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STRAITS SETTLEMENTS SINGAPORE
SURVEYOR-GENERAL OF SHIPS OFFICE- Singapore Teleph, 3209; Cable Ad: Ships
Surveyor-General of Ships and Chief Examiner of Engineers, S.S., and Chief Inspector of Machinery, S.S. G. Heron, M.I.MAR.E., A. M.I.N.A.
Surveyors of Ships, Examiners of Engineers and
and Inspectors of Machinery, S.S.- A. C. Macnab, M.I.MAR.E., M.LIV.E.S.A. Grá ham, M.I.MAR.E., A.M.I.A.,'' J. McGuffin and J. Cockburn,
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Surveyors of Ships, Examiners of Engine-drivers and Inspectors of Machinery, S.S.-J. J. Vans- ton, M.I.MAR. E., E. Watt, A.M.I. MECH.E. and C. E. Hall, M. I. MAR.E., A. M. I.E. S.. Surveyor of Ships
Stapleton, A. M.I.N.A.
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Chief Clerk-Omar bin Merhaban
VETERINARY DEPT.
Government Veterinary Surgeon
--G. Rocker, M.R.O.V.S. Verterinary Inspectors-Thos da Costa, G.B.V.C., V. R. Kale, and E. T. Joseph,.
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SINGAPORE
The town of Singapore, situated on the southern shore of an island of the same name, in lat. 1 deg. 17 min. N. and long. 103 deg. 50 min, E., is the seat of government of the Straits Settlements.
The Island of Singapore is 27 miles long by 14 wide, containing an area of 206, or, with the adjacent islets, 220 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, and was formerly ceded to the British Government by the Sultan of Johore in 1821. 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 of about a mile, though the majority of the residences of Europeans lie further back, within a circle with a radius of four to five miles from the heart of the town. The island is almost entirely level, the highest hill in the island, Bukit Timah, is about seven miles from the town, rising to a height of only 500 feet. The roads are well kept, and, thanks to the luxuriance of tropical vegetation, abound in shade. The town streets are wide and well metalled: A 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 in 1922,
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There are Recreation, Sporting, Rowing, Swimming, Shooting, Cricket, Lawn Tennis, Golf, Flying, Art, and Reading Clubs. There is also a well equipped Library: and Museum.
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There are several good hotels, of which the Raffles, the Adelphi, and the Sea View are the best. The daily.
The daily press is represented by the Straits Times, Singapore Free Press and Malaya Tribune. The Government Gazette is published weekly. are also several Japanese, Chinese and Malay papers.
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Singapore is a free port, there being no Customs Duties, but Exoise Duties are levied on alcoholic liquors, opíum, tobacco and petroleum. The Harbour is practically land- locked by islands, and the rise and fall of ordinary spring tides is 9 feet. Although the majority of oceangoing steamers are berthed at the Harbour Board's wharves,