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yet greater necessity as the virtual seat of government as regards Province Wellesley, which must ere long be an important centre of British influence. The Prye River Dock Co. have a graving dock in Province Wellesley, 250 feet in length and 50 feet broad at entrance; also a slip for vessels 100 feet long. George Town is built on a plain, at the back of which rises the hill which, as Penangites declare, renders life on the island endurable. The town possesses few attractions, and the public building are mediocre, with the exception of the Government Offices, a fine new block erected in 1889 near the wharf. St. George's Church is an unpretending edifice centrally situated. There is also a Roman Catholic Church and several mission chapels. The census of 1891 gave the total population of Penang and Province Wellesley as 227,368, as compared with 190,597 in 1881. The population of Penang island was 120,150, that of George Town 85,000, and of Province Wellesley 107,218.
DIRECTORY
For Government Departments see under G.) | BARNETT, C. W., A.M.I.C.E., Civil and Con-
ALEXANDRA HOTEL, Waterfall Road
ALLEN & KENNEDY, Brokers, Commission Agents, and Accountants, Logan's Build- ings, Beach Street
Whitworth Allen J. Y. Kennedy
R. Laird, signs per pro.
Agencies
Reuter's Telegram Company, Limited Selama Tin Mining Company, Ld. Perak Sugar Cultivation Company, Ld. Temoh Gold Hills, Limited
Insulinde Fire Insurance Co., Batavia
ANTHONY & Co., A. A., Merchants, 56,
Beach Street
Joseph M. Anthony Seth Anthony
G. B. Nonis
Mahomed Sultan
Abdul Cauder
Agencies
Apcar & Co.'s Steamers
Douglas Steamship Co., Limited Reliance Marine Insurance Office China Fire Insurance Company, Ld. Commercial Union Assurance Co.
ANTHONY, G., Advocate and Solicitor, 3,
Beach Street
Chan Heang Thoy
BAN AIK & Co., Merchants, 52, Beach St.
Lee Chin Thuare
Tau Kim Kung Lim Poh Chuan
Neoh Chu Chye
Lock Soo Tean
Ooi Yeow Kee
Cheang Eng Hin
Barker, Dr., 18, Beach Street
BARNETT & Co., Timber Merchants, 305,
Bridge Street
sulting Engineer, Logan's Buildings
BARTLETT, RIDLEY, Undertaker, Uphol
sterer, Gun, Lock and Blacksmith, 7, Penang Road, and 31B, Leith Street
BATUKAWAN SUGAR ESTATE, PROVINCE
WELLESLEY
Col. A. M. Brown, R. A. H. Aylesbury, Hon. J. M. Vermont, J. A. Brown, Executors of Estate L. Nairne, pro- prietors
Hon. J. M. Vermont, manager
A. F. Vermont, assistant manager C. Scott,
H. Cowdell, engineer
do.
M. V. de Souza, apprentice
S. Bondville, P. Jeremiah, overseers Hallifax & Co., agents, Penang
BEHN, MEYER & Co., Merchants: Tel. Ad.
Behn
do.
Arnold Otto Meyer (Hamburg) Ed. Lorenz Mayer, Otto Mühry (Dresden)
W. Edelmann (Singapore)
Eng. Engler, signs per pro. C. Eckert
Agencies
Norddeutscher Lloyd
Navigazione Generale Italiana Deutsch Austr. Dampschiffahrt Ges. Allan Line Royal Mail Steamers North China Insurance Co.
North British & Mercantile Insce. Co.
BLAZE & Co., Chemists, Druggists, and Commission Agents, 18, Beach Street
D. S. Blaze
J. Farrell
Joseph, storekeeper
Cheah Kee Hoon, clerk
Aerated Waters
Bishop Street
Manufactory, 77,