Z35 Singapore: Letters from Governor Page 134 of 437
I may mention that Government have allowed the owners of tigers taken alive to sell the same, and also given them the Government reward. In all notices regarding tigers, no mention has been made that a lesser reward will be given for a tiger cub than a full grown tiger, and if it be the intention of the Government to give less I beg I may be allowed to inform the makers of the tiger pits of it. I have &ca. Sd. Thomas Dunman Commissioner of Police Singapore Police Office 20th January 1858 True Copy signature Governor
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