MALACCA AND NAN NINO. 



land at .Malacca equally fertile, then there would he 

 an annual produce of 851,640 guntangs of rice 

 from the above quantity of 7,250 of seed. But 

 the average of the years 1833, 4, 5 is variously stated 

 at 184,895 guntangs by the actual harvest, and at 

 305,011 by the survey. 



If the 400 guntangs of paddie for which the tenth 

 of llie Nauning produce was once commuted be a fair 

 one, the quantity of rice produced by that district 

 might be about 4,000 guntangs, which must he very 

 far short of the truth, if the planters there amount to 

 1,434 as the returns shew. But whether women and 

 children are included does not appear. 



The tenth of the whole paddic of Malacca and 

 Nauning does not appear to exceed 18,300 guntangs, 

 uhich would only allow of a total produce of about 

 183,000 guntangs. 



The soil of Malacca is, on the whole, a light one. 

 The rising grounds are composed of t he porous iron- 

 stone termed laterite. The slopes are formed of this 

 substance decomposed, mixed with sand — and the flats 

 are alluvial. The temperature of the climate is rare- 

 ly above 83° and the medium, during the day, is 80° 

 of Farenheit, 



This laterite formation is very extensive, but it va- 

 ries very considerably in its appearance. \\ ith us on the 

 Keddah coast, it loses much of its porosity and con- 

 tains more clay. 



The valuable republication announced as about to 

 be made of Papers, which appeared in the Singapore 

 Chronicle, will render superfluous any more remarks 

 from us on the capabilities of the soil either at Malac- 

 ca or Singapore, neither of which subjects 1 have per- 

 sonally had the means of treating of. 



Appended will be found a list of the fruits of Ma- 

 lacca as given by that lamented and able officer, the 

 late Dr. M. Ward of the Madras Establishment. 



