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the demand by many thousand bags, which are mostly imported from the Straits Settlements. Kerosene oil is exported from Langkat to the Straits Settlements, British India, Hongkong, Siam and China. Almost all necessaries of life have to be imported, and a brisk trade between Java, the Straits Settlements, Europe and the East Coast is the consequence.
Medan (Deli), the residence of the principal civil and military officials, is a pleasant little town, laid out in modern style, and the streets are lit with electric light. A splendid residence with architectural pretensions has been built for the Governor in the new quarter of Polonia. In the town six European banking corporations-the Javabank, the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, the Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij, the Nederlandsch-Indische Handelsbank, the Nederlandsch-Indische Escompto Maatschappij, and Uniebank voor Nederland E. Kolonien-have their branches, and there are also two Chinese bank. There are two very good hotels. (Hotel de Boer and Medan Hotel), a Club (Witte Societeit), a Race Club, numerous houses of business, Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Malay, Bombay and Kling shops, etc.
The port of Belawan (Deli), on the Belawan River, is in communication with Medan by road and railway, the lines of which extend a long distance up country and the north, giving also communication via Tandjoeng Poera and Pankalan Brandan with Koeta Radja (Atchin) and to the south, via Tebing Tinggi, with Tandjoeng Balei (Asahan) and Pematang Siantar. Other important ports are those of Pangkalan Brandan, Tandjoeng Poera, Tandjoeng-Balei, Bengkalis, Bagan Api Api and Laboean Bilik.
The population under this Government numbered in November, 1920, 7,882 Europeans, 1,042,930 natives, and 146,742 other Orientals-a total of 1,197,554, as compared with 830,202 in 1915 and 568,417 in 1905.
DIRECTORY
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, MEDAN Governor of the East Coast of Sumatra-
L. C. Westenenk
Assistant Resident J. J. F. Pino Secretary E. J. Burger
Chief Clerks --- D. F. van der Heijde, A. Heijhoff, E. J. Enkoroma Coffie, J. Groenendijk, Mohd. Hadjeratgelar Soe- tan Maleka, E. A. Muller, J. A. P. Doornik
ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS OF THE GOVERNMENT, EAST COAST OF SUMATRA Assist. Resident-W. P. F. L. Winckel Administratief Ambtenaar-G. Topzand Chief Clerk-J. M. Ferdinandus Clerk-J. Tampoebolon
Beneden Deli, Medan
Controller (Medan)-M. Ruychaver Assist. Controller-H. van der Wal Chief Clerk-Malih Soleiman
Clerk-Oemar Sahibi
Boven Deli, Arnhemia
Controller-J. A. J. Metz
Clerk-Ch. Th. de Bruin
Serdang, Loeboeq Pakam
Controller-W. H. J. Cambier Van Nooten Assist. Controller-J. de Ridder Gezaghebber-M. de Vries Clerk--Tengkoe Ibrahim
Padang en Bedagei, Tebing Tinggi Controller-J. F. Mirandolle Chief Clerk-R. F. de Lizer Clerk-Abdoel Djalil
Langkat, Tandjoeng Poera Assist. Resident-A. Ph. van Aken Chief Clerk-A. A. Scharff
Boven Langkat, Bindjei Controller-O. Treffers Chief Clerk-D. Crawfurd Clerk
Soetan
Abdul Djalilgelar Maliaradja
Pankalan Brandan
Magistrate-M. Wijsenbeek
Asahan, Tandjoeng Balei
Assist. Resident-M. Hamerster Controller-Gezaghebber
Chief Clerk--Abdul Firmangelar Ma-
haradja Solangholpon
Clerk-Tengkoe Pakeh Mohd. Ali
Batoe Bahra, Laboean Roekoe
Controller--R. H. Muller Clerk-Mangsan Séregar
Laboean Batoe, Laboean Bilik Controller-A. Brouwer
Adm. Ambtenaar-A. Twerda
Clerk-Baginda