This statement is quite agreeable as after all, Raffles was mostly away at Bencoolen in West Sumatra, leaving the governing to Farquhar and Crawfurd. Although Raffles did leave orders, some of them were quite unpractical, (for example the minimum expenses of governing Singapore). This made governing difficult for Farquhar who painstakingly strived to heed his orders; for example, employing two extra clerks at his own expense and forming a very small police force. Also, due to poor communication during that time, Farquhar was left mostly on his own for four years, making decisions himself, sometimes even contradicting Raffles' orders. Also, when Farquhar sent Raffles several letters for help (for example, regarding the unsuitability of the European commercial quarter), he usually received late replies or no replies. This shows that Farquhar and Crawfurd were mostly the ones governing Singapore. Also, the colonization of Singapore was not any of his...