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been cleared and planted with pineapple for tinning; the whole of this business appears to be in the hands of Chinese. Considerable interest has also been shown in the cultivation of rubber, oil-grasses, lemon-grass and citronella, as well as indigo, vegetables, pepper and ground nuts. Coconut cultivation increased rapidly for a time, but there is some tendency, especially among the Chinese, to substitute rubber for coconut, which has been officially declared to be "not an advisable policy."
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Singapore offers but few points of salient interest to visitors, the Botanical Gardens at Tanglin, the Waterworks in Thomson Road, and the Raffles Library and Museum being its only show places. A considerable mileage of electric tramway is now in operation. A railway across the island was sanctioned by a vote of the Legislative Council in 1899, and was opened for traffic on 1st January, 1903. An extension to the Tanjong Pagar Docks and neighbourhood was sanctioned and now runs as far as Pasir Panjang. This line of fourteen miles was the first section of a projected Malay Peninsula and India Railway, passing through and opening up the countries of Johore, Malacca, the Native Malay States, some Siamese territory and Burma, on to Calcutta. The Railway now runs direct from Singapore to Penang, and has been extended on the West Coast through Kedah and Perlis and is now connected with the Siamese railway system. The journey, at present, from Singapore to Bangkok can
can be in four days, and from Penang in three days; but it is expected that this may be reduced by the running of express trains over the Siamese system. The railway has also been constructed from a junction at Gemas, near the northern boundary of Johore, through the eastern State of Pahang, and will eventually be extended through Kelantan to form another link with the Siamese railway system on the East Coast. The Singapore Railway was purchased in 1913 for £482,533 by 4 the Federated Malay States Government from the Colonial Government in order to unify the British Malayan railway system under one management. There is a train ferry between the Island of Singapore and the mainland, but work has been begun on the construction of a causeway across the Straits of Johore to carry a double line of rails and a motor road. The distance from Singapore to Calcutta by sea is just over 2,000 miles.
DIRECTORY
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT
Governor, and Commander-in-Chief-Sir Laurence Nunns Guillemard, K.C.B.,
K.C.M.G., K.B.E.
Aide-de-Camp-Lt. H. A. A. Mallet, R.N. Private Secretary N. R. Osborne, M.C. Office Assistant-W. Bachelor
EXECUTIVE
His Excellency the Governor, President General Officer Commanding the Troops Hon. Colonial Secretary
Hon. Resident Councillor of Penang
LEGISLATIVE
His Excellency the Governor, President General Officer Commanding the Troops Hon. Colonial Secretary
Hon. Resident Councillor of Penang Hon. Attorney-General
Hon. Treasurer
Hon. Colonial Engineer
Hon. Mr. J. Lornie
Hon. Mr. P. T. Allen
Hon. Dr. Lim Boon Keng, O.B.E. Hon. Mr. J. Mitchell
COUNCIL
Hon. Attorney-General Hon. Colonial Treasurer Hon. Colonial Engineer Clerk of Councils, A. Cavendish
COUNCIL
Hon. Mr. R. J. Addie
Hon. Mr. D. Y. Perkins
Hon. Mr. J. W. Campbell (on leave) Hon. Mr. F. L. Tomlin (on leave) Hon. Mr. W. F. Nutt, o.B.E. Hon. Mr. A. F. Goodrich (on leave) Hon. Mr. W. Lowther Kemp (acting) Hon. Mr. E. E. Smith (acting) Hon. Mr. W. H. Thorne (acting) Clerk of Councils-A. Cavendish Shorthand Reporter-E. A. Snewin
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