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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/ananecdotalhist00buckgoog#page/n9/mode/1up ''An anecdotal history of old times in Singapore (1819-1867) Volume 1''] [http://www.archive.org/stream/ananecdotalhist01buckgoog#page/n7/mode/1up ''Volume 2''] by Charles Burton Buckley 1902 Archive.org
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*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=QBxJAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Our Tropical Possessions in Malayan India: Being a Descriptive Account of Singapore, Penang, Province Wellesley, and Malacca: Their Peoples, Products, Commerce and Government''] by John Cameron. 1865 Google Books. [https://archive.org/details/ourtropicalposse0000came/page/n9 Reprint edition 1965] with Introduction by Wang Gungwu. Archive.org Lending Library.
*[http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/catalog/sea:123 ''Jottings of an invalid in search of health, comprising a run through British India and a visit to Singapore and Java : a series of letters reprinted from the "Times of India"''] by Tom Cringle. [Author: William Walker] 1865. South East Asia Visions, Cornell University. Also available in the [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_0000000356A0 British Library Digital Collection]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/ananecdotalhist00buckgoog#page/n9/mode/1up ''An anecdotal history of old times in Singapore (1819-1867) Volume 1''] [http://www.archive.org/stream/ananecdotalhist01buckgoog#page/n7/mode/1up ''Volume 2''] by Charles Burton Buckley 1902 Archive.org
*''The China Sea Directory'' by the Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London.
**''The China Sea Directory Volume I. Containing directions for the approaches to the China Sea and to Singapore, by the straits of Sunda, Banka, Gaspar, Carimata, Rhio, Varella, Durian, and Singapore'' by J. W. Reed , R N and J. W. King, R N. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=nP4GAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 1867] Google Books. [https://archive.org/details/cu31924071164960 3rd edition 1886] Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/straitsofmalacca00thom_0 ''Straits of Malacca, Indo-China, and China; or, Ten Years’ Travels, Adventures and Residence Abroad''] by J Thomson 1875 Archive.org. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000035424 British Library Digital Collection version] with rotatable images. [http://www.johnthomsonexhibition.org/biography/ Through the Lens of John Thomson : Biography]
*[https://archive.org/details/RecordssportSou00Hami ''Records of sport in Southern India : chiefly on the Annamullay, Nielgherry and Pulney mountains, also including notes on Singapore, Java and Labuan, from journals written between 1844 and 1870''] by the late General Douglas Hamilton, Madras Army 1892 Archive.org
*''Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'' 1878-1922. In 1923 the title changed to ''Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society''. Multiple volumes: [https://archive.org/search.php?query=Straits%20Asiatic%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts Archive.org]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/discover?filtertype_1=title&filter_relational_operator_1=contains&filter_1=Straits&filtertype_2=title&filter_relational_operator_2=contains&filter_2=Branch&submit_apply_filter=&query=&rpp=100&sort_by=dc.date.issued_dt&order=asc Pdf downloads, Digital Library of India] under the title ''Journal of the Straits Branch''; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/discover?filtertype_1=title&filter_relational_operator_1=contains&filter_1=Malayan+&filtertype_2=title&filter_relational_operator_2=contains&filter_2=Branch&submit_apply_filter=&query=&rpp=100&sort_by=dc.date.issued_dt&order=asc Pdf downloads, Digital Library of India] under the title ''Journal of the Malayan Branch'' from Volume 1 1923. '''Restricted access''' Hathi Trust Digital Library may be available to viewers in North America and some other countries [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100160169 A], [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000525995 B] and [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007523175 C], including index volumes. Also see [[Malaysia]].
:[http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/ae2b4863-c155-4508-95e8-4f92c4a6459c.aspx ''Index to journals nos. 1 to 50 of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society and to notes and queries I to IV''], published 1909. BookSG (which also has 1878 and 1880 editions)
*[https://archive.org/details/reminiscencesan01cavegoog ''Reminiscences of an Indian Official''] by General Sir Orfeur Cavenagh 1884 Archive.org. The author joined the Bengal Army in 1837. After the Indian Mutiny he was appointed Governor of the Straits Settlement, where he remained until transfer of the administration of the Straits Settlement to the Colonial Office in April 1867.
* ''Life of Lieut.-General the Hon. Sir Andrew Clarke, Colonel-Commandant of Royal Engineers'' edited by Col. RH Vetch 1905 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/lifeoflieutgener00vetc/page/118 "Governor of the Straits Settlements 1873-1875"] pages 119-192.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/handbooktosinga00reitgoog#page/n11/mode/1up ''Handbook to Singapore with Map, and a Plan of the Botanical Gardens''] by George Murray Reith 1892 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/visittojavawitha00wors ''A Visit to Java : with an Account of the Founding of Singapore''] by William Basil Worsfold 1893 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/b28096265/page/n5/mode/2up "Malay Materia Medica"] by H N Ridley pages 122- 138, ''Journal of the Straits Medical Association No 5 April 1893-December 1894''. Followed by, in the same digital file, [https://archive.org/details/b28096265/page/31/mode/2up "Malay Plant Names"]. From elsewhere this was by H N Ridley from ''Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society July 1897'', pages 31-284. Ridley elsewhere was stated to be Director of Gardens and Forests at Singapore. Archive.org.
*[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/f31bf077-2368-43c6-9702-073e01d904f6.aspx ''The Journal of the Straits Medical Association'', no. 1 (Mar.-Sept. 1890) ; no. 2 (Oct. 1890-Mar. 1891) ; no. 3 (Apr. 1891-Mar. 1892) ; no. 4 (Apr. 1892-Mar. 1893) ; no. 5 (Apr. 1893-Dec. 1894)] These were the only volumes, as the Association then became part of the British Medical Association. eresources.nlb.gov.sg
*[http://archive.org/stream/cu31924023301710#page/n7/mode/2up ''Prisoners their own warders: a record of the convict prison at Singapore in the Straits Settlements, established 1825, discontinued 1873, together with a cursory history of the convict establishments at Bencoolen, Penang and Malacca from the year 1797''] by Major J. F. A. McNair, assisted by W. D. Bayliss. 1899 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023048600 ''Sophia Cooke, or, Forty-two years' work in Singapore''] by by E A Walker, 1899 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924014072791/page/n9/mode/2up ''European Settlements in the Far East; China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, etc''] by DWS [catalogued as D Warres Smith] 1900 Archive.org. The author appears to have been the publisher of/associated with the annual publication ''Directory and Chronicle for China, Japan…'', see further above for online editions.
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023048972 ''Sunny Singapore : an account of the place and its people, with a sketch of the results of missionary work''] by the Rev J A Bethune Cook 2nd Edition 1907 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/b31352893/page/n3 ''Report on the Sanitary Condition of Singapore''] by W J Simpson 1907. Archive.org.
