Surat Keterangan Dari Mahkamah Lingga [12 Zulhijah 1303 AH]

Digital images of Surat Keterangan Dari Mahkamah Lingga, a certificate of ownership for a sagu orchard issued to Haji Ahmad bin Encik di Lingga by the Lingga court of justice. Scribe: Mahkamah Lingga, Date: 12 Zulhijah 1303 AH. Written in Melayu, and some Dutch in the stamps.

Notes: Eight pages joined together, three pages with text one printed form, the other pages are empty. On one of the pages there is a sketch map of the piece of land and the borders with a stamp of the Head of District of Lingga and notes about the transfer of the land to Encik Hamid in Jawi. There is also a red printed compass card. There is also a black stamp of the official who issued the document and two stamps of people in the court of justice and a signature of Raja Muhammad Thahir in black ink that is corroding. Watermark: Image of an elephant between tow coconut trees with the name of the company GUTHRIE & Co Ltd written in Latin, Arabic and Chinese scripts.