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Shipping Facilities. 
British Malaya is singularly fortunate regarding 
sea communications with other countries, and has 
exceptional facilities for dealing with the require- 
ments of the large volume of steamship, passenger 
and goods traffic which passes annually through its 
seaports. The principal ports in the order of their 
importance are: — Singapore, on Singapore Island at 
the Southern end of the Peninsula ; Penang on Prince 
of Wales’ Island off Province Wellesley and Port 
Swettenham at the mouth of the Klang River, within 
a short distance either by rail or road, of Kuala 
Lumpur. 
The Steamship routes from Europe, Africa, 
India and Ceylon to the Far East, and from America 
(Pacific seaboard), Japan, China, Australia, Java, 
Indo-China, Borneo and Siam, to India, Ceylon, 
Africa and Europe, converge at Singapore which is 
one of the most important of the world’s seaports. 
STEAMSHIP SERVICES TO MALAYAN PORTS. 
From Europe. 
Regular services are maintained from Europe to 
Malayan Ports by the Blue Funnel, Ben, Chargeurs 
Reunis, Compania Trasatlantica (Spanish Mail), 
Ellerman & Bucknall, Glen, Lloyd Triestino, Messa- 
geries Marxtimes, Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Nederland 
Royal Mail, North German Lloyd, Osaka Shosen 
Kaisha, Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation 
Co., Prince Line, Rotterdam Lloyd Lines. Of these 
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