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PERAK-SELANGOR
S. H. T. Welch, general assistant Chan Tiang Boo, cash and book-k❜per. Loke Wan Choy, storekeeper
D. T. Berith, ledger clerk
WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW & Co., LTD., General Drapers, Footwear and Hardware Im- porters and General Merchants-12, 14 and 16, Station Road, Ipoh, Perak. Branch Etablishment: 2, Anson Road, Teluk Anson
J. A. Goetzee, general manager
E. Lemmon, asst. manager
H. Koenitz, branch mgr. (T. Anson) E. W. Price, assistant Local Assistants-M. Michael, L. T. Toe, H. M. Orloff, C. S. Hean, J. de Silva, C. Y. Chin, Keat Swee, Mrs. Jones, Miss L. Ferrao, Miss M.
Pavanaris, Miss Bailleaux, L. Khoy Chin, L. Keat, F. C. Chin
WREFORD & THORNTON, Advocates and Solicitors-25, Station Road, Ipoh and at Penang; Tel. Ad: Thornton, Ipoh; Code: A.B.C. 5th Edition
WRIGHT-MOTION, G. E., Advocate and Solicitor-17, Hale Street, Ipoh, and at Penang; Teleph. 171; Tel. Ad: Motion, Ipoh; A.B.C. Code, 5th Edition
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION—
Brewster Road, Ipoh
President-Hon. Mr. Oliver Marks Chairman of Dirs. Rev. W. E. Horley Hon. General Secy.-A. E. Moreira Asst. Secy.-Aw Boon Soo
Hon, Treasurer-A. H. Clarssen
SELANGOR
This protected native State, containing an area of about 3,200 square miles, lies on the western coast of the Malay Peninsula, and is bounded by the protected native States of Perak on the north and Negri Sembilan on the south, extending inland to the mountains in the centre of the peninsula, which divide it from Pahang and Jelebu.
The Government consists of the Sultan, advised by the British Resident, and assisted by the State Council. The State is divided into the following six districts:- 1. Kuala Lumpur, the central district, where the Residency and principal Government Offices are situated, and which also contains the richest tin mines that have yet been developed. 2.--Klang, in which Port Swettenham, the principal port, is situated at the mouth of the Klang River. 3.-Kuala Langat, an agricultural district, in which the Sultan resides. 4.-Kuala Selangor, containing the most important fisheries in the State. 5.-Ulu Langat, an inland mining district on the borders of Negri Sembilan. 6.-Ulu Selangor, a district adjoining Perak, containing much valuable mining land, as yet comparatively undeveloped.
Each district is under the charge of a European District Officer, from whom the Native Penghulus (in charge of the mukims into which each district is sub-divided) receive instructions. The Police Force consists of one Deputy Commissioner, two Assistant Commissioners (one Probationer), three Chief Inspectors, 13 inspectors, 3 Sergeant-majors, and 878 native non-commissioned officers and men.
The population of Selangor in 1884, when the first census was taken, was 46,568; but at the last census, in 1911, the returns gave a total of 294,035, of whom 150,908 were Chinese, 64,952 Malays, 74,067 natives of India, 1,348 Europeans, 1,739 aborigines.
The principal industries of the State, and from which it derives the largest portion of its revenue, are alluvial tin mining and rubber cultivation.
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In addition to its rich mineral resources, the State possesses large tracts of land well adapted for agricultural purposes, and the removal of restrictions the free importation of Indian labourers into the Protected Native States rendered it possible for European planters to obtain cheap labour and to open estates on a large scale. Small plantations of coffee, coconuts and pepper have been successfully con- ducted, and rice, and other products of the Peninsula under native cultivation are doing well in various parts of the State, and to encourage pioneer planters, large grants of land have in recent years been made, on special terms, for the planting of sago, pepper, and gambier. But the principal agricultural product here, as in the other Malay States, is rubber. There were 588,320 acres alienated for agricultural purposes at the
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