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line of rails and a 26 ft. roadway, connects the Island with the mainland. The first train crossed over it on October 1st, 1923. The length of the causeway is 3,465 ft. There is a lock-170 ft. long and 32 ft. broad, widening inside the gates to 45 ft.-for small craft at the Johore end; otherwise, the causeway cuts off the site of the proposed naval base from sea communication from the West. The distance from Singapore to Calcutta by sea is just over 2,000 miles.

DIRECTORY

GOVERNMENT OFFICES

ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT

Attorney General Sir James

William Murison, KTB., LL.B. (Cantab.)

B.A.,

Solicitor-General-G. G. Seth Deputy Public Prosecutor, Singa-

pore (vacant)

Deputy Public Prosecutor, Penang

-Major F. Robinson, M.C. Office Assistant--Lee Kwee Siew

.AUDIT OFFICE

Auditor-General, S.S.-W. A. White

(acting)

Chief Clerk-G. Veragoo

BANKRUPTCY OFFICE

Registrar of Companies and Official Assignee C. H. G. Clarke (acting) Assist. Official Assignee G. B.

Kellagher (acting)

Chief Clerk-Wee Soon Chye

BOTANICAL GARDENS

Director I. H. Burkill, M.A. Assist. do. R. E. Holttum, B.A. Assistant Curators-F. Flippance (Waterfall Gardens, Penang), G. A. Best (Botanic Garden, Singa- pore), J. Lennon (Parks) Field Assistant-C. X. Furtado Field Assistant---Mohamed Haniff

(Penang)

CHINESE PROTECTORATE

Secretary for Chinese Affairs-Hon.

Mr. D. Beatty

Assist. Secretary for Chinese Affairs

-Ho Siak Kuan

Assistant Protectors of Chinese-R.

Ingham, W. G. Stirling and W. H. Gatfield

Chief Clerk—Lim Cho Meng Japanese Interpreter-K. Koide Boarding Officer--S. C. de Souza Assist. do. -R. R. Rangel

CIVIL DISTRICT Court

District Judge-P. A. F. David, R.

H. G. Sarwar (acting)

Assist. District Judge-R. Bird Chief Clerk-Mohamed Saleh bin

Ismiail

Bailiff-A. C. Pestana

COLONIAL TREASURY

Financial Adviser, Treasurer, Col- lector of Stamp Duties and Ac- countant-General-Hon. Mr. A. M. Pountney, C.M.G., C.B.E. Deputy Treasurer, A.-E. L. Talma Do. B.-N. A. Sedwick (actg.) Stamp and Probate Officer- Treasury Branch

Clerk-in-charge-J. W. R. Bloom Clerks, Class I.-J. E. de Souza, A. Abdul, Aziz, A. Pillay, A. V. de Souza

Stamp Office

Clerk-in-Charge-S. H. Batenian

Accountant's Branch

Accountant--G. W Meyer (acting) Assist. do. G. W. Gostelow Secretary, Widows' and Orphans

Pensions-C. P. Martinus Currency Note Branch

Officer-in-charge-Song Kee Kuan

Assist. do.

Goh Tiang Soo

Clerks, Class I.-E. Fernandez, M.

Sabapathy

Cashier Lim Siew Long

Loan Branch

Clerk in Charge-C. T. A. Rai

CORONER'S DEPARTMENT -- Office: 4th

Magistrate's Court

Coroner-F. G. Bourne (on leave), C.

H. Nicol (acting)

DISTRICT AND POLICE COURTS

District Judge and First Magistrate -W. Langham-Carter, P. A. F. David (acting)

2nd Magist.-C. D. Ahearne (acting) 3rd do. W. N. Gourlay do.