Our tropical possessions in Malayan India : being a descriptive account of Singapore, Penang, Province Wellesley, and Malacca ; their peoples, products, commerce, and government



Digitised Book 216.73.216.165 (0)

1865

Our tropical possessions in Malayan India : being a descriptive account of Singapore, Penang, Province Wellesley, and Malacca ; their peoples, products, commerce, and government

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This book contains useful information on Singapore, Penang, Province Wellesley and Malacca under the British rule in the 19th century. Their history, geography, agriculture, commerce, government, and social life are vividly described.

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Title
Our tropical possessions in Malayan India : being a descriptive account of Singapore, Penang, Province Wellesley, and Malacca ; their peoples, products, commerce, and government
Creators
  • Cameron, John
Subject
  • Straits Settlements--History--19th century
  • Singapore--History--19th century
Publisher
  • Smith, Elder and Co, 1865
  • National Library Board Singapore, 1865
Digital Description
application/pdf, col. ill., tables
Table of Contents
  • history, ancient and modern -- Chapter II. Scenery: Singapore from seaward -- Chapter III. Singapore: The Town -- Chapter IV. Inland scenery: jungle tigers -- Chapter V. Population: Aborigines - Malays - Chinese -- Chapter VI. Cultivation: climate - fruit - products -- Chapter VII. Commerce: Singapore - Penang - Malacca -- Chapter VIII. Government: revenue - expenditure - military defence -- Chapter IX. Excitements: amoks - gang robberies - riots - the "Alabama" -- Chapter X. Society: Its divisions - style of life -- Chapter XI. Penang: settlement - progress - scenery -- Chapter XII. Province Wellesley - topography - agriculture -- Chapter XIII. Malacca: its antiquity - traces of its earlier days -- Chapter XIV. Malacca: inhabitants - agriculture - mining.
Copyright
  • All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2004.