POPULATION OF MALACCA, 
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tity of tin exported from Malacca yearly is 16,2/ 7 piculs, of which 
4,2/7 piculs is from the Company's territory, 7,000 from Sungei 
Ujong, and 5,000 from Lukut. There are about 4,600 miners at 
Lukut, and Sungei Ujong, and 3,400 in the Company’s territory. 
The mines are generally excavated in the swampy flats at the base of 
hills, from six to twenty feet deep, following the streams of ore,, 
which will run to the distance of two or three miles. These exca¬ 
vations are called by the natives Limbongan. The excavations made 
by the Malays are inferior to those dug by the Chinese as they are 
too lazy to work the layers which lie deep. 
POPULATION OF MALACCA TAKEN IN THE MONTH OF APRIL 1847. 
1846. 
1847. 
Christiana, 
2,700 
rr 
00 
Is 
ei 
M alays. 
.. 33,161 
33,473. 
Chinese, 
.. 9,414 
10,589. 
Arabs, 
177 .... 
195. 
Battas, 
329 
387. 
Hindus, 
1,082 
1,023. 
Chulias, 
5,048 
5,454. 
Siamese, ,. 
31 
35. 
Bengalese, 
179 
199. 
Javanese, 
173 
313. 
Bugese, 
178 ... .. 
248. 
Balese, 
11 
46. 
Caffres, 
45 
50. 
Convicts, 
185 
199. 
Total,.. 52,713 
54,995. 
Malacca, August , 1847. 
