KEDAH-PERLIS
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SANITARY BOARD-Alor Star
Chairman-H.H. Tunku Mohamed Jewa
Senior Health Officer Executive Engineer, N.K.
Officer Superintdg. Police Circle, N.K. Medical Officer, N. K. Land Officer, Kota Star W. D. Sheffield
Dr. Cheah Toon Lock Lim Ewe Siang
Che Md. Sutan Haji Ali
Secretary-Che Mohamed Zain Ariffin
SURVEY DEPARTMENT
Supt. of Surveys-T. Kitching Assist. Supts. of Surveys-B. Cooper, P. H. Goss, P. H. Bonnet & R, K. A. Bruce
TREASURY
State Treasurer-H. H. Tunku Kas-
san
Financial Commissioner-F. E. Ivery
VETERINARY DEPARTMENT
State Vet. Surgeon-J. J. Fleury, M.R.C.V.S.
CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA-Alor Star, Kedah; Cable Ad: Ascendant, Alor Star. Head Office: 38, Bishopsgate, London, E.C. 2
P. R. Wait. sub-agent
W. S. Dakin
MOURIN & Co., LTD., ARTHUR (Incor- porated in F. M. S.) Merchants and Shipping Agents-Bandar Bharu, South Kedah; Teleph. 12, Bandar Bharu; Cable Ad: Mourin
Directors-Arthur Mourin (Chairman)
and E. James
Secretaries-Serdang Group Hospital
Association
ROBB & NILSSON, Civil Engineers and Con- tractors, Reinforced Concrete Specialists
-Sungei Patani; Teleph. 70; Cable Ad: Nilrob
L. T. A. Robb, partner
F. L. Nilsson, C.E., B.Sc., partner
SENG CHEONG & Co., General Merchants & Commission Agents-52, Jalan Pekan China, Alor Star, Kedah Teleph. 121; Cable Ad: Sengcheong; Code: A.B.C. 5th edn.
SINGH SARDAR SAHIB, Matab Planter-
Baling, Kedah
WHATT & Co., General Merchants-125- 127, Pekan Malayu, Alor Star, Kedah; Teleph. 125; Cable. Ad: Whatt; Code: A.B.C. 5th edn..
Low Guan Huat, proprietor
PERLIS
This is the smallest of the Malay States, the area being about 316 square miles. It is situated to the north of Kedah, and its conditions are practically identical with those of Kedah. The British Advisers have followed the policy which marks British control in the Federated Malay States, and the active co-operation of the Raja and his Council has led to a great improvement in the internal administration since the assumption of British suzerainty in 1909. The Federated Malay States have completed the extension of their railway system through Perlis to link up with the Siainese_railway system. Rail communication with Bangkok has been maintained since the 1st July, 1918.
The population at the census of 1931 comprised 29,279 persons, of whom 400,21 were Malays, 6,500 Chinese and about 1,790 Siamese. The revenue in the first year of British Protection was $102,522. For the Mohammedan year 1352 (1934-35) the revenue
Engineering
-Maca