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SINGAPORE.
DALHOUSIE ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER,
No. 508.
MOUNT CALVARY CHAPTER, D.D.
LODGE ST. GEORGE, NO. 1,152. W. M.-J. D. Vaughan S. W.-A. Knight
J. W.-T. de M. L. Braddell Treasurer-J. P. Joaquim Secretary-John P. Joaquim Organist C. K. E. Woods S. D.-D. A. Gubbay J. D.—
I. G.-A H. Tilly
Tyler-W. Woodworth
LODGE ZETLAND IN THE EAST, No. 508.
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S. W.-J. P. D. Deal J. W-John P. Joaquim Treasurer-J. D. Vaughan Secretary-C. B. Hall Organist―
S. D.-S. M. Moses J. D.-J. Gray D. C.- Steward-
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MALACCA.
The settlement of Malacca excites more interest from a historical point of view than either of its sister towns, but has so completely fallen to the rear since the establishment of Penang and Singapore as io merit but brief notice in this compila- tion. Seldom v sited by foreigners except for relaxation, its white population, including the troops stationed there, seldom reaches fifty individuals, the actual residents numbering only six or seven. Originally settled by the Portuguese in 1511, it retained its importance as the one foreign entrepôt in the East until the founding of Penang, when its fortunes rapidly declined. At the present moment it is the least European of all our Settlements in the East, though the fats that it has given its name to the Peninsula and that it was the cradle of Anglo-Chinese study attest its former importance. Its area is embraced by boundaries some 42 miles in length, with a breadth of from 8 to 25 miles. It is governed by a Resident Councillor in subordina- tion to Singapore.
Its one point of interest is its location as a natural history centre, the majority of its casual visitors being attracted thither for sport or science. Beyond this it possesses no attractions except to those who like to visit scenes famous in the anuals of discovery for the bloody fights they have witnessed between the natives and the European nations who contended for their possession. Its population in 1881 amounted to 93,579 individuals, of whom 52,059 were males and 41,250 females, an increase since 1871 of 15,823. Of these 40 were Europeans, 2,213 Eurasians, 19,741 Chinese, 67,488 Malays, and the remainder various Eastern races.