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PART II. 
In 1819 this island was made an English settlement, and it then 
contained about 2 to 300 Malays ; from that number the population 
has principally, if not almost entirely increased by immigration to 
57,422, according to the census of 1845, composed of the following 
nations as seen in this table. 
Nations. 
Males. 
Females. 
Total. 
Europeans,.. 
204 
132 
336 
Indo Britains,. 
158 
122 
280 
Armenians,.. .... 
38 
27 
65 
Malays,. 
6,217 
4,818 
10,035 
Chinese,..... 
28,765 
3,367 
32,132 
Bengalese,.... 
350 
200 
550 
Klings,... 
3,948 
700 
4,648 
Javanese,. 
210 
50 
260 
Bugis,.. .. ,..... 
1,340 
631 
1,971 
Portuguese,. 
214 
168 
382 
Arabs,... 
210 
50 
260 
Caffres,. 
26 
33 
59 
Parsees,. 2 . 
Boyanese,. 
14 
none 
14 
223 
9 
232 
52,347 
Convicts, ... 
• • 
• • 
1,500 
Military,. 
* * 
■ • 
487 
Patients,. 
• « 
« • 
70 
Hospital European,.- 
« * 
• * 
17 
Floating Population,... 
c 1 
• • 
3,000 
57,421 
This table at the present time is far from accurate, as the popu¬ 
lation may be computed at 70,000, and moreover it is almost im¬ 
possible in the present state of acquaintance which subsists betwixt 
natives and Europeans, to elicit the truth regarding their number 
of adult females and children, but it is sufficiently minute to suit all 
medical purposes. In addition to the natives enumerated there are 
many others, As for instance we have Siamese and Cochin Chinese 
classed under the head of Chinese, Americans with Europeans, Jews 
with Armenians, Bengalese include all the natives of India, except 
Klings and Parsees, Malays the various surrounding countries. By 
