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	Straits Settlements Volunteer Force
		formed by amalgamation of Singapore Volunteer Corps, Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps, Malacca Volunteer Corps, and Labuan Volunteer Defence Detachment
		Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteer Field Ambulance (two sections)
		3rd Battalion (Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps)
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	The Wellesley Institute Blog » About Wellesley
		Like the Wellesley Institute’s Blueprint to End Homelessness in Toronto, the Los Angeles plan comes in two parts: A short summary that sets out the key issues and broad targets for action; and a more detailed policy report.
		The Wellesley Institute is working on a six-month update to our Blueprint, and we’ve launched a housing and homelessness wiki to work together on-line in the campaign to end homelessness in Toronto.
		The Wellesley Institute’s Blueprint to End Homelessness in Toronto is a fully-costed, practical and effective plan that sets realistic targets for Toronto.
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	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Province
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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Province Wellesley
		Province Wellesley, which is situated on the mainland opposite to the island of Penang, was ceded to Great Britain by the sultan of Kedah in 1798.
		Kedah this time was utterly destroyed; its fertile plains wasted ; the herds were driven off the fields, and the fruit groves were cut down ; the mother fled with the infant at her breast, and the father crept through the jungle with his little ones in his arms.
		Province Wellesley was again replenished with settlers, and Englishmen speculated and grew rich on the troubles of their neighbours.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Province-Wellesley (671 words)

	STRAITS SETTLEMENTS - Online Information article about STRAITS SETTLEMENTS
		Hopes were entertained that its excellent natural harbour would prove to be valuable, but these have been doomed to disappointment, and the islands, which are sparsely inhabited and altogether unimportant both politically and financially, are now administered by the government of Perak.
		Province Wellesley, which is situated on the mainland opposite to the island of Penang, was ceded to See also:
		Batu Kaman, opposite to Penang, runs through Province Wellesley into Perak, and thence via Selangor and the Negri Sembilan to Malacca.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /STE_SUS/STRAITS_SETTLEMENTS.html (1599 words)

	Straits Settlements - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The colony of the Straits Settlements is administered by the governor with the aid of an executive council, composed wholly of official members, and there is a legislative council, composed partly of official and partly of nominated members, of which the former have a narrow permanent majority.
		The former, which consists of some islands near the mouth of the Perak River and a small piece of territory on the adjoining mainland, belonged originally to Perak, and was ceded to the British government under the treaty of Pangkor in 1874.
		Province Wellesley, which is situated on the mainland opposite to the island of Penang, was ceded to Great Britain by the sultan of Kedah in 1798.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Straits_Settlements (945 words)

	The Kedah Disturbances
		Kedah relations were consequently sacrificed, and the grant of Penang and Province Wellesley was sought to be confirmed by Siam.
		Kedah this time was utterly destroyed; its fertile plains wasted ; the herds were driven off the fields, and the fruit groves were cut down ; the mother fled with the infant at her breast, and the father crept through the jungle with his little ones in his arms.
		Province Wellesley was again replenished with settlers, and Englishmen speculated and grew rich on the troubles of their neighbours.
	www.sabrizain.demon.co.uk /malaya/kedah4.htm (1251 words)

	Columbia Encyclopedia- Pinang - AOL Research & Learn
		It was occupied in 1786 by Francis Light of the British East India Company with the permission of the sultan of Kedah.
		After an unsuccessful attempt to retake the island (1791), the sultan agreed on a settlement from the British of an annual stipend, and in 1800 he also ceded Province Wellesley.
		Pinang, together with Province Wellesley, Malacca, and Singapore, became known as the Straits Settlements.
	reference.aol.com /columbia/_a/pinang/20051207011609990006 (264 words)

	Penang Summary
		Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Wellesley (the future Duke of Wellington) arrived in Penang to coordinate the island's defences.
		Penang on the side of Province Wellesley is connected to the North-South Expressway (Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan), the 966-km long expressway which traverses the western part of Peninsular Malaysia linking major cities and towns.
		One is located at the ferry terminal in Province Wellesley, and a newer one at Sungai Nibong on the island.
	www.bookrags.com /Penang (8207 words)

