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STEAMSHIP OFFICES-Continued

TIMBER MERCHANTS

Borneo Co., Ld.

Boustead & Co.

Dollar S.S. Lines, Ld.

East Asiatic Co., Ld. Guthrie & Co., Ld.

Ho Hong S.S. Co., Ld.

Huttenbach, Lazarus & Sons.

Internationale Credieten Handelsveen-

iging "Rotterdam "

Koninlyke Paketvaart Maatschappy Mansfield & Co., Ld., W. McAlister & Co., Ld. Messageries Maritimes

Mitsui Bussan Kaisha

Nippon Yusen Kaisha Osaka Shosen Kaisha Paterson, Simons & Co., Ld.

Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Co.

Robert Dollar Co.

Sime, Darby & Co.

Straits Steamship Co., Ld. Syme & Co.

STOREKEEPERS

Little & Co., Ld., John

Robinson & Co,

TAILORS AND OUTFITTERS

Campbells, Ld. (Late J. L. Campbell)

Little & Co., Ld., John

Robinson & Co.

Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co., Ld

TELEGRAPH COMPANIES

Eastern Extension, Australasia & China

Reuter's, Ld.

Fraser & Cumming

Lumber Co., The

Malayan Commercial Agency

Robert Dollar Co., Ld. Robertson & Co., John

Straits Lumber Co.

TIN MINING COMPANIES

Kinta Association, Ld. Sime, Darby & Co., Ld. Singkep Tin Maatschappij Tebak Tinfields, Ld.

TIN SMELTERS AND REFINERS

Straits Trading Co. TOBACCO MERCHANTS

British-American Tobacco Co., Ld.

TOURIST AGENCIES

Cook & Son, Thos.

Straits Shipping and Parcels Agency TRAMWAY Co.

Singapore Traction Co., Ld. TYPEWRITER DEALERS

Straits Typewriter Agency

WATCHMAKERS

Gammeter & Co. Weill & Montor

WATER SUPPLIERS

Hammer & Co., Ld.

WINE MERCHANTS

Caldbeck, MacGregor & Co. Gosling & Co., T. L. Little & Co., Ld., John

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 the Dindings and as strip of land on the opposite coast known as Province Wellesley, from which it is sepa- rated by a strait varying from two to 10 miles in width, it constitutes the second in importance of the three governments known as the "Straits Settlements." The island' contains an area of about 107 square miles, being 15 miles long and nine broad at its widest portions, while Province Wellesley extends for a distance of 45 miles along the coast, and has an average width of eight miles, containing 270 square miles, and about 200 more for the Dindings. 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 Light for the East India Company in the year 1786 for an annual payment of $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

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