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**An extensive collection of ''Journals of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'' (SBRAS) which became the '' Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'' (MBRAS). Click on individual journal issues, and the contents will be shown. These do not seem to be complete issues, but selected articles.
*[https://digitalgems.nus.edu.sg/collection/79/items?sort_by=publication_date&sort=asc&filter= Digitised books on “History, Culture & Heritage“] from National University of Singapore. Note however, some of the books listed are in fact not viewable.
*[https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28Singapore%29+AND+title%3A%28%22Blue+Book%22%29&sort=titleSorter ''Straits Settlements Blue Book for the year…''] broken range from 1873 to 1919, including years not specifically mentioned 1907, 1908, 1910. Archive.org. Very informative publications.:For 1873, See [https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.73418/page/n3/mode/2up Contents]; [https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.73418/page/176/mode/2up Civil Establishments , commencing with an Index] page 177, [https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.73418/page/186/mode/2up Singapore] page 187, [https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.73418/page/176/mode/2up Penang] page 209, [https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.73418/page/222/mode/2up Malacca] page 223. :''Straits Settlements Blue Book'' for [https://#Historical books.google.com.au/online|Singapore- Historical books?id=739oaoEThTcC&pg=PP7 1896online], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=zMxEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP7 1912], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=VTIlAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP9 1915], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Cp5DAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP9 1917], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=JkLM6an5C7QC&pg=PP7 1919], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=X6BDAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1922], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=cHJDAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1924], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=HHNDAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1925], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=23NDAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP1 1926], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=15dDAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1929],[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=bZVDAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1930], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=fp1DAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP9 1931], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=MpZDAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP25 1932], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Al1EAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP9 1935], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=rltEAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP9 1936], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=MFxEAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1937],[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Q11EAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1938] Google Books. :National Archives of Singapore has for a many editions catalogued as ''Straits Settlements Blue Books''. In the [https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/private_records/advanced-search Advanced Search] for the title use search term Blue Books. All editions range 1870-1938 appear to be available to read online (but download does '''not''' appear possible) and additionally there is [https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/private_records/record-details/38a7dde8-f14a-11e3-a330-0050568939ad ''Colony of Singapore Blue Book 1946'']. Unfortunately the book reader is not easy to use. To increase size of font use your mouse wheel , and then an adjustment bar appears. To navigate to a particular page, use the thumbnails. The catalogue includes editions from 1867, but editions prior to 1870 do not appear to have been digitisedvarious sources. There is a Search option within each text, and the Search link previously mentioned also seems able to be used to search the texts of the entire collection using keywords.:''Straits Settlements Blue Book'' are available on "Sea-Delt SouthEast Asian DEvelopment in the Long Term", however all years available appear to be also available on other sites. Example [https://seadelt.net/Documents/?ID=332 1932] Pdf. (Also 1888, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1910 which are also available on Archive.org, and 1922 available Google Books).:Other editions of the ''Blue Books of Statistics'' are available at the National Archives, Kew record series [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/r/C4468 CO 277] 1867-1939, part of "Records of Local Bodies and Other Colonial Miscellanea" commencing with CO 277/1 for 1867. (Also CO 939/1 for 1946, for Singapore)Very informative publications.
*''The Colonial Office List for ...''. Includes a section on each country, and the Colonial Office List at the end of each volume. First published 1862. See [[Directories online#Colonial Office List|Directories online - Colonial Office List]] for a broken range 1862-1920s.
*''A History of the Singapore Volunteer Corps, 1854-1937 : being also an historical outline of volunteering in Malaya'' by T.M. Winsley 1938. A [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/b037892f-77e2-4d3a-81dc-5c7b785dd5f1.aspx Limited preview] of this book, which however currently (2021/04/12) is quite extensive, including copies of photographs, is available online. eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Also available in a reprint edition,<ref>[http://www.naval-military-press.com/history-of-the-singapore-volunteers-corps-1854-1937-being-also-an-historical-outline-of-volunteering-in-malaya.html ''A History of the Singapore Volunteer Corps, 1854-1937 : being also an historical outline of volunteering in Malaya''] Naval & Military Press</ref> which in turn is available online on the pay website fold3, owned by Ancestry, as [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ80xl_tk4DCfanlUH4 ''A History of the Singapore Volunteer Corps''].