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		Two Japans: while Tokyo is on the cutting edge, the provinces hang on for dear life, says a prominent political analyst.(Upfront)
		Equalization is meant to help Canada's poorer provinces, with Ottawa taking revenue from the richer provinces and giving it to the poorer ones so every Canadian can have access to an equal level of government services.
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	Straits Settlements Summary
		Province Wellesley, situated on the mainland opposite to the island of Penang, was ceded to Great Britain in 1798 by the Sultan of Kedah, its northern and eastern border; Perak lies to the south.
		A railway from Batu K~wan, opposite to Penang, runs through Province Wellesley into Perak, and thence via Selangor and the Negri Sembilan to Malacca, with an extension via Mar under the rule of the sultan of Johor, and through the last-named state to Johor Bharu, opposite the island of Singapore.
		The Cocos Keeling Islands (which were settled and still owned by a Scottish family named Ross) and Christmas Island, formerly attached to Ceylon, were in 1886 transferred to the care the government of the Straits Settlements in Singapore along with the addition of Labuan in 1912.
	www.bookrags.com /Straits_Settlements (1734 words)

	Finance Choices - Personal Finance Wiki (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Seberang Perai (also known as Province Wellesley): a narrow hinterland of 760 square kilometres on the Malay peninsula across a narrow channel whose smallest width is 4 km (2.5 miles).
		The topography of Province Wellesley is mostly flat.
		Butterworth, the main town in Province Wellesley, lies along the Perai River estuary and faces George Town at a distance of 3 km (2 miles) across the channel to the east.
	www.financechoices.co.uk /personal-finance-wiki.php?title=Penang (6063 words)

	Hotels and Apartments in Penang, Malaysia - Penang Hotels Reservation
		Seberang Perai (also known as Province Wellesley): a narrow hinterland of 760 square kilometres on the Malay peninsula across a narrow channel whose smallest width is 4 km (2.5 miles).
		Butterworth, the main town in Province Wellesley, lies along the Perai River estuary and faces George Town at a distance of 3 km (2 miles) across the channel to the east.
		One is located at the ferry terminal in Province Wellesley, and a newer one at Sungai Nibong on the island.
	www.impression.com.my /destlist/Pnglist.htm (3542 words)

	PENANG AND ITS LOCALITY
		The State of Penang (Negeri Pulau Pinang) is situated in the northern region of the Peninsula Malaysia.
		It consists of Penang island (Pulau Pinang) and Province Wellesley (Seberang Perai) on the mainland of Peninsula Malaysia.
		The Island of Penang is connected to the mainland by a 13.5km bridge, the longest bridge in Asia.
	www.hbp.usm.my /conservation/MapsLocations/penangmaps.htm (305 words)

	Malacca
		The Diocese of Malacca comprises the southern portions of the Malay Peninsula, otherwise known as the Straits Settlements.
		It includes Singapore Island, the Malacca territory proper, Province Wellesley and Penang Island, the Negri Sembilan, Selangor, Perak, Kedah, Pahang, Kelantan, and Trengganu districts -- an area of about 400 miles north to south, and 200 east to west.
		Both bishop and clergy, as in all the other dioceses of the Pondicherry province, belong to the Paris Society of Foreign Missions.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/m/malacca.html (342 words)

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		The British acquired Penang in 1785 to prevent it falling to the French, Singapore in 1819 from the Sultan of Johore, and Malacca by cession from the Dutch in 1824.
		Province Wellesley on the mainland was administered by Penang.
		Successive issues remained valid in the three main settlements until the Japanese occupation of 1942, also in Province Wellesley, the Dindings (from 1874), Christmas Island (from 1900), Cocos Islands (from 1903), and Labuan (from 1906).
	www.sandafayre.com /atlas/malays.htm (2171 words)

	Penang (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Province Wellesley) and separated by a channel 3km wide at its closest point, they are linked by the 13.5km Penang Bridge.
		Francis Light named the island Prince of Wales Island (after the heir to the British throne); the capital George Town (after King George III) and the strip of land, Province Wellesley (after the Marquis of Wellesley).
		Trade quickly grew, especially in pepper, nutmeg, clove and gambier, and the islands original population of 50 people swelled due to the influx of immigrants and merchants.
	www.abcmalaysia.com /tour_malaysia/penang.htm (441 words)

	Majlis Perbandaran Seberang Perai
		Seberang Perai (formerly known as Province Wellesley) was a British colony in 1800 and its administration was then located in Penang.
		After the signing of the Pangkor Agreement in 1874, the area of Province Wellesley was increased to 740.12 sq.
		In 1913 another legislation was introduced in Penang and this permitted the creation of a Rural Board in Province Wellesley.
	www.mpsp.gov.my /english/profile/history.html (392 words)

