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PERAK
The Federated Malay States Railway runs through the whole length of Perak from Parit Buntar on the Penang (Province Wellesley) border to Tanjong Malim on the Selangor border. Branch railways run from Taiping to Port Weld and from Tapah Road to Teluk Anson, thus connecting the coast with the interior. There are about 900 miles of excellent roads, and telegraph and telephone lines throughout the State.
The revenue for 1919 amounted to $36,181,719 against $35,175,036 in 1918, and the expenditure to $35,333,802 against $22,725,152 in 1918. At the end of 1919 the balance of assets at the credit of the State was $63,742,356. The total value of the trade for 1919 amounted to $178,793,442, an increase of $41,414,754 on the previous year. Statistics were as follow:
Imports Exports
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1918 .$ 29,046,430 108,332,258
1919 $ 43,850,810 134,942,632
The export of tin in 1919 amounted to 368,078 piculs and the value to $44,443,659. Under coconuts there were about 97,889 acres. Practically the whole delta between the Bernam and Perak rivers has been alienated for cultivation, and in a few years this vast plain, which was formerly dense jungle, will present an unbroken field of coconut palms.
The total area under rubber at the end of 1918 amounted to 351,096 acres. The export of rubber in 1919 was 41,580 tons (valued at $73,752,811) against 30,219 tons in
1918.
· DIRECTORY
GOVERNMENT
COUNCIL OF STATE
President His Highness Paduka Sri
Sultan Iskander Shah
The British Resident--(vacant) Lieut-Col.
W. J. P. Hume (actg.)
The Secretary to Resident-C. W. H.
Cochrane
The Raja Muda Raja Abdul Aziz bin Musa Raja Chulan bin Abdullah
Raja Harun-el-Rashid bin Idris
The Orang Kaya Mentri, Wan Muhammad
Isa, I.S.O.
The Orang Kaya Temenggong
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The Orang Kaya Kaya Maha Kurnia Indra
di Raja (office vacant)
The Orang Kaya Kaya Stia Bijaya di Raja
Abdul Shukor
The Orang Kaya Kaya Panglima Kinta,
Ché Wan
Towkay Chung Thye Phin
Do. Leong Sin Nam
Asst. Sec. to Resident (Clerk of Council)
RESIDENT'S OFFICE
Resident (vacant) Lieut.-Col. W. J. P.
Hume (actg.)
Secretary to Resident C. W. H. Cochrane Asst. Secretary-O. Beckett
REVENUE AUDIT BRANCH
Revenue Auditor-N. Grenier Assistant do.
W. H. Toft
CHINESE SECRETARIAT, IPOH, PERAK Protector of Chinese-D. Richards (acting) Assist. do. -J. A. Black
Clerk and Translator-Liew Teng Goon Chief Clerk-Ng Kim Kooi
Inspector of Schools-A. Keir
Assistant do.
EDUCATION
-(vacant)
Chief Visiting Teacher-Che Itam bin
Mohamed Amin
Head Master, King Edward VII. School-
R. F. Stainer, B.A.
Asst.-D. W. McLeod, M.A.
Anderson School (Ipoh), Head Master-
R. E. Smith, B.A.
Matang Training College, Principal
Abdul Majid (actg.)
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Gov't. English School (K. Kangsar), Head
Master J. P. C. Hogan
Gov't. English School (B. Gajah), Head
Master W. D. A. Rabel
Anglo-Chinese School (Ipoh)-Rev. P. L.
Peach