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withaltaped roofs. About a quarter ofamife 

 we.stvvard of the bridge aiid on the sea-shore 

 stands the AngJo-Chineiie college, a boiiding 

 , erected for the purpose of promoting a reciprocal 

 knowled^re of the two languages amongst the En- 

 ghf^h and Chinese, and of comnmnicating the pri* 

 vilege of the gospel to the latter. 



A tract of land, near St. John s HilU was 

 granted : y the government in 1815 for the ob- 

 ject of the Mbsion, but, being inconveuient on 

 account of its distance, was exchanged for 

 the present site, seven hundred dollars being 

 given to boot to the owner of the more eligible 

 ground. On the I lib ?^ovemhe^ 1818, the foun- 

 dation .stone of the Anglo- Chinese college was 

 laid by Major Farquliar, the late English Resi- 

 dent and Commandant of Malacca, in the pre- 

 sence of the HoJible. J. S, Timmcnnan Thyssen, 

 (the governor of the colony, after its restoration 

 to the king ofthc Netheriands), and several, other 

 geotlemeji. This institution muiniy owed its ori- 

 gin to the munificence of the Rev. R. Morrison, 

 D, in China, who devoted a jhousand pounds, 

 and a hundred a y^ar for five successive years, 

 to this purpose. 



Tfie lower part of the building is appropriated 

 to schools, ^c. ; one apartment being reserved as 

 a library, in ^vhich are to be fo-nd several thou- 

 sand volumes, most of them scaice and valuable 

 works, which have been presented to the college 

 by difiWent individuals. It ma *ains a Princi- 

 pal on £150 per annum, with house rent, oil Sec. 

 and a Profes&or on the same salary without the 

 perquisites. The upper apartT are occupi- 

 ed by the Missionaries connec* h the col- 



