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miles radius, treated in four Sections, 
It is contemplated to bring out these several Parts in a 
series of publications, and to arrange for their sale in three 
separate Parts, as follows r — 
j L — The Peninsula and Borneo. 
( II.— Sumatra, Java and Eastern Archipelago. 
III. — India, Indo-China, China and Australia. 
The first of these is now edited at the wish of the 
Straits Asiatic Society- The countries of which it treats com^ 
prise all the British Dependencies in the Archipelago. To it, 
therefore, is appended an " Outline History " of our commer- 
cial and political connection with Malaya. 
To make the volume as complete in itself as possible, a 
Summary is also appended of all the principal places in the 
East with which the Colony is concerned. 
The heads under which each Part is treated will be in 
the following order : — 
Description (including Extent, Phy^-jcal and Political Limits, 
Mountains and Rivers, &c.) 
Inhahiianis (including Races, Tribes ^ Religions, &c.) 
Products (including Industries and Commerce, Sic) 
Govermnent (including Administrative Divisions and His- 
tory). 
The use of the native geographical terms is avoided as 
far as possible. Wherever the term mile " is used, the 
English Geographical mile (60 miles= i*^) is to be understood* 
The use of the word in other senses is confusing, and has, in 
fact, led to many inaccuracies, such as those noticed in 
dealing with the area of Borneo, 
It must not be forgotten that special difficulties surround 
