SINGAPORE-PENANG
WORLD ELECTRICAL SERVICE, LTD., THE Contractors for supply of electrical household appliances and modern lighting installation-70, Robinson Road; Teleph. 6666
YANGTSZE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, LTD., THE (Incorporated in Hongkong), Marine, Fire and Motor Car-Union Building, Collyer Quay; Teleph. 5981; P. O. Box 617; Cable Ad: Union. Head Office: Shanghai
R. H. Whittall, branch manager
C. R. Davidge
G. A. L. Plummer
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 Kum Poey, manager Fong Kum Seng, assistant manager
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YEO HOCK ANN, Merchants and Tongkang. Owners--81, Clyde Terrace; Teleph. 4333; Cable Ad: Yeohockann; Code: Bentley's
Yeo Ark
Yeo De Han
YIN, S. C., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.-- Khong Jin.
Dispensary, 99, Hill Street
YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK-(See Banks)
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
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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 a strip of land on the opposite coast known as Province Wellesley, from which it is separated 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. The chief town of Penang is George 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.
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.
The Settlement of Penang is governed by a Resident Councillor, and has four unofficial representatives in the Legislative Council, which sits at Singapore. An important department of its trade lies in the business transacted with the Dutch settlements in Sumatra; and recently it has become an emporiuin and port of shipment for the Malayan Rubber supplies. As it is now the railway terminus for