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p. 103: Singapore as the "great emporium and fulcrum"
p. 104: reference to Nederlandse Handelmaatschappij (NHM)
pp. 104-105: Crawfurd, 1820 quote
p. 106: [Box Story] – Temenggong Daing Ibrahim
p. 106: Trade statistic – overland trade – less than five per cent
p. 109: reference to Al-Iman (The Leader); Mohammed Eunos bin Abdullah - Utusan Melayu and Lembaga Melayu
p. 110: Ma Huan – Chinese Muslim chronicler of the Ming expeditions
p. 111: Population statistics: 1200 Chinese, up from 30
p. 111: Raffles’ Town Plan
p. 113: population statistics: Chinese = 65 per cent, numbering 55,000; breakdown of Chinese dialect groups
p. 113: population statistics: Chinese migrants from 34,000 to 103,000
p. 114: Legislation – registration of secret societies in 1869
p. 114: Statistic: Straits-born Chinese – 10 per cent
p. 114: Straits Chinese support for Sun Yat Sen
p. 115: Legislation – language; suppressing anti-Japanese activities
p. 117: quotation – "become an entrenched feature of Malay life
p. 118: pilgrim business – 14,000 pilgrims in 1900
p. 118: population statistic: 1880s – 800 Arabs in Singapore; 1940s – risen to 2,400
p. 119: primary income of Arabs – house rents – 80 per cent of Arabs
pp. 119-120: quotation – "effectively wore two hats…"
p. 120: historians’ claim – "lure of gold"
p. 121: Raffles’ entourage – 120 sepoys and lascars
p. 121: population statistic – 132 Indians out of 5,000
p. 122: population statistic – 1841: 1,100 and 1,200 Indian convicts…
p. 123: Narayan Pillai
p. 123: Wassiamull Assomull
p. 123: statistic: 17 Indian merchants of some standing…
p. 123: statistic: over 16,000 – Indian community – nine per cent of the population in Singapore; quotation: “compartmentalised by occupational, religious…”
p. 125: quotation: "mercantile intermediary between foreign British rulers and…"
p. 126: statistic: 20 Bohra trading firms
p. 127: quotation: "to promote and protect the interests of the Indian…"
p. 127: statistic: Indian Chamber of Commerce – conducted over 70 per cent of Singapore’s…
p. 127: quotation: "a polyglot migrant world constituted…"
p. 127: quotation: "information and ideas from outside…"
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