
■ areka nuts.
’ - J ibe) largest .division, „which I shall ca ll Npu i , consisted -.of- 46 persons ^oxcliisrve o f
- j - ctwhe sA ’and Byajhead. o f-ca ttle ., laden wit|. irtimeijOf trâ|&q y <mjj the smaller division,
• whiefomay be called No. 2, consisted oh}§ persons, and lgo^ead qhf(^ttfo,,fJladlen>. m
dike. mannier..
j*‘ ‘ -Sfompimt can Jbe entertained.but that ihe..commericeÜDtb which,-the peopleientëfèd.
was universally deemed legal, and that they had long been accustomed-to carry it on, and
o n that account the misfortune which they met with in the prosecution o f it, cannot be
accounted for on the grounds o f contraband.
Whether the Putlanders. w ere guilty o f any irregularity in the Candian country, which
could serve as the pretext for the u sag è th e y met w ith ,. I cannot positively assert •• I have
certainly not heen able to trace any su ch ; and, unfortunately for them, it will appear; ■ b y
a perusal o f the enclosed papers, that after they had completed the o b je e tfo e y had in
•view in the Candian country, and were on their return, home with the areka :nuts,; which
they had procured for.thè articles they had carried from Putelang, they were stopped,
harassed b y delays, and, finally, the whole o f the, areka nu ts confiscated and taken from
them, . and.which a specific account annexed to the.depositions -herewith.transmitted w ill
shew to be 2314 ammonams .taken from division N o .- ij aind 63 ammonams from divi-
sion No. 2.
, I dare say his E x c e llen c y , on reading the enblosëâ- papers',' 'w ill conclude as I do, that
the seizing o f .the areka nuts took place inco-nse'qn n-è'e ô f the Orders o f the person' ailed,
in .the deposit« to ,- Pelagam Adigai Dessave'-:of. the four coi les ; and I only'’';,beg leave
to add on this point, . that from the'idescription given to me o f thevperson o f 'Pelagâfaqby
th'iipd&plfe exsfeiriëdïî l^llav H, !'!(t^lwm*l|&tfthdtlffiefpersofi¥ th ê ’first A d jg a r :
o f Candy, well, known personally to his '.Excellency the' G overnor as well as to tnyself.
I shall only further take the liberty o f S àtirig a circumstance which makes the- seizure,
o f the areka nuts;in; question still more difficult to account for, which is; that the Cari-
dians themselves continue, 1 as heretofore, -to bring down the produce o f their country,
,;rrahfely areka’ huts-, jâggher, and rice, to bp exchanged here, at Putelahg, for salt, salt-
fish, and cloth, & c . and there is now; " ithm my view he re, a division o f about ^o
persons from the Candian country, -and 2V50 head o f cattle, peaceably occupiedfin this
traffic. Th is circumstance will also tend to shew how easy itwouM-besto make reprisals
for the injury sustained by the Putlanders; were the British govermne nl so disposed ; a
measure which I do riot- w ish, however,- to be understood as giving any opinion upon. I
have now only to say, that I have been greatly assisted in this investigation’b y the'zeal-
and intelligence o f M r. Johnstone,.: the agent o f the revenue for this district, and, z
fsiHfoljyetth e hbnohr td
Puielang, J u ly ».4, 1802. r‘ ..(Signed) f MT 1.1.1 am B oyd. -
Proclamation l)ÿ Ms Excellency the- Governor in . Council CredenichjfJfoKth, >,
*-* on*the. • -Entrance^ofnyhe. British. Trùa^s into the
- ^ frl 'tffîitx&ÿ the--King y f -'C a n d ÿ t^
',* 4 ® ‘ |)rëÊëryatîbn'dfMr}iftÿ6âhd?eôhcbldl-with the nouAsbf Gandy hâs 'been fh e unvaried
ifèjc è^SEfâii ribM’ ranro't" eudfeiTOirfs,' w®<pb^aaknfoan«,'-of o'Ur moeTÊ-gefeioùsTnaéter the*
Kirig 'cS^Stdat Rkffaifimnd ^ h l^ id ï-w ê ' assumed thé goyernment fo f his-'pbssessidn’S in
C é y lq h i^ ^ K llëT i f atffi-i^t^htSibever, haVé b ^ i f madehy-thèèmid^ihi^dfthat’power,' to
create disturbances in' these settlements, and to weaken the attachment which the inhabitants
bear and owe to ourgovernment ; • hut as we have .been always fu lly sensible o f the
futility o f such attempts; we trusted thatltheir- repeated failu re would induce the court- o f
!,Ghn^, 1 inteffeŸfe'noèfo'ri crarfo^^'Wb r e l i i3 ^ ^ ® ^ p [ 3 ^ : f so' directly, contrary
to good faith and good neighbourhood ; we therefore took no 'notice o f the many
reasons which w e had to complain, and uniformly persisted in our kind arid frien d ly
hhmviour, taking-•fev'eïy opportunity o f p rop o sin g such terms o f a forty’ and.alliance as
might secure to both' nations the full advantages -which they can respectively ^ dérivé
from the- peculiar situàtiprfoSh the countries they irihr&«5 ? jiEvery prd^aSt-id'n o f a simi-
lar naturejhas either béen réjectéd ’with disdain -by thé court o f ;Candy, or answered-by
eounter proposals so absurd in their pretensions, as clearly proyed the intention o f that
■ court to avoid any stable or reasonable' arrangement. "Still, however; we continued
in the same sysiMWfof kindnep andnn'dSlgehce towards Chat pèwèr and itsPsabjecls
■ when, in the month o f March and Ap r il last, an open -act o f 'violence, committed
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