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J. G. Davidson's appointment (1875)

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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

Deification of Captain Shin

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Part 1. How Captain Shin was killed by a tax kerfuffle in Sungai Linggi Yon (2013) listed 1 the following names as the holders of the office of Captain China in Sungai Ujong 芙 蓉 . Seng Meng Lee (d. 23 August 1860) 盛明利 Yap Ah Shak (d. 5 July 1889) 葉致英 Yap Ah Loy (d. 15 April 1885) 葉亞來 Wong Ying (d. 1890) 黃三伯 Hew Sam (d. ?) 丘國安 Ngoh Kim (d. ?) 吳長伯 Dèng Yòubó (d. ?) 鄧佑伯 Lee Sam (d. 1905) 李三 We can corroborate (48), (51) - (54) with the names found on a commemorative plaque in Fui Chiu Association in Seremban 森美蘭州惠州會館. The names were listed by Chin (2003) and they are given as follows: Shin On 盛大安 Wong Ying 黃三伯 Hew Sam 丘國安 Ngoh Kim 吳長伯 Dèng Yòubó 鄧佑伯 Chin was able to, after consulting Shin's descendants, convince himself that Shin On 盛大安 was physically identical to Seng Meng Lee 盛明利, but he was not ab

無味無ソ

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Part 1. Zeng 曾 as a kitchenware A zeng ( 曾 or 甑 1 ) is an ancient Chinese cookware. A zeng is a pretty useless hardware by itself, but it can be magically transformed into a vessel for steaming food when coupled with its sisterware, the three-legged cauldron named ge 鬲 2 and a suitable heat source for boiling water in the cauldron. The Thermomix ® Varoma ® three-piece set (Varoma dish base, the Varoma insert and the Varoma lid) is technically a zeng 曾 with cover The bottom of a zeng is delibrately machined with holes or patterned openings, so that hot water vapor escaping from the cauldron can be harvested for steaming the food placed inside the zeng. $$\frac{\frac{甑}{箅}}{\frac{鬲}{火}} = \frac{\frac{\textrm{Zèng, steamer containing the food}}{\textrm{Bì, perforated window to allow passage of water vapor}}}{\frac{\textrm{Gé, cauldron for boiling