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situation of the Settlemeuts, lyio^ as they do upon tlie coast of the Straita. 
Almost immediately beyood the frontier, it happens that hoth in Province 
Wellesley and Malacca valmible tin deposits have been worked^ and in the 
latter Settlement some gold-dig^^inga ako^ near Mount Ophir. 
GoternmmL — The Goveruracnt is of the nsual type in British Crown 
Colonies, it is ranketl as a First Cluss Cfdony, i.e.^ the Governor's 
aalary corner witliiu tbe category " £5,000 and upwards," The Governor 
has also general control over the Protected Native States, above des- 
cribed (pa^e 
The Coloiiy's Revenue is now abomt 53,600,000 a year, and a Mnni^ 
cipal Hevenuo of about 45530,fJiiO more is colIet*ted separately. The 
rate contributed is thu*3 nearly £2 a head ofthe popniatiou, which, though 
lower than the rate in the Australian GolonitiSj stands highest among 
the Grown Colonies. 
The Pruteeted Htatcs have a joint llcveaue of S3,355,191, which, 
aclded to thatoF the Colony, gives a total Eevcnuc of over i56,0OO,OO0 — 
an amount equal to that colk-cted in the much larger and more popu- 
lous Colony of Ceylois, which hit a hitherto headed the list of Crown 
Colonics, . 
Tlie progresa w^hicb the Crown has made hi nee the transfer, can be 
faudy gauged by eompariug the foUowiiig figures 
1868. Estimated for 1885. 
Singapore, ...5 861,018 S 2,075,383 
Penang, . . 324, 1 06 „ 1,264,470 
Malacca, . . . „ 1 12,725 „ 308,215 
S 1,301,843 S 3,648,068 
It will be seen that in revenue— and it is also the ease in trade — the 
progress dm'ing this period has been greatest in Penang and Malacca, 
though Singapore easily maintains its positiou as the Capital, 
SiNOAPOHE, 
SiNGAPOKE is on island about 27 miles long by 14 wide, containing 
an area of 206, or, with the adjacent islets, 223 square miles, situated 
at the southern extremity of the Malay Peninsula, in lat. 1° 17' North, 
long, 103° 50' East. It is separated from the Continent by a naiTOW 
strait ( S^lat Tebrgu ) about three- quaTters Of a mile in width. All the 
small islands within ten miles of its shores form part of the Settlement. 
The sejit of Goverumentj for the whole Colony, as well as the Set- 
tlement, is the town of Singapore, at the south of the island, in lat, 
1° 17' North, and long. 103^ 5u' East. 
Singapore was taken possession of by Sir STAMFOBn Raffles, with the 
consent of the Governor-Gener.'^.l, in February, 1819, under an agreement 
with the Princes of Jobor^ It was at first left in his charge, he being then 
LieutcnaQt-Qovemor of Bencoolen in Svimatra; but in 1823, it was traus- 