	Wellesley College Music Department: Facilities
		The organ built by the late Charles Brenton Fisk (1925-1983) for Houghton Chapel at Wellesley College is one of the most extraordinary instruments in America.
		These are particularly evident in the reed stops found on the Ruckpositiv and the Brustwerk, which are copied from the 1636 Ruckpositiv and Brustwerk created by Friedrich Stellwagen for the transept organ of the Jakobi Church in Lübeck.
		Historical wind systems, explains Fisk, allow an organ to “seem to be alive.” Accordingly, the wind system on the Wellesley organ can be activated by a “calcant,” a human being who pumps the bellows.
	www.wellesley.edu /Music/facilities.html (501 words)

	British Colony of Penang 1949-1957 (Penang, Malaysia)
		Former Settlement of Prince of Wales Island and Province Wellesley
		Penang and Wellesley used first time (1865-67) a local badge with seal (inscription around: Penang and province Wellesley) in blue ensign.
		After 1867 the flag of the Straits Settlements was used and was in use until 1946.
	www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/my-p_gb.html (310 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Malacca
		Diocese of Malacca comprises the southern portions of the Malay Peninsula, otherwise known as the Straits Settlements.
		Malacca territory proper, Province Wellesley and Penang Island, the Negri Sembilan, Selangor, Perak, Kedah, Pahang, Kelantan, and Trengganu districts -- an area of about 400 miles north to south, and 200 east to west.
		Pondicherry province, belong to the Paris Society of Foreign Missions.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/09562a.htm (309 words)

	CSCA: Introductory Note to the History of the Province Wellesley Mission Institution (Site not responding. Last check: )
		M Orsler's History of the Province Wellesley Mission Institution (Penang: Georgetown Printing Ltd, 1957) gives an account of an educational institution started in late nineteenth century by children of missionaries in Malaya.
		Province Wellesley stretches 45 miles along the coast, opposite to Penang, with an area of 270 square miles.
		In May 1879, he arrived in Province Wellesley to take up his new position.
	anglicanhistory.org /asia/sea/orsler.htm (236 words)

	British Colony of Penang 1949-1957 (Penang, Malaysia) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Former Settlement of Prince of Wales Island and Province Wellesley
		Penang and Wellesley used first time (1865-67) a local badge with seal (inscription around: Penang and province Wellesley) in blue ensign.
		After 1867 the flag of the Straits Settlements was used and was in use until 1946.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/my-p_gb.html (737 words)

	Province Wellesley — Infoplease.com
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	Penang Information
		km on the mainland known as Seberang Perai (Province Wellesley) separated by a channel 3 km wide at the closest point.
		The island was originally named Prince of Wales Island and the settlement that soon grow up was named Georgetown after King George lll.
		In 1800, the Sultan of Kedah further ceded a strip o land on the mainland across the channel which Light named Province Wellesley, after the then governor of India.
	www.2malaysia.com /penang/info.htm (444 words)

	A Chapter on Pêrak - Letter XXIII.
		In half an hour I landed on the other side in the prosperous Province Wellesley, under a row of magnificent casuarina trees, with gray, feathery foliage drooping over a beach of corals and, behind which are the solemn glades of cocoa-nut groves.
		Larut province is a strip of land about seventy miles long, and from twenty-five to forty-five broad.
		In the back room, the province of the women and children, there were an iron pot, a cluster of bananas, and two calabashes.
	digital.library.upenn.edu /women/bird/chersonese/chersonese-4.html (17830 words)

	Penang at AllExperts
		An annual honorarium of 18,800 ringgit continues to be paid by the Penang State Government to the Sultan of Kedah [7].
		In 1800, Lieutenant-Governor Sir George Leith secured a strip of land across the channel from the island and named it Province Wellesley, after Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of India[9].
		Penang Bird Park, situated in Sunway Seberang Perai on the mainland Seberang Perai (formerly Province Wellesley), houses as many as 3,000 birds from 300 species, half of which native to Malaysia, including ostriches, hornbills, sunbirds and parrots.
	en.allexperts.com /e/p/pe/penang.htm (10786 words)

	Penang
		The island (map of Penang) covering an area of 285 square kilometres, is separated from the mainland by a channel.
		In 1800 a strip of land on the mainland was ceded by the Sultan of Kedah and named Province Wellesley.
		At the local government level, the state is divided into 2 local authorities, one on the island and the other on the mainland, namely the Municipal Councils of Penang Island and Province Wellesley respectively.
	bennett.com /curry/malaysia.htm (3183 words)

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