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SHORT CHRONICLE
1878. Subjugation of the pirate chief Medom, who later settles on Tobelo with his
followers after swearing to refrain from piracy.
Abolition of slavery in the state of Bacan (August).
1879. O.M. de Munnick, twenty-first Resident of Ternate (March).
Abolition of slavery in the Sultanates of Tidore and Ternate, with the exception of New
Guinea (July and September). 40
Ayanhar, twenty-third Sultan of Ternate (October).
1880. Appointment of postholders at Sanana on Sulabesi and at Banggai.
The island of Moari is allotted to the Sultanate of Ternate.
1881. Jhr. T.G.V. Boreel, twenty-second Resident of Ternate (April).
1882. A new regulation concerning the administration of justice takes effect.
The district court is replaced with a state council (July). [p. 187]
1883. D.F. van Braam Morris, twenty-third Resident of Ternate (January).
Haji Hias, younger brother of Dano Baba [as corrected in Errata ⎯Trans.] Hasan, attempts
to start another revolt at Maba, but this is immediately suppressed (December).
1884. The whole residency is stricken with a smallpox epidemic which lasts for
months.
1885. F.S.A. de Clercq, twenty-fourth Resident of Ternate (January).
1888. J. Bensbach, twenty-fifth Resident of Ternate (September).
40 [p. 186, n. 1] Bokemeijer (1888, Preface, XII) doubts whether the emancipated slaves are
sufficiently protected against a return to dependency and oppression. This surmise, which is based
on scant familiarity with local conditions, can be answered in the affirmative.
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