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PENANG JOHORE
SMITH, JAS. M. P., Broker, Auctioneer Land and Estate Agent, 3, Bishop Street
TANJONG PAGAR DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED, PRYE RIVER Dock, Engineers, Boiler makers and Shipwrights
R. Anderson, manager
Allan Renny, superindt. engineer R. Fotheringham, shop foreman W. Hooley, boilermaker
J. Duncan, carpenter
P. R. Jeremiah, dock foreman R. Philips, clerk
Hugh S. Balhatchet, do. Mlid. Ghouse, do.
M. A. Julian, storekeeper A. Rozelles, timekeeper
TELEPHONE COMPANY
D. W. Gott, agent
G. A. Surin, clerk
TELEGRAPH COMPANY, LIMITED-EASTERN EXTENSION, AUSTRALASIA AND CHINA, Beach Street and Northam Road
D. W. Gott, superintendent (absent) A. Cameron, acting superintendent
W. H. Gilly, acting clerk in charge T. Morony, supervisor W. M. Black, acting do.
J. Hosey, P. Langan, E. Cotter, J. W. Shannon, J. W. McNamee, C. H. Johnson, J. B. Southam, R, O’H. Dawes, R. S. Atkinson, A. H.
Wadmore, J. W. Doughty, A. S. Sullivan, operators
G. A. Surin, Ismail Khan, counter
clerks
Lee Ah Koon, S. K. Bobjee, L. Po-
seng, M. D. Esa, Morse, clerks Hock Leong, H. Palmer, E. Karl,
office assistants
TEUFERT, J. F., D.D.S., Dental Surgeon,
Seaview Hotel
THEAN SIEW & Co., Storekeepers, Commis- sion Agents, and Sago and Tapioca Flour Merchants, 31, Beach Street
Choong Thean Siew, man'g. partner
VAN SOMEREN, R. G., Advocate and Solici
tor, 9, Beach Street
Woodford, Jas. L., Draper, Outfitter, and
Milliner, 2A, Beach Street
Cheah Chew Thow
Woodford & Co., W. N., Merchs., Beach St.
W. N. Woodford
H. B. Woodford
WOOLDRIDGE, T. A., Landing and Shipping
Agent, The Jetty
WREFORD, J. F., B.A., Advocate and Solicitor,
27, Beach Street
C. Nelligan, managing clerk Wee Beng Chye and others
JOHORE
This state occupies the southern portion of the Malayan Peninsula, and has an area of about 9,000 square miles. The state is ruled by a Sultan, who is independent, but under the protection of the British Government so far as external policy is concerned. The present Sultan, Ibrahim, was born in 1873, and succeeded his father, the late Sultan Abubakar, in 1895, being crowned on the 2nd November of that year. The country has made great progress in material prosperity, and its orderly condition has attracted a good deal of European capital, invested in planting enterprises,
The capital is the town of Johore Bhâru, or new Johore, as distinguished from Johore Láma, or old Johore, the former seat of the sultans of Johore, which was situated a few miles up the wide estuary of the Johore river. The new town is a flourishing little place on the nearest point of the mainland to Singapore island, and lying about 14 miles to the north-east of Singapore city, in 1 ́ 26′ N. It contains some 20,000 inhabitants, mostly Chinese. Amongst the Government buildings are the Istana, court and police stations, barracks, goal, hospital, market, railway station, and a mosque.
A steam saw-mill, owned by Chinese, does a good business. plentiful supply of water, by means of pipes from a stream in the hills about 12 miles distant, has been provided since March, 1890. Good roads are being made, and, to meet the requirements of the Padang district, a light railway was completed during 1890 as far as Parit Jawa, a distance of eight miles.
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The population of the state is remarkable for containing a larger number of Chinese than of Malays. The exact figures have not been ascertained, but probably come to 200,000, viz., Malays, 35,000, Chinese 150,000, and Javanese 15,000. More than half are found within 15 miles of the Singapore Straits. The Chinese are chiefly found as
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