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JOHORE-FEDERATED MALAY STATES
PELEPAH VALLEY (Johore) RUBBER ESTATES, LTD., Postal Address: Kota Tinggi (Via Singapore)
Manager-A. H. Malet
Chief Assistant-J. Earl Myring Second do. -J. H. Moir
Agents
Barlow & Co., Singapore
JOHORE BAHRU PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF
ENGLAND (China Mission) ·
Missionary-Rev. J. A. B. Cook
Do. -Rev. W. Murray, M.A. Preacher-Tsou Kai Yew
JOHORE PLANTERS, ASSOCIATION, Johore
Bahru
W. N. Gawler, hon. secretary
Tel. Ad.
JOHORE HOTEL, Johore Bahru
Johtel, Codes A.B.C., 5th Edition and Unicode, Teleph. No. 464
Secretary
Yahya
Inchi Mohd. Ariff bin
Asst. Manager-Iuchi Othman bin
Abdullah
Clerk-Inchi Sirkawee bin Hadji
Abdullah
Manager-P. Debieux
KADANA GOLD MINING Co., LD., Mount
Ophir, Muar, Johore
MOUNT AUSTIN RUBBER ESTATES, LTD. Directors-S. Gad, R. L. Leigh-Clare,
O. Jeestrup Secretary-P. Wonsild
Manager A. P. N. Vesterdal Assts.-V. Gulstad, H. Engberg
ROYAL JOHORE TIN MINING Co. Manager-G. A. le Doux
Messrs. Huttenbach Bros., general
agents, Singapore
SAW MILLS-JOHORE STEAM, Johore Bharu
Fraser & Cumming, lessees
H. P. Bagley, manager (signs per pro.)
SINGAPORE AND JOHORE RUBBER CO., LD., Office Winchester House, Singapore;. Plantation-Muar, Johore James Giles, manager
W. P. Mackenzie, assistant
TANJONG OLAK RUBBER PLANTATION LD.
Head Office Honolulu, T. H.
President-Dr. E. C. Waterhouse Vice-President-Paul R. Isenberg
Sec. and Tre.-Fred. T. P. Waterhouse Manager-Frank G. Wallace (Muar) Assistant-John. J. Lloyd,
Do. -E. H. P. Edmondson
Agents
Hogg & Co., Singapore
do.
FEDERATED MALAY STATES
The Protected States comprise four Residencies, namely, Perak, Selangor, Negri Sembilan, and Pahang. These have been federated, the federation taking effect from the 1st July, 1896, and the administration is presided over by a British Officer styled the Resident-General. Each State has its own Resident and the native rulers retain their titles and dignity. The head offices are at Kwala Lumpur, Selangor.
The record of these States is one of progress and prosperity. The revenue for 1907, was $28,793,745, more than two millions in excess of the estimate: Perak con- tributed $15,392,061, Selangor $10,514,654, Negri Sembilan $2,265,605, and Pahang $621, 425. The net value of the surplus assets of the Federation on January 1st, 1908, was $36,358,491. The aggregate recorded value of the trade for the year was $139,121,905, an increase of $7,362,974 compared with the abnormal returns of the previous year. These States have 453 miles of railway (which have been paid for out of current reven- ue), yielding good income; they have 2,000 miles of roads'; and over 1,000 miles of tele- graphs. Waterworks, wharves, hospitals, prisons, schools, and many other public buil- dings have been constructed, while the Government of Perak is engaged upon an important scheme of irrigation which will benefit about 60,000 acres of land and cost about $100,000. The principal sources of revenue and prosperity are the alluvial tin deposits which, at the present price of the metal, can be worked at considerable profit. About 600,000 tons of tin, worth over £50,000,000 sterling, have been exported during the last fifteen years. Tin has been worked in the Malay Peninsula for centuries, and it is believed it will still be produced there centuries hence. The industry has grown of recent years to very large proportions, but it would take a long time to work out the