One of my latest acquisitions: the third volume of Marcus Langdon's research into Penang's history when the island was elevated as the fourth Presidency of British India from 1805 till 1830, with Malacca and Singapore considered as its dependencies.
The third volume comprises six chapters which the author had termed as books with each dealing with different aspects of the island's past.
Book One covers the aqueduct system which delivered water from the dams and reservoirs to the town. Book Two researches the public jetty which provided the early transportation of goods and people from the island to the trading vessels and the mainland. Book Three deals with the history of the early newspapers. Book Four talks about the the first hospital in Penang. Book Five describes how the present legal system of the country had started from Penang. And Book Six touches on how the Penang jail was established.
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