Lists of Companies | Number
of European Firms in Singapore | Population
of Singapore | References
Location
|
Year
|
Firms
|
Notes
|
Singapore |
1824 |
25 |
Singapore Companies in 1824 |
Singapore |
1827 |
14 |
Singapore Merchants and Agency Houses, Government
Officials & European Inhabitants |
|
|
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 |
1836 |
27 |
Singapore merchants who signed a letter to the Governor
in 1836 |
Singapore
|
|
19
|
Companies that subscribed to the building fund for the
new Seaman's Hospital |
|
|
|
Singapore Chamber of Commerce |
Singapore
|
|
37
|
Subscribers to the Oriental Telephone & Electric
Company |
|
|
|
Company names gleaned from the List of
Qualified Jurors
|
|
|
|
Company names |
|
|
|
Company names gleaned from the List of Qualified
Jurors |
|
|
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Company names gleaned from the List of Qualified Jurors |
Singapore
|
|
|
Armenian firms in Singapore |
British Malaya
|
|
750+
|
Extracted fro a 1910 Directory: Singapore, Malacca,
Penang, Johore, Federated Malay States, Pahang, The Negri
Sembilan, Kwala, Pilah, Sungei, Ujong, Jelebu ,Selangor,
Perak, Sarawak, British North Borneo, Kudat &
Labuan |
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] |
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] |
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