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ferred tu the direct Govmimeiit of Bengal It was afterwards^ in 1826, 
nicorporated with Ponang and Malacca, and placed undpr the Governor 
and Council of the incorporated Bettlement , li becnme the rccogniacd 
seat of Government hi 1 8ii7, 
The i^urface of the island U uudnlathag, iio\vhi.'re over 500 feet high, 
and consisting of luterite rcstin^j on sandstone. Granite is found in a few 
placesj principally to the l^orth and East. Gamhier, indigo, pepper and 
many local fruits and vcgetable:< j^row well; but the Settlement de- 
pends for riee on the neighbouring countries of Java, vSaigon, Bui'ma 
and Bengnl. 
Its population, accoi'dm<; to the Census of ;ird April, IBHliVaf^ 
189,208; comprising 2,769 Europeans, 22,114 Malays, 80,766 Chinese, 
and 12,104 Natives oF India, 
Penang ia the name both of an Island, and of the Settlement for 
which it h the seat of local administration. 
Tlie Settleiueut has altogether an area of about 6<>0 square miles. 
The island, officially called Printc of Wales' Island, is abont 15 miles 
long and 9 broad, ctnitaining an area of only l(i7 square miles, situated off 
the West voimt of the Slalay Peninsula in 6° N. latitude, and at the north- 
ern end oF the Straits of Malacca. 
On the opposite shore of the mainland, from which the ishmd is 
separated by a sea diaiinel a few miles broad, lies Province WcUesley, a 
strip of tL^rritory eoutaiuiog 270 square miles, and forming part of the 
Settlement. The Provinee average^i 7 miles in width, and extends 45 
miles along the coast ; it includes, since the Pangkor Treaty (1874), 
about 25 yquare miles of newly acquired territory to the South of the Krian. 
About 20U square miles of laud in the Pangkor isl^ds and opposite coast 
arc also comprised in the territory of the Settlement. 
The chief town is George Town, in 5° 24' North latitude and lOO'^ 21' 
East longitude. The local Government of the whole Settlement is ad- 
ministered by a Eesidciit CuumriUur. 
Its population, according to the Census of 1881, was ll)0,o97 ; com- 
prising 674 Europeans, 84,721 Malays, 67,820 Chinese^ and 27,115 
Natives of India. 
Malacca. 
Malacca is situuted about one-third of the way up the western coast 
of the FetiiijKula, between ^^lngapore and Pcnang, about 110 miles from 
the former and 210 from the latter, and coitsi.«ts of a sti'ip of territory 
al>out 42 miles in lengtli. and from 8 to 25 mile:* in breadth, contaiuiug 
•dii area of U-jD sqiiuic miles. 
The priiKiipiil town, cftllcd MiitiK-i-a, is in 2° IQ' North latitude and 
102'^ 14' Past l:*n^itud{'. Tht^ lot al Government is administered by a 
llesidcnt Councillor. 
Its population, according to the Census of 1881, was 93,579, com- 
prising 40 Europeans, 67/188 Malays, 19,741 Chinese, aad 1,887 Natives 
of India. 
