Friday, 22 March 2019

Strait Settlements - British Asia




The Strait Settlements were a group of British territories in Southeast Asia established in 1826 as part of the British East India Company. According to Wikipedia... originally there were four Settlements: Penang, Singapore, Malacca and Dinding. Christmas Island and the Cocos Islands were added in 1886, and Labuan in 1907.

 The Strait Settlements Blue Book has names of British and Asian people who worked there, and info about the Settlements. 


Blue Book 1904



List of Officer Cadets





 Relevant Links
Blue book and other govt returns for straits settlements

Laws of Straits Settlements

Annual departmental reports of the Straits Settlements

The statistical Census of British Malaya: the Straits Settlements,Federated Malay states and protected states of Johore, Kedah, Perlis, Kelantan,Trengganu, and Brunei 1921

The Directory & Chronicle for China, Japan, Corea,Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo,the Philippines, &c




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