 Maybe it was his success, in 1890 he was requested by Sir William Maxwell to investigate the land system in Selangor, and he made two reports upon it.For eight months in 1892, he acted as the Acting British Resident of Selangor and in January 1893, he was appointed as the Secretary to the Government of Perak.He was instrumental in introducing a new land survey system into Perak and in urging forward the Kerian irrigation scheme.