our tabic, however, with some exceiieiit oranges 

 from his garden : fees lim upwards of tWO Inundred 

 ire^ (wBleli hem ^ginally btcmgltl 

 from China,) of large size and in full bearing, 

 wliich brouglit hiui In a good annual income, 

 from the sale of the fruit in the Singapore mar- 

 ked. He said he had expended fifteen IthiOUsiaid 

 donnst tzp<m liEii mWrMm and impr^teiAesKt ^ 

 his hm* 



Many Chinese are settled in the interior of 

 this island, upon laud for wliieh no quit-rent 

 having been paid, they render themselves liable to 

 lose the ground they have cleared and mhiv^i^ 

 mikm^^'&S W theikeayy sum demanded fiy tb^ 

 government as (jnit-reiit. However, I am not 

 aware of any sneb oj>pressive measinvs having 

 yet been resorted to by the government, and 

 hope the tax 0x1 tb«^ tndtistrj and gezt^ral ail^ 

 rstUm of the Imd mU he t^sixieri^d ^gether > 

 and by bestowing small grants upon the settlers, 

 render the i.<land a garden instead of a jungle — 

 productive, instead of barren* 



Although I di^voiMt mmk itttention to the sub- 

 ject of qni^tmUf mii eollected mmk inhm&- 



tjoil on the question, I do not consider that I 

 can do better than insert the following in- 

 telligent remarks, which liave been published 

 in the Singapore Chronicles of January 24th, 



