Author(s): Walter Makepeace, Gilbert E. Brooke, Roland St. J. Braddell (eds)
Publisher: John Murray
Year: 1921
Language: English
Pages: 661
City: London
Preface (vii)......Page 6
Contents (xi)......Page 9
List of Illustrations (xv)......Page 12
Singapore Prior to 1819 (1)......Page 14
The Foundation of the Settlement (6)......Page 20
A Short History of the Colony (12)......Page 28
2. Stamford Raffles—the Man (32)......Page 48
Some Account of our Governors and Civil Service (69)......Page 87
The Legislative Council (149)......Page 174
Law and the Lawyers (160)......Page 185
Crime. Its Punishment and Prevention (244)......Page 281
Piracy (290)......Page 329
5. Land Tenure (301)......Page 341
6. Municipal Government (315)......Page 355
Inhabitants and Population (341)......Page 387
The Eurasians of Singapore (363)......Page 412
The Chinese of Singapore (374)......Page 423
Singapore Defences (377)......Page 427
Singapore Volunteers (384)......Page 435
Eurasian Volunteers (392)......Page 446
Volunteer Recollections (394)......Page 448
The Military Contribution (399)......Page 453
Early Volunteering and Shooting (402)......Page 456
Singapore and the Great War (405)......Page 459
9. Education in Singapore (427)......Page 481
Scientific Observations and Records (477)......Page 531
Medical Work and Institutions (487)......Page 541
Raffles Library and Museum (519)......Page 581
Archæological and Heraldic Notes (567)......Page 631
Early Days (578)......Page 642
Sir Harry Keppel (582)......Page 648
William Cloughton (584)......Page 651
Pilots (591)......Page 660
