ABSTRACT
This collection focuses on the economic development of the areas of SE Asia with which Britain had a trading relationship. Covering 188-939, the economic growth of the region is revealed through a selection of rare primary resources organized thematically with sections dedicated to agriculture, mining, trade, labour, finance and infrastructure.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter L|4 pages
Wray Jr, Notes on Perak with a Sketch of its Vegetable, Animal and Mineral Products (1886), extract
ECONOMIC MINERALS.
chapter |4 pages
Anon., Golden Raub: A Series of Articles on the Raub Gold Mines and their Prospects (1897), extract
(3.) – EARLY DEVELOPMENT WORK.
chapter |8 pages
Anon., ‘Report on Mining in Malaya, 1939’ (1939), extract
IV. – MINERAL PRODUCTION OF MALAYA – 1898 to 1937.
part |1 pages
Part 4. – e value and cost price of the oil. […]
chapter |3 pages
H. L. Chhibber, ‘The Salt Industry of Amherst District’, Journal of the Burma Research Society (1929)
I. Introduction and previous Observers.
chapter C|50 pages
S. Alexander, British Malaya: Malayan Statistics (1928), extract
EXTERNAL TRADE OF BRITISH MALAYA.
chapter |3 pages
Anon., ‘A Short History of the Port of Singapore’, in Anon., Singapore Manufacturers Exhibition (1932)
THE PORT OF SINGAPORE
chapter |5 pages
Anon., Report on the Maritime Trade and Customs Administration of Burma for the Official Year 1924/5 (1925)
INTRODUCTION.
chapter |12 pages
R. Winstedt, Malay Industries. Part 1. Arts and Crafts (1909), extract
BOAT-BUILDING.
chapter |8 pages
A. P. Morris, ‘The Lacquerware Industry of Burma’, Journal of the Burma Research Society (1919)
Thitsi, the Material used in Lacquer Ware.
chapter |12 pages
Anon., Memorandum on Business Methods and Trading Regulations in Siam (1917), extract
BUSINESS METHODS.
