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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 to merit but brief notice in this compila tion. Seldom visited by foreigners except for relaxation, its white population, including the troops stationed there, scarcely reaches fifty individuals, the permanent 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 British Settlements in the East, though the facts 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 annals of discovery for the bloody fights they bave 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. The population was estimated in 1883 at 95,500.

DIRECTORY.

Colonial Government.

RESIDENT COUNCILLOR'S OFFICE. Resident Councillor-Hon. D. F. A. Hervey

(absent)

Acting Resident Councillor-E. E. Ise-

monger

Chief clerk-F. de Souza Second clerk-W. H. Nonis Third Clerk-A. G. Theseira Office keeper—A. B. da Silva Malay writer-Mohamet Jafar

Native States.

Superintendent of the Negri Sembelan

Hon. Martin Lister

Collector and Magistrate, Tampin-A. Hale

Clerk-E. J. Van Gezred

Chinese Interpreter-Yeo Saik Hin Malay Writer-Mohd. Husin Clerk of Works-L. J. Cazalas Overseer do. A. Danker

TREASURY AND STAMP OFFICE Officer in charge-H. A. O'Brien Acting do. -C. J. Skinner Chief clerk-J. E. Branson 2nd do. —G. W. Gostelow Clerk and Shroff-Chan Cheng Wan

MARINE Department.

Harbour Master—H. J. Harmer Chief clerk-R. L. Shepherdson Second do.-C. Scully

Boarding officer-B. Ňunis

Signal Station.

Signal Sergeant-F. do Rozario

Cape Rachado and Screw Pile Light-house. Senior Light keeper-

do.

2nd

3rd

do.

—A. A. de Souza

-A. J. Monteiro

Pulan Undan Light-house.

Senior Light keeper-H. Gomes Light keeper-C. J. Boothe