TRENGGANU KEDAH
FERNANDEZ BROS., General Merchants and Commission Agents-Cable Ad: Fern
P. A. Fernandez
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HIN LEONG & Co., Timber Merchants and Steam Saw Millers-Kemaman; Cable Ad: Hinleong. Head Office: Chop Chye Hin, 416, Beach Road, Singapore
Tan Chian, sole proprietor
KEMAMAN CASH STORES, LTD. (Incorpor
ated in Singapore), General Merchants, Commission Agents, Importers and Ex- porters-Head Office 148, Selegie Road, Singapore Business Office: Jalan Pasar, Chukai, Kemaman; Cable Ad: Cashstores Chia Pol Heng, managing director
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Tol Seah Hwee and Tan Tiong Swee,
directors
O. C. Smalley, secretary Phua Ah Wah, manager
Chia Choo Kiat and Soh Kee
Kiat, assistants in
UNITED TRADING Co. General Merchants and Commission Agents-Kemaman, Trengganu
Agents for:--
Cycle and Carriage Co. (1926), Ld. Kodak, Ld.nu fo) omre
Danish Islands Preserved Butter Co.
Denmark
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Situated on the north-west coast of the Malay Peninsula, between the parallels of 5 deg. 50 min. and 6 deg. 40 min, North and the meridians of 99 deg. 40 min. and 100 deg. 55 min. E., Kedah has an area of about 3,648 square miles. In the north and east the country is hilly, but the plains along the coast are well-watered and fertile. the northern part of the State the chief agricultural produce is rice. In the southern part the rubber industry has grown to large dimensions. The country is favourable for cattle raising.
The State came under. British protection in 1909, and since then great progress has been made. Road making, bridge building and canal extension are features of the present régime, and the railway from Bukit Mertajam, in Province Wellesley, has been extended through Alor Star, the capital of Kedah, to connect with the Siamese raily
lways on the frontier of Perlis, This connection has been completed and regular railway communication between Singapore and Bangkok has been established. The money order system has been introduced and the telegraph and telephone systems have been extended. The telephone system is connected with Penang and, southwards as far as Seremban.. The towns of Alor Star, Sungei Patani and Kulim are lighted by electricity.
At the 1931 census, the population was 429,691, of whom 286,262 were Malays, 78,415 Chinese, 50,824 Indians and 411 Europeans.
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