Title
Notice of auction of property belonging to Chua Chung Long
Year/Period
27 October 1869
Region
British Malaya and Singapore
Dimension
Image size: 35.6 x 10.9 cm
Accession No.
2000-05676
Collection of
This is a notice of an auction of property belonging to Chua Chung Long to be done at the courthouse (Court Besar) on 30 October [1869] at noon. The notice was printed and lithographed at Commercial Press, Singapore, on 27 October 1869, and was issued in Chinese, Jawi, and Tamil. The fine print in English at the top half of the document stipulates the terms and conditions of such public auctions.This document is part of the John Koh collection which comprises of various legal documents in Arabic, Jawi, and English, and serves as a record of the 19th and early 20th century colonial legal systems in Singapore and the interactions of various ordinary individuals with the law.
