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FEDERATED MALAY STATES

previous year, ie., £10,000,000 sterling. It is certainly notable that the cost of administration, that is of the Government Civil Establishment, amounted to only 17.62 per cent. of the Revenue. The Revenue is mainly derived from a duty on exportei tin, the monopoly of certain licences and a duty on the importation of opium. The Railways (244 miles opened) earned $2,348,822 with an expenditure of $1,261,704, leaving a profit of $1,079,118, which means nearly 6 per cent. on the capital investel. The Malay States Railways have been constructed entirely out of Revenue and, in another twelve months, the extensions which have been in progress for the last five years should be completed, giving, with the lines now open, a total length of about 3:0 miles of Railway. The total road mileage in the Federated Malay States now amounts to 2.285 miles. It is estimated that there are in the Federated Malay States about 70,000 children of a school-going age, but only 9,000 of these attend any recognised school, while many live in places far removed from any school-house; it is a fact that education has no great attraction for Malay parents, or Malay children who might contribute by far the largest number of scholars. The Government offers every reasonable encouragement and there is even a law in force in Selangor and the Negri Sembilan for compelling the attendance of children who live within a fair distance of a school. A Census was taken throughout the Federated Malay States on the 1st March, 1901, and the corrected returns show the population to have been, on that date. 678,595, an increase of 62 per cent. over the Census of 1891. It is interesting to notice that the Malay population shows an increase of 35 per cent. in the decade.

DIRECTORY

Resident-General- W. H. Treachar, c.M.G. Acting Secretary to Resident-General -

O. Marks

Assistant Secretary---O. Marks

Acting do. --C. W. H. Cochrane (abt.) Shorthand Writer-R. G. Evans Chief Clerk-G. Koch

Second do. --G. J. Collins

Record do. —E. A. Reutens

Third do. —G. S. Fernando Fourth do. --E. Kim Ann Extra do. A. P. Cropley

Do. do. —J. A. Maria

Malay Writer—Ahmadbin S. MohamedTait Judicial Commissioner-L. Č. Jackson, K.C. Clerk to do. E. J. A. van Geyzel Legal Adviser-A. Berrington Acting do. -F. Belfield

Clerk to do. -V. A. Pinto

Commissioner of Lands and Mines- F.

Duberley

Clerk to do. —A. Emanuel

Comsnr. of Police-Capt, H. L. Talbot

Clerk to Commisr. of Police-L. M. Johnson

Inspector of Prisons-Lieut.-Colonel R. S.

F. Walker, C.M.G.

Clerk to do. -C. R. Rozello Inspector of Schools-J. Driver Secty, for Chinese Affairs –G. T. Hare Assistant

do.

-G. M. Pountney

Chinese Translator-Leung Kwong-Hin Director Institute for Medical Research-

Dr. H. Wright

Secretary to the High Commissioner-J.

R. O. Aldworth (Singapore)

Acting Secretary to the High Commis-

sioner-J. McArthur

Clerk to do. —P. B. de Roza (Singapore) Financial Commissioner--R. D. Hewett Chief Clerk-N. Grenier

Director Public Works-F. St. G. Caulfield Clerk-L. Tarneaux

General Manager F.M.S. Railways — C.

Edwin Spooner

Protector of Labour--T. H. Hill

Supt. Govt. Experimental Plantations-

S. Arden

Chief Forest Officer-A. Burn-Murdoch

MALAY STATES GUIDES

Comit. --Lt.-Cl. R. S. F. Walker, C.M.G. Second-in-command-Major A.S.Vanrenen Wing Commander-Capt. Graham Adjutant--Lt. T. C. Hineks

Wing Officer-Lt. Frend

Do.

–H, W. D. Adam --Lt. T. C. Hincks

Do.

Do.

--Capt. G. Reid

Do.

--Lt. Dempster

Do.

—J. McKeon

Medical Officer-J. A. Legge

Armourer--W. Field

Assistant do. —J. F. Nea!

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Subadar Major – khuas

Subadars-Alla Singh, Jewalla Singh.

Gurdet Singh

Chief Clerk-W. E. Siddons

Financial Clerk--C. Cheang Chuah Second do. -V. Venngopal

Munshi-Syed Abul Hassan

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