(3) ( i ) The ves t ing in Hi s Highness in his personal capacity with full rights of transfer and devise of all His Highness’s personal lands in Sarawak including ‘Bedil House’ and grounds.
(j) The right of His Highness to confer or to refuse to confer titles on members of His Highness’s family. (k) The maintenance of the present annual payments to members of His Highness’s family.
(l) The maintenance of the pay of the Datus now holding office in accordance with the scale approved by Hi s Highness.
(4) To do everything in its power or in the power of the individual members to ensure that the proposed Constitutional Reforms are carried out with proper respect and regard for His Highness’s personal position, to make it clearly understood throughout the State that the reforms are inaugurated in commemoration of the Centenary of the rule of His Highness’s family in Sarawak, and to secure adequate native representation in any legislature that may be set up.
(5) To guarantee that any person to whom His Highness has given permission in writing to reside in Sarawak shall continue to be permitted to reside there for as long as he does not commit any offence under the criminal law or engage in subversive activities.
(6) To refrain, until the enactment of the Constitutional Reforms, from increasing the number of the members of the Administrative Committee above the number at the time of the signing of the Agreement.
(7) In the event of the death of His Highness or the Tuan Muda before the enactment of the Constitutional Reforms, to appoint, after the consideration and circumspection, an heir to His Highness’s throne.
(8) On his Highness’s death to assume responsibility for the payment of all pensions granted by His Highness to Asiatics and debited to the Astana account not exceeding the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) a year.
(9) To honour any written contracts entered into between His Royal Highness and officers of the Sarawak Government prior to 16th March 1941 and subsisting on the day of the signing of this Agreement.
Secondly, in consideration of the foregoing covenants His Highness expressly promises and undertakes on behalf of Himself and His successors that neither He nor any member of His family has or will have any claim on the funds of the Government of Sarawak other than those claims set out in this Agreement. Commentary: Rajah Vyner had entered into secret negotiations with the Committee of Administration in return for surrendering some of his powers.
The Commi t tee of Administration was the exclusive group of European administrators who had come to play a major role in regulating Sarawak governmental affairs. This Agreement between the Rajah and the Committee of Administration was not revealed until the new Constitution was put in place.
