Substance of a Minute
recorded by the Honourable Thomas Stamford Raffles on the 11th February 1814 on the improved system of internal management and the establishment of a land rental on the island of Java, to which are added several more interesting documents.
Stock Code 108887
London, Printed (but not published) for Black Perry and Co., Booksellers to the Honourable East-India Company, 1814
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Rare. Raffles became lieutenant-governor of Java in 1811, and governor of Sumatra shortly thereafter, gaining renown for his benevolence and his opposition to the slave and opium trades. He brought his administrative experience to bear in Java 'by establishing a connection with the peasantry, by removing, as much as practicable, all restrictions on their trade and industry... and by combining the acknowledged principles of European legislature with the peculiar usages and customs of the country, to introduce a uniform and general system throughout, calculated to draw forth the extensive resources of this colony and to advance the wealth and happiness of its numerous population.' (C. Day, The Policy and Administration of the Dutch in Java, 1904, pp. 179-180).
First edition. 4to, vi, 293 pp., contemporary half blue morocco, marbled boards, a fine copy.
First edition. 4to, vi, 293 pp., contemporary half blue morocco, marbled boards, a fine copy.
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