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Dtlierj fight desparately lUilil tbe 

 has weakened if not altn^f ether destroy- 

 ed the other. The Police of the Bii- 

 tkh Govern I ij en t in their s^ttJenieiita 

 In the Straits^ U almotil; pawfrleE<£» tn 

 check such hiyotly-fighthigs. Ihey 

 areirrficorjcibleeueiiiieB of the Chinese 

 Chrbtiaiia, and do all in their power 

 to prevent their aiSSOcliiteH trom em- 

 bracing ChriBtlanitf. The Euj^li^h, 

 instead gf destroy in ^ these isecret eoeie- 

 t'ltSt tried Jointroduoe otjion^ itie 

 Chinese, freemasonry ; and many rea- 

 pecLable merchantH anions;: them gene- 

 rally ircqiierit the Lodges ot the plutic 

 IV here they are. 



Thet'e arc other assocktions amnng 

 the Chinese, having iat tliEir object io 

 help their several luenibent in pro- 

 riiiing: them vrork mad h^od in casii i>f 

 iiecegtiity, Tliet^e aif^aciationa are culled 

 kongjiees at Malam^a ; tht^ae konga«?r» 

 are espedally occupied in wovkintr 

 the gold utid tXn inineH : ^liitie of ihcm 

 imitiber as many as 1,900 or 2,000 

 numbers, rh, for iiiHtance, the Kon|f- 

 t*ees of Sungey LTdjonn^, of Ijookout. 

 Paret Tiii|^ee and depctidencieR ; of 

 Kesatig on the En^Ut^h territot j*^and 

 of Poongah and Juuk Ceylon. 



The Cliineae population h hj far the 



• The ml Ilea of K«ifitiFr well as tli« oth«ri 

 ■itaiit4 in tbo territory of Mera^cn, are eihAaaM, 

 llioae or SuA^Jr Uajcmg nnd P.iret Tiii|;ee, in 

 »Ua tiej&rly exhauited ; the tkh^il jtiQaont )■ thmi 



