Handbook to Singapore : with map and a plan of the Botanical Gardens
Digitised Book 216.73.216.165 (0)
1892
Information About
The handbook is the first guide book published on the Singapore Settlement. It was compiled for the benefit of visitors to Singapore and to meet a felt need at that time for a handy guide to provide some form of notes, providing historical, descriptive and scientific information on the town and island.
Subjects
Singapore--Guidebooks Singapore--Description and travelCategories
Streets and Places Places of interestAdditional Details
- Title
- Handbook to Singapore : with map and a plan of the Botanical Gardens
- Creators
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- Reith, G. M. (George Murray), 1863-1948
- Subject
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- Singapore--Guidebooks
- Singapore--Description and travel
- Publisher
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- Singapore and Straits Print. Office, 1892
- National Library Board Singapore, 1892
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, 13046 KB, 159 p.
- Table of Contents
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- ch. I. Historical introduction -- ch. II. The Government-The Garrison and defences-Justice-The Municipality of Singapore-Police-Revenue -- ch. III. General description of the town and environs -- ch. IV. Favourite walks and drives -- ch. V. Public buildings and places of interest -- ch. VI. Places of worship and hospitals -- ch. VII. The population of Singapore -- ch. VIII. Clubs, societies, banks, consulates, hotels shops, &c. -- ch. IX. Rates of hire for private and hackney carriages, with tables of distances -- ch. X. Steam communication between Singapore and other ports -- ch. XI. Currency, weights, measures, time, &c. -- ch. XII. Imports, exports, shipping, &c., Singapore -- ch. XIII. The fauna, flora, and geology of Singapore -- ch. XIV. Climate, monsoons, &c. -- ch. XV. The Malay language and literature -- Maps.
- Edition
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- 1st ed.
- Copyright
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- All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.