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TRENGGANU-KEDAH

DIRECTORY

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GOVERNMENT

Sultan-His Highness Sir Zainal Abidin

ibni Almerhum Ahmad, K.C.M.G.

The Yang-di-Pertuan Muda

ibni Sultan Zainal Abidin

Mohamed

MEMBERS OF THE STATE COUNCIL Tungku Ngah bin Tungku Abdul Rahim Tungku Umbong bin Tungku Sleyman Tungku Mahmud bin Tungku Mohamed Tungku Ahmad bin TungkuAbdul Rahman Inche Mohamed Ali bin Abdul Rahim Tungku Sulong bin Tungku Ngah Tungku Long bin Tungku Woh

Secretary to H. H. the Sultan-Haji Ngah

bin Yusuf

POST OFFICE

Postmaster-General-Tungku Omar bin

Osman

OFFICE OF THE BRITISH AGENT British Agent John Lisseter Humphreys

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Head of Department-Tungku Umbong

bin Tungku Sleyman

KRETAI ESTATE-Postal Ad: Kreta

The East Asiatic Co., Ld., of Copenha-

gen, proprietors

SUNGEI JIANGAH-Postal Ad: Dungun

The Dungun River (Trengganu)

Wolfram Co., Ld., London and Singapore, proprietors

KEDAH

Situated on the north-west coast of the Peninsula, between the parallels of 5° 50 min. and 6° 40 min. North and the meridians of 99° 40 min. and 100° 55 min. E., Kedah has an area of over 3,000 square miles. In the north and east the country is hilly, but the plains along the coast are well-watered and fertile. In the northern part of the State the chief agricultural produce is rice. In the southern part the rubber industry has grown to large dimensions. The country is favourable for cattle raising.

Mr. W. G. Maxwell became British Adviser in July, 1909, and since then great pro- gress has been made.

Road making, bridge building and canal extension are features of the new régime, and the railway from Bukit Mertajam, in Province Wellesley, has been extended through Alor Star, the capital of Kedah, to connect with the Siamese railways on the frontier of Perlis. When this connection has been completed in the near future there will be through railway communication between Singapore and Bangkok. New post offices have been established throughout the country, the money order system introduced and the telegraph and telephone systems extended. The telephone system is connected with Penang

At the 1911 census the population was 245,986, of whom 195,411 were Malays, 33,746 Chinese, 6,074 Indians and 136 Europeans (128 British). It was estimated at 258,000 in 1915. The revenue for 1915 was $2,592,024 against $2,513,789 in 1914, and the expenditure $2,273,522 against $2,989,518. The estimated revenue for 1916 exceeds $3,000,000. There is a loan of $2,720,953 from the Federated Malay States. In 1915, 14,582 piculs of tin were exported against 14,460 in 1914 and 220 piculs of wolfram as compared with 421 in 1914.

Rubber planting continues to make steady progress, and the value of the rubber exported in 1915 amounted to $3,490,000 as compared with $1,527,500 in 1914. The value of the coconuts, betel nuts and miscellaneous agricultural produce exported in 1915 was $228,480 against $323,000 in 1914.