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 18.97.9.171 (0)
1865
Information About
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.
Additional Details
- Creators
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- Cameron, John
- Subject
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- Straits Settlements--History--19th century
- Singapore--History--19th century
- Publisher
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- Smith, Elder and Co, 1865
- National Library Board Singapore, 1865
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, col. ill., tables
- Table of Contents
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- 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.