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TRENGGANU-KEDAH

District Office-Dungun District Officer-Tengku Zainoh bin Ali

District Office-Marang District Officer-Tengku Sulong bin Ali

District Office--Kuala Brang Dist. Officer-Tengku Muda Mohd. Yusuf

WEST STATE

State Commissioner-Tengku Long bin

Tengku Ngah Postmaster-'Che Mat Jayah

BUNDI MINES

E. V. Peters, manager

BUNDI TIN DREDGING CO.

George E. Poole, inanager

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EAST ASIATIC INDUSTRI OG PLANTAGE

KOMPAGNI

H. Engberg, manager

EAST ASIATIC RUBBER ESTATEs, Ltd.

H. Frigaard, manager

FREDA TIN MINING Co., Ln., THE

E. V. Peters, manager

SUNGEI PINANG RUBBER ESTATE Tham Cheng Yan, manager

TEBAK TIN FIELDS, LTD.

A. G. Coleman, manager

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 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.

The State came under British protection in 1909, and since then great progress 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 1923 was $5,284,554, against $5,101,971 in 1922, and the expenditure $5,567,979 against $5,228,876. The estimated revenue for 1924 was $5,351,065. There is a loan of $700,000 from the F.M.S., which is being paid by monthly instalments of $100,000. In 1923, 38,293 piculs of tin were exported as against 22,880 in 1922. The rubber exported in 1923 amounted to 158,852 piculs. There were 875 motor vehicles registered in 1923.

DIRECTORY

Sultan H,H. Sir ABDUL HAMID HALIMSHAH IBNI SULTAN AHMAD TAJUDIN

(MUKARRAM SHAH), K.C.M.G.

Regent H.H, Tunku Ibrahim, c.v.o., c.M.G.

Aide-de-Camp-Tunku Bahadurshah Private Secretary-Che Mohamed Zain

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