KEDAH-PERLIS
KUALA SIDIM RUBBER Co., LTD., Batu Pekaka Estate Postal Ad: Sungey Petani
H. Ledebeer, manager
F. Wright
Boelen & Co., Penang, agents
MUDA SYNDICATE, LTD., Batu Blachan Estate Postal Ad: Via Sungei Patani
C. F. K. Moore, manager
Percy N. Mitford, visiting agent Boustead & Co., Penang, agents
1381
RUBBER ESTATES OF KRIAN, LTD., Kedah
--Postal Ad: Parit Buntar, Perak
SUNGEI BATU (MALAYA) RUBBER ESTATES,
LTD.-Postal Ad: Semiling A. G. Darke, manager
J. J. Picton Davies, asst. manager E. J. Currie
VICTORIA (MALAYA) RUBBER ESTATES, LTD. Postal Ad: Lunas, Kedah South
J. H. Baldwin, manager
PERLIS
This is the smallest of the Malay States, the area being about 300 square miles. It is situated to the north of Kedah, and its conditions are practically identical with those of Kedah. Mr. Meadows Frost, the first British Adviser, followed the policy which marks British control in the Federated States, and the active co-operation of the Raja and his Council has led to a great improvement in the internal administration since the assumption of British suzerainty in 1909.
The population comprises 32,746 persons, of whom 29,497 are Malays, 1,627 Chinese 1,388 Siamese, and only 5 Europeans (3 British). The revenue in 1914 was $179,970 and the expenditure $185,552, against $154,985 and $153,312 respectively in 1913. With the transference of suzerainty there was taken over a debt of $474,796 by the F.M.S. In 1914 the debt stood at $536,838, the addition being due to the carrying out of necessary public works.
There is very little to be said of the trade of Perlis. In Kangar there is one street of shops, whose proprietors besides selling sundry goods also export padi-the staple product of the country-as well as ducks and fowls for the Penang market. The chief imports are cottons for native clothing, kerosene, tobacco and sundry odds and ends used by the Malay country people. In 1910 the State Council abolished the miscellaneous import duty of 3 per cent. on all imported goods not specifically mention- ed, and now the only duties raised are on spirits, beer, wine, tobacco and kerosene or other oils used for heating or lighting purposes. The miscellaneous export duty of 5 per cent. on all goods not specifically mentioned (such as tin and guano) has also been abolished. In 1914, there were 186 tons of tin ore exported against 142 tons in 1913. Many of the lime-stone hills of Perlis contain caves rich in guano deposits. The Government gives facilities for prospecting for coal and oil.
A few native rubber plantations produced 1,744 lbs. of Para rubber in 1914, against 2,200 lbs. in 1913. The main native cultivation is padi, but 119 tons of copra were exported in 1914.
MEMBERS OF STATE COUNCIL
H. H. Raja Syed Alwi, president
H. C. Eckhardt, acting adviser Syed Hamzah
Datoh Wan Teh Haji Mohamed Nor
DIRECTORY
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
Adviser-H. C. Eckhardt (acting) Commissioner of Lands-Chi Mahmud
Judges-Chi Mahmud, Haji Mohamed,
Syed Sheik
Commissioner
Arshad
Customs
Mohamed
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