<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKatika miaka ya 1870, chini ya utawala wa Ofisi ya Koloni, faida kubwa zilizopatikana kutokana na kuuza nje bati ya Malaya kupitia Singapore ziliwalazimisha Waingereza kuchukua jukumu la kazi katika masuala ya Malaya.  <response>: But in the 1870s, under the Colonial Office, the handsome profits gained from exporting Malayan tin through Singapore forced the British to take a more active role in Malay affairs. 