Prisoners their own warders : $b a record of the convict prison at Singapore in the Straits Settlements, established 1825, discontinued 1873, together with a cursory history of the convict establishments at Bencoolen, Penang and Malacca from the year 1797McNair, John Frederick Adolphus
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Prisoners their own warders : $b a record of the convict prison at Singapore in the Straits Settlements, established 1825, discontinued 1873, together with a cursory history of the convict establishments at Bencoolen, Penang and Malacca from the year 1797
McNair, John Frederick Adolphus
Prisons -- Straits Settlements; Singapore Prison
Rhio, 33.
Roads opened between Bukit Timah and Krangi, 59.
to summit of Telok Blangah Hill, 59.
Rock-blasting by Indian convicts, 66.
Rowell, Dr. Irvine, C.M.G., 150.
St. Andrew's Church, 68.
Construction of a new, 72.
consecrated by Dr. George Cotton, Bishop of Calcutta, 74.
Scott, Mr. Charles, 35.
Scott, Mr. Thomas, 101.
Serangoon road, 44.
Shaw, Mr. Frank, 131.
Singapore, Foundation of settlement, 34.
Origin of name of, 31.
Size of, 32.
ceded to Great Britain, 34.
Population of, 34.
First settlers at, 34, 35.
Early prison at, 35.
Address from merchants at, to Sir Stamford Raffles, 36.
Extracts from reply to address from merchants to Sir S. Raffles, 37.
First census, 38.
Transfer of convicts from Bencoolen to, 39.
First church for, 45.
jail erected, 1841, 54.
Tigers at, 49-53.
Extract from _The Free Press_ on progress of town, 55.
hospital erected, 57.
bricks, 58.
pine-apples, 59.
trade, 1845-46, 65.
census, 1849, 67.
new church, 72.
Fortification of, 75.
waterworks, 76.
jail, Description of, 77-83.
cathedral, 97-101.
Government House, 101-104.
Expenses of, jail, 169.
_Singapore Free Press_: Extract on capture of a tiger, 50.
Extract on ravages of tigers, 51.
Extract on progress of Singapore town, 1842, 55.
Extract on Singapore lighthouse, 61.
Extract on tiger-hunting, 134.
on released convicts, 183-184.
on "head-cutting" scare, 185-186.
Sleeman, Colonel, 12.
Stevenson, Captain, 48.
Stone Quarrying at Singapore, 111.
Surveying, Convicts used for, 56.
Tanjong Tatti, 33.
Tan-Tock-Seng, 57.
Taylor, Rev. Wallace, M.D., 152.
Temple, Col. R.C., 21.
Thompson, J. T., 56.
designs hospital for Singapore, 57.
designs Singapore lighthouse, 60.
"Thuggee," 11.
"Tickery Banda," 113.
Ticket-of-leave system, 10, 24.
employed in pine culture, 60.
Tigers at Singapore, 49-53.
trap, 131.
Trade for year 1845-46 of Penang, Singapore, and Malacca, 65.
Trades of Singapore convicts, 90-92.
Transportation, 8.
Effect of, on the native of India, 9, 117, 157.
_Tropical Possessions in Malayan India_,
Story about "Tickery Banda" in, 113.
Warders, Singapore convicts as, 40, 48, 162.
Well-digging at Singapore, 112.
White, Rev. Edmund, 45.
Wilson, Rt. Rev. Daniel, D.D., 73.
Xavier, St. Francis, 27.
Butler & Tanner, The Selwood Printing Works, Frome, and London.
Transcriber's Notes:
Inconsistencies in the hyphenation of words preserved. (cocoanuts,
cocoa-nuts; extramural, extra-mural; intramural, intra-mural; lookout,
look-out; tongkong, tong-kong; transmarine, trans-marine; workyard,
work-yard)
Pg. 37, inserted missing period. (extracts from it. After acknowledging)
Pg. 167-8, these were blank pages in the original text and anchors have
not been inserted for them.
Pg. 187, index entry "Alquada". Is spelled "Alguada" in main text.
Original spellings of both preserved as it is unclear which the author
intended.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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