Noble Sentiment of an Emperor of China. 1 6 1 



never induce me to enrlcli myself by the vices and the 

 wretchedness of my people I " 



Despite the very small proportion of Europeans resident 

 in Singapore, and that almost the entire time of those few 

 seems to be absorbed in business, there is nevertheless con- 

 siderable intellectual activity. Several newspapers in the 

 English language, among which the '' Singapore Free Press," 

 edited by Mr. A. Logan, occupies the foremost rank, supply 

 information as to all that is worth knowing in every part of 

 the East Indies, while the "Journal of the Indian Arclii- 

 peliigo," which has been for many years so ably and care- 

 fully conducted by the well-known and widely -famous J. H. 

 Logan (brother of the editor of the "Press"), is a veritable 

 mine of information for the naturalist, who wishes to make 

 tlie history of the Indian Archipelago and its inhabitants the 

 object of his study. It contains exceedingly useful data for 

 extending our knowledge of these very remarkable countries, 

 susceptible as they are of such extraordinary development. 



The colony also boasts a Museum of Natural History ad- 

 joining a library with several thousand volumes, and a reading- 

 room, co^Diously supplied with newspapers and periodicals, 

 the whole forming what is called the " Singapore Institution." 

 This enterprise was founded by shares of -10 dollars each, 

 and is supported by an annual subscription of 24 dollars 

 by each member, which confers the privilege of using the 

 well-selected library of books, and a great number of English 

 and French papers and periodicals. The small ethnographic 



