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copra, padi and black pepper. Revenue is raised by means of "farms" and duties on all kinds of exports. The State Secretary returned the revenue at $430,195 in 1917 and the expenditure at $326,050, the corresponding statistics for 1916 being-revenue, $236,798, expenditure, $234,687. The total value of exports from Trengganu to Singapore in 1917 was $2,306,804 against $2,079,642 in 1916, and of imports from Singapore $1,187,917 against $1,157,788 in 1916.

Regular steamship communication is maintained with Singapore. and temperature conditions are similar to those in the other Malay States.

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GOVERNMENT

'DIRECTORY

Sultan-His Highness Sir Zainal Abidin

ibni Almerhum Ahmad, K.C.M.G. The Yang-di-Pertuan - Muda - Mohamed

ibni Sultan Zainal Abidin

Acting Mentri Besar- 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

DUNGUN, LIMITED- Postal Ad: Dungun

Wolfram mines

KRETAI ESTATE-Postal Ad: Kretai

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

gen, 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. This connection has been completed and regular railway communica- tion between Singapore and Bangkok has been established. The money order system has been 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 283,000 in 1917. The revenue for 1917 was $4,554,180 against $3,276,732 in 1916, and the expenditure $3,240,120 against $3,021,873. The estimated revenue for 1919 exceeds $4,000,000. There is a loan of $2,720,953 from the Federated Malay States. In 1917, 8,004 piculs of tin were exported against 11,414 in 1916 and 2,090 piculs of wolfram as compared with 287 in 1916.

Rubber planting continues to make steady progress, and the value of the rubber exported in 1917 amounted to $7,902,696 as compared with 87,458,000 in 1916. The value of the coconuts, betel nuts and miscellaneous agricultural produce exported in 1917

was $58,346; 187 motor cars were registered in 1917.