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WOOD & Co.. R. J. Importers and Exporters Union Building. Head Office, John Bolton & Co., Ltd., 34, Princess St. Manchester. Branches in India at Delhi, Bombay, Cawnpore, Amritsar, Rawalpindi and at Penang; P.O. Box 651; Cable Ad: Cotillon
T. S. Pearson, manager Low Kim Wah, salesman
P. N. Menon
YANG-TSZE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, LTг., THE (Incorporated in Hongkong ), Marine, Fire and Motor Car - Union Building, Collyer Quay; Teleph. 5981; Cable Ad: Union. Head Office: Shanghai
W. R. Mansfield, branch manager
A. S. Mitchell
G. A. L. Plummer
R. C. M. Swan
Yaw Cheong, Buttons, Sewing Silks, and other Tailoring Smallwares Impor- ters. Woollen, Silk, Rayon, Linen and Cotton Piece Goods Merchants and Manufacturers' Agents - 89, North Bridge Road; Cable Ad: Textural; Codes: A.B.C. 5th Edn., Bentley's Complete Phrase and Lieber's 5-Letter Edition
Fong Yaw, sole proprietor Fong Kuni Poey, manager Fong Kum Seng, assistant manager
YEO HOCK ANN, Merchants and Tongkang Owners-81, Clyde Terrace; Teleph. 4333; Cable Ad: Yeohockann; Code: Bentley's
Yeo Ark
Yeo Ee Han
YIN, S. C., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.- Khong Jin
Dispensary, 99, Hill Street
YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK-(See Banks)
YOONG CHEONG SHOE Co., Fashion Shoe Shop-354, 356 and 358, North Bridge Road; Teleph. 4293; Cable Ad: Fasuco; Code: Bentley's
ZEHNDER BROS., Advocates and Solicitors -26A, Chulia Street, Singapore; Teleph.
6246. 9, Church Street, Malacca
W. F. Zehnder, barrister-at-law
(Gray's Inn.), Malacca
H. R. S. Zehnder, O.B.E., barrister-at-
law, (Gray's Inn.), Singapore
H. A. R. Paulusz, assistant, barrister- at-law, (Middle Temple), Singapore
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 sepa- rated by a strait varying from two to 11 miles in width, it constitutes the second in importance of the three areas known as the "Straits Settlements." The island contains an area of about 110 square miles, being 15 miles long and eleven broad at its widest portion, while Province Wellesley extends for a distance of 45 miles along the coast, and has an average width of eight miles, containing 280 square miles, and the 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.
Dindings contains about 180 square miles. The chief town of Pena has become so
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Penang was ceded to the famous Captain Francis Light for the East India Company in the year 1786 for an annual payment of $6,000 which was later increased to $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 1836 the seat of government was transferred to Singapore.