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SELANGOR
boundaries of Perak, Negri Sembilan and Pahang. Branch lines of railway now extend in all directions, and the main trunk line passes through Selangor. Port Swettenham is the terminus of the railway on Klang Straits, and wharves have been constructed there capable of accommodating ocean-going steamers. The number of merchant. vessels, other than native craft, entering the port in 1926 was 1,528, as compared with 1,171 in 1925. There entered 595 ocean-going steamers against 481 in 1925.
Telegraph lines connect Selangor with the other States in the Malay Peninsula; telephones are established throughout the State, and postal and telegraph offices are to be found in all the towns and principal villages.
The State revenue in 1926 amounted to $38,692,262, against $31,705,464 in 1925;: and the expenditure to $32,053,452, against $24,819,065 in 1925. The balance of assets over liabilities was $37,534,838. Trade statistics were as follow:-
Imports........... Exports...
1925
$69,183,648
156,835,193
DIRECTORY
1926 $91,898,797
161,184,681
GOVERNMENT
Sultan-H.H. ALA'IDIN SULEIMAN SHAH IBNI ALMERHUM, RAJA MUDA MUSA, K.C.M.G..
British Resident -J. Lornie
STATE COUNCIL
President-H.H. the Sultan of Selangor Hon. the British Resident, Selangor Raja Musa Udin, Raja Muda, Selangor Secretary to Resident, Selangor
Dato Abdul Razak Stia di Raja, 1.8.0., J.P. Raja Haji Abdullah
Raja Haji Othman, J.P., Chief Kathi
Dato Lee Kong Lam, J.P.
Towkay Low Leong Gan, J.P. Raja Abdul Murad, Tengku
Besar, J.P.
Panglima
Raja Jema'at bin Raja Aji, J.P. Clerk of Council-The Assistant Secretary
to Resident
KUALA LUMPUR
AGENT OF THE GOVT. OF INDIA Rao Sahib R. Subbayya Naidu, B.A. Chief Clerk-T, G. Nataraja Pillai
AUDIT DEPARTMENT, F.M.S. Auditor-General-G. P. Bradney Assist. Auditors (A)-A. O. Wilson, A.C.A., A.I.S.A., R. Macdonald and W. D. Charlton Assist. Auditors (B)-S. Kandiah, A. E. Perera, S. Mylvaganam, V. Chellappah
CHINESE PROTECTORATE, Selangor AND PAHANG-Kuala Lumpur
Protector of Chinese-T. W. H. Kingston Assist. do.
-W. L. Blythe Inspector under W. and G. Protection
Enactment-J. Edwards
MAGISTRATES' COURT-Kuala Lumpur
1st Magistrate-H. R. Toynt
2nd
do.
-E. Jago
Bailiff and Auctioneer-R. Moche 1st Clerk-Rahim Bakhash
EDUCATION
Inspector of Schools-T. A. O'Sullivan,.
B.A. (Dublin), and R. G. Arbillery (S.R.) Malay Asst. Inspr.-Mohd.Yusof bin Ahmad Malay Visiting Teachers-Haji Mohamed
Sidin and Mohamed Kassim
Tamil Assistant Inspectors-P. Retnam,
K. V. S. Gargar and P. Williams Chief Clerk, Education Office - V. S.
Ponnampalam
Victoria Institution (Government) Headmaster-Captain G. C. Davies, I.A.R.O.,
M.C., M.A. (Oxon.)
European Masters-A. R. England, B.A., LL.B. (Cantab.), E. S. Redfearn, F. C. Barraclough and C. Forster, M.Sc.
Maxwell Road School (Government) Headmaster-C. N. B. Beamish, M.A. European Mistress-Miss H. D. Leith First Assistant-K. Peetheniparam
Pasar Road English School (Govt.) Headmaster-T. R. Abraham
St. John's Institution Director-Rev. Bro. Louis
Convent School
Lady Superior-Sister St. Adele