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PERAK
The large districts of Batang Padang and Upper Perak are as yet less developed than the rest of the State. The railway runs through the Batang Padang district six miles from the headquarter town of Tapah, for which the station, Tapah Road, is some seven hours from Penang. A metalled cart road is now being completed to Grit, the headquarters of the Upper Perak district, on the boundary between Perak and the Native State of Reman which is under Siamese influence.
The population of Perak in 1901, when a census was taken, was 329.665 and in 1996 it was estimated at over 400,000. It consisted in 1901 of 149,375 Chinese, of whom 13,724 only were females, 141,723 Malays and other natives of the Archipelago, 34,710 natives of India of whom only 8,678 were females, and 3,587 persons of various other races, including Europeans, Eurasians, Africans, Aunamese, Arabs, Armenians, Jaffna Tamils, Japanese, Siamese and Singalese. The Chinese form the labour force of the tin mines and the Tamil natives of India the labour force of the plantations, but it is noticeable that large numbers of Tamils are now employed in the mines. The Malays engage in native cultivation and various other pursuits.
The Federated Malay States Railway runs through the whole length of Perak from Parit Buntar on the Penang (Province Wellesley) border to Tanjong Malim on the Selangor border, and up to December 31st, 1905, $16,822,133 had been expended on capital account. Branch railways run from Taiping to Port Weld and from Tapah Road to Teluk Anson, thus connecting the coast with the interior.
There are in this State about 600 miles of metalled roads, 100 miles of earth roads, and nearly 700 miles of path constructed and open for traffic. There are 540 miles of telephone and telegraph lines.
There is no public debt and the revenue is steadily increasing. It now amounts to about twelve million dollars per annum, over one-third of it being derived from an export duty on tin.
DIRECTORY
GOVERNMENT
His Highness Sir IDRIS MERSID-EL-AAZAM SHAH, G.C.M.G., Sultan of Perak
COUNCIL OF STATE
His Highness the Sultan
The British Resident, E. W. Birch, c.M.G. Acting Secretary to Resident, R.
J.
Wilkinson
The Raja Bendahara, Raja Abdul Jalil Raja Chulan bin Ex-Sultan Abdullah Raja Ngali Abubakar
The Orang Kaya Mentri, Paduka Tuan,
Wan Muhammad Isa
The Orang Kaya Kaya Sri Adika Raja,
Wan Muhammad Saleh, 1.8.0. The Orang Kaya Kaya Sitia Bijaya Di
Raja, Juragan Abdul Shukor
The Datoh Panglima Besar, Haji Abdul Raof The Orang Kaya Kaya Laksamana, Inche
Hussein
F. D. Osborne
Towkay Chung Thye Phin
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Foo Choo Choon
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Heah Swee Lee Leung Fee
LARUT DISTRICT RESIDENT'S OFFICE
Resident-E. W. Birch, c.M.G.
Secretary-J. R. Innes
Acting Secretary-R. J. Wilkinson Asst. Secty.-L. McLean
Acting Secretary-C. W. H. Cochrane Second. Asst. Secty.-C. S. Robinson Office Assistant-L. Francka Resident's clerk--J. M. Rozells Chief clerk-—A. R. de Souza
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Clerks F. N. McKenzie, A. L. Minjost, S. Aria Cuddy, C. S. Manian, Cheah Tek Chye, S. S. Backen, Lim Khong Whie, Fong Hoy Choong, Jamal Din, Loh Seong Lan, Lim Hong Hin, R. E. Colomb, Mahyndin
Malay Writers-Alang Ahmad, Rajo
Shabudin
REVENUE AUDIT BRANCH
Revenue Auditor-F. W. Talbot Assistant do. -J. W, Kriekenbeek Acting do. -G, R. Stevens
Chief Clerk-H. S. Baptist and six other
clerks
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