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Secretaries
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KEDAH-PERLIS
Rosehaugh Co., Ld., 4, UNITED PATANI (MÁLAYA) RUBBER ETAT Buckingham Gate, London
LTD., Bukit Sungei, Selembaul and A bakar Estates-Postal Ad: Sungei Pata Teleph. 44
TUPAH RUBBER ESTATES, THE, Tupah
Rubber Estates-Postal Ad: Bedong
TURUN (MALAY) RUBBER ESTATES, LTD., Bukit Selambau Estate - Postal Ad: Kuala Ketil, Kedah; Tel. Ad: Fletcher, Kuala Ketil
J. Firth-Fletcher, manager Boustead & Co., Ld., Kuala Lumpur,
agents
Secretaries-Boustead, Bros., London
R. S. Chantler, manager
J. Cruickshank, visiting agent Boustead & Co., Ld., Penang, agents Secretaries-Ed. Boustead & Co., Lond
VICTORIA (MALAYA) RUBBER ESTATES, LT (Incorporated in England), Victor (Malaya) Estate Postal Ad: Padai Serai; Teleph. 1 (Padang Serai); Te Ad: Victoria Estates, Padang Serai
PERLIS
This is the smallest of the Malay States, the area being about 316 square miles. I is situated to the north of Kedah, and its conditions are practically identical with thos of Kedah. Mr. Meadows Frost, the first British Adviser, followed the policy which marks British control in the Federated Malay States, and the active co-operation of th Raja and his Council has led to a great improvement in the internal administration sinc the assumption of British suzerainty in 1909. The Federated Malay States hav completed the extension of their railway system through Perlis to link up with th Siamese railway system. Rail communication with Bangkok has been maintainer since the 1st July, 1918.
The population at the census of 1921 comprised 40,087 persons, of whom 34,165 were Malays and 3,602 Chinese. The revenue, which in the first year of British Protection was $102,522, has increased steadily year by year. For the Mohammedan year 1344 (corresponding partly with 1925) the revenue was $470,616 and expenditure $441,825 as compared with $453,452 and $441,156 in the previous year. With the transference of suzerainty a debt of $495,394 was taken over by the F.M.S. The debt now stands at $250,000.
There is very little to be said of the trade of Perlis. In Kangar there is one street of shops, whose proprietors besides selling sundry goods also export padi-the staple product of the country-as well as ducks and fowls for the Penang market. The chief imports are cottons for native clothing, kerosene, tobacco and sundry odds and ends used by the Malay country people. In 1910 the State Council abolished the general duty of 3 per cent. on imported goods and now the only goods taxed on import are spirits, beer, wine, tobacco and kerosene. The general duty of 5 per cent. on exports has been abolished and replaced by duties on tin-ore, rubber, jungle produce and other specific products. In 1343 (Mahommedan reckoning), 5,623 piculs of tin-ore were exported. Many of the lime-stone hills of Perlis contain caves rich in guano deposits. The chief native cultivation is padi. Rubber is represented by a few native plantations which exported 3,231 piculs in 1343.
DIRECTORY
MEMBERS OF STATE COUNCIL
H. H. Raja Syed Alwi, C.B.E., president
The British Adviser
Syed Hamzah, vice-president
Syed Idrus
Haji Mohamed Nor
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
Adviser-P: S. Williams
Commissioner of Lands-Syed Idrus Judges-Haji Ahmad, Syed Hussein and
Syed Mustapha
Collector of Customs-Mohamed Arshad Treasurer-Wan Alımad
Inspector of Police-Che Matt