TRENGGANU KEDAH
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bright future is predicted for Trengganu as a mining country, tin, wolfram and gold having been found. In 1919, 9,408 piculs of wolfram, valued at $611,670, were exported. The principal imports in 1919 were: Rice, cotton piece-goods, opium, sugar, sarongs, tobacco, condensed milk, machinery, and kerosene; and exports: Tin ore, wolfram ore, fish, copra, black pepper, and rubber. Revenue is raised by means of "farms" and duties on all kinds of exports. The State Treasurer returned the revenue at $762,455 in 1919 and the expenditure at $756,977, the corresponding statistics for 1918 being-revenue, $626,835; expenditure, $480,315. The total value of exports from Trengganu to Singapore in 1919 was $3,816,670, against $3,749,900 in 1918, and of imports from Singapore $1,911,014 in 1919, against $1,459,429 in 1918. -
Regular steamship communication is maintained with Singapore. and temperature conditions are similar to those in the other Malay States.
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DIRECTORY
GOVERNMENT
Sultan-His Highness Sleman ibni Al-
merhum Sultan Zenalabidin
Acting Mentri Besar- Haji Ngah bin
Yusuf
OFFICE OF THE BRITISH ADVISER British Adviser-John Lisseter Humphreys
POST OFFICE
Postmaster-General--Tengku Omar bin
Osman
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Head of Department-Tengku Embong
bin Tengku Sleyman
KRETAI ESTATE-Postal Ad: Kretai
The East Asiatic Co., Ld., of Copenha-
gen, proprietors
KEDAH
Situated on the north-west coast of the Peninsula, between the parallels of 5°50 min. and 6o 40 min. North and the meridians of 99o 40 min. and 100° 55 mín. E., Kedah has an area of over 3,000 square miles. In the north and east the country is hilly, but the plains along the coast are well-watered and fertile. In the northern part of the State the chief agricultural produce is rice. In the southern part the rubber industry has grown to large dimensions. The country is favourable for cattle raising.
Mr. W. G. Maxwell became British Adviser in July, 1909, and since then great pro- gress has been made.
Road making, bridge building and canal extension are features of the present régime, and the railway from Bukit Mertajam, in Province Wellesley, has been extended through Alor Star, the capital of Kedah, to connect with the Siamese railways on the frontier of Perlis. This connection has been completed and regular railway communica- tion between Singapore and Bangkok has been established. The money order system has been introduced and the telegraph and telephone systems have been extended. The telephone system is connected 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). It was estimated at 300,000 in 1919. The revenue for 1919 was $4,941,487 against $5,058,998 in 1918, and the expenditure $4,089,876 against $3,785,536. The estimated revenue for 1920 exceeds $5,000,000. There is a loan of $2,720,953 from the Federated Malay States. In 1919, 11,799 piculs of tin were exported, against 13,068 in 1918; and 3,542 piculs of wolfram, as compared with 8,730 in 1918.
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Rubber planting continues to make steady progress, and the rubber exported in | 1919 amounted to 84,357 piculs. There were 448 motor-cars registered in 1919.