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MALACCA,

Tan Hoon Guan & Co., planters, and owners of s.s. Louisa III., owners of rice mill and ice machine, and agents for Strs. Mayflower, Spaniel, and Pakan, Bukit China

Tan Teck Guan, landowner and planter

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ST. FRANCIS SCHOOL. Manager-Rev. E. F. Délouette, mis. apos. 1st Teacher-Rev. M. de Souza 2nd do. Justinian de Souza 3rd do. -André Nunis

4th

do.

5th

-Francis Sta. Maria

do. C. Sta. Maria

Tan Teck Guan

Tan Heck

Tan Team Seug

THE CONVENT.

Rev. Mother St. Marcianne

Thay Seng Way, agent Singapore Soeur St. Denis

Tan Kim Seng & Co., agents for s.s.

Rainbow, Blacksmith St.

Väloopillai, A., land surveyor

Woodgate, A. H. A., land surveyor

J. H. Velge, assistant

HIGH SCHOOL.

Alex. Armstrong, B.A., head master

R. Little,

assistant master

C. Goldbam,

do.

C. W. Clark

do.

M. J. Gomes

do.

W. F. K. Woodford do.

G. Neubronner

C. Frois

do.

do.

Sœur Philomena

ST. PETER'S CHURCH.

Very Rev. Vicente de Sta. Catharina, vicar general and superior of mission Rev. R. L. de Souza, president of com-

mittee

P. do Rozario, secretary

L. Lazaroo, treasurer

ST. FRANCIS CHURCH.

Vicar-Rev. E. F. Délouette, mis. apos. Assistant-Rev. M. de Souza

MALACCA LIBRARY.

Hon. Sec. and Treas.-C. F. Rowbaud Liberarian-A. F, de Souza

PENANG.

Penang, or Prince of Wales' Island (the latter name having only been officially abandoned within the last few years) is an island situated on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula in 5 deg. North latitude and with a strip of land on the opposite coast known as Province Wellesley, from which it is separated by a strait varying from 2 to 10 miles in width, constitutes the second in importance of the three ** The island contains an area of governments known as the "Straits Settlements.' about 107 square miles, being 15 miles long and 9 broad at its widest portions, while Province Wellesley extends for a distance of 45 miles along the coast, and has an average width of 8 miles. The chief town of Tenang 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 now famous Captain Light for the East India Company in the year 1785 for an annual payment of $10,000 to the Rajah of Quetta, a step which was followed 13 years later by the cession of Province Wellesley. In the year 1806, 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 un- known as a settlement. In 1825 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 1832 the principal seat of government was transferred to Singapore.