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TRENGGANU-KEDAH

DIRECTORY

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GOVERNMENT

POLICE

Sultan-His Highness Sir Sleman ibni Commissioner of Police W. L. Wynne

Almerhum Sultan Zenalabidin, K.C.M.G. Acting Mentri Besar Haji Ngah bin

Yusuf, Dato Sri Amar Diraja

LAND OFFICE

Commissioner of Lands-J. E. Kempe

MEDICAL DEPT.

Medical Officer-A, B. Jesser-Cooper, M.B.,

C.M. (Edin.)

OFFICE OF THE BRITISH ADVISER British Adviser J. Lisseter Humphreys Assist. Adviser-Major J. V. Cowgill

POST OFFICE

Actg. Postmaster-Gen.- Chew Koon Kiat

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

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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 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 railw

ways 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 1922 was $5,101,971, against $5,235,450 in 1921, and the expenditure $5,228,876 against $5,348,756. The estimated revenue for 1923 was $5,284,554. There is a loan of $1,500,000 from the F.M.S. In 1922, 22,880 piculs of tin were exported as against 6,063 in 1921. The rubber exported in 1922 amounted to 225,544 piculs. There were 661 motor vehicles registered in 1922.

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

Imports... Exports..

1921

$5,430,894 5,843,361

1922

$ 4,198,821 11,154,542