m 



be well disposed to ilivie^i pt^erty in agriciil- 



are but too apparent in the ncg'lected and nncnl- 

 tivated contlition of that vciy grent portion of 

 the island which is beyond the immediate influ- 

 0^ of imn and suburbs, and wli^re deejp 

 sditude md wild Kk^re tdgiit paieatiiciii^^ fiie 

 island of Singapore measutes about fifty miles in 

 circumfercnre, we believe ; and yet a very small 

 portion of it is under cultivation, owing, in a 

 great degree, to i?^ub0d for 



of Tm^r Th^ fiepc^'atim df i&e 

 value of landed property is another palpably 

 injnrions effect arising from the present system. 

 We could point out instances where landed pro- 

 pel^ im h&m s»erlSead> ^ a gmi Itm W&m 



heavy 1>urden of the quit-rent with which the 

 hmd is ell arguable. One case to the point will 

 exhibit the matter in a still stronger light. We 

 kmw of ^ Jol of twenty acres, mostly hill, well 

 siHmtdl, ^on^guom U llie tsomtHf mdi under 

 ettltivation ; th«re& likewise a substantial dwel- 

 liiiii-jioosL', in a (M)inmanding situation, wliich, 

 from its original cost, could not be rented under 

 forty dollars a month, at least t ihl^ sum, in 

 twelve monUis^ am^tmts to foitr htmidr^d md 



