STRAITS SETTLEMENTS-SINGAPORE
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2nd Asst.Secy.(A)-EricHazelton (act.)
Do. (B)-C. W. Dawson do. Office Assistant-Ong Kim Tiang Confidential Clerk-(vacant) Shorthand Reporter-S. I. Saul Clerk to Clerk of Councils-H. D. Klass Chief Clerk, Copying Tay Soo Chiang Financial Clerk-C. D'Souza Chief Clerk, Records-Tan Koh Siew
SUPREME COURT-Singapore
Chief Justice-Sir James William
Murison, K.C., KT.B.
Puisne Judge-F. G. Stevens Private Secretary to Chief Justice-
J. M. Rappa
Private Secretary to Puisne Judge-
W. Piyanage
Registrar-W. A. Noel Davies Deputy Registrar and Sheriff-C. S.
Findlay
SURVEYOR-GENERAL OF SHIPS OFFICE-
Singapore; Teleph. 3209
Surveyor-General of Ships and Chief Examiner of Engineers, S.S., Chief Inspector of Machinery, S.S.-W. Mellor, A.M.I.N.A., A.M.I.MECH.E. Deputy Surveyor General of Ships, Examiner of Engineers and In- spector of Machinery, S.S.-G. Heron, A.M.I.N.A., A.M.I.MECH.E. Surveyors of Ships, Examiners of Engineers, Inspectors of Machinery, S.S.-H. Smith, and A. C. Macnab, M.I.MAR.E., M.LIV.E.S.
Surveyors of Ships, Inspectors of Ma- chinery, S.S.-J. J. Vanston, A. Grahain, E. Watt and J. Cockburn Chief Clerk-Omar bin Merhaban
VETERINARY SURGEON-Singapore
Govt. Veterinary Surgeon - George
Rocker, M.R.C.V.S.
SINGAPORE
The town of Singapore, situated on the southern shore of an island of the same name, in lat. 1 deg. 16 min. N. and long. 103 deg. 43 min. E., is the seat of government of the Straits Settlements.
The Island of Singapore is about 26 miles long by 14 wide, containing an area of 206, or, with the adjacent islets, 223 square miles, and is separated by a narrow strait about three-quarters of a mile wide from the territory of Johore, which occupies the Southern extremity of the Malay Peninsula. Originally taken possession of in 1819 by Sir Stamford Raffles, it was, until 1823, subordinate to our then settlement in Sumatra. In that year it became an appanage of the Indian Government, in which condition it remained until 1867, when it was placed under the Colonial Office in conjunction with Penang and Malacca.
The town proper extends for about four miles along the south-eastern shore of the island, spreading inland for a distance varying from half to three-quarters of a mile, though the majority of the residences of the upper-class Europeans lie much further back, within a circle with a radius of three and a half miles from the Cathedral. This portion of the Settlement is almost entirely level, the highest hill in the island, about seven miles from the town, rising to a height of only 500 feet. The country roads are well kept, and, thanks to the luxuriance of tropical vegetation, abound in shade. The town streets are wide and well metalled. The Settlement possesses a handsome Cricket Club which compares favourably with any in the East. A fine bronze statue of Sir Stamford Raffles stands in front of the Town Hall, to which position it was removed on the occasion of the Singapore Centenary on 6th February, 1919. A dignified and imposing cenotaph has been erected on the esplanade to commemorate men from the Settlement who fell in the Great War. This memorial was unveiled by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales on the occasion of his visit early in 1922.
The Singapore Club has a good building in a central position. There are Recrea- tion, Sporting, Rowing, Shooting, Cricket, Lawn Tennis, Golf, Art, and Reading Clubs. There is a Country Club with a well-built bungalow situated some three miles