Or Prince of Wales Islands, a small fertile island near the northern opening of the Straits of Malacca, off the Malay coast, and 360 m. NW. of Singapore; is one of the British Straits Settlements, of value strategically; it is hilly, and covered with vegetation; the population are half Chinese, a fourth of them Malays; figs, spices, and tobacco are exported. The capital is Georgetown, on the island. Province Wellesley, on the mainland, belongs to the same settlement; it exports tapioca and sugar. The Dindings, 80 m. S., are another dependency.