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JOHORE-KELANTAN

MASONIC LODGE, JOHORE ROYAL, No. 3946,

E.C.-Johore Bahru

W. M.-A. J. Wolfe I. P. M.-J. Barr

S. W.-C. W. Randall

J. W.-A. Rahman Khan Treasurer-B. Nelson Secretary-R. Matthews S. D.-W. R. Brearley

J. D.-J. D. Perinbam

I. G.-A. H. Neilson

Stewards-H. W. Leyden and F. T.

Ephraums

Tyler A. M. Patail

MUAR CLUB

President-The Hon. Y. M. Angku Ali

bin Abdullah, D.K.

KELANTAN

This State is situated in the extreme north-eastern end of the Peninsula between latitudes 4-38° and 6-15° North and between longitudes 101′26° and 102′40° East, with a coast-line of 60 miles on the China Sea. It embraces an area estimated at 5,713 square miles. It is a mountainous country, with rich alluvial plains, and drained by the Kelantan River and its tributaries.

According to the census of 1921 the population is 309,293, as compared with 286,751 in 1911.

Kota Bharu, six miles up the Kelantan River, is the capital, and the chief port is Tumpat at the mouth. The Sultan and the British Adviser reside at Kota Bharu.

The chief exports are padi and rice, copra and rubber, cattle and dried fish. The climate is healthier than in other parts of the Peninsula, there being a dis- tinct cold season about January. The temperature seldom exceeds 90° and sometimes falls to 62°, while the average rainfall is about 120 inches a year.

Mr. J. Scott Mason, the British Adviser, took over the supervision of affairs from Mr. W. A. Graham, the Siamese Commissioner, on July 15th, 1909.

In 1909, the revenue amounted to $370,959 and the expenditure to $377,062. In 1926, the revenue had risen to $2,371,595 and the expenditure to $1,927,134. The public debt at the transference of the suzerainty was $150,000, upon which Siam charged 9 per cent. This debt was taken over by the F.M.S., interest being reduced to 4 per cent. The debit balance of the State at the end of 1926 was $3,265,696. The value of the imports in 1926 was $5,682,902 against $5,211,103 in 1925, and of exports $12,518,719 against $11,185,696 in 1925. The principal imports were:-ironware, cotton piece-goods, sarongs, silk piece-goods, cycles and accessories, coal, woodenware, machinery, cement, earthenware, matches, kerosene, opium, tobacco, salt and woollen goods.

The tonnage of steamers using Kelantan ports amounted to 114,264 in 1926 against 96,208 in 1925. There is regular steamship communication with Bangkok and Singapore. The first all- weather road was completed in 1916; it runs 26 miles from the capital to Pasir Puteh. The trunk road from Kota Bharu to Kuala Krai can be used for the greater part of the year. There is daily connection by rail between Tumpat and Manik Urai, 72 miles up river. The line to the Siamese border is open for traffic, and a daily service each way between Tumpat and the Kedah boundary is maintained, making communication with Penang an easy matter. Kota Bharu is in direct telegraphic communication with Bangkok and Penang and possesses a telephone service. It is also connected by telephone with Tumpat, the port of Kelantan, Bachok and Pasir Puteh. There is a telegraph line connecting Kota Bharu with Kuala Krai.

About 422,872 acres were under cultivation in 1926. devoted to padi, 60,557 to coconuts, and 106,999 to rubber. was 6,152 tons, as compared with 3,926 tons in 1925. piculs, compared with 86,623 piculs in 1925.

They comprised 214,950 acres The export of rubber in 1926 The export of copra was 93,609