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GOVERNMENT

TRENGGANU-KEDAH

DIRECTORY

Sultan-His Highness Sleman ibni Al-

merhum Sultan Zenalabidin Acting Mentri Besar- Haji Ngah bin

Yusuf

OFFICE OF THE BRITISH ADVISER

British Adviser J. Lisseter Humphreys, J. Lisseter Humphreys, Henry Charles Eckhardt (acting) Assist. Adviser-Major H. S. Paterson

HEAD OF POLICE, TENGKU PANGLIMA Commissioner of Police-E. Cheers

POST OFFICE

1359

Postmaster-General-Tengku Omar bin

Osman

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Head of Department-D. H. Laidlaw KRETAL ESTATE--Postal Ad: Kretai

East Asiatic Co., Ld., of Copenhagen,

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 present 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 communication between Singapore and Bangkok has been established. The money order system has been introduced and the telegraph and telephone systems have been extended. The telephone system is connected with Penang.

At the 1921 census the population was 338,544, of whom 237,043 were Malays, 59,403 Chinese, 33,019 Indians and 300 Europeans. The revenue for 1920 was $6,649,811, against $4,941,487 in 1919, and the expenditure $4,305,173 against $4,089,876. The estimated revenue for 1921 was approximately $6,000,000. There is a loan of $2,720,953 from the F.M.S. In 1920, 8,668 piculs of tin were exported as against 11,799 in 1919. The rubber exported in 1920 amounted to 145,408 piculs. There were 525 motor-cars registered in 1920.

The following figures, supplied by the Imports and Exports Office, Penang, show the values of Kedah and Perlis trade with Penang :

Imports Exports

1920 $6,024,474 6,848,092

1920 $6,024,474 6,848,092