ABSTRACT

First published in 1948, this volume’s third edition emerged contemporaneously with the transition from the Malayan Union to the Federation of Malaya, an area covering the Malay Peninsula and modern Singapore. The volume recounts the experiences of the first British residents of Malaya. Its object was to explain the circumstances and evolution of the British administration in Malaya, along with a history of the region.

chapter II

Malacca—Early History

chapter IV|16 pages

Singapore—Early History—Stamford Raffles

chapter XII|34 pages

1895-1906 Federation and Its Results

chapter XV|17 pages

Twenty-Five Years after