Lists useful in identifying firm chops

Last updated: 14 Sept. 2008

Lists of Companies Number of European Firms in Singapore Population of Singapore

Lists of Companies

Location	Year	Firms	Notes
Singapore	1824	25	Singapore Companies in 1824
Singapore	1827	14	Singapore Merchants and Agency Houses, Government Officials & European Inhabitants
Singapore	1834	9 & 17	Companies that subscribed to the building fund for Saint Andrew's Church + A List of Agency Houses Established in Singapore by 1834
Singapore	1846	19	Companies that subscribed to the building fund for the new Seaman's Hospital
Singapore	1862	29	Singapore Chamber of Commerce
Singapore	1882	37	Subscribers to the Oriental Telephone & Electric Company
Singapore	1904	177	Company names gleaned from the List of Qualified Jurors
Singapore	1908	39	Company names
Singapore	1916	231	Company names gleaned from the List of Qualified Jurors
Penang	1904	89	Company names gleaned from the List of Qualified Jurors
Singapore	1820 - 1960	25	Armenian firms in Singapore
.	.	.	Collected Firm List - under construction

Lists of Companies Number of European Firms in Singapore Population of Singapore

Number of European Firms in Singapore

Date	European Firms	Notes
1823	9	By January 1823 there were 9 European mercantile houses established in Singapore [M04p24] [M04Vol2p344]
1824	12	There were 12 European firms the majority being agents for London or Calcutta firms. [T01p27]
1833	23	Firms owned by: British = 17, Portuguese = 1, Germans = 1 & American = 1 [M04p24] [M04Vol2p348]
1846	43	British = 20, Jewish = 6, Chinese = 5, Arab = 5, Armenian = 2, German = 2, Portuguese = 1, American = 1, Parsi = 1
1867	60	[T01p90]

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Lists of Companies Number of European Firms in Singapore Population of Singapore

Population of Singapore

NOTE: There are many discrepancies in the figure quoted by the various sources. My interest in population figures is as a guide to the amount of mail that these reflect. [More people (especially Europeans) = more firms = more firm chops] What I value more than the actual figures is the increase in numbers from year to year.

Date	Total Pop.	Europeans	Comments
1819 Jan.	150	-	When Raffles landed, the population was about 150 [M04, p21&26]
1819 May	5,000	-	Four months after landing, Raffles, estimated the population to have reached 5,000 [M04p23]
1821	4,727	29	[M04Vol2p355]
1824 Jan.	10,683	74	In January 1824, the first official Singapore census found there were 10,683 inhabitants of which 74 were Europeans and most of these British. 16 Americans, 14 Arabs, 4,580 Malays, 3,317 Chinese, 1,925 Bugis, 756 Indians. [M04p26] [M04Vol2p345]
1825	.	84	[H02p2]
1826	12,905	111	[M04Vol2p355]
1827	13,732	87	[M04Vol2p355]
1828	.	108	[H02p2]
1829	17,664	122	[M04Vol2p356]
1830	.	92	73 males + 19 females [H02p3]
1832	.	105	83 males + 22 females [H02p3]
1833	.	119	91 males + 28 females [H02p3]
1834	26,329	138	100 males + 38 females [H02p3] [M04Vol2p356]
1836	29,984	141	105 males + 36 females [H02p3][M04Vol2p356]
1840	39,681	.	[M04Vol2p350]
1841	33,943	167	[W04]
1844	40, 500	.	[C04]
1849	52,891	360	More than half the population was Chinese [M04p102] Europeans: males = 243, females = 117 [M04p105] [W04]
1854	65,000	.	[C04]
1860	81,734	.	There were 2,385 Europeans and Eurasians [M04Vol2p251]
1869	81,700	.	60% were Chinese [M04 p103]
1871	96,114	922	Europeans: males = 623, females = 299 [M04Vol2p258]
1881	137,722	1,283	Europeans: males = 815, females = 468 [M04Vol2p258]
1891	181,602	2,302	Europeans: males = 1,434, females = 868 [M04Vol2p258]
1901	227,592	2,861	Europeans: males = 1,737, females = 1,124 [M04Vol2p258]
1911	303,321	5,711	Europeans: males = 4,091, females = 1,620 [M04Vol2p258] census
1921	420,004	6,206	[W04]
1931	559,945	8,125	[M05][W04]
1936	603,200	.	[H01]
1939	727,600	.	[H01]
1947	940,824	9,351	[W04]
1954	1,165,129	17,122	Singapore city = 830,615 outside of city = 334,514 total = 1,165,129 Europeans = 17,122 excluding military personnel [M04p27]

Lists of Companies Number of European Firms in Singapore Population of Singapore

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