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JOHORE

the large amount of land taken up by Japanese. In 1928, 576,990 piculs of copra. valued at $6,225,927, and 183,891 piculs of areca-nuts, valued at $1,199,915, were exported.

At the present time the principal exports of Johore are the carefully cultivated rubber, copra, gambier, pepper and areca-nuts, and the natural products of tin, timber, rattans and damar. For almost all such produce Singapore is the port of shipment.

Johore is rich in iron ore, and a mine is being successfully worked by Japanese in Batu Pahat and 584,588 tons of the ore were exported in 1928. The first valuable discoveries of tin were made in the valley of Jenialuang, a small river flowing into the China Sea near Mersing, and there are indications of the presence of tin ore that may be worked at a profit at various places between Jemaluang and the Sedili. The export of tin ore in 1928 amounted to 18,424 piculs. The value of exported minerals was $4,715,957 in 1928, as against $4,419,181 in 1927.

DIRECTORY

SULTAN His Highness Sir IBRAHIM, G.C.M.G., K.B.E., Sovereign of the Most Esteemed Darjah Krabat (Family Order) and the Most Honourable Darjah Mahkota Johore (Order of the Crown of Johore), First Class Osmanieh Order, First Class Order of the Crown of Rumania. First Class Order of the White Elephant of Siam. Born 17th Sept., 1873. Proclaimed 7th Sept., 1895; crowned 2nd November, 1895 Private Secretary-Major Dato H. Md. Said, D.P.M.J. Deputy Private Sectretary-Capt. S. Abdullah, P.I.S.

COUNCIL OF STATE

President-The Dato Mentri Besar Vice do. The Deputy Mentri Besar

OFFICE OF MENTRI BESAR Mentri Besar-The Hon. Dato Mustapha

bin Jaafar, D.P.M.J., P.I.S. Deputy Mentri Besar-The Hon. Y. M.

Ungku Abdul Aziz, D.K.

Clerk of Councils-Inche Awang bin Omar

SECRETARIAT

Genl. Adviser-Hon. Mr. G. E. Shaw, O.B.E. State Secretary-Hon, Dato Ismail, D.P.M.J.

AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT Principal Agricultural Officer

Mason, C.D.A. (acting)

F. R.

AUDIT OFFICE

Auditor-Wan Jusoh bin Ali

Assist. Auditor-Ismail bin Abubakar Chief Clerk-(vacant)

CHANDU MONOPOLY—

Customs Building, Johore Bahru; Teleph. 32 (Johore) Johore Bahru

Supt.-Commissioner of Trade & Customs Deputy Supt.-M. Said bin Abdullah Assist. do. -H Omar bin Mentol Inspr. of Chandu Shops-G. B. Gardner

Muar

Assist. Supt.-Omar bin Uda

Do.

-Safar bin Morja

Batu Pahat, Endau, Segamat, Kota Tinggi and Kukob

Assist. Supts.-The Supts. of Customs

CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT- Customs Building, Johore Bahru, Teleph. 32 (Johore Bahru)

Johore Baliru

Commissioner-S. W. Jones, M.C.S. (acting) Deputy Commissioner - Dato Mohained

bin M. Doon, D.P.M.J.

Assist. Superintendent-Ismail bin Ariffin Supts., Preventive Branch-F. C. Clarke

and T. R. Binnie

Muar

Depy. Commissioner-Wan Idris b. Irahim Assist. Supt.-A. Rahman bin Awang Supt., Preventive Branch--J. D. G. Morice Batu Pahat

Superintendent-Mohamed bin Awang

-Ahmad bin Awang

Assist. do.

Supt., Preventive Branch-P. Lavender

Endau

Superintendent-Ismail bin Osman

Segamat

Supt.-Abdul Karim b. Hitam (acting)

Kota Tinggi

Supt.-Ibrahim bin A. Rahman (acting) Assist. Supt.-Bin b. Haji Yusof

Kukob

Supt.-Awang Chik bin Pandak