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TRENGGANU-KEDAH

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

State Engineer-P. Trump

Executive do. W. W. Davidson, M.C. Assist. Engrs.-A. Wear, J. V. T. Campbell

RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS Commissioner-Tengku Chik Abubakar

(Tengku Sri Bijaya Diraja)

SURVEY OFFICE

Superintendent T. Kitching

Surveyor on Agreement-R. A. Terry

TREASURY DEPARTMENT

State Treasurer-Tengku Ali bin Mustapha

(Tengku Sri Nara di-Raja)

EASTERN DIVISION

State Commissioner-Che Da Omar bin Mahmud (Dato Orang Kaya Jaya Perkasa)

Assistant British Adviser-M. C. Hay Postmaster-Che' Abdulrahman

DISTRICT OFFICES

Kemasik

District Officer-Wan Ahmad bin Ismail

Kretai

Assistant District Officer - Che' Yusop

bin Long Abdullah

Paka

District Officer--Tengku Muda Abdullah

bin Abdul Rahman

Dungun

District Officer-Tengku Zainal bin Ali

(Tengku Sri Aria di-Raja)

Marang

District Officer-Tengku Sulong bin Ali

Kuala Brang

District Officer-Che Hashim bin Dato'

Di-Wangsa

WESTERN DIVISION

State Commissioner-Tengku Long bin Tengku Ngah (Tengku Indra Segara) Assistant British Adviser-E. V. G. Day

SUB-DISTRICT OFFICE Setiu

Assist. Dist. Officer-Sheikh Ali bin Ewath

KEDAH

Situated on the north-west coast of the Peninsula, between the parallels of 5 deg. 50 min. and 6 deg. 40 min. North and the meridians of 99 deg. 40 min. and 100 deg. 55 min. E., Kedah has an area of about 3,648 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 cat- tle 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.