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THE EAST COAST OF SUMATRA

the demand by many thousand bags, which are mostly imported from the Straits Settlements. Kerosene oil is exported from Langkat to the Straits Settlements, British India, Hongkong, Siam and China. Almost all neccssaries of life have to be imported, and a brisk trade between Java, the Straits Settlements, Europe and the East Coast is the consequence.

Medan (Deli), the residence of the principal civil and military officials, is a pleasant little town, laid out in modern style, and the streets are lit with electric light. A splendid residence with architectural pretensions has been built for the Governor in the new quarter of Polonia. In the town six European banking corporations the Javabank, the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, the Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij, the Nederlandsch-Indische Handelsbank, the Nederlandsch-Indische Escompto Maatschappij, and Uniebank voor Nederland en Kolonien-have their branches, and there are also two Chinese banks. There are two very good hotels (Hotel de Boer and Medan Hotel), a Club (Witte Societeit), a Race Club, numerous houses of business, Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Malay, Bombay and Kling shops, etc.

The port of Belawan (Deli), on the Belawan River, is in communication with Medan by road and railway, the lines of which extend a long distance up country and the north, giving also communication via Tandjoeng Poera and Pankalan Brandan with Koeta Radja (Atchin) and to the south, via Tebing Tinggi, with Tandjoeng Balei (Asahan) and Pematang Siantar. Other important ports are those of Pangkalan Brandan, Tandjoeng Poera, Tandjoeng-Balei, Bengkalis, Bagan Api-Api and Laboean Bilik.

The population under this Government numbered in November, 1920, 7,882 Europeans, 1,042,930 natives, and 146,742 other Orientals-a total of 1,197,554, as compared with 830,202 in 1915 and 568,417 in 1905.

DIRECTORY

GOVERNOR'S OFFICE-Medan Governor of the East Coast of Sumatra-

C. J. van Kempen Assistant Resident J. J. F. Pino Secretary E. J. Burger Controller-S. Bouman

Chief Clerks-A. Neijhoff, J. S. Bax, R. F. de Lizer, E. J. Enkoroma Coffie, J. Groe- nendijk, Mohd. Hadjerat gelar Soetan Maleka, E. A. Muller, J. A. P. Doornik

ADMINISTRATIVE DEPTS. OF THE GOVT., East Coast of Sumatra

Assist. Resident-W. P. F. L. Winckel Administratief Ambtenaar- F. J. W. H.

Sandbergen

Gezaghebber-H. Gelderman

Chief Clerk--J. M. Ferdinandus Clerk-Mevr. C. Van Fyn

Beneden Deli, Medan

Controller, Medan-M. Ruychaver

Controller, Loboeham Deli- J. de Ridder Chief Clerk-Tengkoe Djafar Clerk-J. Hoeta Pea

Boven Deli, Arnhemia

Controller-C. J. Batenburg

Clerk-Tengkoe Long

Serdang, Loeboeq Pakam

Controller-H. J. Nijhuis

Adm. Ambtenaar-W. A. G. Perks Gezaghebber-M. de Vries

Chief Clerk-J. Panggabean Clerk-Tengkoe Ibrahim

Padang en Bedagei, Tebing Tinggi Controller-J. F. Mirandolle Adm. Ambtenaar-L. Fontijne Chief Clerk-J. N. Souhoka Clerk-Aminoldin

Langkat, Tandjoeng Poera Assist. Resident-A. Ph. van Aken Chief Clerk-A. A. Scharff

Boven Langkat, Bindjei

Controller-B. Korn Hulp-Gezaghebber A. C. Hijer Chief Clerk-D. Crawfurd

Clerk - Abdul Djalil gelar Maharadja

Soetan

Pankalan Brandan

Magistrate M. Wijzenbeek

Asahan, Tandjoeng Balei

Assist. Resident-M. Hamerster Controller-R. H. Muller Chief Clerk-Malik Soleiman

Batoe Bahra, Laboean Roekoe Assist. Controller-H. van der Wal Clerk-Ch. Th. de Bruin

Laboean Batoe, Laboean Bili fd. Controller-Ph. J. Deijs Adm. Ambtenaar-G. Topzand Hulp Gezaghebber-A. de Vries Chief Clerk-W. Saidi. Siahaan