I trust the time is not far distant when the real value and object of the Settlement at Singapore will be fully and justly appreciated, by all parties, and that in the completion of these legitimate objects your Lordship will derive satisfaction from the contemplation of the important benefits conferred on the Commerce of Great Britain at a period when it stood so much in need of effectual aid and support –

Sir Stamford Raffles, in Bengkulu (Bencoolen),
to the Marquess of Hastings, 12 August 1820