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xiii Frank Swettenham became the third Resident of Selangor from 25 September 1882 to March 1884. He
was then reappointed from 1886 to May 1889.
xiv Azizah Kasah, “Bilakah Sikap Agensi Kerajaan Akan Berubah atau Bolehkah Ianya Berubah dalam Hal
Pengurusan Rekod-rekod Kerajaan,” Bulletin Arkib Negara Malaysia No. 10. Kuala Lumpur: Arkib Negara
Malaysia. 1984. pp 9-15.
The history of the Swettenham Collection began when it was purchased in 1948 by the Malayan
Government from the trustees of Sir Frank Swettenham’s estate, which then was placed in the Public
Relations Department, then in 1949 it resided in the Museum Department of Malaysia, and made its
residency permanent in the National Archives Department when it was established in 1957. However, the
Public Records and Office and National Archives Department which had been established in December
1957 had merged and become The National Archives of Malaysia in October 1963. In addition to that, the
Office of the High Commissioner for Malaysia in London permanently deposited seven other Frank
Swettenham’s journals including the Selangor Journals which has been incorporated in the Swettenham
Papers. Suratan Swettenham: Swettenham Papers (SP. 12). 1970. Forward by Dato’ Alwi Jantan, the then
Director of the National Archives of Malaysia & VerHoeven, F. R. J., “The Lost Archives of Dutch Malacca
1641-1824.” Journal of the Malaysian Branch Royal Asiatic Society, reprinted from JMBRAS Vol XXXVII,
Part 2. Page 11. Cited from A. M. Sheppard, Report on the Public Records Office and National Archives
(1958-1962). Page 4 & 11.
xv Suratan Swettenham: Swettenham Papers (SP. 12). 1970. The Forward page that was written on 15th
December 1970 by Dato’ Alwi Jantan, the then Director of the National Archives of Malaysia.
xvi Suratan Swettenham: Swettenham Papers (SP. 12). 1970. The Forward page that was written on 15th
December 1970 by Dato’ Alwi Jantan, the then Director of the National Archives of Malaysia.

xvii It is conjectured to be in 2006 due to the beginning of the ascension numbers.
xviii The errors in labelling documents were discovered while the researcher was navigating the
Swettenham Papers, physical examination, internal navigation and cross-examination was conducted.
xix The folder with the ascension number 2006/0037610 has two differing items; one dark green
hardcover bounded manuscript with a blank cover and a paper file and the paper file. The hardcover and
bounded manuscript is S.P. 12/123B, original item 55. It consists of a manuscript handwritten in Jawi and
another document which is the translation of the Jawi Document to the English language. This document
is a manuscript in Jawi of the Draft Proclamation by Sultan Abdul Samad the Sultan of Selangor pertaining
three articles; (1) the post of Resident of Selangor who should reside in Selangor and manage its affairs;
(2) the British Resident of Selangor is accepted by Sultan Abdul Samad and his descendants; and (3) the
British Resident shall collect revenues and manage the affairs of Selangor using the name of Sultan Abdul
Samad, dated 1876. On the other hand, the soft paper file in folder 2006/0037610, original item number
52, and the researcher suspects that this document of original item 52 had been misplaced in
2006/0037610, when it should be with other documents of “The Story of a War Hero in Ancient Times,”
dated 10 June 1953 in ascension number 2006/0037609, S.P. 12/123. There is only a note on the possible
author of the poem who might be a Sumatran of Indian extraction based on the diction which has many
Old Indonesian vocabulary and the translations were done by Che Yaocob and the Department of
Education in 1953.”

xx One of the revenues for Malay Chiefs are royalty and rent. “Raja Bot tells me that 3 years ago, to induce
people to mine in Lukut he promised to take off the $3 a bahra ground rent on tin, and to reduce one
tenth royalty to one twentieth.” (Swettenham, Frank. 2006/0037515. Journal for 7 August to 3 September
1875. Journal Entry 24 August 1875. Page 78.)

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