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EASTERN GEOGRAPHY. 



IndigO, pepper, and tunny local fruits and vegetables grow well . 

 but the Settlement depend* for rice on the neighbouring countries 

 of Java, U jinbuja, Burma, and Bengal. 



PKNASf; Is the* name botli of an island, and of tlic Settlement fur 

 which it is the neat of local administration. 



The SettliMncnt lias altogether nn area of about GOO square miles. 

 Tin? island, officially calh'd Prirnr- of Wales" Island, i* rib .lit 1:, mil.'* 

 lung and 9 broad, containing an area of 107 square miles, situated 

 otf the wi'hI coast of the Maiuy Pi'iiiiimda in J"/" \\ lnui.mli*, and 

 at tins northern end of the Si rait of Malacca. 



On the opposite itmitilaml, from whmh tin* inland 3h .^par.Li . ■ I hv 

 a channel el few mllea broad, lien Province Wolleslcy, a strip of 

 territory containing 270 square miles, and forming part of the 

 Settlement, The province averages 7 miles in width, and extends 

 45 miles along the coast ; it includes, since the Pnngkor Treaty 

 ( 1 874), about 25 square miles of newly-acquired territory to the 

 smith of the KrtuL About 200 square milwa of land in the Pangkor 

 Islam N and opposite coast are also comprised iu tins territory, and 

 firm llu- Kn-r;dlrd Ilinding Settlements. 



The chief town in George Town, in 5 a 24'N, Int. and 100° 21' 

 K, long. The local government of tho whole Settlement is 

 administered by a Resident Council tor. 



Malacca, 



Malacca it situated about one-third of the way up the western 

 coa*t of the Peninsula, hot ween Singapore and Penan jg, about 1 10 

 miles from the Curmr and 240 from tho latter, and consists, of a 

 strip of territory 42 miles in length,, and from 0 to 25 mi lea in 

 breadth, containing an area of 050 square miles. 



Tin is found at tho Linggi sands and a few other places, and 

 gold on the slopes of Mount Ophir. Hot springs, noteworthy as 

 b?ing the oily sign of volcinic agency iu the Peninsula, occur at 

 Aver Panas and near Pulan Sebang, some 20 miles from Malacca. 

 They are said to possess salubrious qualities. 



The principal town. Galled Malacca* is in 2° 10' N. lat. ami 

 102° U' E- long. The local government is administered by a 

 Resident Con noil lor. 



