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SELANGOR

boundaries of Perak, Negri Sembilan and Pahang. Branch lines of railway now extend in all directions, and the main trunk line passes through Selangor. Port Swettenham is the terminus of the railway on Klang Straits, and wharves have been constructed there capable of accommodating ocean-going steamers. The number of merchant. vessels, other than native craft, entering the port in 1926 was 1,528, as compared with 1,171 in 1925. There entered 595 ocean-going steamers against 481 in 1925.

Telegraph lines connect Selangor with the other States in the Malay Peninsula; telephones are established throughout the State, and postal and telegraph offices are to be found in all the towns and principal villages.

The State revenue in 1926 amounted to $38,692,262, against $31,705,464 in 1925;: and the expenditure to $32,053,452, against $24,819,065 in 1925. The balance of assets over liabilities was $37,534,838. Trade statistics were as follow:-

Imports........... Exports...

1925

$69,183,648

156,835,193

DIRECTORY

1926 $91,898,797

161,184,681

GOVERNMENT

Sultan-H.H. ALA'IDIN SULEIMAN SHAH IBNI ALMERHUM, RAJA MUDA MUSA, K.C.M.G..

British Resident -J. Lornie

STATE COUNCIL

President-H.H. the Sultan of Selangor Hon. the British Resident, Selangor Raja Musa Udin, Raja Muda, Selangor Secretary to Resident, Selangor

Dato Abdul Razak Stia di Raja, 1.8.0., J.P. Raja Haji Abdullah

Raja Haji Othman, J.P., Chief Kathi

Dato Lee Kong Lam, J.P.

Towkay Low Leong Gan, J.P. Raja Abdul Murad, Tengku

Besar, J.P.

Panglima

Raja Jema'at bin Raja Aji, J.P. Clerk of Council-The Assistant Secretary

to Resident

KUALA LUMPUR

AGENT OF THE GOVT. OF INDIA Rao Sahib R. Subbayya Naidu, B.A. Chief Clerk-T, G. Nataraja Pillai

AUDIT DEPARTMENT, F.M.S. Auditor-General-G. P. Bradney Assist. Auditors (A)-A. O. Wilson, A.C.A., A.I.S.A., R. Macdonald and W. D. Charlton Assist. Auditors (B)-S. Kandiah, A. E. Perera, S. Mylvaganam, V. Chellappah

CHINESE PROTECTORATE, Selangor AND PAHANG-Kuala Lumpur

Protector of Chinese-T. W. H. Kingston Assist. do.

-W. L. Blythe Inspector under W. and G. Protection

Enactment-J. Edwards

MAGISTRATES' COURT-Kuala Lumpur

1st Magistrate-H. R. Toynt

2nd

do.

-E. Jago

Bailiff and Auctioneer-R. Moche 1st Clerk-Rahim Bakhash

EDUCATION

Inspector of Schools-T. A. O'Sullivan,.

B.A. (Dublin), and R. G. Arbillery (S.R.) Malay Asst. Inspr.-Mohd.Yusof bin Ahmad Malay Visiting Teachers-Haji Mohamed

Sidin and Mohamed Kassim

Tamil Assistant Inspectors-P. Retnam,

K. V. S. Gargar and P. Williams Chief Clerk, Education Office - V. S.

Ponnampalam

Victoria Institution (Government) Headmaster-Captain G. C. Davies, I.A.R.O.,

M.C., M.A. (Oxon.)

European Masters-A. R. England, B.A., LL.B. (Cantab.), E. S. Redfearn, F. C. Barraclough and C. Forster, M.Sc.

Maxwell Road School (Government) Headmaster-C. N. B. Beamish, M.A. European Mistress-Miss H. D. Leith First Assistant-K. Peetheniparam

Pasar Road English School (Govt.) Headmaster-T. R. Abraham

St. John's Institution Director-Rev. Bro. Louis

Convent School

Lady Superior-Sister St. Adele