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CHAPTER VI. 



MALACCA AND NAtfNINU. 



The Population of Malacca is 30,000 souls or 

 nearly so, and is rather a concentrated one. That of 

 the district of [Vanning- is only 5,320 souls, being 

 almost all .Malays. The proportions are 1,614 males 

 of mature age, and 1,092 females — with, 1,048 boys 

 and 975 girls. In this population of Nanning there 

 are 1,43-4 rice-cultivators. 



Rice is, at Malacca, estimated to yield thirty-fold. 

 Bat this does not coincide with the estimate of seed 

 sown and produce reaped for the year 1834. hi the 

 puhlic returns for the Malacca cultivation of that year, 

 there are set down as seed -grain. 10,316 gunlau-> : 

 and the produce is given at 281,095; when at 30dbld 

 it would be 309,480. 



The average produce of the years 1831, 32 & 33 is, 

 by these returns, about 217,52<i guntangs of paddie ; 

 which, at thirty-fold, will have required 7,250 guu, 

 tangs of seed rice. This quantity, allowing thirteen 

 guntangs for one orlong, which is reported to be the 

 quantity required, will give about 557 orlongs for the 

 quantity of laud under rice cultivation. 



The same quantity of paddie, as already shewn, 

 can be raised in Province Wellesley on 462 orluugs 

 of land, while the saving in the latter district in seed 

 in raisin- this quantity will be 4,158 guutangs. 



If the Malacca, planter, which seeius to be the case, 

 requires 13 guutangs of .seed for one orlong of laud, 

 his produce on that space will be 390 guutangs; 

 being 80 guutangs less than the average produce of 

 au oriong of laiid in Province Wellesley. Were the, 



