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PENANG-MALACCA

WAUGH & Co., LTD., HENRY, General Merchants, Estates and Mines Secre- taries and Agents-Registered Office: Singapore; Branches: London, Penang, Bangkok, Ípoh and Kuala Lumpur

Directors-L. E. Slowe (Managing), H. E. Nixon, E. Waugh, S. E. Travis and L. A. Davies

WEARNE BROS. LTD., Automobile Engi- neers and Importers-2, Penang Road; Teleph. 258; Cable Ad: Wearne; Codes: A.B.C. 5th Edition, Bentley's and Private. Head Office: 45, Orchard Road, S'pore.

Harry Oke, manager

S. A. Parker, engineer

Toh Hooi Choon, sales manager Khoo Soo Keat, chief clerk

WEGUELIN, J. B., Planter-Jarak, Province

Wellesley

WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW & Co., LTD., Drapers and Complete House Furnishers -4, 6, 8, 10, 12 & 14, Bishop Street; Codes: A.B.C.5th Edition, Bentley's and Private. Branch Establishments: Tai- ping, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore

W. Price, manager

J. Smith, asst: manager

G. G. William

A. Davidson (Cutter)

Miss Craig (Make-up Artist) Miss G. Steadman

Miss S. Munro (Lady Hairdresser)

WOON YAT SUNG, Dentist

Street; Teleph. 1317

81A, Pitt

WREFORD & THORNTON, Advocates and Solicitors and Notaries Public — 29, Beach Street; Teleph. 432; P. O. Box 356; Cable Ad: Wreford; Code: A.B.C. 5th Edition

Principal Thomas Edward Con-

aghan, B.A., advocate & solicitor Assistants-Ong Huck Hong, barris- ter-at-law and George Henry Conaghan, solicitor

London Agents-Herbert Z. Deane & Co., Danes Inn House, 265, Strand, London, W.C. 2.

YOUNG, L. J., Forwarding and General Agency-305A, Perak Road; Cable Ad: Diadem

C.D. Young, sole proprietor & manager

YOUNG & Co., LTD., R., Civil, Construc- tional & Sanitary Engineers, Specialists in Reinforced Concrete - Registered Office: Chartered Bank Chambers; Office and Showroom: 101, Bishop Street; Works: Sungei, Pinang; Quarry and Tileworks: Ayer Itam; Teleph. 542; Cable Ad: Loco; Codes: A.B.C. 5th and 6th Editions, Engineering 2nd Edition, Broomhall's Imp., Bentley's Phrase

Directors J. W. Hunt (chairman)

and E. V. C. Thomson J. W. Hunt

MALACCA

The Settlement of Malacca excites more interest from a historical point of view than either of its sister towns. Commercially, it fell completely to the rear after the establishment of Penang and Singapore, but the advent of the rubber industry in 1906 converted the Settlement into a flourishing agricultural province.. Originally set- tled by the Portuguese in 1511, it was for many years the one foreign entrepôt in the East, and the fact 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 eight to 25 miles. It is governed by a Resident Councillor in subordination to Singapore.

The geological formation of the territory of Malacca consists chiefly of granite rock, overlaid in several places by the red cellular clay iron-stone called by geologists laterits. Many of the low plains are alluvial, the soil composed of decayed vegetable mould interlaced with sand. The metallic ores are iron and a little tin. The surface generally is undulating, consisting of low round ridges and narrow valleys, the only mountain of considerable elevation being the Ophir of the Portuguese, which is just over the border in Johore territory, 4,187 feet above the level of the sea. It is called by the Malays "Gunong Ledang."