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MALACCA

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Malacca offers numerous attractions to the ornithologist and entomologist, but it is Jess rich in mammals than many other tropical districts. Nine species of quadrumana, the tiger, black leopard, wild cat, several species of viverra (such as the musang and binturong), the elephant, one-horned rhinoceros, tapir, six spécies of deer, and two of the wild ox comprise a nearly complete list. Fair sport can be obtained by those fond of shooting, from tiger tò quail. It is noteworthy that the existence of the tapir was unknown until 1816, although European intercourse dates back to some three centuries before. Tigers in the early days of Portuguese occupation were so plentiful that the want of inhabitants was seriously attributed to this cause. As with the birds and insects, so with the reptiles. The snakes, lizards, and crocodiles are, as a rule, those of the peninsula generally, the birds alone presenting a rather larger variety than those of other districts. Nor does the vegetation present any exclusive features, being that of the surrounding states. The coast line is poor in shells, and the absence of limestone accounts for the few species of land shells found within the district.

Beyond its interest to the sportsman or naturalist, Malacca possesses no attrac tions except to those who like to visit scenes famous in the annals of discovery for the bloody fights they have witnessed between the natives and the European nations who contended for their possession. Its population in 1901 amounted to 945,870. A sum of $5,000 was provided in 1991 by the Government for a detailed survey of the Malacca-Tampin Railway. The revenue for 1901 was $669,830. The trade which is almost entirely with Singapore and the Federated Malay States amounted in 1905 to $7,884,796. The cultivation of tapioca is the principal industry, an area of about 40,000- acres being under tapioca cultivation

DIRECTORY

(For Government Departments see under G.), GOVERNMENT OFFICES

ANGLO-CHINESE Dispensary, 168, Heeren

Street

F.U. de Souza, manager

F. F. Nunis, dispenser

CHINESE MALACCA CLUB, Tranquerah

President Tan Jiak Lim

Vice President Tan Jiak Choo

Hon. Secretary --Chan Gook Kum Hon. Treasurer - Chi Yang Cheng Hon. Auditor-Chi Hong Cheng

CHURCH OF THE "ASSUMPTION OF THE

VIRGIN MARY," Banda Praya

President and Treasurer.- Rev. R. E.

S. Affonso

Church of “Sacred Heart,” Tranquerah

President - Rev. J. R. E. S. Affonso Secretary D. Pereira

Treasurer-Rev. R. E. S. Affonso

CONVENT

Rev. Mother St. Helene

Nine Sisters

FRENCH ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION

Rt. Rev. Dr. E. Fée, Bishop of Malacca

(Singapore)

Rev. H. Rivet

RESIDENT COUNCILLOR'S OFFICE

Rdt. Councillor - Hon. R. N. Bland

Acting do -Hon. W. Evans Chief Clerk-A. A. Rodrigues Second Clerk-Soh Cheng Bun Third Clerk-E. Astrock

Fourth Clerk-L. de Souza

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Malay Writer Abdul Jalil Bin

Abdullah

CORONER'S DEPARTMENT

Coroners --Superintendent of Police, Colonial Surgeon, District Officer North, District Officer South and the Magistrate

Interpreter-Tan Yong Beng

Court of REQUESTS

Actg. Commissioner- A. L. Knaggs Chief Clerk-S. Ganasen

Malay Interpreter- H. A. Hanen Chinese do. --Goh Peng Lee Tamil

do.

-S. Ganasen

DISTRICT OFFICE, ALOR GAJAJU

Acting District Officer—B. Nunn Chief Clerk-E. Sta. Maria

Second Clerk-Mohd. Arshad bin

H. Omar

Third Clerk-F. M. Beins

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