| Description | Correspondence and copy correspondence between Joseph Chamberlain [as Sec of State for the Colonies, 1895-1903], Sir Charles Mitchell [High Commissioner for Protected Straits of Malay Peninsula, from 1896], and Sir Frank Swettenham [Resident-General, Federated Malay States, 1896-1901] relating to personnel matters [arrangements for appointments to new colonial administration, support for applicants seeking Colonial Office employment], award of official honours, and general affairs of the colony [loan for railway extension scheme, meeting between Sultans and Chiefs of four of the States, and disturbances in Kelantan]; with press cutting and printed map of region |