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MALACCA-FEDERATED MALAY STATES

ST. FRANCIS' INSTITUTION-Banda Hilir

Principal-Rev. Bro. V. Augustus Five Brothers and fourteen secular

teachers

STONE, M., Advocate and Solicitor-7,

Heeren Street

C. C. Simpson

ST. PETER'S CHURCH

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

Superior--H. Conceição

STRAITS STEAMSHIP Co., LTD.-132-B, First Cross St.; Telepli. 102. Tel. Ad: Kimbong

Tan Kim Bong, agent

TEOH BON LEONG & Co. (Established 1907), Auctioneers and Valuers, Insurance and Shipping Agents 23, River

Side,

Malacca, S.S.

Tech Bong Leong, proptr. and auctnr. Teoh Hong Tiat, manager

Teoli Hong Tee, cashier and asst.

Lee Swe Hoch, bookkeeper

Agency

Sun Fire Office

1247

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

J. M. Armstrong, A.M.I.MECH.E., mgr. A.O. Thomas, A.M.I.E.E., electrical engr.

A. Wilkie, engineer

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

Teleph. 70

W. D. Wilson, proprietor Dr. A. H. Keun, M B., C.M.

C. J. Bateman, medical practitioner

WOMEN'S MISSION HOSPITAL AND DISPEN- SARY AND MATERNITY TRAINING SCHOOL (Church of England)-798, Tranqueral; Teleph. 136

Dr. Rattray and Dr. Oug,. hon. visit

ing physicians and surgeons Miss Hesseltine, sister in charge

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 Öfficer 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 1919 was $72,135,075 (£8,415,758), and the expenditure $70,676,961 (£8,245,645). The assets on December 31, 1919, stood at $109,926,017 (£12,824,702). These States have 1,00 miles of railway in the Malay Peninsula (paid for out of current revenuc), yielding good income; they have 3,000 miles of roads; and the wire mileage of telegraphs and telephones is 14,016 (of which 2,435 miles of wire is in underground cables). Waterworks,

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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.