CHAPTER II. 

 Thĕ Britisii Posskssions. 



Tm- Malay world is under many gov- 

 erumcnts, chief of which arc the British 

 and the Dutch. The British possessions 

 of Malaysia consist of the Malay Penin- 

 sula and the Straits Settleinents, which 

 comprise the islands of Singapore and Pe- 

 nang; the Dindings; Province Wellesley, 

 a part of thc Malay Pcuinsula over against 

 Penang ; and Malacca, a part of the Penin- 

 sula about midway between Penang and 

 Singapore. The British also exercise sn2e- 

 rain power over the king of Sarawak in 

 Borneo, and rule some of the neighboring 

 territory stretching along the north of that 

 great island. 



The Malay Peninsula consists chiefly of 

 the Federated Malay Statcs, a govcrn- 

 mental unit composed of several former 

 Malay principalities which arc now admin- 

 istered by a British resident general living 

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