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MALACCA

The trade is largely with Singapore and the Federated Malay States, but rubber is shipped fortnightly by Japanese mail steamers to Europe. The cultivation of tapioca was formerly the principal industry, but rubber is now extensively planted, several large companies having taken over a number of small estates. The cultiva- tion of tapioca and gambier is declining rapidly in favour of coconuts and rubber, there being 200,000 acres under rubber and 48,133 acres growing coconuts, pineapple and other fruits. The total values of the foreign imports and exports for 1925 and 1926 are given below:-

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1925 $ 45,122,297 75,547,556

$120,669,853

1926 $51,458,237

74,027,119

$125,485,356

DIRECTORY

GOVERNMENT OFFICES

CHINESE PROTECTORATE

Assist. Protector of Chinese-W. E.

Rigby

Clerk and Interpr.-Lam Kam Choon

CORONER'S DEPARTMENT

Coroners-Harbour

Master, Chief Police Officer, District Officer (Alor Gajah), District Officer (Jasin), The Magistrate, the District Judge and Lieut. J. H. Owen, D.S.O., D.S.C., R.N.R.

DISTRICT COURT (CIVIL)

District Judge-G. C. Dodd Assist. do. -A. B. Cobden-Ramsay Chief Clerk-Lee Teck Chang

DISTRICT OFFICE-Alor Gajah

District Officer-C. W. Dawson Asst. do. -A. B. Cobden-Ramsay Chief Clerk-Yeo Seng Watt Second Clerk-V. A. Sta Maria Land Bailiff-Ali H. Puteh

DISTRICT OFFICE-Jasin

District Officer-C. R. Howitt Chief Clerk-R. de Rozario Second Clerk-E. de Rozario Land Bailiff-Tan Seng Ann

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Inspr. of Schools-L. R. Whceler, B.A. Malay Assist. Inspr.-Raja Noordin Chief Clerk-F. J. Pillay

High School

Headmaster-H. Ball

European Masters-E. H. Wilson,

M.A. (Cantab.) and A. C. Cooney, B.A. (Dublin)

Bandar Hilir English School

Headmistress-Mrs. W. B. Richards

Tranguerah English School

Headmaster-G. R. M. Millar, B.A.

(Cantab.) (acting)

European Mistress-Mrs. Mary Davies

GOVERNMENT MONOPOLIES DEPARTMENT

Assist. Supt.-W. E. Rigby 2nd. do. -F. H. Simpson Chief Clerk-Bong Poh Siew

Head of Preventive Service-E. V.

Rodrigues

Assist. Supervisor-K. Thambiah

HARBOUR DEPARTMENT-Telephs. 98 and

64 (Signal Station)

Harbour Master-J. H. Owen Import and Export Office

Registrar-J. H. Owen

LAND OFFICE

Collector of Land Revenue-0. Beckett Demarcation Officers-G. Beatty, G.

P. Davis and J. R. Horn Chief Clerk-D. Theseira Land Bailiff-A. L. Klassen

LICENSING JUSTICES

Chairman-District Judge

Members--Collector of Land Revenue, Senior Executive Engineer, Tan Soo Hock, E. Kong Guan, H. M. Souza and Dr. Ong Bah Hin Secretary-W. E. Rigby

MARINE DEPARTMENT

Harbour Master-J. H. Owen Chief Clerk-Guan Kah Jin Boarding Officer A. de Costa Steam Launch-Gweneth

Light-Houses-Cape Rachado, One Fathom Bank, Pulau Undan and St. Paul's Hill

Light-Keepers - S. Harding, J. A. Gostelow, E. A. Phillips and F W Koek