MALACCA-PENANG
Engine drivers-How Ah Fook, Tan
Chin Ban, J. Pereira
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHINESE Congregation Rev. P. Perrichon, missionary apostolic
ST. FRANCIS CHURCH
Vicar-Rev. P. Perrichon, mission apo-
stolic
ST. PETER'S CHURCH
Acting Vicar-Rev. A. M. dos Santos Asst. Vicar-Rev. J. F. da Silva Secretary-A. A. Rodrigues Treasurer-Rev. J. F. da Silva
Girls' School, Tranquerah
Superioress--H. Conceiçaõ
Directress--C. McBean
Sisters Felicia, Victor,
Marçal, Cordeiro
Rosario,
Straits Industrial Syndicate, Cien- eral Merchants, Steam Saw Mill & Ice Factory, Kallang: Tel. Ad. Industry Town Office:-9 Cecil Street
A. W. Westerhout, manager
Chee Swee Cheng, superintendant Wm. Webster M.I. MECH. E. super- intendent engineer, Ice Factory F. H. D'Souza, superintendent eng-
ineer, Saw Mill
Cheng Tiong, office assistant Tan Poh Eng
do.
W. Guan Eng, bookkeeper
1239
G. Chwee Tuan, shipping clerk Agencies in Menado (Java), Labuan,
Jesselton, &c.
TAN JIAK HOE, Commission Agent, 132
First Cross Street
Lim Eng Siew, clerk and cashier Agencies
Straits Steamship Company Commercial Union Assurance Co. South British Insurance Co. Kadana Gold Mining Co., Ld. Bersawah Gold Mining Co., Ld. Malacca Tin Dredging Co., tLl.
TELEGRAPH COMPANY, LIMITED - EASTERN
EXTENSION, AUSTRALASIA AND CHINA
W. C. Langdon, superintendent
P. E. Aveit, operator
Tan Chin Swee, do.
E. P. M. Cotter do. Wi Keat Ghi
ZOBEL, E., Watchmaker & Jeweller, Beach
Street
PENANG
Penang, or Prince of Wales Island, as it was formerly called, is situated on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula in 5 deg. north latitude. With the Dindings and a strip of land on the opposite coast known as Province Wellesley, from which it is separated by a Strait varying from 2 to 10 miles in width, it constitutes the second in importance of the three governments known as the "Straits Settlements." The island contains an area of about 107 square miles, being 15 miles long and 9 broad at its widest portions, while Province Wellesley extends for a distance of 45 miles along the coast, and has an average width of 8 miles, containing 270 square miles, and about 200 more for the Dindings. The chief town of Penang is George Town, but the name of the island (which signifies "Betel nut island") has become so identified with the town that the specific designation has almost dropped out of use.
Penang was ceded to the famous Captain Light for the East India Company in the year 1786 for an annual payment of $10,000 to the Rajah of Kedah, a step which was followed 13 years later by the cession of Province Wellesley. In the year 1805 Penang was elevated to the rank of a presidency, its rising fortunes even then bidding fair to eclipse those of Malacca, while Singapore was as yet unknown as a settlement. In 1826 Singapore and Malacca were incorporated with Penang, and the three were designated by the title they still retain. But as the fortunes of Singapore brightened, those of Penang declined, until the former quite overshadowed her older sister, and in 1837 the principal seat of government was transferred to Singapore.
The settlement of Penang is governed by a Resident Councillor, and has two unofficial representatives in the Legislative Council, which sits at Singapore.
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