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well as indigo, vegetables, pepper and ground nuts. Coconut cultivation in- creased rapidly for a time, but the rubber booms of 1920 and 1926 induced a tendency to substitute rubber for coconut, which has been officially declared. to be "not an advisable policy."

Singapore does not offer many points of salient interest to visitors, the Botanical Gardens at Tanglin, the Waterworks in Thomson Road, the Raffles Library and Museum, and the various Chinese and Indian temples being its principal show places. The harbour, however, is among the most beautiful in the world. Railless cars are in operation on the principal routes. A railway across the island was opened on 1st January, 1903. An extension to the Tanjong Pagar Docks and neighbourhood now runs as far as Pasir Panjang. This line of 14 miles was the first section of a projected Malay Peninsula and India Rail- way, passing through and opening up the countries of Johore, Malacca, the Malay States, some Siamese territory and Burma, on to Calcutta. The Rail- way now runs direct from Singapore to Penang; it has been extended on the West Coast through Kedah and Perlis and is connected with the Siamese- railway system. The journey from Singapore to Bangkok can be made in 2 days, and from Penang in 36 hours. The railway has also been constructed. from a junction at Gemas, near the northern boundary of Johore, through the eastern States of Pahang and Kelantan, to form another link with the Siamese railway system on the East Coast. The Singapore Railway was. purchased in 1913 for £482,533 by the Federated Malay States Government from the Colonial Government in order to unify the British Malayan rail- way system under one management. A causeway across the Straits of Johore, carrying a double line of rails and a 26 ft. roadway, connects the Island with the mainland. The first train crossed over it on October 1st, 1923. The length of the causeway is 3,465 ft. There is a lock-170 ft. long and 32 ft. broad, widening inside the gates to 45 ft.-for small craft at the Johore end; otherwise, the causeway cuts off the site of the proposed naval base from sea communication from the West. The distance from Singapore to Calcutta by sea is just over 2,000 miles.

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DIRECTORY

(For Government Departments see Straits Settlements section, pages 1170-1179)

ABDEEN & Co., LTD. (Established 1914), Merchants, Translators, Brokers & Commission Agents-91, Jalan Besar, and 143 Kitchener Road; Cable Ad: Abdeen; Codes: A.B.C. 5th edn., Bentley's and Private.

A. Abdeen, E.F.F., mgr. (signs the

firms)

ABDEEN, H., Translator, Broker and Commission Agents-91, Jalan

Besar; Cable Ad: Egyptian; Codes. A.B.C. 5th edn., and Private

ABDULLA & Co., E. M., Machinery

General Importers-27,

Robinson

Road

ABDULLAH SAHIB & Co., A. M., Im-

porters and Exporters-77, Market Strect; P.O. Box 19

ABRAM'S MOTOR TRANSPORT Offices: 52, Orchard Road

J. Anthony, manager

Co.-

Acme Code Company, Publishers,

Acme Commodity and Phrase Representatives:—

Kelly & Walsh, Ld., 32, Raffles

Place

ADAMSON, GILFILLAN & CO., LTD., Mer- chants-Hongkong Bank Building, Collyer Quay. Head Office: 2, Bil- liter Avenue, London, E.C. Branch Houses: Penang, Malacca and Kua- la Lumpur

W. A. Fell, director (Singapore) Directors in London-A. J. C. Hart, H. A. Low, J. Somer- ville, D. K. Somerville and H. B. Ward