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MALACCA
Beyond its interest to the sportsman or naturalist, Malacca possesses no attrac- tions except to those who like to visit scenes famous in the annals of discovery for the bloody fights they have witnessed between the natives and the European nations who contended for their possession. Its population in 1931 was estimated at 186,711. There are
some 460 European residents in the Settlement, of whom at least three- quarters are planters.
The trade is largely with Singapore and the Federated Malay States, but rubber is shipped fortnightly by Japanese mail steamers to Europe. The cultivation of tapioca was formerly the principal industry, but rubber is now extensively planted, several large companies having taken over a number of small estates. The cultiva- tion of tapioca and gambier is declining rapidly in favour of coconuts and rubber, there being 200,000 acres under rubber and 48,133 acres growing coconuts, pineapple and other fruitst The total value. of foreign imports and exports of Malacca for the year 1935 were $4,082,397 & $14,264,170 respectively.
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DIRECTORY
GOVERNMENT OFFICES
RESIDENT COUNCILLOR'S OFFICE
Resident Councillor-G. W. Bryant Office Assistant-V. E: Dias Chief Clerk-Goh Kay Swee
BANKRUPICY DEPARIMENT
Assist. Official Assignee A. Williams Clerk-Woo Poh Meng
CHINESE PROTECTORATE
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Assist. Protr. of Chin.-A. W. Hay Clerk and Interpr.--Chan Choon Guan Clerk-Lam Seng Weng
CORONER'S DEPARTMENT
Cororers Harbour Master, Magist
rate, District Officer (Alor Gajah), District Officer (Jasin), the District Judge and the Collector of Land Revenue
DEPARTMENT OF EXCISE
Supt. of Excise-W. Gordon Senior Supervisor-E. V. Rodrigues Assist. Supervisors-K. Thambiah
and Jasmy b H. Ab Hamid Chief Clerk-Chan Teong Hock
DISTRICT COURT (CIVIL)
District Judge-A. Williams
Asst. District Judge J. A. A. Faitli Chief Clerk-A. Thomazios
DISTRICT OFFICES
Alor Gajah
District Officer-J. D. Hodgkinson,
M.C.S.
Assist. Collector of Land Revenue-
Yeo Seng Whatt, J.M. Chief Clerk-R. de Rozario Second Clerk-Lim Keng Jo, Land Bailiff-Ali H. Puteh .
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Inspector of Schools-M. R... Holgate,
M.A. (N.Z.)
Malay Assist. Inspr.-Abdul Jalil bin;
Haji Othman
Chinese Assist. Inspr.-Huang Yang
Ying
Chief Clerk-R. R. Spykerman
Second Clerk-C. P. Retty
High School
Headmaster-L. A. S. Jermyn, B. A.
(Oxon)
European Masters-R. W. Watson- i Hyatt, B.A. (Hon.) (London) and R. F. Bomford, B.A. (Oxon)
Bandar Hilir English School
Headmaster-E. A. H. Ellis
Tranquerah English School
Headmistress Mrs. D. Watson Hyatt
(acting)
Principal, Malay Women's Training
Centre Miss N. Purdom
Headmaster, Trade School-B. V. F.
Richards