. The sea road to the East, Gibraltar to Wei-hai-wei; six lectures. anys representative at Bencoolenin Sumatra. He was the true founder of the moderncity, and it does right to perpetuate his name in its streetsand public buildings. We may consider Singapore, on its little island, to bethe capital of the whole region of British Malaya. Ofwhat does British Malaya consist ? In the first place,in addition to Singapore, there are the British Possessionson the western side of the Malay Peninsula. In thenorth we have the island of Penang, with ProvinceWellesley on the mainland opposite; further south
. The sea road to the East, Gibraltar to Wei-hai-wei; six lectures. anys representative at Bencoolenin Sumatra. He was the true founder of the moderncity, and it does right to perpetuate his name in its streetsand public buildings. We may consider Singapore, on its little island, to bethe capital of the whole region of British Malaya. Ofwhat does British Malaya consist ? In the first place,in addition to Singapore, there are the British Possessionson the western side of the Malay Peninsula. In thenorth we have the island of Penang, with ProvinceWellesley on the mainland opposite; further south,but grouped with Penang for administrative purposes,are the Dindings and the island of Pangkor ; furthersouth still is the territory of Malacca. The total area of these small fragments is a little over1,200 square miles, or less than that of the county ofKent : but outside them the whole of the southern partof the peninsula, a country about the size of England, 75 76 THE SEA ROAD TO THE EAST REFERENCEStraits SettlementsFederated Malay StalesProtected StatesJohor. RAILWAYSOPEN PROPOSED MOTOR ROAO MALAY l,\ : 1 OLITICAT;. THE MALAY REGION 77 is under British Protection. In the extreme south,opposite the island of Singapore, is the Malay state ofJohor. In the middle is a group of four states, Perak,Selangor, Negri Sembilan and Pahang, which werefederated in 1895 and are now known as the FederatedMalay States. On the northern boundary are , Kedah and the little state of Perlis ; theseby agreement with Siam. in 1909, were transferred fromSiamese suzerainty to the protection of Britain. TheGovernor of Singapore is High Commissioner for theprotected Malay States, and under him there are Britishresidents, advisers or agents in all the States, supple-mented in the Federated Malay States by a large staff ofBritish officers. In addition to the territory in the Peninsula, the StraitsSettlements now include various scattered and distantislands which have been att
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