STRAITS SETTLEMENTS
The Crown Colony of the Straits Settlements dates from 1867. It comprises the four Settlements of Singapore, Penang, Malacca, and Labuan, Singapore including Christmas Island and the Cocos Islands, and Penang including Province Wellesley and the Dindings.
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CONSIDER AUSTRALIAN TRADE.
Australia is the logical Source of Supply for Eastern markets particularly in PRIMARY PRODUCTS-FOODSTUFFS AND RAW MATERIALS.
AN AUSTRALIAN BUYING SERVICE.
We offer our Services as a Commission Buying and Shipping House, and will Buy, Collect and arrange to Ship orders for any number of Suppliers under one B/L.
We are also in a position to make firm C.I.F. and E. offers of BULK MERCHANDISE such as Flour, Wheat, Butter, Meat, Hides, Tallow, etc.
AN AUSTRALIAN SELLING SERVICE.
As Merchandise Brokers we can sell a variety of Eastern Products and we are prepared to negotiate with regard to appointing SUITABLE SELLING AGENT'S throughout the Commonwealth for Manufacturers and others desirous of taking advantage of the Australian Market.
Enquiries for either of the above are cordially invited.
Mercantile Brokers.
Exporters of Primary Produce Manufacturers' Agents.
Import and Export.
Cables: "BOLTONCO," BRISBANE.
Codes used: Bentley's & Bentley's Second.
Bankers: COMMERCIAL BANK OF AUSTRalia, Ltd.
F. B. BOLTON & Co.,
ALBERT HOUSE,
289, Albert Street,
BRISBANE.
Bengal. In 1836, the seat of local Government was moved from Penang to Singapore. On April 1, 1867, the Settlements were transferred, on the request of their inhabitants, from the control of the Government of India to that of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in London. The Cocos Islands were incorporated in the Settlement of Singapore in 1886, and Christmas Island in 1889. Labuan, which had itself been a Crown Colony since 1848, was in- corporated in the Straits Settlements and declared part of the Settlement of Singapore in 1907, and was constituted a separate Settlement in 1912.
The Constitution of the Colony consists of Letters Patent, passed under the Great Seal of the Unit d Kingdom, dated the 17th February, 1911, amended by Letters Patent dated the 18th August, 1924, constituting the office of Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Straits Settlements and their Depen- dencies, and Instructions to the Governor passed under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet, dated 18th August, 1924, amended by additional Instructions dated 23rd February, 1931.
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