Labour in British 
Malaya. 
BY E. W. F. GILMAN. 
British Malaya comprises three political groups: — 
(1) The Crown Colony of the Straits’ Settlements, 
founded in the year 1867, before which 
the Settlements of Singapore, Penang and 
Malacca were part of British India. 
(2) The Federated Malay States of Perak, 
Selangor, Negri Sembilan and Pahang, a 
group of protected States in the Malay 
Peninsula which were formed into a 
federation in the year 1895. 
(3) The Un federated States of Johore, Kedah, 
Perlis, Kelantan and Trengganu in the 
Peninsula and Brunei in Borneo, which 
have come at various times under British 
protection. 
Their administrations are separate, but they 
have a common channel of communication 
with the Central Government through 
the Secretary to the High Commissioner. 
The whole area of British Malaya is roughly 56,600 
square miles and the total population 3,358,000 that 
is to say about l/30th of the area with one hundredth 
part of the population of British India. 
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