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The prices for labor & cab hire are much greater than in Calcutta.  The Straits dollar does not purchase so much as a rupee [[marginalia]] [[symbol: right arrow pointing to the following words]][[/marginalia]]although greater by 1/2 in value.  

Few of the natives or coolies talk English, all of the business being done in Malay.  Even taxi-drivers & cabmen are without any comprehension of the simple English place names & phrases, which makes travel here awkward for the stranger.

(31)  Hartmann & several other Teesta passengers departed at 5 P.M. for Batavia on a Dutch steamer.  I saw them off on a fine