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STRAITS SETTLEMENTS AND THE RISE OF CRIMES Rapid economic growth in the Straits Settlements not only could be seen through its profits from the import and export activities but also through its annual income.11 The total income of the Straits Settlements in 1896 hit $4,223,881 and this increased to $4,320,207 in 1897. In
Oct 1, 2015 · By the 1830s, Singapore, along with Penang and Malacca, had been infamously designated as the “Sydney of the East” for Indian convicts, with Singapore alone accounting for more than 2,000 convicts, making up at least half of the total number in the Straits Settlements.
Jun 19, 2024 · For Singapore cases, use the Singapore Legal Abbreviations index. In this example, SSLR stands for the Straits Settlements Law Reports. Step 2. Run a Title Search for the law report in LINC: Step 3. Select the relevant title from the results list. Step 4. Once in the record, determine the location of the relevant volume. Step 5. Once you have ...
Jan 31, 2016 · Titled The Manners and Customs of the Chinese of the Straits Settlements, the book is part of the Ya Yin Kwan Collection that was donated to the National Library in 1964. The author Jonas Daniel Vaughan (1825–91) was Superintendent for Penang, Master Attendant of Singapore, a police magistrate and Assistant Resident Councillor before entering ...
Nov 27, 2023 · On 16 December Penang became the first Straits Settlement to fall into Japanese hands. Malacca fell on 15 January and Singapore fell on 15 February, following the Battle of Singapore. The Straits Settlements, along with the rest of the Malay Peninsula, remained under Japanese occupation until the August 1945.
About the Book. Report by Major-General Orfeur Cavenagh, Governor of the Straits Settlements on the progress made in various aspects of administration of Penang, Malacca and Singapore in the years 1859-1867. Includes list of Acts passed.
Singapore’s first census was taken in April 1871 as part of the Straits Settlement Census. Regular censuses were then undertaken at ten-year intervals up to 1931. The Second World War delayed the next censuses till 1947 and 1957. In 1970, Singapore conducted its first post-Independence population census.
