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some 100,000 acres, which was the total extent of the area alienated for that purpose. That area has now been doubled. The sugar estates have done well, and will continue to earn fair profit so long as their machinery and methods of treatment are kept up-to-date. Over 40,000 acres of land are under coco-nuts, for which the soil and climate of these States are peculiarly well suited; and the cul- tivation of rice is only a question of irrigation and labour. The irrigation scheme in Perak is making but slow progress, but the success of every form of agri- culture and of all the efforts of the Government to develop the country by means of railways, irrigation, and other great public works, depend upon an adequate supply of labour. To meet the demand the Federated Malay States have endeavoured, hitherto without success, to arrange for a direct line of steamers to carry Chinese labour from Canton to the ports of the Malay States. As regards Indian labour, the Govern- ments of the Colony and the Federated Malay States, supported by the planters, are making every possible effort, by a new system of recruiting and by offering higher wages and other advantages, to secure an adequate supply of Indian labour. The question of creating an agricultural department to foster agricultural interests, encour- age the cultivation of new products, to conduct experiments and be a general source of information for planters is under consideration.
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 reasonable 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
Secty, to High Commissioner-0. Marks Clerk-J. de Aranjo
Resident-Genl.-- W. T. Taylor, K.C.M.G.
Subadar Major-Gurdit Singh
Munshi and Native Adjutant-Jemadar
Fateh Singh
Federal Secretary, F.M.S.—A. R. Venning | Subadar-Kala Singh
Assistant Secretary---Claud Severn
Do. Jewala Singh
Second do.
--C. W. H. Cochrane
Office Assistant—G. J. Collins
Chief Judicial Comsnr.-A. F. G. Law
Senior Judicial Comr-A. T. D. Berrington
Junior do. -L. M. Woodward
Legal Adviser-F. Belfield
Do.
Do.
Bachan Singh
Mastan Khan
Do. -Gurdit Singh
-Jewand Singh Do. —Mewa Singh
Do.
Jemadar--Vadhawa Singh
Do.
-Radha
Jhagar Singh
Jag Singh
-Jeswant Singh
Do.
Mahomed Zaman
MALAY STATES GUIDES
Do.
-Gurdit Singh
Headquarters, Taiping, Perak
Do.
--Prem Singh
JJ
Comdr. Lt.-Cl. R. S. F. Walker, c.M.G.
Do.
Second-in-Comdr.—Major A. S. Vanrenen Field Officer –Vacant
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Adjutant-Lieutenant B. W. E. Dunsford
Do. Do.
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Company Comdr.-Capt. C. F. Woodward
do. H. W. D. Adam |
do. E. H. G. Leggett |
Company Comdr.-Lieut. J. H. G. Marriott
do. B. W. E. Dunsford do. O.T. Mac R.Leckie do. S. A. MacMillan do. C.H.M. McCallum
Quarter Master Lieutenant--F. Golding Battery Sergeant Major--F. G. Kennedy
Medical Officer-Captain F. E. Wood, M. ɓ Senior Dresser-J. Appa Row
Master Tailor-P. Moss
Assistant Master Tailor-J. M. Gray Armourer-W. Field
Office Assistant-W. E. Siddons Chief Clerk--W. P. Gomes
Financial Clerk--Cheah Ceang Chuah Second Clerk-S. Suppiah
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