MALACCA

[s. 449] : A portion of the Straits Settlements of Great Britain, lying along the western coast of the Malay peninsula between Singapore and Penang; consists of a strip of territory about 42 miles in length and from 8 to 24J miles in Its surface is hilly, but not mountain breadth. ous, and it is drained by five navigable rivers, making the soil alluvial and rich. The climate In 1901 the populais equable and healthful. tion numbered 95,487, of whom 73,833 were Asiatics, 74 Europe ans or Americans and 1,498 There is no mi ion station in of mixed blood. Malacca. 449