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WILSON, ALAN, ASSOC.M.INST.C.E., Civil Engineer, Architect, and Licensed Land Surveyor and Valuer-35c, Beach Sreet; Tel. Ad: Winner
WREFORD & THORNTON, Advocates and Solicitors-13, Beach Street; Tel. Ad; Wreford
James Sellar, B.L. (Scot.)
Arthur R. Thornton, barrister-at-law Hugh Thorne, asst. solicitor
C. Nelligan, managing clerk Shaik Essoff
Oh Kok Eng J. Peterson
Md. Hassan.
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WRIGHT-MOTION, G. E..
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George Egerton Wright-Motion, Soli- citor of the Supreme Court, England, Advocate and Solicitor, S. S. and of the Courts of the F. M. S.
Harry T. Jones,
(Gray's Inn), Ipoh
Barrister-at-law
Gilbert H. Garside, Solicitor of the
Supreme Court, England
Grahame E. Wright-Motion, articled
clerk
Cheong Yen Chong, chief clerk London Agents-R. W. Cooper & Sons, 5, Victoria Street, West- minster, S.W.
YOUNG, L. J., Agent-12, Barrack Road;
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YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF
PENANG-Norwood, 8, Logan Road
YOUNG, ROBERT, M.I.M.E., Consulting Engr. Chamber of Commerce Buildings, 1, Downing Street; Tel. Ad: Loco
J. W. Hunt, partner
R. Young,
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A. S. Hall, civil engineer
J. R. McFarlane, clerk of works
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& TAMBYAH, Advocates and Solicitors, S.S. and F.M.S.-44, Logan's Buildings
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Mahommed Hashim, chief clerk
MALACCA
The settlement of Malacca excites more interest from a historical point of view than either of its sister towns, but has so completely fallen to the rear commercially since the establishment of Penang and Singapore as to merit but brief notice in this compilation. It is now seldom visited by foreigners except for purposes of relaxation. Originally settled by the Portuguese in 1511, it retained its importance as the one foreign entrepot in the East unti the founding of Penang, when its fortunes as a port rapidly declined. The settlement, however, has made considerable progress in agriculture since the formation of new roads. At the present moment it is the least European of all British Settlements in the East, though the fact that it has given its name to the Peninsula and that it was the cradle of Anglo-Chinese study attest its former importance. Its area is embraced by boundaries some 42 miles in length, with a breadth of from 8 to 25 miles. It is governed by a Resident in subordination to Singapore.
The geological formation of the territory of Malacca consists chiefly of granite rocks, overlaid in several places by the red cellular clay iron-stone called by geologists laterite. Many of the low plains are alluvial, the soil composed of decayed vegetable mould interlaced with sand. The metallic ores are iron, gold, and tin. The surface generally is undulating, consisting of low round ridges and narrow valleys, the only mountain of considerable elevation being the Ledang of the Malays, and the Ophir of the Portuguese, 4,400 feet above the level of the sea, or less than one-half the height of the principal mountains of the volcanic islands of Java, Bali and Lomboc, or those of the partially volcanic neighbouring island of Sumatrà.
The mineral products of Malacca were at one time looked upon as offering valuable prospects. Gold to the extent of 1,500 ounces yearly was obtained in 1857-8, but the