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SINGAPORE. 



[1831 



published here, called the Singapore Chronicle, which contains a 

 price current, an account of arrivals and departures of shipping, and 

 an official detail of all the exports and imports of the preceding 

 week. The language of commercial intercourse, where any of the 

 natives of the East are concerned, is universally Malay. This is a 

 simple dialect, easily acquired with sufficient accuracy for the trans- 

 action of the ordinary business. All judicial proceedings are done 

 in English. 



The island of Singapore is abundantly supplied with all kinds of 

 provisions, vegetables, and fruits, all of which may be purchased at a 

 very low rate. Wood and water are easily obtained ; and fish may be 

 caught all around the island in any quantities, of great variety, and 

 excellent quality. All these advantages, with many others which do 

 not immediately occur to my mind, render this place, what it has 

 often been called, the paradise of India — the home of plenty, and the 

 abode of health.* 



* For the Information of the commercial reader, I think proper to insert in this place the following 

 table, showing the value of the various productions of the Australasian islands, and southern and 

 eastern coast of the continent, at Singapore, in the year 1831. These prices do not vary much 

 from those of Manilla, Java, or China. The reader will bear in mind that 100 catties are equal to 

 one picul, being 133£tbs. avoirdupois. 



EASTERN ARTICLES. From 



Bees'-wax, per picul $35 



Biche-de-mer (tripang),first sort, per 



picul 45 



inferior, per picul 20 



Isle of France, per picul 10 



Benjamin, per picul 10 



Betel-nut, " 



Birds'- nests, white, per catty 40 



black, per picul 25 



Camphor, Baras, per catty 12 



China, per picul 27 



Canvass, Bengal, per bolt 5 



Cassia lignea, per picul 10 



Coffee, Java, " 



Malay, 

 Copper, Japan, 

 Peruvian, 

 Cordage, coir, 

 Dammer, raw, 



30 

 27 

 4 



2 



Dholl, per bag 2f 



Dragons' blood, first sort, per picul — 



inferior, per picul 5 



Ebony, Isle of France, per picul. . . 3 



of other parts, " ... 1 



Elephants' teeth, first sort, " ... 1 15 



second sort, per picul 90 



third sort, « 70 



Gambier, Rhio, and Singapore, per 



picul li 



Siak, per picul . 6 



Gamboge, " 50 



Ghee, cow, " 25 



buffalo, « 16 



Grain, rice, white, per coyan 55 



cargo, first sort " 50 



cargo, inferior " 38 



Bengal, per bag 14 



wheat 2 



gram 24 



Gold-dust, of Pahang and Siae, per 



bungkal 30 



of oiher parts, per bungkal. ... 25 



Gunnies, per 100 8 



Mother-of-pearl shells, per picul... 19 



Nankeens, long junk, per 100 45 



To 



50 

 25 

 25 

 15 



125 

 30 

 29 

 6 

 12 



84 



7 

 33 

 28 



5 



1 



3 



30 

 3J 

 2 

 120 

 100 

 75 



II 

 64 



75 



30 



18 



60 



55 



40 



i| 



24 

 3 



31 



29 

 11 

 20 

 55 



5 



n 



EASTERN ARTICLES. 



Nankeens, short, per corge. .. . 



Oil, cocoanut, per picul 4 



Opium, Patna, per chest 



Benares, " 



Malwa, " 



Pepper, black, per picul 



white, " 



long. " 



Piece goods, Bengal, sunnahs, per 



corge . .' 36 



Mahmoodies, per corge 30 



Gurrahs, per corge 22 



Baftahs, " 22 



chintz of 12 cubits, per corge 15 

 chintz of 10 cubits, " 

 Madras, moorees, white, " 

 blue, " 

 salempires, blue, per corge. . 



brown, " 

 handkerchiefs, per corge .... 

 kolamhories, " .... 

 kambayas, " .... 



bugis sarungs, " .... 

 Bali cloths, " .... 



Batick hdkfs. " .... 



Ratans, per picul 



Sago, pearl, in cases, per picul.... 



Salt, Siam, per coyan 



Saltpetre, per picul 7 



Sapan wood, Manilla, per picul ... £ 



Siam, per picul 2 



Silk, raw, China, junk, 72 cts 200 



Canton, No. 2, 100 cts 300 



No. 3, 95 cts 285 



Spices, nutmegs, per picul 



cloves, per picul 20 



mace, " 40 



Spirits, arrack, per gallon 30 



Stick lac, per picul 13 



Segars, Manilla, per 1000 6 



Sugar, Java, per picul 5% 



Siam, first sort, per picul 6f 



Manilla, per picul 54 



Sugar-candy, per picul 12 



Tin, Banca, " 15 



From To 



10 



22 



30 



30 



28 



30 



20 



12 



18 

 5 



14 

 li 

 2* 



22 



44 

 1000 

 1000 



54 

 8 

 7 



40 

 32 

 26 

 24 

 174 

 14 

 25 

 35 

 40 

 32 

 100 

 45 

 13 

 40 



7 

 24 



2 



24 

 24 

 8 

 2 

 24 

 250 

 325 

 290 



30 

 49 

 40 ct. 

 15 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 6 

 13 

 16 



