MALABON  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of Rizal, Luzon, Philippine finally into the hands of See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, being exchanged by a Islands, , m. inland from the See also:

• SHORE

shore of See also:

• MANILA

Manila See also:

• BAY

Bay and 3 M . N. r treaty with See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland for the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India See also:

• COMPANY

Company's See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Manila, with which it is connected by an electric I of Benkulen and a few other unimportant places on the western See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• SUMATRA

Sumatra . By this treaty the Dutch were precluded from interference in the affairs of the See also:

• MALAY

Malay See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

Peninsula, and Great Britain from similar See also:

• ACTION

action in regard to the States of Sumatra, with the See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole exception of See also:

• ACHIN (Dutch At1eh)

Achin, the right to protect that See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state being maintained by Great Britain until 1872 when it was finally abandoned by a treaty concluded with Holland in that See also:

• YEAR

year . The Dutch took See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage of this immediately to invade Achin, and the strife begun in 1873 still continues and is now a See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war of extermination . It was not until 1833 that the whole territory lying at the back of Malacca was finally brought under See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control, and as See also:

• LATE

late as 1887 the See also:

• NEGRI, ADA (187o– )

Negri Sembilan, or Nine States, which adjoin Malacca territory on the east and See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-east, were completely See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent . They to-See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form See also:

• PART

part of the Federated Malay States, which are under the See also:

• PROTECTION

protection of Great Britain, and are governed with the assistance and by the See also:

• ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice of British See also:

• OFFICERS

officers . Malacca, in See also:

• COMMON

common with the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of the Straits Settlements, was administered by the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of India until 1867, when it became a See also:

• CROWN

crown See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony under the control of the Colonial See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

Office . It is to-day administered by a See also:

• RESIDENT

resident councillor, who is responsible to the See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of the Straits Settlements, and by a number of See also:

• DISTRICT

district officers and other officials under his direction . The See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of the town and territory of Malacca in 1901 was 94,487, of whom 74 were Europeans and Americans, 1598 were Eurasians, the rest being Asiatics (chiefly See also:

• MALAYS

Malays with a considerable sprinkling of See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese) . The population in 1891 was 92,170, and the estimated population for 1905 was 97,000 . The See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth-See also:

• RATE

rate is about 35 per thousand, and the See also:

• DEATH

death-rate about 29 per thousand . The See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade of this once flourishing See also:

• PORT

port has declined, most of the vessels being merely See also:

• COASTING

coasting See also:

• CRAFT (a word common to Teutonic languages for strength, or power; cf. Ger. Kraft)

craft, and no large See also:

• LINE

line of steamers holding any communication with the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place .

This is due partly to the shallowness of the See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, and partly to the fact that the ports,of See also:

• PENANG (Pulau Pinang, i.e. Areca-nut Island),

Penang and See also:

• SINGAPORE (Malay, Singapiira, i.e. " The City of the Lion")

Singapore, at either entrance to the straits, draw all the trade and See also:

• SHIPPING

shipping to themselves . The See also:

• TOTAL

total See also:

• AREA

area of the settlement is about 700 sq. m . The colony is wholly agricultural, and the See also:

• LAND

land is almost entirely in the hands of the natives . About 50,000 acres are under See also:

• TAPIOCA (a native Brazilian word)

tapioca, and about 9000 acres are under See also:

• RUBBER, INDIARUBBER

rubber (hevea) . This cultivation is rapidly extending . There are still considerable areas unoccupied which are suitable for rubber and for coco-nuts . The settlement is well opened, up by roads; and a railway, which is part of the Federated Malay States railway See also:

• SYSTEM

system, has been constructed from the town of Malacca to Tampin in the Negri Sembilan . There is a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good rest-See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house at Malacca and a comfortable seaside See also:

• BUNGALOW (an Anglo-Indian word from the Hindustani bangld,belonging to Bengal)

bungalow at Tanjong Kling, seven See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles from the town . Malacca is 118 m. by See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea from Singapore and 5o m. by See also:

• RAIL

rail from Seremban, the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the Negri Sembilan . There is excellent See also:

• SNIPE (0. Eng. Spite, Icel. Snipe, Dutch Snip, Ger. Schnepfe)

snipe-See also:

• SHOOTING

shooting to be had in the vicinity of Malacca . See The Commentaries of d'Alboquerque (See also:

• HAKLUYT, RICHARD (c. 1553—1616)

Hakluyt Society) ; The Voyages and Adventures of Fernand Mendez See also:

• PINTO
• PINTO, ANIBAL (1825–1884)
• PINTO, FERNAO MENDES (1509–1583)

Pinto (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1653) ; An See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

Account of the East Indies, by See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander See also:

• HAMILTON
• HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
• HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
• HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
• HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
• HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
• HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
• HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
• HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
• HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
• HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
• HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)

Hamilton (See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, 1727) ; Valentyn's See also:

• HISTORY

History of Malacca, translated by See also:

• DUDLEY
• DUDLEY, BARONS AND EARLS OF
• DUDLEY, EDMUND (c. 1462—1510)
• DUDLEY, SIR ROBERT (1573—1649)
• DUDLEY, THOMAS (1576-1653)

Dudley See also:

• HERVEY, JAMES (1714–1758)

Hervey; See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal of the Straits See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

Branch of the Royal See also:

• ASIATIC

Asiatic Society; " Our Tropical Possessions in Malayan India," by the same author, ibid . ; Further India, by See also:

• HUGH
• HUGH, ST

Hugh See also:

• CLIFFORD
• CLIFFORD, JOHN (1836- )
• CLIFFORD, WILLIAM KINGDON (1845-1879)

Clifford (London, 1904) ; British Malaya, by See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• FRANK, JAKOB (1726-1791)

Frank Swettenham (London, 1906) .

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