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PERLIS

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There is very little to be said of the trade of Perlis. In Kangar there is one street of shops, whose proprietors besides selling sundry goods also export padi-the staple product of the country-as well as ducks and fowls for the Penang market. The chief imports are cottons for native clothing, kerosene, tobacco and sundry odds and ends used by the Malay country people. In 1910 the State Council abolished the general duty of 3 per cent. on imported goods and now the only goods taxed on import are spirits, beer, wine, tobacco and kerosene. The general duty of 5 per cent. on exports has been abolished and replaced by duties on tin-ore, rubber, jungle produce and other specific products. In 1920, 159 tons of tin-ore were exported. Many of the lime-stone hills of Perlis contain caves rich in guano deposits. The chief native cultivation is padi. Rubber is represented by a few native plantations which exported 429 piculs in 1920.

DIRECTORY

MEMBERS OF STATE COUNCIL

H. H. Raja Syed Alwi, President

E. W. N. Wyatt, acting Adviser Syed Hamzah

Datoh Wan Teh

Haji Mohamed Nor

GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

Adviser-E. W. N. Wyatt (acting) Commissioner of Lands-Syed Idrus Judges- Haji Mohamed, Syed Husin, Syed

Mustapha

Commissioner of Customs

Arshad

Treasurer-Wan Ahmad

Mohamed