Rigel Kent

In 1807, the London Missionary Society (LMS) dispatched Robert Morrison 馬禮遜 (b. 1782, d. 1834) to China to evangelize the Chinese. Morrison was working alone for many years before he was joined by other LMS colleagues. He was joined by William Milne (b. 1785, d. 1822) in 1813 and Walter H. Medhurst in 1817. Both Morrison and Milne were both students of David Bogue (b. 1750, d. 1825) at the Independent Chapel of Gosport, and they inherited Bogue's model, emphasizing that Christianity should be memetically diffused through education within the target community, rather than through mechanical conversion. Li Shigong 李十公, Chen Laoyi 陳老宜 and Robert Morrison 馬禮遜 Later, Morrison and Milne decided to use Melaka as their base because their activity in Guangzhou was severely constrained by Qing rules. In April 1815, William and Rachel Milne (b. 1783, d. 1819) brought woodblock printers named Tsae A-ko ...

Klang, 31 May 1876 In consequence of the failure of the firm of Messrs. Keng Yong Brothers of Singapore, I am quite unable to make arrangements for supplies of food and other necessaries for my miners in all about 10,000 men and I am sorry to inform you that unless I receive immediate assistance from the Salangore Government as represented by you, I shall be unable to carry on the work of mines. I believe that Messrs. Guthrie & Co. would make shipments to me against my tin if they had some guarantee from the Government and I must therefore request you will as early as possible make an arrangement with that firm to allow me to have a credit of $10,000 on the following terms. All supplies for my mines in Salangore to be obtained through Messrs. Guthrie & Co.: they charging 5% commission. All tin from my mines to be to Messrs. Guthrie & Co. for sale, they charging me 3%. ...

No. 336 Colonial Secretary's Office 1 , Singapore, 20 January 1875 I am directed to inform you that the Governor has been pleased to appoint you, subject to the confirmation by the Secretary of State 2 , to be Her Majesty's Resident to the Sultan of Salangor, and to communicate to you the following instructions for your guidance in the duties of that office. His Excellency desires that you will proceed at once to Klang, where you will establish yourself at first, making such arrangements for your personal accommodation as the nature of the case will admit of, and proceeding as soon as possible to organize a Resident Guard and Police of such force as you may think proper under the circumstances, applying to the Inspector General of Police for a few men from Singapore or Malacca in the first instance as a commencement. His Excellency desires that you will at once publish notices far and wide, not only in Salangor, Klang, Lang...