KEDAH
1453
In every department great progress has been made, and special mention should be made of the abolition of "debt bondage," a peculiar feature of ancient Malay life.
A proper Survey Department has been constituted. Road making, bridge building and canal extension are features of the new régime, and the railway from Bukit Mertajam, in Province Wellesley, has been extended into Kedah as far as the capital, Alor Star. New post offices have been established throughout the country, the money order system introduced and the telegraph and telephone systems extended. Arrange- ments have been made to connect the telephones with Penang.
At the 1911 census the population was 245,986, of whom 195,411 were Malays, 33,746 Chinese, 6,074 Indians and 136 Europeans (128 British). The revenue for 1913 was $2,407,195 against $2,045,322 in 1912, and the expenditure $2,341,239 against $1,830,272. There is a loan of $2,720,953 from the Federated Malay States. Seventy-three per cent. of the revenue is derived from the opium monopoly, land revenue and export and import duties. In 1913, 864 tons of tin were exported and 28 tons of wolfram.
Rubber planting continues to make steady progress, and the value of the rubber exported in 1913 amounted to $1,323,600 as compared with $891,320 in 1912. The value of the coconuts, betel nuts and miscellaneous agricultural produce exported in 1913 was $235,000.
DIRECTORY
Sultan-H, H. Sir ABDUL HAMID BIN AHMAT TAJUDIN, K.C.M.G. Regent-H. H, Tunku Ibrahim
Aide-de-Camp-Tunku Bahadursha
Secretary to Government-Che Mohammad Ariffin
STATE COUNCIL OFFICE
President- H. H. Tunku Mahmud Adviser-W. George Maxwell
Acting Adviser-L. E, P. Wolferstan Asst. Adviser-A. Cavendish Secretary-Mohamed Sheriff
TREASURY
State Treasurer-Tunku Zainub Rashid
AUDIT OFFICE
Auditor General-Syed Muhammad Sha-
habudin
Asst. Auditor General--Stanley Dennys
-J. McDonough
Do.
HIGH COURT-ALOR STAR, KEDAH Chief Judge-Syed Hassan Barakabah Asst. do. -Syed Abdullah Shahabudin Second Asst. Chief Judge-Chi Shuaib Registrar-Syed Mohamad Idid Sheriff-Che Awang
Deputy Registrar Shaikh. Md. Hashim
Do. Sheriff-Che Endoet
SURVEY DEPARTMENT
Supdt. Surveys--R. W. B. Darke
Asst. Supt. Surveys -J. Derwar
Do.
Acting Do.
--F. B. Sewell
1st Grade Surveyor-F. R. Charlton Surveyor-L. D. Meyer
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
State Engineer-J. Gorman, C.E., F.R,G.S. Executive Engr. North--F. G. Finch
Do. Central-C. E. Jenkins Do.
South-H. M. Butterfield (on leave)-R. S. G. Caulfeild
Assistant Engineers-A. G. Robinson
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
A. V. Gibbings --R. S. Carroll -F.M.S.McConechy
-J. H. Cranston
Drawing Office-C. G. Boutcher Financial Assistant--F. E. Ivery
MINES DEPARTMENT
Acting Supdt.-G. E. Shaw Asst. do. Che Kassim
POSTS AND TELEGRAPHS Superintendent-S. Asirvadam
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
State Surgeon-Dr. A. L. Hoops Medical Officer-Dr. H. S. Sugars
Do.
-Dr. H. Tennent
VETERINARY DEPARTMENT
State Veterinary Surgeon-J. J. Fleury
POLICE COURT
Chief Magistrate-Che Mat
-C. Y. B. Sewell
Asst.
do.
-Wan Muhammad Sahid