Title from caption. From vol. LXX (1930), pages 53-79 of TBG, Tijdschrift voor Indlsche Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde. Frontispiece: Bust of Sir Stamford Raffles, presented to the "Koninklijk Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen" (Royal Batavia Society of Arts and Sciences) by Mr. Boden Klosson on behalf of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiastic Society at the Public Meeting of the Board of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences on 23rd December, 1929. Contains text of speech by Dr. C. Boden Kloss, President of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Society Asiastic, who presented the bust of Raffles; as well as the speech by Professor B. Schrieke. He spoke on the influence of Raffles' administration on Java. Includes bibliographical references. Private library of Dr John Sturgus Bastin; East Sussex, United Kingdom; Direct purchase ; March 2015. Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, a British statesman, who is best remembered as the founder of Singapore. Raffles was Lieutenant-Governor of Java in 1811, and instrumental in maintaining the British strongholds in the Dutch East Indies. Rare material - handle and store according to library's policy for handling and storing such material. John Bastin Collection (B29266747J) (Catalogue ref.: IV/83). Some text in Dutch (pages [53]-55, 78-79).