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MALACCA-FEDERATED MALAY STATES

ST. ANTHONY'S ASSOCIATION

President-F. W. Dias Secretary-D. Teixeira Treasurer L. Lazaroo

Committee-J. Paulo, A. J. Minjoot,

E. Sta Maria, A. R. Minjoot

ST. FRANCIS' INSTITUTION-Banda Hilir

Principal-Rev. Bro. Edward

Eight Brothers and six secular teachers

STONE, M., Advocate and Solicitor-7,

Heeren Street

ST. PETER'S CHURCH

Vicar-Rev. A. M. Coroado Girls' School-Tranquerah

Superior--H. Conceição

STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.-132-B, First Cross Street; Teleph. 102; Tel. Ad: Kimbong

Tan Kim Bong, agent

1215

Tan Peck Hoe, clerk and cashier

UNITED ENGINEERS, LTD,, Mechanical, Electrical and Civil Engineers and Shipbuilders-1,2,3, 4, 5 and 6, Riverside. Head Office and Works: Singapore., Branches Ipoh, Penang. Seremban Bangkok and Medan; Tel. Ad: Uniteers

J. M. Armstrong, manager

S. Mathieson, electrical engineer

WILSON, W. D., Chemist-10, Riverside;

Teleph. 70

W. D. Wilson, proprietor

C. J. Bateman, medical practitioner

WOMEN'S MISSION HOSPITAL AND DISPEN- SARY AND MATERNITY TRAINING SCHOOL (Church of England)-798, Tranquerah Miss Elsie Warren, M.B., B.S. (London),

physician-in-charge

Miss Cumber

FEDERATED MALAY STATES

The Protected States comprise four Residencies, namely, Perak, Selangor, Negri Sembilan, and Pahang. These have been federated, the federation taking effect from the 1st July, 1896, and the administration is presided over by a British Officer styled the Chief Secretary, who is subject to the High Commissioner to the Malay States, who is also Governor of the Straits Settlements. Each State has its own Resident and the native rulers retain their titles and dignity. The Federal Offices are at Kuala Lumpur, Selangor. The Federal Council was inaugurated on 10th December, 1909.

The record of these States is one of progress and prosperity. The revenue for 1916 was $51,121,856 (£5,964,216), and the expenditure $31,966,581 (£3,729,434). The assets on December 31, 1916, stood at $60,631,511 (£7,073,676). These States have 876 miles of railway in the Malay Peninsula (paid for out of current revenue), yielding good income; they have 2,468 miles of roads; and the wire mileage of telegraphs and telephones is 10,461. Waterworks, wharves, hospitals, prisons, schools, and many other public buildings have been constructed, while the Government of Perak has carried out an important scheme of irrigation which will benefit about 60,000 acres of land and cost about £200,000. The principal sources of revenue and prosperity are the alluvial tin deposits, which, at the present price of the metal, can be worked at considerable profit, and the plantation rubber industry, the country producing one-third of the world's supply of rubber. Tin has been worked in the Malay Peninsula for centuries, and it is believed it will still be produced there centuries hence. The industry has grown of recent years to very large proportions, but it would take a long time to work out the alluvial deposits in the lands already alienated, and these comprise but a fraction of the unexplored lands which still remain, where there is every reason to believe the mineral will be found in payable quantities. This only applies to alluvial deposits. No one can guess what are the reserves of ore in underground rock forma- tions, as at Kuantan in Pahang, Slim in Perak, and Jelebu in the Negri Sembilan.

The annual export of tin from these States is valued at over $60,000,000. As a matter of fact, the value of 737,014 piculs exported in 1916 was $64,563,252 against 785,670 piculs valued at $61,509,037, in 1915. The Government has not overlooked the fact that in the export of tin its capital is being reduced, and it has made an effort to