PROVISION'S — BUIJLDINC MATETIIAI.S. 313 



With the exception of bread which is got from 

 Pet tang, all ordinary supplies are abundant in t lie 

 Province. Malayan car peat ery, sufficiently expert in 

 tottse- building', may be had at about Indi a rupee, or 

 even lest., a daw There are brick-kilns on the banks 

 of I be Pry river, where bricks and tiles are manufac- 

 tured. Excellent durable timber can l>e obtained at 

 the rates mentioned in the account of Woods, from the 

 forests of the interior, and jl ranite is near at baud. A 

 clo*e-grained, light-blue, primary marl>le ran be had 

 at the JLaueavy Islands, or al Iv/tno Wong tiill w hich 

 lies up a branch of the Muda river. 



A substantial bungalow, from 00 to 70 feet long by 

 So Or 40 broad — the under Story of brirk and mortar, 

 the upper constructed with the best kinds of wood, with 

 a tiled roof, and the whole interior and exterior of the 

 upper stun painted — might be built perhaps for 

 twelve Intudred Spanish dollars. 



Some of the richest natives are beginning to build 

 brick houses. They have hardly as vet been able to 

 shake off the impression made on their minds by the 

 despotic rule of their former Blasters in Keddah and 

 other Malayan counti-ie* ; where, witli reference to 

 Malays at least, to build a brick house is deemed an 

 insult to the ruler, and punished as a state offeuce. 



Strangers visiting Penalty, will have to depend at 

 first more oti private hospitality than on the accom- 

 modations in taverns; there being little encourage- 

 ment for the latter. Moderately-sized houses are ge- 

 nerally to be hired, unfurnished, at the rates of from 

 ten to thirty Spanish dollars a mouth. Palankeen 

 carriages may l>e had for a dollar, or even J of a dol- 

 lar a day; a pone} for the same, and a boat for one 

 dollar. 



The sights in Penang are but few. There are the 

 i ; iag-starT lull and grounds, from which an e\- 



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