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TRENGGANU-KEDAH

DIRECTORY

GOVERNMENT

Sultan-His Highness Sir Sleman ibni Almerhum Sultan Zenalabidin, K.C.M.G. Acting Mentri Besar- Haji Ngah bin

Yusuf, Dato Sri Amar Diraja

Office of THE BRITISH Adviser British Adviser J. Lisseter Humphreys Assist. Adviser-Major H. S. Paterson

POLICE

Commissioner of Police-E. Cheers

POST OFFICE

Acting Postmaster-General- Chew Koon

Kiat

Telegraph Operator-S. A. Ponniah M. O. Clerk― A. bin Zainalabidin

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Head of Department-D. H. Laidlaw,

M.I.C.E., A.M.I.E.E.

KRETAI 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 mín. E., Kedah has an area of about 3,800 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. The towns of Alor Star and Sungei Patani are lighted by electricity.

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 1921 was $5,235,450, against $6,649,811 in 1920, and the expenditure $5,348,756 against $4,305,173. estimated revenue for 1922 was $5,373,870.

The There is a loan of $2,720,953 from the F.M.S. In 1921, 6,063 piculs of tin were exported as against 8,653 in 1920. The rubber exported in 1921 amounted to 111,709 piculs. There were 514 motor-vehicles registered in 1921.

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

Imports Exports........

1921

$5,430,894

1920

$6,024,474 6,848,092

5,843,361