PENANG JOHORE
SINGAPORE AND STRAITS PRINTING OFFICE
Allen & Kennedy, agents
SLOT, G. H., Merchant, 35€, Beach Street
R. Hendry, signs per pro.
F. J. Brüder
Agencies
Netherlands Fire Insurance Co. Atjeh Associatie
STEWART & MCINTYRE, Land and Commis- sion Agents and Appraisers, 3, Bishop St.
F. Stewart
C. A. McIntyre
SUMERFIELD & Co., Merchants and Com-
mission Agents, Beach Street
Thos. H. Sumerfield
G. F. B. Ühen L. Andrews
SMITH, JAS. M. P., Broker, Auctioneer Land and Estate Agent, 3, Bishop Street
TANJONG PAGAR DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED, PRYE RIVER DOCK, Engineers, Boiler makers and Shipwrights
R. Anderson, manager
Allan Renny, superindt. engineer R. Fotheringham, shop foreman W. Hooley, boilermaker
J. Duncan, carpenter
P. R. Jeremiah, dock foreman R. Philips, clerk
Hugh S. Balhatchet, do. M. Ä. Julian, storekeeper A. Rozelles, timekeeper
TELEPHONE COMPANY
S. L. James, agent
G. A. Surin, clerk
Telegraph COMPANY, LIMITED-EASTERN EXTENSION, AUSTRALASIA AND CHINA, Beach Street and Northam Road
S. L. James, acting superintendent
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W. H. Gilby, acting clerk in charge T. F. Morony, supervisor W. M. Black, acting do.
P. J. Rice
A. H. Wadmore
R. J. Rossiter A. M. Leighton
J. Hosey, P. B. Langan, J. W. Shan- non, C. H. Johnson, J. B. Southam, R. S. Atkinson, S. V. Dick, T. C. M. West, C. Middleton, J. V. Val- berg, W. J. Doughty, operators G. A. Surin, Ismail Khan, counter
clerks
Lee Ah Koon, S. K. Bobjee, L. Po-
seng, Md. Esa, Morse, clerks Hock Leong, H. Palmer, E. Karl,
L. Karl, J. Chill, office assistants
TEUFERT, J. F., D.D.S., Dental Surgeon,
Seaview Hotel
VAN SOMEREN, R. G., Advocate and Solici-
tor, 9, Beach Street
WILSON, ALAN, M.S.E., Civil Engineer, Architect and Land Surveyor, 35c, Beach Street
WOODFORD, JAS. L., Draper, Outfitter,
Bookseller, &c., 2A, Beach Street
Ong Kim Teik
WOODFORD & Co., W. N., Merchs., Beach St.
W. N. Woodford
H. B. Woodford
WOOLDRIDGE, T. A., Landing and Shipping
Agent, The Jetty Agency
Henry S. King & Co.
WREFORD, J. F., B. A., Advocate and Solicitor
27, Beach Street
C. Nelligan, managing clerk Wee Beng Chye and others
JOHORE
This state occupies the southern portion of the Malayan Peninsula, and has an area of about 9,000 square miles. The state is ruled by a Sultan, who is independent, but under the protection of the British Government so far as external policy is concerned. The present Sultan, Ibrahim, was born in 1873, and succeeded his father, the late Sultan Abubakar, in 1895, being crowned on the 2nd November of that year. The country has made great progress in material prosperity, and its orderly condition has attracted a good deal of European capital, invested in planting enterprises.
The capital is the town of Johore Bhâru, or new Johore, as distinguished from Johore Lâma, or old Johore, the former seat of the sultans of Johore, which was situated a few miles up the wide estuary of the Johore river. The new town is a