[144]. From Blue Book, March 2, 1854.
[145]. Private Letters.
[146]. Letter from the Rajah to the Tuan Muda, 1864.
[147]. From Mundy, op. cit.
[148]. Of these, three foundered from injuries received during the engagement, so that few returned home to tell the tale. It took the Balenini about fifteen years to forget the lesson.—Sir James Brooke, St. John.
[149]. Mundy, op. cit.
[150]. Private Letters.
[151]. He joined the Rajah in March, 1843, having previously served in the H.E.I. Co.'s Navy, and became Police Magistrate and Government Secretary. In 1863 he was appointed Resident of Sarawak. He frequently administered the Government during the absences of the late and the present Rajah. He retired in 1873, and died in 1891.
[152]. The warrant of investiture was issued by her Majesty on May 22, 1848.
[153]. Amongst others who came out with the Rajah in the Mæander were Mr. Spenser St. John, afterwards Sir Spenser St. John, G.C.M.G., the Rajah's Secretary; and Mr. Hugh Low, afterwards Sir Hugh Low, G.C.M.G., Colonial Secretary at Labuan. Mr. St. John was Consul-General at Bruni from 1853-1861; he left Borneo the latter year upon promotion. Mr. Low had before spent some three years in Sarawak botanising. He left Labuan in 1877, when he was appointed Resident of Perak.