The Hon. N. F. Graves writes as follows to the New York Observer Singapore is a curious place; we see thousands of men but few women, said that there is not one woman to five hundred men. 'The men of the natives are nearly naked, wearing only the dhoteebut 5 the women are all clothed and do not, ex-Chinese are' here in great numbers, but jose any part of their persons. The
they all expect to return when they get rich, and bring no women with them. "It is nearly the same with Europeans; they come here on all kinds of ventures, expeeting to make fortunes and then return, Some succeed, but many do not; but hardly any of them bring their families. There are over two thousand Europeans here, and Theard an English lady who has been here several years, and who is extensively known, say that she had never met ten Jadies at any party, even when there were hundreds of men.
The children of Europeans, after they become four or five years old, do not prosper, but grow feeble and debilitated, and will not long survive in this climate. "The climate cannot affect the native children in that way. The climate is soft and delicious, and is said'by many to be the best in the world. The rates of mortality show that it is healthy. Some who have lived here for twenty years continuously say that it has
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