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SELANGOR

1917. Of wolfram 3,700 piculs were exported. The Malayan Collieries, Ltd., is now at work at Rantau Panjang, and turned out 168,740 tons of coal in 1918. The quality of the coal is reported to be satisfactory. A branch railway has been constructed to the mine.

There is frequent and regular communication, by means of coasting steamers, between the Straits Settlements and Selangor, and from Kuala Lumpur a system of cart and bridle roads extends to the boundaries of Perak, Negri Sembilan and Pahang. A metre gauge railway line, connecting Kuala Lumpur with Klang (a distance of 21 miles 14 chains) was formally opened by Sir F. Weld, then Governor of the Straits Settlements, on the 15th Sept., 1886, and an extension, Kuala Lumpur to Kuala Kubu, was opened on the 6th October, 1894. Branches now extend in all directions, and the main trunk line passes through Selangor. Port Swettenham is the terminus of the railway on Klang Straits, and wharves have been constructed there, capable of accommodating ocean-going steamers. The number of merchant vessels, other than native craft, enter- ing the port in 1918 was 955 (of which 946 were British) against 1,258 in 1916. There entered 130 ocean-going steamers against 165 in 1917.

Telegraph lines connect Selangor with the other States in the Malay Peninsula; telephones are established throughout the State, and postal and telegraph offices are to be found in all the towns and principal villages.

The State revenue in 1918 amounted to $24,455,790 against $23,948,757 in 1917, and the expenditure to $16,167,911 against $14,920,428 in 1917. The balance of assets over liabilities was $47,328,703. Trade statistics were as follow:-

Imports.......... Exports...

1917 $37,277,425

.101,830,247

1918

$36,849,355 79,718,369

DIRECTORY

GOVERNMENT

Sultan-H. H. Sir ALA'IDIN SULEIMAN SHAH BIN ALMERHUM, RAJA MUSA, K.C.M.G.

British Resident-A. H. LEMON

HOUSEHOLD OF H. H. THE SULTAN Malay Secretary-Tenku Bahadar bin

Sultan Suleiman

Clerk-Ismail bin Soloh Dato' Bantara Kiri

Penghulu Bali-Inche Mohamed bin Awal Penghulu Dalam-Ismal bin Yahya

ORANG-ORANG BESAR

Dato' Stia de Raja-Inche Abdul Razak

bin Haji Abdul Gani, M.C.

Penggawa Muda-Ibrahim bin Amin Shah-Bandar-Haji Ali bin Shahandar

Mohamed Saleh

Marajah Lela-Inche Abdullah bin Haji

Abdul Gani

To'Amar Penghulu Isti adat-Mohamed

Aminbin Wan Mohamed'Syed

PEGAWAI-PEGAWAI SHARAK Kathi Raja Haji Osman Naib Kathi Haji Abdue Hamid (Kuala Lumpur), Haji Mohamed Ghouse (Klang), Raja Itam bin Raja Jafa (Kuala Langat), Haji Abdul Hamid (Ulu Langat), Haji Mohamed Khatib (Kuala Selangor), Haji Mohamed Yasib (Ulu Selangor)

KUALA LUMPUR

RESIDENCY AND SECRETARIAT

British Resident--A. H. Lemon Secretary to Resident-C. W. Harrison Asst. do.

-F. N. H. Mather

AUDITOR-GENERAL'S OFFICE

Auditor-General-C. B. Mills (acting) Chief Clerk-H. Tet Shyn

COURTS

Magistrates-A. W. Just, W. Pryde and A.

G. Norkill

Bailiff and Auctioneer-Haji Abu Bakar Chief Clerk-V. K. Pillay

1st Clerk-N. T. Veerappa Pillay

OFFICE OF SECRETARY FOR CHINESE AFFAIRS, FEDERATED MALAY STATES Sec. for Chinese Affairs-W. T. Chapman

(acting)

Clerk and Translator-Tang Po Cho

CHINESE SECRETARIAT, SELANGOR AND NEGRI SEMBILAN Protector of Chinese-W. T. Chapman (atg.)