CORN. — Population. 125 



f >r securing to Penan*? all the advantages which were 

 expected from ii settlement of the coast or province 

 alluded to, and placed -as he now is in an honourable 

 retirement, it will no doubt Ik? grafting to him to 

 find thai Ins endeavours -have not been thrown away. 



When ttie invasion <>f Keddah took place, the popu- 

 lation of Province Wellesley tHd not exceed 5,01)0 

 souls. 



|t is now (October 1835) as follows \ 



Ma lavs 42,500 



Chinese 2,252 



Chuliahs 549 



Beugalese , 579 



Siamese * » 500 



Fluctuating » ■ 500 



- , Total souls, 40,880 

 The agricultural portion of this population is about 



43,000, including sugar-growers. 



The remainder consists of traders 300 



Artificers 216 



Weavers (women) 490 



Da} -labourers and ponttry-collec- 



tors and venders 570 



Boatmen f . . . . , 94ft 



Fishermen 480 



Wood-cutters, &c 748 



Dealers in cloth, &c. and hawkers 531 



4,280 



POPULATION OF THE ISLAND OF PENANG. 



FIXED. 



Ruropeans and their descendants 700 



Armenians 21 



Mulajs . 10.435 



