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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 1915, there were 230 tons of tin ore exported against 186 tons in 1914. 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 3,485 lbs. of Para rubber in 1915, against 1,744 lbs. in 1914. The main native cultivation is padi, but 169 piculs of copra were exported in 1915.
DIRECTORY
MEMBERS OF STATE COUNCIL
H. H. Raja Syed Alwi, president H. C. Eckhardt, acting adviser Syed Hamzah
Datoh Wan Teh
Haji Mohamed Nor
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
Adviser H. C. Eckhardt (acting) Commissioner of Lands-Chi Mahmud Judges-Chi Mahmud, Haji Mohamed,
Wan Shmad Commissioner
Arshad
Customs
Mohamed
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