COifc,N.— Food $ Clothing. 



The gown, sarong and cloak or rather plaid, called 

 Jonft-sarati arc frequently of silk in tor woven with 

 gold thread, and a complete dress will cost from 80 

 to 40 Spanish dollars. They wear gold earrings 

 worth about l> dollars die set; a gold tilligree sash 

 plate of an oblong-form, valued at from 20 to 60 dol- 

 lars, and often set with stones of small value, and gold 

 hair pins vhirli cost from 3 to C> dollars ; also gold 

 and silver rings set with previous stones of moderate 

 value. The workmanship of all of these is, on the 

 whole, not inelegant. Married w omen do not wear 

 the bracelet. 



The Malays delight in seeing their children loaded 

 wi»h gold chains and plates, which would be a dan- 

 geroasgratificatiou in a crowded city, o^ even a large 

 village; where, as is the case in Indiii, children are 

 often murdered for the sake of an ornament not worth 

 more than a rupee. 



Estimated yearly consumption of Rice. 



PENANG. 



By the fixed and fluctuating popula- 

 tion, exclusive of troops coyans 3,500 



By 200 borate, and by cattle &c. „ 2 80 



3.780 



PHOVINCE WFLLESLEY. 



By fixed and fluctuating population . . . , t 3,378 

 Seed grain on Penang, 3| coyans paddy, or.. If 

 Do. do. in Province Wellesley or 75 coyans 



of paddie, being in rice 37 £ 



Loss ; 5 



Total estimated consumption, coyans, 7,202* 



Rice land in Penang yields a return which may 

 not be averaged higher than 75 fold— or nearly 300 

 gao tangs of paddie for each orlong; hut it has been 



