MALACCA-FEDERATED MALAY STATES
SIME, DARBY & Co., LTD., Rubber Estate and Tin Mine Agents and Valuers, General Merchants, Iinporters and Exporters-Branches: Singapore, Pe- nang and Malacca (Straits Settlements), Muar (State of Johore), Kuala Lumpur, Seremban and Ipoh (F.M.S.). Tel. Ad: Simit
London Agents-Shaw, Darby & Co.,
Ltd., Winchester House, Old Broad Street, London, E.C., 2 Directors-Major W. M. Sime, O. B. E., J. M. Sime, H. d'Esterre Darby, Lee Chim Tuan, T. F. Anderson Pole, c.A., A. M. Sellar, H. S. Russell, G. C. S. Rabjohn and Chua Cheng Bok Secretary G. Hibbert, F.C.I,S. Visiting Agents-H. d'Esterre Darby
and F. M. Edmonds Manager-G. C. S. Rabjohn Assistants-G. Hibbert, Cecil F. Smith, G. J. Dickson, A. E. Lambert and B. M. Hatfield, A.C.A.
Import and Shipping Dept. — A.
Hannigan and R. Taathen
Agencies
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Dodwell Castle Line
Admiral Line, Ld. Isthmian Line
Robert Dollar Steamship Line, Ld. Stoomvaart Maatschappy "Nederland" Holland East Asia Line Lloyd's (Sub-Agents)
Motor Union Insurance Co., Ld.
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Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ld. Employers' Liability Assur. Corpn., Ld.. Indemnity Mutual Marine Insce. Co. Eagle, Star & Brit. Domin. Ins. Co. Law Union & Rock Insurance Co., Ld. Merchants' Marine Insurance Co., Ld. United British Insurance Co., Ld.
STRAITS STEAMSHIP Co., LTD.-4, First Cross Street; Teleph. 102; Tel. Ad: Kapal
J. H. Willmott, manager
Ho Kim Toon, agent
UNITED ENGINEERS, LTD, Civil, Mech- anical, Electrical, Sanitary Engineers and Shipbuilders, Steel, Brass and Iron Founders-1 to 6, Riverside; Tel. Ad: Uniteers. Head Office and Works: Singapore. Branches: Ipoh, Penang, Seremban, Taiping, Rangoon, Bangkok
WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW & Co. LTD. (Incor- porated in England), Drapers, Boot and Shoe Importers, China and Glass Mer- chants-River Side; Teleph. 200; Tel. Ad: Whiteaways
WOMEN'S MISSION HOSPITAL AND DISPEN- SARY AND MATERNITY TRAINING SCHOOL (Church of England)-545, Tranquerah, and 15, First Cross Street; Teleph. 136
Miss Davies, doctor in charge Miss Bradford, nursing sister Miss Corbett,
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FEDERATED MALAY STATES
The Protected States comprise four Residencies, namely, Perak, Selangor, Negri Sembilan and Pahang. These have been federated since July 1st, 1896, and the administration is presided over by a British Officer styled the Chief Secretary to Government, who is subject to the High Commissioner to the Malay States, who is also Governor of the Straits Settlements. Each State has its own Resident and the native rulers retain their titles and dignity. The Federal Offices are at Kuala Lumpur, Selangor. The Federal Council was inaugurated on December 10th, 1909.
The record of these States is one of progress and prosperity. The States have over 1,000 miles of railway in the Malay Peninsula (paid for out of current revenue), yield- ing good income; they have 2,537 miles of metalled roads, 150 miles of unmetalled roads, 1,877 miles of bridle roads and paths; and the wire mileage of telegraphs and telephones is 17,297 (of which 5,196 miles of wire is in underground cables). Water- works, wharves, hospitals, prisons, schools, and many other public buildings have been constructed, while the Government of Perak has carried out an important scheme of irrigation at a cost of about £200,000. The principal sources of revenue and prosperity are the alluvial tin deposits, which, at the present price of the metal, can be worked at considerable profit, and the plantation rubber industry, the country producing one-third of the world's supply of rubber. Tin has been worked in the