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line of rails and a 26 ft. roadway, connects the Island with the mainland. The first train crossed over it on October 1st, 1923. The length of the causeway is 3,465 ft. There is a lock-170 ft. long and 32 ft. broad, widening inside the gates to 45 ft.-for small craft at the Johore end; otherwise, the causeway cuts off the site of the proposed naval base from sea communication from the West. The distance from Singapore to Calcutta by sea is just over 2,000 miles.
DIRECTORY
GOVERNMENT OFFICES
ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT
Attorney General Sir James
William Murison, KTB., LL.B. (Cantab.)
B.A.,
Solicitor-General-G. G. Seth Deputy Public Prosecutor, Singa-
pore (vacant)
Deputy Public Prosecutor, Penang
-Major F. Robinson, M.C. Office Assistant--Lee Kwee Siew
.AUDIT OFFICE
Auditor-General, S.S.-W. A. White
(acting)
Chief Clerk-G. Veragoo
BANKRUPTCY OFFICE
Registrar of Companies and Official Assignee C. H. G. Clarke (acting) Assist. Official Assignee G. B.
Kellagher (acting)
Chief Clerk-Wee Soon Chye
BOTANICAL GARDENS
Director I. H. Burkill, M.A. Assist. do. R. E. Holttum, B.A. Assistant Curators-F. Flippance (Waterfall Gardens, Penang), G. A. Best (Botanic Garden, Singa- pore), J. Lennon (Parks) Field Assistant-C. X. Furtado Field Assistant---Mohamed Haniff
(Penang)
CHINESE PROTECTORATE
Secretary for Chinese Affairs-Hon.
Mr. D. Beatty
Assist. Secretary for Chinese Affairs
-Ho Siak Kuan
Assistant Protectors of Chinese-R.
Ingham, W. G. Stirling and W. H. Gatfield
Chief Clerk—Lim Cho Meng Japanese Interpreter-K. Koide Boarding Officer--S. C. de Souza Assist. do. -R. R. Rangel
CIVIL DISTRICT Court
District Judge-P. A. F. David, R.
H. G. Sarwar (acting)
Assist. District Judge-R. Bird Chief Clerk-Mohamed Saleh bin
Ismiail
Bailiff-A. C. Pestana
COLONIAL TREASURY
Financial Adviser, Treasurer, Col- lector of Stamp Duties and Ac- countant-General-Hon. Mr. A. M. Pountney, C.M.G., C.B.E. Deputy Treasurer, A.-E. L. Talma Do. B.-N. A. Sedwick (actg.) Stamp and Probate Officer- Treasury Branch
Clerk-in-charge-J. W. R. Bloom Clerks, Class I.-J. E. de Souza, A. Abdul, Aziz, A. Pillay, A. V. de Souza
Stamp Office
Clerk-in-Charge-S. H. Batenian
Accountant's Branch
Accountant--G. W Meyer (acting) Assist. do. G. W. Gostelow Secretary, Widows' and Orphans
Pensions-C. P. Martinus Currency Note Branch
Officer-in-charge-Song Kee Kuan
Assist. do.
Goh Tiang Soo
Clerks, Class I.-E. Fernandez, M.
Sabapathy
Cashier Lim Siew Long
Loan Branch
Clerk in Charge-C. T. A. Rai
CORONER'S DEPARTMENT -- Office: 4th
Magistrate's Court
Coroner-F. G. Bourne (on leave), C.
H. Nicol (acting)
DISTRICT AND POLICE COURTS
District Judge and First Magistrate -W. Langham-Carter, P. A. F. David (acting)
2nd Magist.-C. D. Ahearne (acting) 3rd do. W. N. Gourlay do.