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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. lu 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. This connection has been completed and it is anticipated that there will be regular railway communication between Singapore and Bangkok in 1918. offices have been established throughout the country, the money order system introduced and the telegraph and telephone systems extended. The telephone system is connected withi 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 273,000 in 1916. The revenue for 1916 was $3,276,732 against $2,592,024 in 19 5, and the expenditure $3,021,873 against $2,273,522. The estimated revenue for 1918 exceeds $4,000,000. There is a loan of $2,720,953 from the Federated Malay States. In 1916, 11,414 piculs of tin were exported against 14,582 in 1915 and 282 piculs of wolfram as compared with 220 in 1915

Rubber planting continues to make steady progress, and the value of the rubber exported in 1916 amounted to $7,458,000 as compared with $3,490,000 in 1915. The value of the coconuts, betel nuts and miscellaneous agricultural produce exported in 1916 was $240,100 against $228,480 in 1915.

DIRECTORY

Sultan H, H. Sir ABDUL HAMID BIN AHMAD TAJUDIN, K.C.M.G. Regent-H. H, Tunku fbrahim

Aide-de-Camp-Tunku Bahadurshah

Secretary to Government-Che Mohammad Ariffin

STATE COUNCIL OFFICE

President- H. H. Tunku Ibrahim Vice-President-Tunku-Mahmood Acting Adviser-G. A. Hall Asst. Adviser-J. S. W. Arthur Secretary-Tunku Md. Jiwa

TREASURY

State Treasurer-Syed Muhammad Sha-

habudin

Asst. Treasurer-F. Iverty

AUDIT OFFICE

Auditor General-Tun Ku Kassim

Asst. Auditor General--Stanley Denny

(on leave)

Asst. Auditor General-J. McDonough

Do.

-L. Forbes

HIGH COURT-ALOR STAR, KEDAH

Chief Judge-Syed Hassan Barakabah Asst. do. -Syed Mansur Aljofre Registrar-Syed Mohamad Idid Sheriff-Che Awang

Deputy Registrar-Shaikh. Md. Hashim

Do. Sheriff-Che Endoet