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KELANTAN TRENGGANU
KUALA PERGAU RUBBER PLANTATIONS,
LTD.-Postal Ad: Kuala Pergau
J. Fitzgerald Day, general manager Dk. Armstrong, asst. (in charge
of Balah Estate) Paterson, Simons & Co., Ld., Singa-
pore, agents
NEW ZEALAND MALAY RUBBER CO., LTD., Ulu Kesial Estate- Postal Ad: Kota Bharu
Frank J. Crossle, manager
R. Stanley, assistant
Paterson, Simons & Co., Ltd.,
Singapore, agents
Secretary and Registered Office--E.
Piper, Oamaru, New Zealand
NORTHERN RUBBER CO., LTD., THE, Kuala Hau Rubber Éstate-Postal Ad: Tumpat; Tel. Ad: Elster
SHANGHAI KELANTAN RUBBER ESTATES, LTD., Pasir Gajah Estate-Postal Ad: Pasir Gajali
H. C. Paxon, manager H. Kalkau, assistant W. Hwatt, clerk
Barker & Co., Singapore, agts. Secretaries and Registered Office-
Anderson, Meyer & Co., 4 and 5, Ming Yuen Road, Shanghai
TRENGGANU
With a territory of about 6,000 square miles, an extensive sca-board, and a popula- tion of 146,920 souls, Trengganu is the least developed of all the Native States. The capital is Kuala Trengganu, where the British Agent was the only European resident when the census was taken in 1911. It has a population of 13,991. His Highness the Sultan has decided to secure the services of a European officer to direct the work of re-organization of the administration. Mr. J. L. Humphreys, the British Agent, in his report for 1915, concludes: "His Highness is assured of the good wishes and support of His Majesty's Government for every measure of improvement. If the Regent and Minister co-operate whole-heartedly in the policy of the Ruler, the natural wealth of the country and the cheerful industry of its people will assure a prosperous future for the State of Trengganu "
Trengganu lies between latitudes 4° 30 min. and 5° 45 min. North and longitude 102° 15 min. and 103° 30 min. East. As there are no roads or railways or telegraphs and the rivers are not navigable beyond a certain point from the sea owing to rapids, it may be judged that there is not much communication with the interior, so that the population is restricted to the sea-board and villages along the navigable portions of the rivers. They are an ingenious and, for Malays, industrious people, and excel as boatbuilders and fishermen. They also engage in silk and cottonweaving, and iron, brass and nickel manufactures. In 1915, 79,627 piculs of dried fish, 15,454 piculs of copra, 7,262 piculs of black pepper, 6,680 piculs of tin ore, and 115,296 piculs of padi were exported. A bright future is predicted for Trengganu as a mining country, tin, wolfram and gold having been found, while traces of natural oil are reported near Dungun in the north-east. In 1915, 2,409 piculs of wolfrain, valued at $147,561, were exported.
The principal imports in 1915 were: Rice, cotton piece-goods, opium, sugar, sarongs, silk, tobacco, matches, ironware, and kerosene; and exports: Tin ore, fish, hides, copra, padi and black pepper. Revenue is raised by means of "farms" and duties, on all kinds of exports. The State Secretary returned the revenue at $183,723 in 1915 and the expenditure at $183,470, the corresponding statistics for 1914 being-revenue, $166,380, expenditure, $178,424. The total value of exports from Trengganu to Singapore in 1915 was $1,989,372 against $1,962,772 in 1914, and of imports from Singapore $1,266,654 against $1,242,410 in 1914.
Regular steamship communication is maintained with Singapore. The rainfall and temperature conditions are similar to those in the other Malay States.