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lively rare, through, wasteful hnhiti and Lite mart of any ay.HluTiintic. 

 oniaervition ; in fact many have retirud considerably luyoiid ilm limits of 

 tin.' S.-:tli i:n itt:> uhd the Government of the cnlojiv Lum [:ikt-n ulcpfl to 

 ru-catahlbdi fitmuu of these by j^owiui; young plants on waste-lands and 

 ii] fuivst niHtirvi-H. 



Miiifrtilit. — No tiuiktuIk ;ir.' Cnuml in any workable cjt-ui* iti- t-xr-jit 

 :i liitln tin in the south or Jla.la.ct'jv. This* is natural from liu 1 situation iff 

 the Bflttfamentoh lying as they do upon the coast of the Stniil*, .\iu; ->i 

 iiiinirdiatulv hi-yond th« frontier ii fuppms th.it Lt>lh hi rmviiiec Welles 

 ley and Malacca vsduahle tin deposits have been worked* and in the hitter 

 Settlement Bfiint gold-diggings also tit 1'liiiidcrnB, mar Mount Ophir, Thu 

 falffTPfr rock occurring so freonently throughout the Settlements Li 

 larguly charged with iron ores, which under the action nf ui-ntln riu^ nr.- 

 converted into a red luuuuite or laterite, funning a most durable, building 

 material* 



tlorrmwniL—Th* Government is at the una! lypo in Britwli Crown 

 colonic*. It is ranked as a " nn»t dint** colony, 2, e. tie Governor's 

 salary coroc* within the category " £5000 and upwards." The Governor 

 hft-4 also general control over the Protected Native State*. 



The colony's revenue is now about Jt"72O t 00Q ft your, und a municipal 

 revenue of About £1 06,000 more is collected separately. The ratu ton- 

 tribute) is thus nearly £2 a bend of the population, which, I ho ugh lower 

 thin the rate in the Australian colonies, stand* highest among the I'rown 

 colonies, 



SlNQArOBE. 



StSQAJxntff is an island nhout 27 milea long by 14 wide. Containing 

 nn area of 206, or, with the adjacent islets, 22$ square mi lew, h hunted 

 it the southern extremity of the Malny Peninsula, within PU 

 milea of tlio equator. Time* 6 hours, 5fi minute* before that 

 of Greenwich, The island is scparted from the contiueiit by u 

 narrow *LmU (SBlat Ttbratf) iMuft three-quarters of a mile in 

 width. All the smull islands within ten miles of its shores form 

 part of the Settlement, 



The Bent of Government for the whole colony na well as the 

 Settlement, w the town of Singapore, nt the tooth of the lakmj, in 

 lut, 1° 17' N„ and long, 103° 54X E. 



Singapore was occupied by Sir Stnmford Raffles, wlfli the 

 consent of the Governor-General, in February IKID, under on 

 agreement with the Princes of Johor. In 1853, it wits transferred 

 to the direct Government of Bangui, and, in 1826, Incorporated wiih 

 Pennng and Malacca, and placed under the Governor and Council 

 r*E the incorporated Settlement. It became the recognised aent of 

 Government in 1837, 



The Hurfaeo of the island ih undulating. mdwIhmv mv»t :'0(Hi-i 

 high, and consisting of laterite resting on sandstone. Granite in 

 fuund in a few places, principally to thu north and east. Gutubicr, 



