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PENANG JOHORE

SINGAPORE AND STRAITS PRINTING OFFICE

Allen & Kennedy, agents

SLOT, G. H., Merchant, 35€, Beach Street

R. Hendry, signs per pro.

F. J. Brüder

Agencies

Netherlands Fire Insurance Co. Atjeh Associatie

STEWART & MCINTYRE, Land and Commis- sion Agents and Appraisers, 3, Bishop St.

F. Stewart

C. A. McIntyre

SUMERFIELD & Co., Merchants and Com-

mission Agents, Beach Street

Thos. H. Sumerfield

G. F. B. Ühen L. Andrews

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. M. Ä. Julian, storekeeper A. Rozelles, timekeeper

TELEPHONE COMPANY

S. L. James, agent

G. A. Surin, clerk

Telegraph COMPANY, LIMITED-EASTERN EXTENSION, AUSTRALASIA AND CHINA, Beach Street and Northam Road

S. L. James, acting superintendent

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W. H. Gilby, acting clerk in charge T. F. Morony, supervisor W. M. Black, acting do.

P. J. Rice

A. H. Wadmore

R. J. Rossiter A. M. Leighton

J. Hosey, P. B. Langan, J. W. Shan- non, C. H. Johnson, J. B. Southam, R. S. Atkinson, S. V. Dick, T. C. M. West, C. Middleton, J. V. Val- berg, W. J. Doughty, operators G. A. Surin, Ismail Khan, counter

clerks

Lee Ah Koon, S. K. Bobjee, L. Po-

seng, Md. Esa, Morse, clerks Hock Leong, H. Palmer, E. Karl,

L. Karl, J. Chill, office assistants

TEUFERT, J. F., D.D.S., Dental Surgeon,

Seaview Hotel

VAN SOMEREN, R. G., Advocate and Solici-

tor, 9, Beach Street

WILSON, ALAN, M.S.E., Civil Engineer, Architect and Land Surveyor, 35c, Beach Street

WOODFORD, JAS. L., Draper, Outfitter,

Bookseller, &c., 2A, Beach Street

Ong Kim Teik

WOODFORD & Co., W. N., Merchs., Beach St.

W. N. Woodford

H. B. Woodford

WOOLDRIDGE, T. A., Landing and Shipping

Agent, The Jetty Agency

Henry S. King & Co.

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 Lâma, 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